The Rise of the Black Plain

Minos knew that for any human to advance the level of a Physique, there would be a need to use external resources.

After all, the evolution of a cultivator's Physique rank could be compared to two cultivation stage promotions!

Such a thing was unusual to happen, and the amount of spiritual energy required was quite large.

To give you an idea, Minos would need an amount of spiritual energy to evolve his Physique from Warrior-grade to the King-grade, approximately 15 times the amount of energy required to him reach level 50!

Such a thing could not be overcome in the usual way with the spiritual energy from crystals or ordinary cultivation.

After all, he had to make the advance at once, given that his mutant Physique had such a trait.

Minos' mutant physique would only 'open the door' for this eventual evolution, once every 20 levels, at crucial moments in spiritual cultivation. Because of this, this young man could not try to evolve his Physique little by little with training.

That was a special event for any cultivator who would attempt such an evolution, and such a thing could even be considered evolution as a specimen and not just a physical improvement.

In fact, people with Physiques of different classifications were as different from each other as the race differences of cats!

Obviously, these distinctions would not be visible to the naked eye in humans, nor would they even affect things like the intelligence of those individuals. However, internally there would be distinctions that would increase bodily efficiency, such as compatibility with spiritual energy, cell quality, etc.

And the main factor, which most people want after they evolved their Physiques, was their innate abilities. With a better rating, these unique features would be enhanced, improving qualitatively!

For example, an ability that previously would have seemed only helpful for the cultivator's cell regeneration could begin to affect the external environment. In other words, it could even become capable of being used on other people!

Anyway, this evolution was not easy and required a massive amount of spiritual energy to be completed. And contrary to what you might think, all that energy would not be stored in the cultivation level or the cultivator's body after such promotion.

After all, if such a thing happened, Minos, or anyone else who tried it, would probably die, exploding from the inside out!

The role of this spiritual energy was to act as a catalyst for evolution, transforming one's Physique into a more refined and efficient one!

That was like a 'spiritual superwash,' removing far more toxins than standard stage promotions and transforming the cells. So, for example, a cultivator with a Saint-grade Physique would have silver bones. In contrast, a cultivator with a Divine-grade Physique would have that same body part, utterly golden in color.

Obviously, it wasn't just the bones that changed their 'configuration,' but the entire body.  As a result, it would become more resistant, with a higher regeneration, easier to retain spiritual energy, and more compatible with natural laws...

And that had a significant consequence for cultivators, which was the chance to survive the final breakthrough!

When trying to reach level 100, one would have to survive the Divine Tribulation, which would affect both soul and body.

While a level 99 cultivator's soul was strong enough to ensure that individual's survival, the same could not be valid for his body. For that part, that person would have to have a Physique of Divine-grade.

Otherwise, death was the only possibility!

Finally, due to all this, spiritual medicines could be considered extremely necessary in the Spiritual World. Even for ordinary cultivators, without a mutated Physique like Minos', evolving the rank of a Physique cultivating would be extremely difficult.

And because of that, all cultivators who had the chance would advance their Physiques' rank with the help of spiritual medicines.

To ascend from Common-grade to Warrior-grade, one would need Warrior-grade medicine. From the Warrior-grade to the King-grade, a King-grade medicine. From the King-grade to the Saint-grade, a Saint-grade medicine. And finally, from the Saint-grade to the Divine-grade, a Divine-grade medicine!

Minos had already used a Warrior-grade medicine when he had last advanced by the time he reached level 30. At that time, he had imported this resource from the Cromwell Kingdom through the Central Market.

Such medicine was easy to find, as it was used to manufacture pills from high-level grade-1 to those of low-level grade-2 rank. So, it hadn't been difficult for him.

However, this time, a King-grade medicine could be used to produce medium-level grade-2 pills, to those of low-level grade-3. So, it wouldn't be so easy for this young sovereign, let alone cheap!

As for Minos' future needs, luckily, the Spatial Kingdom was full of medicines of Saint-grade and Divine-grade!

Anyway, while Minos was still sitting there, looking at the horizon before him, he was seriously thinking about this matter. 'Evolving the degree of a Physique also generates a great spiritual disturbance. So, I think maybe it might be a good idea for me to do this in the Dry City and not here...'

As for this disturbance Minos was thinking about, that was something entirely positive. Given the amount of spiritual energy of the medicines involved in the evolution process, almost all of that energy would only trigger a given cultivator's body to transform.

All that massive amount of energy would be released into the environment after this process!

Because of this, considering that the spiritual energy released by a King-grade medicine could compare to the power of a level 60 cultivator, such a thing could be helpful for weaker people.

After all, that amount of spiritual energy would be enough for about 130 cultivators at level 39 to reach level 40. Or for 620 people at level 29 to reach level 30.

So, instead of wasting all that spiritual energy in the Spatial Kingdom, where it would be meaningless, Minos preferred to give the opportunity to his soldiers. They could use this in place of spiritual pills and achieve their respective advances with the help of their leader.

As long as this Minos' evolution was done in a specific location, such as the Cultivation Tower, all that spiritual energy would be contained in a small space. With that, anyone who tried to cultivate in such places would suffer from something that would be like super spiritual pressure.

Such a thing could not happen in external environments, free from restrictions, as the spiritual energy would disperse. However, by being contained in one place, this energy would force itself to be absorbed by cultivators, facilitating in a significant margin the possible advances.

Anyway, such a thing could help Minos' forces, and he didn't intend to waste it. 'I have to talk to Mia to make the preparations, as soon as I get the medicine and I'm close to making my advance…'

And while he was thinking about these future matters, Emlyn had risen from where she had been before and was now almost in front of Minos. "You've already reached level 43. How do you feel?"

Hearing this, the young Stuart finally buried his earlier thoughts and said. "I feel about 20% stronger now. I think if that fight with that Spiritual King from before happened now, even if I still couldn't defeat him alone, things would have been a lot easier. At the very least, he couldn't put me at any risk."

"I understand. It's a nice improvement. Do you want to play a match with me?" Emlyn asked with both her eyes closed as if she was laughing.

Minos had already mentioned that he wanted to start training with her soon, but Kyla's mother didn't think he would be capable of such a feat, at least not in the short term.

At level 51, Emlyn could be compared to a human cultivator of the same level, with Silver talent and Silver-grade techniques. Because of this, if she were to analyze her in her peak state, she could fight level 54, Spiritual Kings, who used Black-grade and Blue-grade techniques.

However, she wasn't at her peak, and due to her missing paw, she could at best face someone at level 52. Something above Minos' possibilities...