Before long, he followed Qin Xue to the Grand Arena.
At once, a group of elders turned to look over, sizing Chen Wen up from head to toe.
They had known about everything Chen Wen had done for a long time.
Among them was someone Chen Wen knew well—Qin Yunshan.
The moment Qin Yunshan saw Chen Wen, his eyes lit up, and he took the initiative to come over. "Little Friend Ye, it's wonderful that you're safe."
Ever since returning from the spatial rift, he had been in seclusion.
His purpose was to break through to a higher realm and prepare for the Heavenly Mandate Selection.
However, he was not on the Inner City Ranking.
In fact, very few people from the entire Qin Clan could make it onto the Inner City Ranking.
It wasn't that he wasn't strong enough. The requirements were simply too high.
Across the nine territories, including the Central Heaven Domain, only five hundred people could enter.
Originally, those old undeads would not have participated in the competition for this ranking.
But now, they were coming out as well. This meant the competition would be extremely fierce this time.
Perhaps, of all the people here, fewer than ten would ultimately make the ranking.
Chen Wen took a deep breath before saying, "Thanks to you, I narrowly escaped with my life."
"That's good, that's good."
Qin Yunshan patted Chen Wen on the shoulder.
Chen Wen smiled but said nothing more.
Qin Yunshan spoke again. "Come, let me introduce you."
With that, they began introducing everyone to Chen Wen one by one.
"This is Qin Yunzhou, the chief of our Supreme Elder Council. He's also the only one among us who made the ranking."
"This time, unlike us, he's going to defend his ranking."
Chen Wen glanced at