Journey

As the high priest of the Night Spirit Cult in the Spirit Weapon World, Adre was the predecessor of the Night Spirit Cult, which was established on the basis of Lu Li's joint development of the Dreamlands's resources with the Cordila Group in the Spirit Weapon World.

Subsequently, the development of the Dreamlands was entirely handed over to Cordira, and the Night Spirit Cult was officially established. It quickly became an illegal organization in the Spirit Weapon World and was wanted by the authorities. Adre, as the High Priest, led the cult to continue to develop, but the Spirit Weapon World was not simple, and he was seriously injured in a battle.

Left with no other choice, Adre passed the position of High Priest to his disciple and ascended to the Shadow Kingdom. In that space, the dense shadow power rapidly healed his injuries.

Suddenly, a light screen appeared in the sky, and a line of text flew out from it: Congratulations to the first High Priest of the Night Spirit Cult, a cult under the Shadow Kingdom, on his ascension to the Shadow Kingdom. For his outstanding contributions to the missionary work in the Spirit Weapon World, he is awarded 3,000 contribution points and the Shadow First-Class Honor Medal.

Two teams of Thousand-Dimensional Eye flew towards Adre's location. One of the Thousand-Dimensional Eye released light and swept it towards Adre. Then, a card with an eye in the center flew out from it and was pulled in front of Adre by the Thousand-Dimensional Eye's pull.

Adre was still a little dazed when he received the card, and then a Thousand-Dimensional Eye special plane picked him up. In the sky above the Shadow Kingdom was a huge fortress barrier, where all the mother bodies of the Thousand-Dimensional Eye, the Thousand-Dimensional All-Seeing Eye Star Knot, were located.

Black and red particles were projected to form the image of a blindfolded girl. She met with Adre, her small face full of seriousness, and said in her cute childlike voice, "This was originally Lilith's business, but she's been busy lately, so I'm informing you instead."

"The first legion of the Shadow Legion consists of the Families, a group of gregarious beings who can only absorb their own will to differentiate into different forms. However, many humans are unwilling to be reborn as Serpent People or Thousand-Dimensional Eye. Therefore, we have established the Second Legion of the Shadow Legion, which is directly under the leadership of the Great Shadow Lord."

"The Second Regiment of the Shadow Legion is entirely composed of Ascended individuals like yourself, or those who have achieved Shadow Perfection. Currently, there are 3,178 of them in the Shadow Kingdom, but most of them are warriors, not leaders, so the Second Legion was previously just a name."

"In the past, this would have been no problem, but recently, in the name of the Great Shadow Lord, we need to wage war against other worlds, so the Second Regiment of the Shadow Legion must be established." The blindfolded girl looked at Adre's 1.8-meter height, conjured a staircase beneath her feet, climbed it to reach the required height, and then patted Adre's shoulder with her small hand, saying, "The organization has decided to give you more responsibilities."

"The position of battalion commander of the first battalion of the second regiment of the Shadow Legion is hereby awarded to you!" Star Knot nodded and said, "In addition, we will select several other battalion commanders. Each battalion will initially consist of 1,000 men. You battalion commanders will compete for the position, and your performance will determine who becomes the commander of the second regiment."

"Furthermore, we, the Thousand-Dimensional Eye, will not interfere with your recruitment. As long as the applicant meets the basic requirements, namely, completing the Shadow Transformation, you can recruit them." Star Knot tugged at his blindfold to try to appear authoritative, and then continued, "I hope you can quickly fill your ranks and train the First Battalion. The first batch of world pioneers has already set off, and we will soon need the First Battalion."

"We at Thousand-Dimensional Eye will allocate you 1,000 standard combat gear sets, along with a 300-point scrap allowance, and provide three free repairs per set. As for more advanced equipment, you'll need to purchase it using your contribution points."

Adre was taken to a warehouse, where he saw his thousand sets of combat equipment. Then, Star Knot's majestic image turned into black and red dots and disappeared, leaving Adre to slowly digest it.

Adre opened his card, which displayed the housing arranged for him and the Second Legion's headquarters. Adre thought to himself, "Well, I am the battalion commander of the First Battalion of the Second Legion, so I'll go check out the headquarters first."

He arrived at the Second Legion's base on the private plane arranged by the Thousand-Dimensional Eye, only to find it completely empty. He then realized that although all the Ascended and Shadow Perfected were nominally part of the Second Shadow Legion, they were not officially part of the Legion and were only considered reserve forces. If they wanted more people, they would have to recruit them themselves.

However, the First Battalion is currently penniless, possessing only a thousand sets of standard combat equipment and no other assets. He personally has three thousand contribution points, which is a fortune for him, but it doesn't amount to much when distributed among the entire battalion. If he were to recruit alone, those people would likely be willing to dedicate themselves to the great Shadow Lord. However, several other battalion commanders will also be recruiting, and recruiting requires military pay.

"Therefore, the first battle must be fought fiercely, using war to sustain war and earn enough contribution points. As for recruiting people now, we can only make empty promises for now, but how to make those promises requires careful consideration." Adre, as expected of someone who had been a high priest, quickly figured out the intricacies of the situation.

After leaving the Second Legion, Adre arrived at the Holy City. According to the Second Legion's roster, most of the Ascended Ones resided there. Adre wasn't acting recklessly; among these three thousand+ Shadow Perfected Ones, several hundred had ascended from the Spirit Weapon World. Although they no longer belonged to the Night Spirit Cult after arriving in the Shadow Kingdom, they still held some influence as the High Priest.

So Adre contacted his old colleagues, held a gathering, and finalized the details of joining. They then set up a registration page on Qianwei Network, and more than 300 people signed up instantly, generating buzz. Recruiting people went very smoothly afterward.

However, Adre also discovered that the other battalion commanders were not to be underestimated. The commander of the second battalion was the former first mate of the Christopher. Although he failed to intercept the ship's takeoff, after Gresta devoured the Empire, he won over a large number of the Imperial people who had been devoured and gained the qualification of Shadow Perfection, becoming a noble Shadow creature.

This time, he became the battalion commander of the second battalion of the second regiment of the Shadow Legion, and won over many of the Empire's Shadow Perfectors. Although their numbers were not as many as Adre's, they were not far behind.

In addition, there are the Shadow Assassin of the Third Battalion, who come from the Heavenmark Continent and have recruited many members of the Shadow Cult from the Heavenmark Continent. The commander of the Fourth Battalion is named Dead Shadow. The members of the Fourth Battalion are the group of people who escaped from the Empire in the spaceship. After arriving in the Starshine World, they merged with the Black Day Organization of the Starshine World and became Ascended.

The four battalion commanders recruited more than three thousand men. The first battalion of Adre had the most men, but it was not full. However, this was not important. What was important was that their journey was about to begin.