Dao Discussion Mountain, early morning.
Disciples from every sect gathered, a sea of people stretching as far as the eye could see.
The Elders of the Four Sects, Eight Gates, and Twelve Streams took out their Sect Command Tokens. Under the witness of the Four Great Sects' masters, they tossed bamboo slips into the Dao Discussion Heavenly Instrument. After a round of Karma "deduction" that shielded Celestial Pivot, the roster for the "Profound"-grade matches was finalized.
The Elders of each sect copied down the roster, then withdrew with their disciples and returned to their sects.
The Yellow-Grade Matches were the preliminaries. There were many participating disciples, the schedule was packed, and time was tight, so the drawing was held in the morning and the matches began that afternoon.
By the Profound-Grade Matches, after the preliminary eliminations, fewer than one in ten Sword Discussion teams remained. With the number of participants drastically reduced, the schedule had much more room to breathe.
The drawing would be held today, while the Sword Discussion would officially begin tomorrow.
Moreover, the format of the "Profound"-grade Sword Discussion would change. The opponents would grow stronger, the battles more complex, and the disciples' struggles at the Sword Discussion Assembly would truly begin to intensify.
Thus, before every round, everyone would be given time to discuss tactics and formulate countermeasures.
Within Void Gate, at the Grand Dao Field.
The roster for the "Profound"-grade matches had already been distributed.
Mo Hua held the Void Token in his hand, studying the roster with a focused expression, his gaze thoughtful.
About fifty Void Gate teams had made it into the Profound-Grade Matches. The elimination rate had been eighty or ninety percent.
That meant roughly eighty to ninety percent of the disciples' Sword Discussion Assembly had ended here. They could only participate