The Rise of the Black Plain

As soon as Minos gave his order, the men responsible for passing on the mnemonics of the technique specially developed from the tests of the Ancestral Folk did what they were supposed to do.

By quickly teaching Minos what they were supposed to do, these men gave him a nearly perfect method of controlling chaotic energy.

As Minos felt the depth of this technique, Voyager stopped beside him and guided his master.

"This technique has some differences from the one I was given. You should feel more compatible with it than I do, so don't be too cautious. Just enjoy the possibilities it will open up for you." The big artificial being said, while Minos felt the depth behind this special method.

'This is really different from what we have in the Spiritual World today.' He immediately noticed several differences between the cultivation of spiritual energy and the energy that existed in the giant bones scattered throughout his world.

The laws were very different, even though the rules of the Spiritual World seemed to be weaker versions of what existed in the giant bones.

To say that these laws were incompatible would be a mistake. But they were from different realms to the point that Minos could almost feel an ominous feeling coming from the Spiritual World as he felt for the first time in control of the energy deeply rooted in his bones.

'If I overdo it, the Spiritual World will consider me an enemy, just like the aliens and their robot essences.' He controlled his new technique, which would not replace his old techniques, nor did it require him to have a new space to learn it.

Unlike the cultivation rules followed by 99.99% of the beings on this planet, the cultivation rules of higher worlds like Panvuter had no such limitation on the number of techniques.

Therefore, Minos's method had no such limitation and would not hinder his traditional cultivation.

But the chaotic energy was so powerful that the Spiritual World itself seemed to consider it a threat, and if you showed more than you should, you would be in trouble!

However, Minos soon understood Voyager's words.

'Oh? It seems that I only risk it if I expose this energy outside of myself while working on this technique!' He realized that as long as he only absorbed chaotic energy with such a technique, the world wouldn't threaten him with its powerful lightning.

He would have to use other techniques to release such energy, or else he would really run into such a problem.

As soon as he realized his situation, Minos began to circulate his new technique more relaxed, soon feeling more connected to the depths of the Spiritual World, where the remnants of such power lay beyond what was in the giant bones.

'Interesting... I wonder if that's what the aliens really want?' Minos sensed that such a thing would be worth an invasion and domination of a new world.

Although there wasn't much of this power source in the Spiritual World, Minos could sense that there was enough to raise a small battalion of Gods based on this power source.

That was worth a lot for a state with "only" 32 Gods!

As he did so, gradually stimulating the chaotic energy within him to grow even without using his innate ability, Minos realized the peculiarities of this type of alternative cultivation.

Aside from the fact that he was not limited in the number of techniques he could learn, some critical points differentiated this type of ancient cultivation from the current one in Minos' world.

Upon realizing this, Minos felt as if he had seen a glimpse of the world for the first time in his life.

'Fantastic. This power source seems to have a lot of vitality associated with it! I feel that someone capable of becoming a God based on this kind of energy would have three times the vitality of an ordinary God from my world!' Minos thought, imagining that level 100 humans with chaotic energy could easily live for more than 160,000 years.

But when he considered that there were levels higher than level 100, Minos finally understood why there were immortal beings in the universe.

'This is the path to immortality. Cultivating chaotic energy!'

As he thought this, his eyes opened wide, and he remembered that the aliens called the energy they cultivated immortal energy!

'No wonder... They must know what I found out from that seraph!'

Meanwhile, Minos felt his strength and physical endurance increase, something related to his type of being. Cultivating chaotic or immortal energy wouldn't make someone an expert in close combat. That would depend on the characteristics of each individual.

In Minos' case, due to the dragon heritage he had received, his body began to become stronger, and he felt his ability to manipulate space improve.

The cultivation of spiritual energy and immortal energy could not be completely separated. Since it was the same being that cultivated both forms of energy, and their origins were similar, cultivating immortal energy would make one stronger in both spiritual and immortal cultivation!

From now on, Mino's immortal cultivation could affect his spiritual cultivation, and vice versa.

When he felt this when he finished his first cultivation with this special technique, Minos felt especially good. But before he finished, he noticed something on his spatial ring, as if it had become noticeable after being invisible for a long time.

'This is...' He felt the item that Fah'um of Dunov had given him on the island that had fallen from the sky and sunk into the Ancestral Sea.

His interest was piqued, but he couldn't understand enough of it to know what it was. 'It seems that I need more immortal energy to understand it.' He realized this critical point.

Smiling and opening his eyes, he stopped using that immortal energy cultivation technique. He opened his eyes to see his group completely differently, considering how powerful the energy fluctuations of immortal energy cultivation were.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?"

"A few moments ago, it looked like you were going to explode like you were being sacrificed!"

"Yes, it was terrifying! This kind of cultivation is really powerful!"

Minos heard these comments and reassured his group. "Don't worry, I'm fine. This technique is really safe and seems to have great potential.

Starting today, we'll form a team to learn how to use it!" He looked at the scholars in his group. "In the meantime, I'll start learning the few fighting techniques based on this kind of energy."

The men there nodded in agreement, eager to see him use such methods and get a feel for what Minos' ultimate power would be.

Considering what he had done with the Soul Puppet earlier, many believed that this would allow him to deal with level 99 Demigods with ease!

If that happened, their only concern would be the enemy Gods!

With that, a few more months would pass, and Minos and his group would use their last chance to get stronger before the Continental Tournament.

But before they left that space to go to Elves Island, one of the three level 99 Demigods would show signs of advancing to level 100!