Spirit Severing Realm, Fifth Layer

Eight full days passed, and the Dagan Dynasty's Centennial Competition reached its fifth round.

Chen Fan smoothly advanced to the next round, becoming one of the final thirteen contestants.

Chen Ze's other Doppelgangers also all advanced.

Of the thirteen spots in the Dagan Dynasty's Centennial Competition, Chen Ze's Doppelgangers occupied all thirteen.

Such a grand Centennial Competition in the Dagan Dynasty had, in the end, become a tournament where Chen Ze played against himself.

If the Dagan Dynasty's emperor learned of this outcome, who knew what he would think.

However, no matter what outsiders thought, the Centennial Competition still had to continue.

As Chen Fan and the others successfully advanced into the final thirteen, the atmosphere of the entire competition grew increasingly tense.

The various powers only became more interested in Chen Fan, all of them speculating about what kind of background and strength this young man from a small sect possessed.

Within the imperial palace, the emperor's curiosity toward Chen Fan also deepened. He dispatched even more trusted subordinates to investigate Chen Fan's origins.

Yet no matter how they investigated, the result remained the same: Chen Fan was a bona fide Qingyun Sect disciple.

And that was precisely what the emperor wanted, making all his painstaking arrangements worthwhile.

However, Chen Ze was no longer as invested in the Dagan Dynasty's Centennial Competition as he had been before.

In his view, the outcome of this competition was already plain to see.

No matter how the competition ended, one of his Doppelgangers would emerge victorious.

Only when he occasionally felt bored and had some free time would he look through his Doppelgangers' eyes at the competition, passing the time that way.

To Chen Ze, this competition was more like a predetermined performance.

Although he did not care much about the competition's