Over the past nine hundred years, Aurora, Sui Shen Yao, and Silver Dust had turned up nearly everything there was to know about most of the contestants.
So when Aurora saw this group together, she immediately recognized them.
"All of them come from Affiliated Countries in Third-Tier Star Systems. They're competing under the identities of Outer Territory sect members, using those sects' slots," Aurora murmured in Li Tianming's ear.
That surprised Li Tianming. He had not expected every one of them to be from the Inner Territory—or for the entire team to come from Third-Tier Affiliate Nations.
Meanwhile, in the Myriad Sects War Hall...
The news had stunned even Li Dixiao into a daze.
Only then did it dawn on him. "So that's how the eldest princess is connected to Tianming. The one who was supposedly just there to make up the numbers is actually the esteemed younger princess!"
"Does that mean Tianming defeated his opponents to protect the younger princess? If that's the reason, perhaps we don't need to worry so much about people seeking revenge," Li Zhaotang said, sounding pleased.
"But why would the younger princess need protecting? As long as her opponents knew who she was, openly or otherwise, none of them would dare strike to kill. We'll probably still have to shoulder the grudges of everyone Tianming eliminated ourselves," Li Xuanyin said slowly.
The situation hardly looked promising, and everyone understood that.
"It's too early to say whether this will prove a blessing or a curse. The boy looks reckless, but he has plans of his own. If he can navigate between the imperial family and these opponents, he may have his own way of handling the fallout," Xuan Tianque said with a smile.
Those sects' grudges could not reach him, nor would they dare target