The Empire and Spirit Hall—choose one.
What Xue Ye said today did not seem like something an emperor should have said.
Spirit Hall was immensely powerful. Could Xue Ye have been trying to make a show of force?
Or had the conflict between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall already reached an irreconcilable point?
A month passed quickly.
The Qualifying Rounds of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament were not as lively as the preliminary rounds.
To protect the privacy and safety of individual Spirit Masters,
no spectators were allowed to watch the Qualifying Rounds.
The Qualifying Rounds were still divided between the Two Great Empires.
The thirty teams that had passed the preliminary rounds competed within their respective empires.
The three teams that had already advanced directly to the Grand Finals did not participate in the Qualifying Rounds.
On the Heaven Dou Empire's side,
including the five teams that had advanced from the Heaven Dou City preliminary division,
a total of fifteen teams had completed registration that morning.
They had gathered at the site of the Qualifying Rounds.
Though there were fewer teams,
those who had made it through the preliminary rounds were undoubtedly the cream of the crop.
The ten teams from the five kingdoms and duchies that had passed the preliminary rounds had arrived even earlier.
They needed to familiarize themselves with the surroundings.
At the same time, they had come bearing numerous promises from the kingdoms and duchies they represented.
If they achieved good results,
the rewards they could receive might even surpass Xue Ye's promises.
After all, those kingdoms and duchies had an even greater thirst for talent.
Who would not want more powerful Spirit Masters under their command?
In the wars of Douluo Continent, Spirit Masters had long since become the