Chapter 861
Noah kept on training as he reviewed the events that had happened in the world during his hibernation, as well as the details behind Elder Julia's offer .
The various forces had left the old continent untouched, but its constant decline was inevitable . The Portal in the Utra nation fed continuously on the "Breath" and nutrients of those territories, and the wasteland that it created kept on expanding as the passage remained open .
The central areas had never been famous for their rich density of "Breath" due to the massive number of cultivators in the Empire . The retreat from the new continent had worsened that already dire environment, which was slowly following the destructive trend of the regions in the Utra nation .
The only areas that still met adequate standards in terms of density of "Breath" were those inside the domain of the Council . The Papral nation was relatively abundant in terms of resources and regions where to raise cultivators, even if it was far emptier now .
The new gains in the new continent had pushed the Council to resume a slow but constant relocation of its assets . Yet, it didn't intend to move away from the old continent .
Differently from the Elbas family, the Council was a form of government that represented all the major sects in the nation . Its rule didn't set its foundation on the fear of a more potent force, but on a collaboration that would eventually provide shared benefits .
The Hive didn't have those sorts of problems . The Coral archipelago had become a testing area for the cultivators recruited through the Lutren nation and other channels, and its defenses were incredible .
So, the Hive could focus all its efforts on its expansion in the new continent . Its priority now was to turn those still barren central regions in sources of income and to recover from the losses suffered during the war against the Empire .
After all, it had lost countless human cultivators and hybrids in those clashes, and dozens of heroic cultivators had died too . The Hive had come out of the war with no more than thirty-five Elders in the fourth rank left as assets .
Yet, even if its losses had been immense, they were nothing compared to the other forces since they had seen casualties happening among the cultivators in the fifth rank .
The Hive wasn't famous for its high number of heroic troops but its elites . Monsters like Noah and talents like many of the Elders were existences that excelled among their peers . Also, the rest of the world was still unaware of the presence of the two Demons inside its ranks . The two of them were old monsters that had learnt to survive through unthinkable struggles and had been personally trained by a divine cultivator!
That feature didn't apply only to the heroic assets . In those eight years, more rank 3 cultivators had managed to survive their Tribulations and had taken their place among the other elders .
Most of those cultivators had fought in the war against the Empire and were experienced warriors, other than rare talents among the human ranks . It was only natural for them to experience their breakthroughs to the heroic ranks as soon as a period of peace arrived .
The Hive didn't focus only on its expansion and the grooming of those young talents in those years . The territories around the Divine Stele had required most of its attention since it had to decide which kind of restrictions to apply to the political system there .
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