The promotion rounds lasted half a month.
In the end, without any surprises, the Su Mo Team claimed first place in points with a perfect record.
This meant that in the following finals bracket, the Su Mo Team would have one chance to receive a bye.
The finals bracket format had been announced clearly before the competition began.
There were thirty-three teams in the Continental Elite Tournament: fifteen from the Heaven Dou Empire, fifteen from the Star Luo Empire, plus three seeded teams.
The three seeded teams were the Heaven Dou Imperial Team, the Star Luo Imperial Team, and the Spirit Hall Team.
During the qualifiers, the Heaven Dou Imperial Team and Star Luo Imperial Team had sent out their second teams. The true seeded teams advanced directly to the finals bracket and had never appeared in the qualifiers or promotion rounds.
In the first-round draw, the three seeded teams received byes and advanced directly to the second round.
The remaining thirty teams were drawn into pairs to compete, with fifteen advancing. Together with the three seeded teams, there were eighteen teams in the second round.
Su Mo Academy had won all fifteen matches in the promotion rounds, ranking first in the Heaven Dou Empire division.
According to the format, during the second-round draw, the team ranked first in the Heaven Dou Empire promotion rounds would be exempted from competing and advance directly to the third round.
Likewise, the team ranked first in the Star Luo Empire division would also receive a bye in the second round.
Teams that received byes would not enjoy any further bye privileges.
The two teams with byes, along with the eight advancing teams decided by the other sixteen teams competing in pairs during the second round, made a total of ten teams entering the