The white jade plaza was abuzz with voices.
As the Son of the Continent Tournament officially drew to a close, the crowd gradually quieted. They held their breath and patiently waited for the victors to emerge from the trial space.
Grand Perfection Earth Sovereign battlefield: Long Xiang.
Eight giants at the Grand Perfection level had competed. Setting aside Elder Winter, whose fame had long been established, it was this unknown visitor from another continent who had unexpectedly taken first place.
Elder Winter stood behind him, dejected, with a bruised and swollen face.
Upper Earth Sovereign battlefield: Mu Chen.
The War Hall's three Holy Sons—Ling Zhanzi, Ling Jianzi, and Ling Longjian—had all fallen.
The other three popular favorites, Star Pavilion's master Liu Xingchen, Sword Immortal Langya Su Mu, and Tyrant Blade Chu Men, had also been scared witless early on and chosen to surrender.
By the time the battle ended, nearly all the Battle Seals had fallen into Mu Chen's hands.
Lower Earth Sovereign battlefield: Xiao Qingyun.
This chief disciple of the Fourth Hall Master, together with his fellow disciples from the Heavenly Palace lineage, had worked in perfect concert and stood out among more than a thousand Earth Sovereigns.
They had routed the remnants of the War Emperor's forces, gathered by Ling Feizi, and claimed victory in one fell swoop.
Even when the War Hall's fourth Holy Son finally summoned the Mystic Maiden Dharma Body, a powerful Dharma Body ranked thirtieth on the Ninety-Nine Grade Supreme Dharma Body List, it still wasn't enough.
In terms of accumulated strength, how could the Western Heaven War Emperor, who had cultivated for less than a hundred years, compare with the Ancient Heavenly Palace, the supreme sacred ground founded by the Daoist Sect's Heavenly Emperor?
As the ruler of the continent, the Western Heaven