At the opening ceremony, after one dazzling performance after another from the various races, the entire hall's hundreds of billions of spectators were thoroughly enjoying themselves, their minds relaxing into an unparalleled state of comfort.
There were many spectators in the hall, but because it had been built on an enormous scale and featured ingenious Space Folding Technology, even ordinary audience members could enjoy their own private space: a dedicated seat resembling a space capsule, exquisite snacks and drinks, and the ability to summon intelligent services to order whatever food, beverages, and alcohol they wanted. Moreover, since the gathering lasted ten full days, the space capsules even contained folded-space bathrooms and lounges. Naturally, tickets costing tens of millions did not mean the spectators would have to sleep in the hall like refugees.
The extremely high-quality performances continued for almost the entire afternoon. While the audience relaxed, their anticipation was also brought to a fever pitch. Only then did the Headmaster of the Central Star Region take the stage to explain this year's rules.
The Central Star Region's honorary Headmaster was the renowned First Lord. The academy was truly the Federation's number-one academy. Apart from the Celestial God Academy, it was publicly recognized as first in both overall strength and status, and it had never fallen from that position since the Celestial God Federation was founded.
That was not to say the academy won first place in every gathering. Rather, its overall standard was unmatched, whether in its contributions to the Federation's academic development or in the number of renowned figures it had produced.
Of course, it had one flaw: its admission rate was extremely low, roughly one-thousandth that of other academies. It was not large, and nearly all the students it admitted would go on to serve the First Power,