Central River Region, Imperial Capital.
As the Millennium Celebration drew nearer, more and more cultivators arrived in the Imperial Capital. Unfortunately, the vast majority of them were not qualified to enter the Imperial Capital and observe the ceremony, so they could only find somewhere outside the city to set up camp.
As a result, within a radius of nearly a hundred li around the entire Imperial Capital, virtually every place suitable for camping had been occupied by the major factions.
They had sects and schools of their own, but their ranks were not high enough to receive invitations from the imperial family and enter the Imperial Capital. They could only display their strength out here.
From the outside inward, the higher a cultivator's cultivation, the closer to the Imperial Capital they could stay. The same applied to factions—the stronger they were, the nearer they could settle.
This made those cultivators and factions that had not originally been very powerful unexpectedly sought-after after the experts and powerhouses entered the Imperial Capital, with lower-ranking factions currying favor with them.
"I heard the Fighting Arena is going to use illusions to display everything happening inside the imperial city before us throughout the entire event. What a massive undertaking!" a cultivator said excitedly.
"What's so impressive about that? I've seen it done before, and the scale was even greater than this time!" someone beside him said disdainfully.
"Are you talking about the battle between Lin An and Azure Dragon?" someone asked.
The most recent full illusion broadcast by the Fighting Arena had been the battle between Lin Chuan and Lin An. That battle had stirred up cultivators across more than half the cultivation world. After all, it had plenty of spectacle: a battle between brothers, a contest for first place among the younger generation,