Sacred Hall

"Each round of preliminaries will last three months. Everyone in the Illusory Dream Realm will have unlimited chances to revive... There are also certain special places within the Illusory Dream Realm, and weapons, pills, and other items will be scattered throughout..."

"Once the three months are over, points will be tallied. Of the two million martial artists, the fifty thousand with the highest scores may advance!"

"Fifty thousand? Senior Sister, did you get that right?" Chen Fan was stunned, somewhat taken aback.

Chen Qingru shook her head. "Only fifty thousand martial artists can advance. Three rounds of preliminaries will select one hundred and fifty thousand martial artists. Together with the ten thousand or so directly recommended by the major sects, there will be more than one hundred and sixty thousand people entering the second round."

Chen Fan shook his head, utterly speechless. "Out of two million martial artists, only fifty thousand advance? That's not even a three percent advancement rate. They're cutting down so many people in the preliminaries alone! The Eclosion Sect really has too much money and nothing better to do!"

The difficulty of gathering so many martial artists went without saying.

The Eclosion Sect had run all over the continent, holding who knew how many preliminary screenings just to gather over six million young martial artists. Yet in the very first round, they would eliminate more than ninety percent of them. Were they playing around?

Didn't this cost anything?

Chen Qingru's expression turned subtle.

"If they did not gather so many people, how could they select the true geniuses? Besides, the Eclosion Sect is not merely wealthy; naturally, they have ways to recoup their investment. Many major merchant associations across the continent are sponsoring this Plum Gathering as well... I've also heard that powerful figures and reclusive