The Rise of the Black Plain

Upon landing in The Mirror Realm, Minos' group arrived on this planet in an area where dozens of ships, similar to their capsule, were departing and arriving every minute.",

The place was huge, with many 11th stage beings coming and going, a sign of the abundance of this planet and, of course, how prosperous its galaxy was.

Compared to Zocarro, this place certainly paled. But even on Zocarro, one would, mostly, be in close contact with low and mid-level Sovereigns at most. This was also the case on The Mirror Realm, a planet that had a high density of Divine Journey cultivators, because of that world's proximity to Dream Station.

As in other areas of the universe where populations knew about the great universal community and about worlds stronger than their own, many natives of the area wanted to leave their galaxy.

It wasn't easy to do so, but the starting point for many in this galaxy was to reach The Mirror Realm and prosper there. Consequently, Sovereigns from many planets in the galaxy lived there, waiting for the opportunity to move on to higher-level worlds.

Minos and his group noticed the local aspects as soon as they left the space capsule they had returned to the group from the being they met in Dream Station four hours ago.

As they saw the significant movement of small spaceships and sensed the enormous presence of Sovereigns near the floating space station, 2,000 meters above the surface of The Mirror Realm, Minos and his companions moved on towards the surface.

"The wormhole we want to access is about a three hours' flight from the station we just left," Minos said to his companions, flying ahead of the group while following the directions his superior in Armhands had given him.

As he spoke, his children watched the terrain below them as they lowered their altitude.

The Mirror Realm looked nothing like its name implied. This was a 'normal' world, from the point of view of appearances. It was certainly strong, with a density of energy and laws greater than anything any of Minos' family and his companions knew.

The name of this world originated from the characteristic of one race native to the area, which could copy the abilities of others under certain conditions.

They knew this and were worried about having to fight there, as they didn't want to show their abilities to anyone from this world.

But with a war going on in the galaxy, the chances of anything happening were pretty high.

"Aren't we going to stay here for a few days to get to know the situation in the galaxy better?" Vico asked.

"No, we'd better not," Minos answered promptly. "I want to make my breakthrough as soon as possible. The Enchanted Realm is very similar to this world in terms of strength and is less than two months away.

We'll stop there for a while, then you can learn more about the situation of the galaxy in that world."

"All right."

"What are we going to do in the middle of your advance?" the level 103 robot asked.

Until now, the group had been more concerned with reaching their destination than what they would do during the time Minos intended to stand still. But now that they were so close to their stop, they couldn't help but worry about the question.

"My advance will be swift. What's slow is what happens next." Minos gave the group details for the first time. "Anyway, we're going to reach The Enchanted Realm and choose a neutral, ownerless and secluded place. We don't need to stay in the strongest place on the planet.

Once we've settled in, I'll be unavailable to you for a while, so I advise those of you who aren't yet Sovereigns to stick around and cultivate until I return. For the rest of you, splitting into one group to stand guard at the place where the weaker ones will cultivate and another to explore the planet will be best."

Ruth said as she looked at the Sovereigns in the group. "Some of us are close to advancing. Let's stand still for a few weeks, without venturing into that world. When none of us are close to a breakthrough in the short term, we'll split up, as Minos suggested. I believe it will be safer that way."

"I agree. That sounds best," Vico said, eager to explore a new world, but also worried about his own life and continuity.

There would be no point in him starting this special journey, being able to cultivate above level 100, only to die right at the start. Even if it was interesting to venture to this planet, it wasn't the time for them to risk too much.

Once they reached Zocarro, they would have a better chance of doing so in a place where they would have the support of more allies in a less unstable environment.

This way, the group would spot the first city of The Mirror Realm on their way, but also their last stop in this place, where the wormhole that was connected to The Enchanted Realm should be.

In this galaxy, there were many planets with dominant civilizations. Although some of them were currently at war, several of them were connected to each other by wormholes like the one Minos' group intended to enter the city ahead.

The current war was recent, and these wormholes had existed for hundreds of thousands of years. It was helpful for these civilizations to have a method of communicating and reaching Dream Station.

However, just because these paths existed and were still useful for traveling around the galaxy at this time of crisis, that didn't mean accessing them would be easy!

As soon as they entered the city open to aliens, the group entered the Pavilion of Spatial Distortions, where guards blocked most of the way.

As they tried to head towards the counter to get through the area, Minos and his group were stopped by the guards on the way.

"Senior, we're trying to get to The Enchanted Realm. How do we get through this barrier?" Minos took the lead of the group as he spoke to a level 111 Sovereign, the leader of the guards in front of him on that estate surrounded by a large garden.

"The Enchanted Realm? I advise you not to go ahead with your plans for your own good, little alien," said the being as he looked Minos up and down. "The rulers of The Enchanted Realm are at war with the civilization of The Blossom World. Anyone who goes to The Enchanted Realm will now be considered an enemy of The Blossom World."