The Rise of the Black Plain

A few weeks later...

Minos and Starclaw were in the cockpit of their yacht right now as they saw, little by little, the Divine Continent getting closer and closer to them.

After almost eight months since Minos' departure from Dry City, he finally arrived at this legendary place where several of the strongest in the Spiritual World lived.

The past few weeks had been quiet for them, with few problems in their way.

In a way, the East Sea was less dangerous than the Ancestral Sea. After all, this was the sea where the main routes between the three major continents were.

Many people traveled by ships through this area, many of them even weaker than Minos and Starclaw.

As such, they hadn't faced as many death threats in the last few weeks of their journey and had reached this point in their journey in one piece, with the yacht functioning perfectly.

But while Minos was still at level 80, Starclaw had managed to advance during this period, reaching level 88.

Finally, as they approached the Grinia Empire lands, Minos and Starclaw could see hundreds of ships in the vicinity, several vessels smaller than theirs but others that were even larger than this one.

Cargo ships could be seen here and there. There was trade between continents and islands, despite the great distances between these places.

Often high-value items, specialties of each continent, were traded even in such distant places. Hence, ships like these could be seen not only on the coast of the Divine Continent but also around the Continent of Beasts and the Central Continent.

However, these cargo ships were not many, as they basically only carried high-level items, usually things that only Spiritual Demigods could afford or have.

But there were many of these larger ships that were actually crews carrying beings from different continents moving between these areas.

There was a strong demand for the service of transporting living beings between the three major continents of this world, especially from other places to this continent.

Beasts from the Central Continent and Continent of Beasts were in great demand for travel to this special place, one of the most energy blessed of the Spiritual World.

As such, Minos and Starclaw easily noticed in the surrounding area several passenger ships, where humans and land beasts were.

Minos looked at one of these and saw a Nine-tailed Fox, remembering that Emlyn had arrived in the Central Continent because of such a trip she and her late husband had intended to take.

Unfortunately for them, they had fallen into the hands of the Blood Triangle Pirates and had then suffered by being thrown into one of the ends of the North Sea.

If not for that misfortune, Emlyn and her husband would have arrived at this place like that beast on the ship that Minos was watching.

"What are we going to do?" Starclaw asked in an excited tone.

Despite her long life, she had never come to the Divine Continent.

Minos then said. "First, let's park our ship in a local port. We are about to reach a high-level state which can be at peace. So getting into that place without going through checkpoints might be quite difficult."

In the Central Continent, he could enter many territories without attracting attention because of the large number of borders there and the tensions and conflicts in some areas.

However, the reality of the Divine Continent was different. There were only three states in this place, and all of them were quite stable.

Their territories were almost identical in size, as well as in spiritual wealth.

In the remote past of this continent, only one imperial family dominated the entire area. But then, the emperor divided his territory equally among his three sons, giving rise to the empires that still exist today.

But since ancient times, these states had maintained good relations, following the old agreement with each new generation, revalidating Soul Contracts that maintained stability between them.

The Divine Continent was so good that the local leaders thought that going to war with their neighboring states would not benefit them. It would be just a waste of time.

Hell, it would be better if they simply cultivated in peace!

Obviously, there were those who were ambitious and wanted more than a good cultivation level. However, that emperor had thought up mechanisms to stop people like that from growing within the states of his children.

His mechanisms had proven themselves in time, and no large-scale war between these states had happened in the last 7 million years!

Because of this, each state had time to focus on different things than those in the Central Continent.

They had much more efficient control over their borders than the states of Minos' home continent, and entering through a wormhole in this place ahead would be impossible for the group of these two.

Either they would be brutally attacked by one of the spotters in the area they tried to pass, or they would be forced through border control anyway.

Knowing that the people of this place had dominion over their territory, Minos preferred not to challenge the powerful Grinia family.

This family had had 4 Gods throughout their history, so they had a vast heritage that was difficult to lose.

Starclaw agreed with Minos upon hearing his answer, not a bit worried about going through the local border control.

The Divine Continent was very special, but this was definitely the easiest place to enter from the Spiritual World. Anywhere else they went, it would be difficult to enter certain territories. Still, there anyone able to pay the high local fees had a good chance of accessing this magnificent continent.

The Divine Continent's only problem was its large population, which greatly increased the costs of anything one would do there.

Therefore, living or visiting the best place for humans and beasts in the Spiritual World was not for everyone!

The competition for everything in this place was very high, and due to the large presence of experts, the dangers within the empires were not small.

The cities were actually quite safe, given the power of the imperial families behind them. But forests and areas without the presence of the imperial family were hazardous zones.

But Starclaw and Minos were not thinking about the dangers of these locations since they were both experts, even by the standards of this continent!

She then said. "I hope you can pay for our fees. I don't have any crystals, haha."

"Don't worry. I'm not poor." Minos laughed, seeing that his companion was quite excited.

So, their ship was soon in the queue of ships waiting to dock at one of the ports in this coastal area!