Three Parts Brashness, Seven Parts Restraint, the Key to Remaining Undefeated

After pausing slightly, Grandmaster drew several small circles within the two large circles and patiently explained:

"The preliminaries will be divided into regions. On our Heaven Dou Empire side, with Heaven Dou City as the center, all Advanced Soul Master Academies within the empire that do not belong to other kingdoms or duchies will compete in the Heaven Dou City regional preliminaries. The Advanced Soul Master Academies of each kingdom and duchy will hold their preliminaries according to their respective nations."

"The Heaven Dou Empire has four kingdoms and one duchy. In other words, including the Heaven Dou City region, there will be six preliminary regions on the Heaven Dou Empire side. Aside from the one team already guaranteed entry into the finals, these six regions will compete for fifteen tournament slots."

"Among them, because the Heaven Dou City region has numerous Advanced Soul Master Academies and is directly under the empire's jurisdiction, it will have five qualifying slots. The other four major kingdoms and one duchy will each have two qualifying slots. The situation in the Star Luo Empire is roughly the same as in the Heaven Dou Empire."

Grandmaster swept his gaze over everyone and said solemnly:

"In other words, thirty Spirit Master teams will advance through the preliminaries to the next stage. All thirty teams will participate in the finals, but before the finals, there will be an advancement round. The so-called advancement round is actually a ranking competition for the teams that have already entered the finals. Their rankings will determine the order of appearance in the finals."

Yang Ming struck his fist into his palm, nodded, and said with a serious expression:

"Mm, I understand. We'll smoothly secure the first-place position."

Hey, hey, hey, what was with that matter-of-fact tone?

Grandmaster half-closed his eyes and