There were sixty-eight Cave Abodes, but only a little over three hundred Spirit Severing cultivators competing for them. Although the number of cultivators competing seemed substantial, it was still fewer than the thousand-plus Integration stage cultivators fighting over more than a hundred Cave Abodes.
It was even less comparable to the tens of thousands of Nascent Soul cultivators competing for several hundred Cave Abodes.
The Cave Abode Fang Liang had chosen was Number Three Thousand. It should have been an extremely remote location, and among the Cave Abodes for the Spirit Severing cultivators, it should have been one of the worst. Thus, only three cultivators signed up to compete for it.
What delighted Fang Liang was that the cultivator arranging the battles first had the other two ascend the stone platform.
However, this was only the beginning. If other cultivators changed their minds, or if they lost a battle, they could naturally choose again. This would continue until every Cave Abode was guarded by a cultivator who had gone undefeated in all five rounds.
As more than a hundred cultivators entered the mist atop the stone platforms, the area before the platforms where the Spirit Severing cultivators were battling immediately seemed much sparser.
Watching pairs of cultivators step onto the stone platforms, Fang Liang extended his divine sense and carefully examined the elevated platforms. To his disappointment, he could not see the slightest abnormality on them.
Although the fighting took place atop the stone platforms, Fang Liang was certain that they were merely entrances to the Sumeru Space. Once a cultivator stepped onto a platform, the two tokens would sense each other and transport them to the same location within the Sumeru Space, where the battle would begin.
Soon, the cultivators participating in the battles had all entered the three