The Star Stage was Azure Branch Academy's Martial Arts Stage.
Forged from countless stars and reinforced by formations, the Martial Arts Stage was immensely sturdy, strong enough for powerful fighters to battle on.
Now, a crowd of Azure Branch Academy members had gathered outside the Star Stage to watch.
"The Celestial Gods Organization really deserves its place as the top organization. It's too strong. The Iron Blood Group is no match."
"What's the Iron Blood Group worth? They happened to beat the Celestial Gods Organization once a few thousand years ago, and they've been crushed by them ever since."
"It's not that the Iron Blood Group is weak. The Celestial Gods Organization is just terrifying. Every last one of them started out as a Child of Immortals."
On the Martial Arts Stage, members of the Celestial Gods Organization and the Iron Blood Group stood on opposite sides.
Their bearing alone showed how the match had gone.
The Celestial Gods Organization members held their heads high, wondrous phenomena and immortal light swirling around them, proud smiles on their faces.
On the Iron Blood Group's side, many sat on the ground, covered in blood. Their faces were pale, their eyes filled with resentment.
The conflict between the two sides had begun several thousand years earlier, when Jiang Ping An led his team to victory over the Celestial Gods Organization.
In that team ranking competition, the Iron Blood Group had claimed first place, much to the Celestial Gods Organization's displeasure.
The Iron Blood Group had never wanted a conflict with them. They knew their organization wasn't strong enough to take first place every time. Winning once was plenty to celebrate.
But the Celestial Gods Organization felt humiliated, and trouble between the two sides began from then on.
At first, they merely traded a