Beile's Sharing Session

"Congratulations to Brother Beile for becoming a Sergeant."

"Congratulations to lucky Kala for his promotion to Hundred Guards."

"Congratulations to us for the promotion..."

"Why am I the lucky one? That was all skill." Kala shouted.

A month after the Expansion competition ended, at Jie Ning's home.

The group gathered as usual, but this time there was one more person—Beile.

Beile half-reclined on a lounge chair in Jie Ning's house. "Kids, you'll have about a hundred or two hundred years of peace to cultivate properly."

"Make good use of this opportunity."

"Chances like this won't come often later."

Jie Ning's nerves tensed instantly. "Brother Beile, what do you mean?"

"Don't you think there are too many forces nearby?" Beile tilted his head to look at them, speaking casually. "In at most two hundred years, only the Blade Army will remain as a force around here."

'At least it's not a direct entry into the Material Plane. Looks like there's still time.' Jie Ning breathed a slight sigh of relief, but he was still worried about what Beile had brought up.

Mosang stood up nervously. "Is the Blade Army planning to go to war with the surrounding forces?"

Beile waved his hand. "That's not certain either. If those guys are smart enough to leave on their own, then of course you won't have to worry about fighting."

"Each of you should focus on improving your own strength."

"Every bit of strength you gain is another bit of hope for survival." Beile reminded them.

Mosang fell silent, his face full of worry.

"Brother Beile, was this Expansion just to monopolize the Teleportation Array?" Korur asked curiously.

"I don't know the specifics either." Beile shook his head. "But the 'Army Lord' did mention that everyone recruited this time will have great uses in the future."

"They can't be wasted casually."

"So don't worry too much about fighting other forces. You, including the newcomers, all have 'great uses.'" Beile said meaningfully.

Hearing this, Mosang perked up again. Beile's confidence stirred his curiosity. "So, has the 'Army Lord' become an Overgod's Envoy?"

Beile sat up, first frowning at Mosang, then glancing at Kala, as if remembering something, before relaxing and lying back down.

At that, Kala could only scratch his head awkwardly.

"We were just guessing." Kala quickly explained.

Beile gave them all a deep look, sighed, and finally nodded. "You guessed right. The 'Army Lord' has indeed been accepted as an Overgod's Envoy by a great Fire Element Sovereign."

"And it is indeed that Sovereign you know." As he spoke, Beile looked at Kala.

Kala smiled sheepishly, but his heart was filled with excitement.

'I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to see that Sovereign again.' To Kala, that Sovereign had changed the course of his entire life.

As for Jie Ning, this wasn't good news to him, since it indirectly confirmed his own suspicions.

But now that the information was confirmed, Jie Ning felt as if a weight had been lifted from his heart.

Mosang was already getting excited. "Since Lord 'Army Lord' has become an Overgod's Envoy, what do we have to fear?"

"Once the nearby forces hear this news, they'll probably leave on their own, right?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Beile quickly warned them. "Even though you figured out on your own that the 'Army Lord' became an Overgod's Envoy."

"You absolutely cannot leak this news to outsiders."

"If you do, I won't be able to save you."

Hearing this, Jie Ning had some vague guesses. 'Is that Sovereign worried that other Sovereigns will learn of his methods and imitate them?'

'But then again, that Sovereign probably doesn't expect to keep it hidden forever—just to gain the upper hand first?'

Mosang's joyful expression froze. "We can't tell anyone?"

"If the 'Army Lord's' identity isn't known, those forces won't leave on their own, will they?" Mosang said weakly.

"So we're still going to fight?"

Having already revealed the biggest secret, Beile didn't mind saying a bit more.

"Don't worry. If it really comes to that, the 'Army Lord' will take care of the leaders of those forces."

"All we have to do is clean up the small troubles left behind after those forces collapse."

"And what you need to think about most is how to survive through this chaos."

"That's good." Korur sighed in relief. He liked a good fight, but he still felt that large-scale war was too dangerous.

For a moment, the atmosphere among them relaxed again.

Jie Ning asked as if casually, "By the way, Brother Beile, do you know how to return to the Material Plane from Hell?"

"I still have some family left in the Material Plane. Is it possible to send some local specialties back?"

Mosang and the others immediately turned their attention to Beile as well, their curiosity piqued.

Beile looked at Jie Ning with some exasperation. "You really dare to think big."

Still, he explained to Jie Ning, "Actually, many people have had similar thoughts to yours—whether because Hell is too dangerous or for other reasons—and wanted to go back to the Material Plane."

"For example, this guy." He pointed at Kala as he spoke.

Kala smiled sheepishly. In truth, he wanted to go back more for revenge and to show off.

"As you know, the Teleportation Array from the Material Plane to the Supreme Plane only requires inputting a certain amount of power to activate. But the return trip isn't like that," Beile recalled.

"Once, several High-Gods tried feeding most of their divine power into the Teleportation Array, and that finally activated it."

"But the activated array could only send them to other Supreme Planes."

"So you'd better give up on that idea." Beile advised kindly.

"Good thing I left a body behind in the Material Plane." Jie Ning nodded with a 'bitter smile,' but inwardly calculated, 'Does Beile himself not know the way back to the Material Plane either?'

'It seems the War of Faith hasn't shown any signs yet.'

'But for now, I can't return to the Material Plane. In the future, though, I might.'

'The difference is that in the future, the Teleportation Array will be managed by the armies of the Overgods.'

'And if I recall correctly, returning to the Material Plane requires trillions of Ink Stones, a condition set by the Overgods.'

'Ink Stones... so the key is Overgod Power?'

'But Ink Stones themselves are meaningless to the Overgods, so those trillions of Ink Stones are probably an actual cost?'

'It likely takes a trillion Ink Stones to activate the array once?' Jie Ning was secretly stunned.

'If my guess is right, then in this era, wanting to activate the Teleportation Array to return to the Material Plane on my own is completely impossible.'

On the other side, Korur was still asking Beile his own question. "Brother Beile, I've noticed recently that a lot of the tasks at Blade Castle have disappeared. What's going on?"

Beile smiled without answering directly. Instead, he asked, "Do you still remember the castle next to Blade Castle?"

"Brother Beile, you mean the Demon Fortress?" Korur recalled.

"Exactly." Beile confirmed. "From now on, the only place in Blade City where you can accept tasks is the Demon Fortress."

"And to accept tasks at the Demon Fortress, you first need to be a demon."

Mosang played his part and asked, "I remember that 'Army Lord' is a Seven-star Demon. So what exactly is a demon?"

In truth, aside from Jie Ning and Kala, the others had always thought the Demon Fortress was the private property of 'Army Lord.'

"A demon is a title," Beile explained. "The Demon Fortress divides those who accept tasks into seven levels, from one star to seven stars, based on the difficulty of the tasks they can complete."

"A Seven-star Demon is the most powerful kind of demon."

"Every Seven-star Demon has their own title. 'Army Lord's' title is Blade Demon."

Jie Ning's curiosity was piqued. "Then, Brother Beile, are you a demon?"

Beile smiled. "Of course I am."

He took out a badge as he spoke. "This is my Demon Badge."

"I'm a Five-star Demon." As he said this, Beile seemed to glance at Jie Ning casually.

'I only had the confidence to become a Five-star Demon after fully fusing two Mysteries. This kid...'

Beile continued, "Among the Hundred Guards of the Blade Army—no, they should be called Sergeants now—aside from me, there's one other Five-star Demon, Qilu. The rest are Four-star Demons."

"The three Deputy Generals are all Six-star Demons. And the only Seven-star Demon is 'Army Lord.'"

"Does a Three-star Demon correspond to a Middle-God?" Mosang felt he had spotted a blind spot.

"Of course not." Beile directly denied Mosang's random association. "Three-star Demons are mostly the bottom-tier High-Gods. Those who became High-Gods by refining a Divine Spark are probably around that level."

"But there are exceptions. Some powerful Middle-Gods can also be counted in this tier." Beile looked at Jie Ning. "In my opinion, Jie Ning at least has the strength of a Three-star Demon."

"What?" Everyone stared at Jie Ning in shock. "Can Jie Ning fight a High-God now?"

Dinar's body trembled, and some resolve within him grew even firmer.

"Lord Beile, you flatter me," Jie Ning said modestly, though he felt Beile's assessment was accurate.

In fact, Jie Ning himself thought he could even exchange blows with some Four-star Demons.

"You're always so humble." Beile shook his head.

Looking at the others, Beile advised, "Becoming a High-God isn't the only way to increase your strength. The power gained from fusing Mysteries is no less than upgrading your Divine Spark."

"And it's also the only way to grow stronger after becoming a High-God."

Mosang and the others were lost in thought.

Kala also lowered his head in contemplation. Beile had advised him before, but he hadn't paid attention. Now, seeing Jie Ning's strength, it seemed there was some truth to it.

After letting them digest the information, Beile looked at Korur and continued, "With your strength, becoming a One-star Demon shouldn't be a big problem."

"Go take the Demon Assessment at the Demon Fortress when you get the chance."

"Before, low-level missions were almost all at Blade Castle, and the Blade Army was the main force completing them, so there were very few low-level demons in Blade City."

"But from now on, those missions will mostly be handed over to the Demon Fortress."

Jie Ning sighed inwardly, 'The center of gravity is already shifting, isn't it?'

"If the rest of you have time, you might as well go earn a Demon Badge too," Beile suggested to the group.

"Who is the master of the Demon Fortress?" Mosang asked, finding it hard to imagine. "Even the Army Lord takes pride in the title of Seven-star Demon."

Beile said with some longing, "Rumor has it that behind the Demon Fortress is also an Overgod..."

Everyone was already numb. Before, they thought Overgods were untouchable, but now it seemed traces of Overgods were everywhere.

Kala suddenly felt a pang of loss. Watching the others crowd around Beile, firing off all kinds of questions, he felt something was off.

'It used to be they'd all ask me.'

Suddenly, Beile remembered something. He sat up and looked at Kala.

"Oh, right, Kala. That Daisy Lin you asked me to keep an eye on."

"I'll arrange for her to be assigned under you later. As for the rest, that's up to your own ability."

Kala's spirits instantly soared.

"But she's got a hot temper."

"During the Expansion competition, she was in the area Busa was in charge of."

"Busa told me that her opponent flirted with her a few times on the stage. She knocked him out with a Soul Attack first, then blasted his divine body apart piece by piece."

"And if her opponent hadn't come to in time and surrendered, her next move would have been to blow his head off."

"I heard you're one of the guys who flirted with her too, right?" Beile's face showed a mischievous grin.

"Watch yourself."

Mosang, listening from the side, was dumbfounded. He looked at Kala with a sympathetic expression.

"What's that look for?" Kala said, seeing Mosang's reaction and feeling a vein bulge on his forehead.

Then he turned to Beile, grateful. "Brother Beile, I appreciate the trouble."

"But I believe I can handle it." Kala's words were full of confidence.

Even though no one present knew where that confidence came from.

"Good luck..." Beile suddenly felt like there might be some good drama in the future, and he looked forward to it with anticipation.

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