The latest round of the Inner Palace Arena qualifiers had ended.
The first seven to secure spots in the main event were Lin Zhengren of Zhuang, Yelu Zhi of Liao, Yin Wenhua of Song, Xiao Shu of Dan, Beigong Ke of Yong, Huang Su of Liang, and Xie Ai of Snow.
This list was quite interesting.
First, the Inner Palace prodigies of Zhuang and Yong had both made it into the main event of the Yellow River Assembly.
Lin Zhengren had been little-known before rising to prominence after Zhu Weiwu left. As for Beigong Ke, he was the legitimate grandson of Beigong Yu, Duke of England of Yong.
Back then, Yong, Luo, and Zhuang had held talks in City of No Redemption, where the prodigies of the younger generation had "competed." Zhu Weiwu of Zhuang had fought two opponents alone and won decisively, shining brilliantly for a time.
At the time, however, the people of Yong had said that it was only because Beigong Ke, the strongest of Yong's younger generation, had not been there. He had been traveling abroad, and the court of Yong, overconfident, had not recalled him. Instead, they had sent the young genius ranked second. That was why Yong had lost face in City of No Redemption.
Some even believed that it was that humiliating meeting that had emboldened Zhuang and Luo to later invade together.
Beigong Ke had connections, talent, strength, and an impressive record. During the war between Zhuang and Yong, he had fought on the Jing'an Prefecture front, resisting the Red Horse Guard under the command of Yong's State Chancellor, Qi Maoxian.
He had stood firm atop the city wall, fighting fiercely for three days and nights without retreating. After the battle, Qi Maoxian had named him the foremost contributor to Jing'an Prefecture's