"Rumble..."
The gates of the white jade palace rumbled open.
At once, the figures of over a thousand young geniuses flew out of the palace and landed on the ancient stone platform.
At that moment, everyone felt as though they had been freed from some kind of restraint. A feeling of indescribable comfort washed over them.
"I'll come for you in thirty years!"
Yucheng Venerable's voice came from within the white jade palace.
Then the palace rose into the air, turned into a streak of flowing light, and vanished in an instant, disappearing into the vast, boundless chaos mist.
Just then, a streak of black light flew over from the distance and landed in front of them.
"Your Highnesses, I'm the Reception Envoy of Chaos City."
A black-robed man appeared before them. Smiling at Yu Duan and the others, he said, "This city is Chaos City. It's jointly managed by the Five Peak Powers. Please don't wander off, Your Highnesses. Follow me."
With that, Yu Duan and the others followed the Reception Envoy into the streets of the ancient city.
Rows of small buildings stood along the streets.
Some of their rooftops held figures of wildly different appearances, sitting cross-legged. Some had their eyes closed in contemplation; others murmured to themselves. All of them were studying something.
High above Chaos City, there were countless spatial rifts.
From within them surged intricate, profound law patterns, forming all manner of complex designs that pulsed with mysterious laws.
Beside these spatial rifts, one could make out imposing figures standing tall.
At that moment, some of them turned their gazes toward Yu Duan and the others.
"Oh, there are exactly a thousand little fellows in this batch. Looks like another Genius Tournament has just ended."
"The one receiving them is Envoy Number 26. So