Time flowed slowly, and the sun rose in the east, spilling warm golden morning light across the entire summit of Moonwatch Mountain.
Crowds continued pouring into the vast summit plaza. Martial artists, scions of aristocratic families, and wandering independent cultivators converged from every direction.
Layer upon layer of densely packed people spread like a dark tide, occupying every inch of open space in the plaza.
At a rough glance, there were tens of thousands of them.
Voices roared, waves of energy surged, and a fervent atmosphere enveloped the entire expanse.
The start of the Jintai Grand Tournament's main competition drew ever closer.
Every spectator in the plaza had a fiery gleam in their eyes. As though by unspoken agreement, all eyes focused on the towering, expansive Bluestone Arena at the center of the grounds.
All eyes were upon it!
Everyone's heart brimmed with excitement and anticipation that could scarcely be concealed.
The preliminary rounds had merely screened and eliminated competitors. The main competition beginning today was the true battle for supremacy among Jintai Prefecture's finest young Heavenly Prodigies.
The thirty-two Heavenly Prodigies who had fought through the preliminary rounds each possessed exceptional arts and deep reserves. Today marked their first clash against formidable rivals. Every match would be a contest at the pinnacle, an all-out struggle capable of drawing the attention of the entire Jintai Prefecture.
The outer sections of the competition grounds seethed with noise, voices rolling like an ocean, while the core seats at the very front presented an entirely different scene.
The Core-Realm Experts, veteran True Qi Realm masters, and leaders of various powers who had streamed forward to pay their respects had finished exchanging pleasantries and returned to their seats.
After that brief round of social exchanges, the plaza's most prestigious section, with its most imposing