Inside a completely sealed steel secret chamber.
One figure after another appeared.
Immortals from the Heavenly Realm, powerhouses from the Human Realm, transformed divine beasts from the Beast King Path, and people whose identities and origins were impossible to discern.
—The Sequence Envoys.
There were naturally also some monsters from the void, barely taking human form and hiding among the crowd.
Oh, and there was a giant, too.
A Two-Headed Giant.
A few breaths later, no one else appeared.
Everyone had arrived.
They were the Holy Chosen who had found the Human Realm Graveyard and entered the civilization contest.
A cold voice suddenly rang out in the steel chamber:
"Everyone is here."
"Now, I will announce the rules for the draw:"
"First, each of you must introduce your civilization's development path, along with at least three of its characteristics."
The Holy Chosen stirred.
"This isn't right. Why should we let everyone know how our civilizations are developing?" one Holy Chosen grumbled.
"Exactly."
"We'll be fighting each other later. Doesn't this just tell everyone what my civilization is like?"
"These rules are unfair."
Everyone talked over one another.
The cold voice spoke again. "These rules are fair enough, and have been approved by the Six Paths of Reincarnation."
"If you object, you may give up the contest and leave immediately."
All voices fell silent at once.
The chamber was utterly quiet.
—They had fought so hard to get this far. Who would willingly give up?
Thinking it over, they realized that since everyone would be revealing their civilizations, they would all be on equal footing when it came to information. It wasn't much of a loss.
Someone sighed. "I'll go first. Mine is a Magic Side Civilization. It has three characteristics: developing alchemy, constructing a multilayered magic web, and establishing a