The Rise of the Black Plain

"What? Divine-grade?" Gloria's jaw nearly dropped to the floor upon hearing that nonsense.

Divine-grade medicines were so valuable and hard to find that level 99 Spiritual Demigods would fight wars just for the news of one of them.

After all, that was the only hope for someone like that to break through to level 100 and double their life expectancy!

And even though some high-level organizations in this world had plantations with medicines capable of reaching that level, such plants took so long to grow that most could not wait.

Human Spiritual Demigods could live at most just over 25,000 years. In comparison, elves, the creatures of the Spiritual World of the same stage that could live more, could only live 150,000 years. But such medicines needed at least 300,000 years to mature, and only someone at level 99 could use them for a soul breakthrough.

Because of this, even if some of these organizations had plantations of one or two of these medicines, this was no guarantee that one of their members would be able to reach level 100.

Most would die long before they had the chance!

Therefore, mature medicine was precious, and any high-level specialist would do anything to get one of these!

Because of this reality, Gloria could not help but feel shocked to hear from her husband that there were some Divine-grade medicines in this place.

"Are you serious?" She looked into his eyes, trembling in excitement.

Minos smiled at her and said. "Of course. Now, do you understand why I bet with your mother? There's no way I could lose that!"

"Hell, I probably won't even need the 20 years. I'll become a Spiritual Saint in less than 15."

"Minos..." She smiled and massaged her belly before moving closer to hug him. 'Our children will have a great future here!' She imagined the bright future ahead of them.

"What are you going to do? Are you truly going to try to take the Church for yourself?" She looked up and saw his brown eyes. "With this place, I don't doubt you are capable."

"Hmm," Minos nodded at her, looking down. "I will help you cultivate and make you the greatest genius in the Spiritual Church. Then, when you become a Spiritual Demigod, we will gain the position of Supreme Pontiff and bring the Church under the control of the Stuart family."

"Do you see a problem with that, dear?" He fondly massaged her back.

"No." She answered without hesitation.

Gloria truly was a devotee of the Spiritual Church, a member committed to taking that organization to greater heights. Not only that, she was someone with the ambition to become Supreme Pontiff and naturally treated that organization as her own.

However, each person who rose through the ranks of power in that organization would always act for the good of their own family, using the possibilities at their disposal to nurture their people.

Everyone was like that, and it was no different for Gloria.

As such, once she came to power, she would already use the Spiritual Church to favor her family members. So, there was no way she could see a problem with Minos wanting to use the Church in his power project!

For her, it was only natural that she would help her husband as best she could and eventually have the Church protect them, securing her family's future.

And as a member of the Church, she would use her position and her opportunities to rise within that organization and then bring benefits to Minos and his children.

But she would not simply suck the power from the organization that had nurtured her for many years. She would profit from whatever position she could get in the Church, but she would also carefully govern it, aiming at its growth and perpetuation.

Since one thing did not go against the other, she was okay with Minos' plans!

Minos and the Black Plain had a lot of future with the Spatial Kingdom on their side. So, Gloria knew the Church would not be taken down if she gave it to him.

Minos smiled at her, satisfied. "Perfect!"

"So, what will we do from now on? It won't be easy, nor will it be quick to get to the point where we can use the Church for our good." She commented as she looked at her harem sisters and Minos.

Abby then said. "Well, Minos decided to do this recently, so we still have to plan how we will do this. But with your help, I think we can better figure out what steps will be needed."

"Hmmm," Ruth nodded in agreement. "We have plenty of time to do this, so we don't need to despair about it."

"Well, I'll do my best to plan that well." She clenched her fists in determination.

Minos then said. "Let's focus on our cultivation and the Black Plain. Once we get stronger and our status grows, we will naturally have an easier time dominating the Church from the inside out."

"Yes." All three said simultaneously.

He continued. "We can start by creating a good relationship between the Black Plain and the regional branches of the Church. This region will be our home, so we must have their allegiance, even if they are weak."

"After that, when we reach the 8th stage, we will advance our contacts and actions by the branches in neighboring states and the Flaming Empire."

"Eventually, we will have enough support for you to fight for the position of Supreme Pontiff."

"Anyway, until then, let's not get too involved in this matter. Let's do the planning and continue with our normal routine. We have a baby on the way, so it will still be a few years before one of us reaches the 8th stage."

Hearing that, all three were in agreement, and while Gloria saw no problem with not being able to move forward because of her baby, she remembered something and asked. "This place is great, the best. But that still doesn't justify your comment, 'I'm stronger than you, honey.' Why do you think you're so strong, darling?"

He smiled, noting that she did not like being considered weaker than him. "Well, I have a full set of Golden-grade techniques and an innate ability that continuously increases my energy."

"So, I'm much stronger than people of my level and even geniuses like you, dear."

"Uh? So, those techniques were here?" She was not shocked since Golden-grade techniques were nothing close to the Spatial Kingdom.

"Yes, among other things..."

"What exactly is your strength? How do you know you would beat me? I also have Golden-grade techniques." She provocatively looked at him.

He liked the look on her face and replied. "The difference between you and me is that, in addition to my innate ability, my techniques are designed to be used together. They are not simply Golden-grade techniques!"

"They complement each other. That means they are more efficient and can be fused. That's what makes me stronger than any other Spiritual Emperor."

"What? Is that possible?" She opened her mouth in shock.

Fusing techniques was challenging, and only techniques with compatibility could be fused. Because of this, even high-level cultivators had difficulty performing the fusion!

"Hmm, it is possible. Do you remember the black hole I showed you a few weeks ago? It is the fusion of two of my techniques, something that even devoured a level 70 Spiritual Saint!" He revealed this information to her.

"What?"

Abby explained. "The Spiritual Saint who attacked Minos back then did not simply run away. Instead, he was killed by our husband's fusion."

The redheaded beauty opened her mouth, not knowing what to say, shocked by this.

Minos then finished. "I probably can't beat you, dear. After all, I would never use my full strength against you. But I can definitely take on stronger opponents on the battlefield."

"That's why I said that."

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