That day, in Donglai City.
In a room within one of the courtyards of the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect's estate, Chen Changming stopped refining his flying swords.
The ranking tournament would begin tomorrow.
Thus, he did not intend to continue upgrading his lifebound flying swords. Instead, he would rest and face the tournament in peak condition.
Over the past five or six months, Chen Changming had upgraded thirty-six lifebound flying swords from low-grade Spirit Treasures to mid-grade Spirit Treasures.
"Including the ones from before, I now have thirty-seven mid-grade flying swords and four high-grade flying swords. The rest are all low-grade..."
Chen Changming murmured to himself.
His flying swords still varied considerably in quality.
At that moment, he decided that once the ranking tournament ended, he would set aside time specifically to upgrade all his lifebound flying swords to high-grade Spirit Treasures!
With that done.
His combat strength would soar.
Early the next morning.
Chen Changming left his courtyard, met up with Fan Feichen and the others, and arrived before a medium-sized teleportation array in the heart of Donglai City.
It was a short-range teleportation array that could transport thirty people at a time.
Apart from the Enlightenment Dao Sect and the Thunderfire Sect, members of the other eight great sects all used this teleportation array to reach the ranking tournament's venue.
The venue stood atop Jade Capital Mountain.
Jade Capital Mountain lay between the Enlightenment Dao Sect and the Thunderfire Sect, and the formation at its summit had been built through the two sects' combined efforts.
At that moment, flashes of teleportation light shone atop Jade Capital Mountain as members of the eight great sects appeared in succession.
"Greetings, Sect Masters."
As the host, Han Daoming stood outside the teleportation array and smiled, cupping his hands toward the sect masters.