Kongling Sect relied on the Imperial Family of the Holy Court. Thus, although it lacked the power of the Eight Great Immortal Sects, it still lorded over its corner of the world.
Likewise, since Kongling Sect was the sole power on Kongling Island, the Monster Hunting Workshops there had lost their vitality. Their yearly trade volume languished at the bottom of the rankings among the various Monster Hunting Workshops.
To ease the situation and stir up interest,
Kongling Sect had specially mobilized its connections, contacted seven or eight factions, and organized this trial.
Among those factions were members of the Eight Great Immortal Sects, forces from the various Monster Hunting Workshops of the East Sea Region, and official forces from the Holy Court.
The so-called trial, put plainly, was that Kongling Sect provided the resources, while the various factions provided the trial participants.
Kongling Sect had organized this trial to attract attention in the first place, so the arrangements were exceedingly crude.
They had selected a secluded spot on Kongling Island and placed treasures there, letting trial disciples from the various factions enter and seek their fortunes.
And these so-called opportunities were naturally the source of the ensuing conflicts.
All those entering this trial were Yang Venerable disciples who had yet to reach the Point Origin stage.
To reduce casualties, they had also set up a simple teleportation array. If any trial disciple inside could no longer hold out, they could crush a teleportation jade token and leave the trial area.
Who could have guessed that not even half an incense stick after the trial began, an accident would cause the teleportation jade tokens in everyone's hands to shatter, while the teleportation failed to activate?
The moment the tokens broke, everyone realized something had gone wrong with the trial.
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