Start of the Era of War

The next day the Shinigami fleet arrived in its entirety, 1000 gunships, 30 Brigs, 50 frigates, and 10 warships(Man o' Wars). The Empress and Black Pearl were then added to the fleet, and Urca was repaired and turned into the flagship. Flint's warship was pulled from the sea and added to the fleet, making a total of 12 warships. Finally, the Fort was rebuilt, reinforced, and manned to full capacity. Not on that, but three more forts were built along the Island

Tie Ta then sent a decree across the seven seas. He was Pirate King, and anyone caught in the act of Piracy without paying tribute to him would be sunk. This decreed shocked the world. At the same time, the Shinigami Company was making trade deals for pennies on the dollar. It was highway robbery, but only Spain and England could match Tie Ta's firepower, and that's only if they joined forces, as Tie Ta had the most advanced ships on the sea.

However, established countries were all at each other's throats. That is why companies now and forever will grow unchecked and cultivate power that governments will learn to fear.

The Guthries were finished in the West Indies. When the trade deal went to the Americas, Di had made sure to snuff them out there as well. As for James Flint and Charles Vane, no one ever heard of those men again. Although the devils never stopped trying to move in on the pirates, even after Tie Ta declared that all deals with devils were punishable by death.

That Vatican loved and backed Tie Ta's decree as it was a blow to the Devils without expending resources of their own.

A few months passed, and Tie Ta was world renown as the Pirate King. His trading company was booming. The Pirate Business and Trade relied on each other. Enemy ships were sunk and raided. Zhuiyu would pull the ships from the sea. Di rebuilt them. The cargo would be resold. The more this kept happening, the larger Tie Ta's fleet grew.

Of course, they fought magicians, fallen angels, devils, and mythicals of various pantheons. Team China only saw it as an opportunity to temper themselves.

It was sometime around 1735 when Xiao Heng was turning thirty-six years old, things finally began to settle down, and accords with various factions were struck. The Angels played nice as long as Pirates stopped attacking church-affiliated vessels on the grounds that England and Spain would no longer hunt pirates. The fallen angels were divided, so a few factions came to an accord but not all.

Greece and the Pirates were also at odds for obvious reasons. The Hindu gods, Norse gods, Sumerians, Aztecs, and so on came to reasonable accords for the sake of their younger generations as they had long stepped away from mortal affairs. During this brief reprieve, Audrey consumed the daughter of Aphrodite, Di consumed the son of Hephestus, Yinkong took the daughter of Pluto, Qiqi consumed the son of Mars, Xiao Heng consumed both the daughter of Zeus and son of Jupiter, finally the daughter of Athena was consumed by Amber.

During the time of peace, Tie Ta allowed Xiao Heng to go out and explore the world, much to Audrey's protest. But little did Audrey know, Xiao Heng was out collecting Marias and Qwasers on Tie Ta's behalf. Tie Ta and Lingyue were about to entire close-door cultivation together and cross Life Destruction. Soma would be needed to quench the spirit body.

But before Tie Ta closed the door on the world, Zhuiyu was given the order to set Calypso free after all of the company ships were docked. Calypso told Tie Ta that Team Russia had aligned with Tuatha De Danann and that they were hidden away behind the veil of Avalon after the team leader failed to take what he thought was the Deity Sliver of Odin. Much to his surprise, the Odin of DxD is the original.

Tie Ta was surprised to see that Calypso returned to her sea cave instead of going after Poseidon. She was a tricky Goddess, and Tie Ta didn't ask too many questions.

After a month of work, Xiao Heng returned home with 250 Maria and 9 Qwasers. The rest had fled. The Qwasers were killed, and the Marias were taken deep into Radiant Saint Artifact where Tie Ta and Lingyue locked themselves away.

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1738- New Providence Island. Tie Ta and Lingyue each achieve a 33 heaven tribulation and officially step into the divine sea realm of cultivation. In the years that follow, Team China develops a deeper understanding of their individual powers and walks the path of mastery before expansion.

1745- Xiao Heng falls in love and marries Alethea Paimon, Heiress to the Paimon Clan of the 72 Pillars. Before they marry, Tie Ta bargains for a set of evil pieces and officially becomes an ally of the Devils. After the wedding, Tie Ta extracts the Sword of Maria from Mafuyu Oribe and Tomo Ymanobe and implants it into Banita Sandhu. The Sword of Maria adapted to its host and manifested in the best way to compliment Banita's power, leaving an avenue for many future possibilities.

The Sword of Maria is considered a high ancient circuit. No one knows what it really is or where it came from. And like the Red Dragon Boosted Gear, no one knows its full potential.

1746- Tie Ta begins to reengineer the Devil Pieces. The Dimension Lost Sacred Gear is also successfully fused with Audrey's soul. Lingyue then receives the Blade Blacksmith Sacred Gear from the Urca Captain. The hunt for sacred gears begins. Team china splits up to find the most suitable gear for themselves. But Tie Ta focuses on himself as the Compass of Jack Sparrow pointed the way to the Sacred Gears he desired be it for power or canon manipulation.

1748- Tie Ta opens his third and fourth inner gates, the gates of Wonder and Pain, propelling himself to Stage 3 Tyrant Ghoul. His essence cultivation also reached Divine Transformation. Tie Ta begins cultivating his soul, forming his Battle Spirit --When the strength of one's will reached a certain extent, it could turn into a genuine physical attack. This was the formation of a battle spirit.

This was also the year, Zhu Wen and Ouyang Di settled with the Fox Yokai to manage the business in Japan and help Zhu Wen progress.

1770- Team China members begin to form their Domains and master their powers and their entirety. Xiao Heng performs Avatism with the help of Audrey and Tie Ta. He becomes a Dreamweaver.

1771- Tie Ta officially marries Reika and Ahmanet. Though, Banita, Qiqi, Lingyue, Zhuiyu, Amber, Norma, and Audrey saw no reason to leave and remained as his concubines. But after a misstep, Lingyue gets pregnant with the Geminis and starts an unnaturally long pregnancy.

1780- Tie Ta opens the last gate of the eight inner gates, the gate of death, propelling himself to Stage 4 Tyrant Ghoul unlocking a full-body Kakuja.

1800- The pirate nation is completely turned into Shinigami Company and leads the world in technological innovation. t-Phobos is perfected, Paving the way for all of Team China members to unlock stage 4 of their genetic constraints. Lingyue breaks through to divine transformations and consumes the last of her cultivation resources.

1810- Ouyang Di and Zhu Wen have a son -Tenko. Zhu Wen gains her ninth tail, takes over the Fox Yokai, and subjugates the former Royal Family.

1890- Team China hunts Demigods to upgrade their bloodlines as Sacred Gears are rarities outside of factions. through High sorcery, the team is able to take the bloodlines as nourishment without deviating from their original routes of evolution established in Chuck's Realm before the DXD Mission began. As for the Sacred Gears, the progress was short. Finding the right fit is what made the task daunting for the team.

1900- Yinkong and Bai Wutong have their first child, Bai Luo'er. Team China masters stage 4 of genetic constraints to its peak and upgrade their bloodlines and physiques without Chuck's help or external resources. New 'Gods' are born within the Radiant Saint Artifact before the team disbands once more.

1919- Later that year, Tie Ta tempers a Gold Battle Spirit merging his Zanpakuto into his Martial Soul Weapon. But as the Family is separated, Tie Ta celebrates by himself. The day after his celebration, he calls for the Team to assemble.

One by one they arrive, each with their own regal aura that made Tie Ta proud. Bai Luo'er and Tenko was a grown woman and grown man. Bai Wutong, Ouyang Di, and Tie Ta soon fell into their old ways as they laughed and drank together. Tenko even joined them and Luo'er followed. Their parents had been subtlety nudging them together for years and their efforts were finally starting to bear fruits.

"Oi! Let me tell you!" said Ouyang Di, "..."

The table waited and then burst into laughter as the drink fool forgot what he was going to say. That was the power of the wine made by Tie Ta and sold to all supernatural communities. Even beings of their strength were heavily affected.

"Okay! Okay! Brother Tie? Why have you called us together?" Asked Yinkong. She still saw Tie Ta as an older brother and after years she openly admitted it. And with that small change, Yinkong had become a different woman.

"What about the newbies?" asked Qiqi.

"Shouldn't they be dead by now?" Tenko asked and his mother smacked him in the head.

"Take Luo'er and go explore," said Zhu Wen.

"But Xiao Heng is still here." Tenko winner.

"You leave too," said Audrey, talking to her son.

There was no bias in the family and this kept everyone light-hearted and uncorrupted.

"Mother..." said Xiao Heng.

"She didn't speak to start a discussion," said Tie Ta as he eyed Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng sighed as he left with his younger that he considered cousins.

"The newbies are alive and well. They're cultivating to keep up with our lifespan." Tie Ta explained. "Anyway, It's the twentieth century and we're getting closer to that time. We can't forget while we're here. With that being said, I'm handing over all the business to you lot. I'm going to explore the Radiant Saint Artifact and train a new energy. The world's Heaven and Earth Qi is too thin to make the amount of progress that I want. So I need an alternative."

"When will you come back?" Lingyue asked as she held her stomach. It was still toned and flat but everyone could fill the brimming lifeforce from within. They all knew the twins of Tie Ta and Lingyue would become a force when they were finally born.

"Half a century, if all goes right." Tie Ta replied. "There are few other things that have to look after in there that I have neglected."

"Then leave everything to us, brother." Ouyang Di spoke

1945- Only 26 years after Tie Ta started his temporary retirement did Xiao Heng resurrect a vampire lover he meets during his trip to Egypt. He assumes his father wouldn't mind as the vampire is a strong and beautiful Elementalist. This sparked conflict with the Egyptian Pantheon. Beginning of the Egyptian-Greek- Shinigami Conflict...

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-June 1945, Cairo-

Tie Ta was alerted during his training. Set had reached out to take Xiao Heng. He was currently setting in the Artifact Spirits temple in the lotus position as a tornado of Radiant Saint Origin Force revolved around. Little by little he was absorbing and cultivating the energy while trying to comprehend the energy and the Saint Artes to its fullest. It was a slow but beneficial process.

When his eyes snapped open, the Radiant Saint Origin Force return to its cell and was locked away.

"Master, is there a problem?" the Artifact Spirit asked.

"My son, he has done something without thought." Tie Ta replied calmly before disappearing.

Tie Ta reappeared in the land of red sand as he unleashed his power and blew apart the desert hand of Set.

"Father, I'm sorry. I didn't know, I swear!" Xiao Heng cried out.

Tie Ta held up a simple hand to silence the boy. Tie Ta wasn't angry nor was he bothered. He would move the stars and planets of Xiao Heng and every member of his family.

"You did nothing wrong, Xiao Heng. Take your woman and go home. I will go and speak to Set."

"You are Set," said Xiao Heng

"Not yet," he replied, "Besides, you should be preparing for a rating game against the Gremory Clan. Zeoticus' niece to be exact. You're mother still sends word from time to time. Good luck and don't embarrass me."

Tie Ta then proceeded into the desert, and the red sands swallowed him.

"So he's the Pirate King, Chairman of the Shinigami Company." Said Xiao Heng's lover.

"That's my father, tyrant of the new world... This shit is about to get ugly," Xiao Heng replied with a sigh. "Tia, you choose to stay with me, your life will certainly become harder."

"Are you giving me a way out?" she asked.

"Mmm."

"Pfft, I died to be with you. Speak this way again and I'll take your heart as compensation. Come on, I'm sure your father doesn't want to see us when he returns." Tia spoke in soft but firm tone.

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Author's Note:

Tie Ta and Lingyue's cultivation follows the Martial World Cultivation of Body, Essence, and Spirit. I'll make room for explanations in the next Ark as Tie Ta's cultivation had become the glue for all of his enchantments and abilities.

It was a big-time skip, and I just want to give a little brief overview. The next chapter during the war will explain a lot about Team China, the changes that occurred, and how those changes affected the team. After the war ark, DxD Canon will begin.

Please ask questions. I don't mind them.

PS. Calypso is very much around, and more of her nature will be revealed as she stirs up trouble for Tie Ta from the shadows.

-END OF VOLUME!