Birth of the Demonic Sword

The addition of lairs full of energy benefitted the landmass, and the high stability of the black domain did the same for those different regions. The whole structure slowly stabilized and began spreading its various features throughout the entire continent. The area's quality had clearly increased, but the same was true for the number of beings feeding on it.

The benefits were only temporary. The energy gathered from the giants across the broken higher plane would eventually end, and the ground would start to crumble as the many existences living on it began to affect the power in its fabric.

Still, King Elbas and the others felt astonished by the magnitude of Noah's feat. The Cancer's power had multiplied after the addition of so many powerful magical beasts. The organizations now had countless rank 8 entities, which a significant number of them in the upper tier.

"How did it go on your end?" Noah asked as he jumped off Shafu and landed on the black ground.

"I have a plan and the tools to deploy it," King Elbas explained, "But the issues mentioned back then are still here. We don't have clear targets. We'll have to explore blindly for a while."

"That's fine too," Noah exclaimed. "It wouldn't be a crazy plan otherwise. How is the situation with the cultivators instead?"

Noah was obviously asking about the potential rebels in his organization, and King Elbas immediately understood him.

"They are quiet," King Elbas revealed before glancing at the countless new regions that Noah had added to the domain. "They won't like what you did here. You could have bought millennia to the landmass if you didn't bring the magical beasts with you."

"Pleasing them isn't on my list," Noah snorted. "These magical beasts will be more useful than them in the incoming mission anyway. Also, the newly appointed ruler will need their help if a rebellion breaks out."

"Do you have someone in mind already?" King Elbas asked when he heard Noah mentioning that topic.

"Jordan?" Noah roared toward Shafu. "You'll take care of everything once we are gone."

"What?!" Jordan promptly asked while peeking from the dragon. "I want to come with you. How can I lose the chance to be part of the mission outside the sky?"

"You will lose it," Noah replied in a plain tone. "Only the strongest will go there. The mission requires solid stage battle prowess this time."

Jordan couldn't help but feel disappointed about that announcement, and the same went for some other experts still sitting on the dragon. Fergie and June immediately peeked from Shafu's back. Evident anger and annoyance filled their faces.

"I will follow you!" Fergie shouted.

"I'm not spending millennia waiting for you to come back," June snorted.

"What can you even do there?" Noah shouted. "There won't be strong opponents. We are going after worlds that Heaven and Earth have already broken. The worst we can expect is a powerful punishment."

There was another reason behind his decision to include only the most powerful experts in his organization. The void completely lacked sources of energy. It wasn't a broken plane that still had random currents of "Breath" or waves of dust that carried some power.

Picking existences who had more energy inside their centers of power was only logical. There was a high chance that weaker experts would only exhaust themselves during the travel outside the sky due to that feature, and Noah couldn't allow it.

Fergie and June weren't stupid. They had already understood why Noah wanted to keep them out of the mission, but the news felt disappointing nonetheless.

The main issue was the complete absence of attractions in the broken environment. The higher plane didn't offer lands to explore or enemies anymore. It was a dead world that was only waiting for its energy to vanish.

"We'll be in the same situation," Noah continued. "The void might even be worse. Don't worry. We'll take back what we can and restore the higher plane."

Fergie and June couldn't say anything at those words. Noah had already decided, so they limited themselves to jump off Shafu and admire the new scenery.

The giant Heaven Tribulation that covered the entire black landmass had expanded after the various lairs obtained part of its features. However, King Elbas' protections were already in place. The golden dome had stretched over the new lands as they fused with the main domain, so the lightning bolts didn't manage to do anything.

Instead, the sudden expansion of the Heaven Tribulation ended up benefitting Noah's domain. Heaven and Earth didn't adjust their punishment to the new size of the landmass, so the golden dome managed to seize far more energy than usual without wasting nearly as much.

The absorption actually ended up surpassing the consumption after the expansion of the Tribulation. That feature was only temporary since Heaven and Earth would soon adjust the nature of the energy carried by the lightning bolts, but King Elbas didn't dare to waste that fortuitous chance.

Steven and Daniel also jumped off Shafu, and the dragon flowed inside Noah's c.h.e.s.t to immerse itself into the black hole. The creature had returned to its natural habitat, and the organ didn't fail to replace the stressed and damaged pieces of its body.

"You might even fight more than us," Noah announced when June shot an angry glance toward him. "Suppressing rebellions will be up to you all. A few battles might occur while we are away."

"It still feels depressing to lose this chance," June eventually sighed, "But I won't put the mission at risk because of my stubbornness. Make sure to warn me when you are about to leave."

June set off toward a distant region after that announcement, and Daniel did the same even if he went in a different direction. Jordan remained in the area since she had to exchange a few words with Noah and King Elbas in private to define her time as a ruler, while Fergie and Steven didn't move for different reasons.

Fergie was also disappointed, but he wouldn't leave Noah's side anyway. He could still learn and improve by seeing him preparing the crazy plan. Instead, Steven already saw himself as one of the core members of the mission, so he wanted to review the various features of the task.

"I have already created something that can work in the void and keep track of the hole," King Elbas announced once everyone gathered around Noah and him. "I must admit that this is my greatest work yet."

King Elbas took a series of flags from his space-ring. They had a series of inscriptions that created the shape of a horned human head on the fabric. Those designs were for Noah since they depicted the old symbol of the Hive, but he barely managed to notice it due to the breathtaking aura seeping out of the items.

The flags were quasi-rank 9 items. They weren't disposable either, which made them more valuable. Noah couldn't even begin to imagine how King Elbas had managed to build something so powerful while his cultivation level remained in the liquid stage. That was an incredible feat that went beyond logic. The expert had managed to avoid the limits applied by his higher energy and had created something incredibly powerful.