The Rise of the Black Plain

In the blink of an eye, another 12 weeks had flown by!",

During this period, Ruth maximized her spiritual energy and understanding, reaching the pinnacle that someone at level 100 could achieve, and successfully advanced to level 101.

On the same day she ascended, her group completed their journey through the universal wormhole, arriving at a point in the galaxy from which they could reach The Adamant Land in just ten more days.

Currently, the group was traveling at high speed aboard the ship they had borrowed over 20 weeks ago, headed towards the former stronghold of the Mechanic Empire.

Once Ruth completed her cultivation, they all ceased their cultivation practices and entered a region of the universe so energy-deficient that even Minos would struggle to make any advancements.

For those at levels 101, 102, and 103, attempting to cultivate in such a place was effectively futile!

With no productive activities available, the entire group was now fully briefed on Minos' plans, understanding their roles before and after the assault on The Adamant Land, as well as the return journey to the Spiritual World.

Previously, using a ship akin to those used by the Mechanic Empire, the trip between The Adamant Land and the Spiritual World would have taken about three months.

However, the ship the group was on was more technologically advanced and could make the same trip through the universal wormhole in just over a month.

Thus, the party was now officially less than two months away from their homeworld, from finding out what had happened since their departure.

...

Two days after leaving the wormhole that brought them closer to their destination, Minos' party was sailing through space when a situation arose.

An instability and a space storm burst out near their spaceship, requiring Minos' quick intervention.

As soon as the spaceship's instruments detected the chaotic and unintended attacks on their structures, alarms sounded and Minos opened his eyes.

With little thought, he did what he had to do, using the Space and Time Avatar to emit a domain that covered his entire spaceship.

Minos's companions did nothing while he acted, all of them accustomed to situations like this, which were as common in space travel as potholes on the roads of the Spiritual World.

Of course, there was a big difference in the amount of damage a pothole and an instability like the current one could cause, but Minos was no simpleton. He was much stronger than the galaxy's maximum power limit!

Without breaking a sweat, he kept the space around the ship stable and guided his group to a stable area close to where they passed.

This was the 39th such event since their arrival in the galaxy, and after leaving this zone of instability, the group was soon sailing toward their destination as if they had merely passed through a pothole in the middle of the road.

What they had in mind was not the danger that even crews of civilizations like the Mechanic Empire had been victims of until a few years ago. Their minds couldn't stop thinking about the planet they were less than eight days away from.

'We're finally getting there,' Ruth thought to herself, feeling her heart beat faster with excitement.

She feared for her family, but she couldn't help but feel different, arriving at the place she and her companions had intended to go decades ago when they left the Spiritual World.

It was supposed to be a journey of a few weeks, maybe months, a time it would take them to reach such a place and then begin their plans to disrupt the actions of the Mechanic Empire in the War of the Worlds. However, they had gone elsewhere in the universe and had long been prevented from thinking about their old plans.

Now, so close to their goal, Ruth and the others couldn't help but feel a special feeling, as if they were finally close to fulfilling their promises to their comrades and family left behind in the Spiritual World.

'Damned aliens. You'll soon get what you deserve! Just you wait for us!' she thought to herself in silence, eagerly awaiting the moment of their arrival in The Adamant Land.

...

While Minos and his companions were closer than ever to The Adamant Land, the Irpoll monkeys in that world had already made many local changes since their arrival.

After destroying most of the natives of this world, the Irpoll apes had been destroying the technological constructions of the Mechanic Empire for over four years, gradually bringing their native Irpoll trees and vegetation to The Adamant Land.

With their civilization dominating this world, over 100,000 Irpoll creatures now lived on the home planet of the Mechanic Empire, where four Gods currently stood guard in the former Hall of the Gods of the Mechanic Empire.

The group of Gods was not only there to protect their new domains but also to assist the forces of the Spiritual World if necessary.

Anyway, this was just another day for the Irpoll natives on this planet, which currently had a green area 100% larger than the green area that existed before the fall of the Mechanic Empire.

At the current rate, it would only take the Irpoll another 10 years to completely change the structure of the planet and turn it into a copy of their native home, just as they intended to do in the Spiritual World.

This was exactly what the four Gods in the Hall of Gods were talking about, this artificial temple floating 50,000 kilometers away from the planet's surface.

"When will we be able to expand our activities in the Spiritual World?" One monkey asked, looking at The Adamant Land, seeing the green area that their civilization had already transformed on this planet.

"In another three or four months, the war will be over and our brothers will have finished exterminating the natives of this small world. After that, we'll be able to expand our operations. The Ice Age will end in another two years, but it's already weak enough for our plants to grow there," said the leader of the group, the one who had first involved his civilization in the War of the Worlds.

The others liked what they heard and were eager to carry out their plans, finally dominating the first planets at the beginning of their civilization's expansion.

It hadn't been their goal before, but the Mechanic Empire had taught them that there were only two fates for civilizations in the universe: to dominate or to be dominated!

Now they were on the dominator's journey, pursuing their plans to ensure the sovereignty of their race and their way of life!

But when they least expected it, a metallic glow would appear among the stars in this solar system, bringing with it an unimaginable enemy!