The night passed quietly amid silent cultivation.
As dawn broke, Xia Ming slowly opened his eyes, his aura as calm and unfathomable as an abyss.
He looked toward Di Ruiqiu and Wang Dong'er, who were still seated cross-legged in the center of the room.
A faint glow lingered around the two girls. Golden light flowed around one like a river of stars, while blue radiance flickered around the other like gently surging tides.
Their minds had completely sunk inward, and with immense patience and precise control,
they were respectively guiding Faith Power through deep bloodline enhancement and delicate separation.
Xia Ming knew full well that this was painstaking work.
Whether it was integrating vast Faith Power into the origin of their bloodlines or safely stripping away God Rank bloodline imprints, neither could be accomplished overnight.
Without several days, or perhaps even longer, they likely would not even complete the first stage.
Fortunately, time was precisely one of the resources they lacked least at the moment.
The scale of this tournament was unprecedented, with nearly two hundred participating teams.
The first round alone, an elimination stage that sifted through contenders like waves washing away sand, would take several days.
That had bought them a precious period of respite.
Moreover, even if Di Ruiqiu and Wang Dong'er, the two core combatants, were temporarily absent, or even if only two people remained on the team in the most extreme circumstances,
the foundation and strength this team had displayed still gave them absolute confidence in claiming the championship.
With Xia Ming's prestige, his order that no one disturb the two girls
naturally established an absolute quiet zone for their cultivation.
No one on the team questioned it, nor did anyone dare defy it.
Everyone consciously kept the surroundings quiet, burying their curiosity and concern