The Rise of the Black Plain
chapter-2556

As he felt the seraphim's wings, once solid and full of power, dissolve into infinite particles of golden light, Minos' eyes widened in shock. An unbearable sensation gripped him, as though his bones were breaking apart.

His mouth opened, a scream clawing at his throat, but he stifled it, his face paling and veins bulging as he endured the agony. Amid this torment, his wings began their slow integration and transformation, a massive cocoon of colored energy enveloping his entire body.

Minos barely noticed the cocoon forming around him. The pain was all-consuming, his bones shifting and realigning, each movement a fresh wave of agony. The wings had been a part of him for so long, intertwined not just with his body, but with his very soul. Any change to them resonated deeply, altering his core.

If these wings were forcibly removed, Minos knew he would surely die. Such was the sensitivity and connection he had with them. Though absorbing seraphim's wings wasn't life-threatening, it was far from comfortable.

Luckily, Minos possessed a constitution of exceptional strength. With the endurance of a dragon, he withstood the searing pain of the wings' integration into his conscious body.

The level 120 seraph watched this critical transformation, observing Minos' efforts to stay conscious. He marveled at the human's physical and mental prowess. If he were undergoing the same transformation at Minos' level, he was certain he would have lost consciousness.

"Keep trying. If you lose consciousness, you will absorb it and improve your cultivation. But if you stay conscious, it is possible you will understand different parts of reality and be able to continue growing faster and without bottlenecks in the future."

He advised, making sure Minos understood him, even amid the horror of having something of himself transformed while still awake.

The pain Minos felt now was like that of a person undergoing an operation to increase their height, if they were conscious and without anesthesia throughout the process.

But Minos' case was even worse, because unlike a normal person during such a procedure, he wouldn't lose consciousness when his pain reached a certain limit.

For the next two hours, Minos would suffer the worst physical pain of his existence, feeling as if the passage of time had changed to hone him feel every moment of the transformation that was taking place.

At the end of the two hours, the glow of the many small luminous particles on the seraph's wings would fade. Then his two wings would become larger and more beautiful, while four new wings would begin to grow from his back.

However, these four wings were tiny and had to grow.

Spiritual energy from the environment entered Minos' colorful cocoon, passed through his body, and nourished not only his new and old wings but also his soul.

Minos was no longer in so much pain, and he realized he would have the opportunity to cultivate until the end of level 108, as the Supreme seraph had said.

He would soon begin to meditate in the middle of this process, while the seraph guardian of this domain would leave him alone, seeing the crucial moment of integrating the wings had passed.

'This will take a while... I'll come here when you're almost done with your seclusion.'

He left the area, leaving only the cocoon sucking energy from the area. Minos would have to stay there for at least the next three years to process the new part of his body and gain enough stability to live normally.

Meanwhile, the seraph had his own business to attend to in this dimension.

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In the blink of an eye, over three years would pass, making it 11 years since Minos left the headquarters of the Armhands!

After over three years in this cocoon, Minos had grown, not only becoming stronger and gaining four huge new wings, but even increasing in height a bit.

After all his journey, he was already 1.9 meters tall. Some resources increased the height of living beings, so he wasn't the same size he was when he started cultivating at the beginning of his adult life.

But now, his body was already 2.2 meters tall, and his wings were each four times larger than his body.

His once mostly brown hair was now completely white, and his eyebrows and hair all over his body were the same color.

The brown of his eyes now had a slight silver tint, while his bones under his muscles were more golden than before, with rune-like symbols here and there.

His physique had progressed a little further towards qualitative change, and was now only one step away from reaching Celestial grade.

Before, Minos hadn't been sure if he would reach Celestial grade by advancing one stage in the future. He knew his chances were good, but he wasn't certain. Now, however, the seraphim who were watching him at the place where he had begun his cultivation were certain that he would succeed.

Such was the case with the level 120 Supreme, who was there to await Minos' awakening, and who couldn't help but be curious about the future of the young man who was currently at the peak of level 108!

While a large part of the Seraphim Tribe was waiting for Minos' awakening, which would also be the young man's farewell to this dimension, the cocoon, which was currently thin and transparent, broke.

As the crystallization of energy and laws broke, Minos' six magnificent, golden and extremely powerful wings subtly flapped behind his back, sending gusts of wind against various beings in the area.

His eyes opened, revealing a fresh look as flames appeared in front of him, and his naked body was quickly covered by some kind of spiritual clothing, a cape and white trousers.

The area around his body seemed to vibrate, the surrounding space distorted, and his eyes moved so fast that some people thought he was sick.

But when he saw small golden hourglasses appear in Minos' pupils, the level 120 Supreme understood Minos was just recognizing himself after the improvements he would live with from today.