A Dirge of Ruin Toward Hell

"Let me explain the basic process first."

"Across the two great empires, there are nearly a hundred Advanced Soul Master academies, and all of them have slots to participate."

"Each of the two great empires and Spirit Hall has a top-tier Advanced Soul Master academy under its banner, so each of them has two slots, divided into a main team and a secondary team."

"According to the rules in previous years, the main teams would advance directly to the finals, while the secondary teams had to participate in the Preliminary Tournament alongside the other academies."

"But things are different this year—the main teams no longer enjoy direct advancement. Like the secondary teams, they must participate in the Preliminary Tournament to compete for a spot in the finals."

"That is the first change. The second is the addition of participating teams from the sects."

"The sect teams vary greatly in strength, with some strong and some weak. But the teams you need to be most wary of are those sent by the Upper Three Sects and the Lower Four Sects."

"As far as I know, there will definitely be Soul Ancestor-level Spirit Masters among those sect teams. There may even be Soul Kings leading them!"

At the mention of the Upper Three Sects, everyone instinctively exchanged glances and thought of Ning Rongrong.

Not long ago, Ning Rongrong had been summoned back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect by her father, Ning Fengzhi, and had become a member of the sect's competing team.

"The Preliminary Tournament divisions have also been adjusted."

"In the past, the competition was divided into twelve regions. The Heaven Dou Empire had five qualifying slots, while each of the other four duchies and one kingdom had two qualifying slots."

"The Star Luo Empire was divided the same