Xu Tianchen and Zhang Le Xuan had been delayed for a while after encountering the Illusory Dream Dragon Demon, so they were not the first to arrive.
But it did not matter, because the Divine Temple had not opened yet.
However, those who had arrived were basically the stronger ones. Those who were too weak would not have made it here so quickly, so everyone remained highly wary of anyone outside their own faction.
Xu Tianchen swept his gaze around and found that the people present could be divided into three factions.
The first was Shrek Academy's faction. It included Shrek's two students, the sole representatives of the Star Luo Empire and Heavenly Dragon Sect, as well as more than a dozen members from forces close to Shrek Academy, such as the Profound Nether Sect.
The second was led by the Body Sect and consisted of members from forces within the Three Douluo Kingdoms that had never gotten along with Shrek. Among them were the members sent by the Heavenly Soul Imperial House this time, though whether the rest had not arrived yet or something else was going on, there were only four of them.
The third was the Sun Moon Empire's faction. There were extremely few sect forces within the Sun Moon Empire, which was mainly centered around academies, so there were only a handful of people on their side, as though they had been isolated by everyone else.
Yet the leader of Shrek's faction was Feng Yan, the Blazing Fire Dragon Spirit Master who had narrowly escaped the jaws of the Lava Dragon Lion!
Originally, these people had planned for Lin Tianqing, whose soul power had already reached rank forty-nine, to serve as their leader.
But after the Lava Dragon Lion incident, Feng Yan had become Shrek's strongest