The Advancement Tournament proceeded smoothly, and it was far more intense than in previous years. There were even teams fighting soul duels at night. The spectators watched with tireless delight.
In the end, the Advancement Tournament still concluded normally according to schedule, and the final results held no surprises.
Sixteen groups selected a total of thirty-two teams from their top two, advancing to the round of thirty-two.
The ten teams that had revealed Soul Saint members all advanced smoothly as first place in their groups.
The Dou Ling Xie Family, which had hidden its Soul Saint member, also advanced smoothly. However, they qualified as second in their group, appearing utterly ordinary and not attracting much attention.
The national representative teams of the Star Luo Empire, Heaven Dou Empire, and Dou Ling Empire all qualified as first in their groups and advanced smoothly, preserving the dignity of the Three Great Empires.
In truth, anyone with a sharp eye could tell that the groups the Three Great Empires' representative teams were in did not have especially strong opponents. There was nothing worth praising about their ability to qualify.
The representatives of the Three Great Empires did feel sorrowful inside, but they also had no choice but to admit helplessly that they truly could not compete with those teams that had Soul Saints.
In other words, barring any accidents, they might not even make it into the top ten in this Soul Master Competition.
Of the remaining eighteen teams, half belonged to academies of the Four Great Empires, which could be considered barely restoring some dignity for the academy camp. But in reality, many members of the academy teams were actually disciples from major families and sects; it was just that this time, they were still representing academies in the competition.
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