"What are the rules?"
Li Xiang looked at Qin Zhong.
Hearing Li Xiang's question, Qin Zhong did not answer at once. He pressed his fingers hard against his brow, as though sorting through the information he had just received.
Only after a long while did Qin Zhong look up. "On the surface, the Second Round sounds extremely simple."
"You only need to survive one day and one night in the Spirit Ruins Blessed Land. Last until the twelve two-hour periods are over, and you'll have passed."
A cold glint flashed through Li Xiang's eyes.
Survive one day and one night.
Survive. That was the bloodiest part of that short sentence.
"How?" Li Xiang asked, cutting straight to the heart of it.
Qin Zhong gave a crooked grin and poured out everything he had learned.
"The Spirit Ruins Blessed Land is enormous. But for this opening, the Commander-in-Chief and the leaders of the Three Teachings intervened. They divided the entire Blessed Land into five distinct regions."
Qin Zhong raised a hand and traced several circles in the air.
"Between those regions are Air Walls that even Grandmasters can't force their way through. Those in the First Realm can only enter the First Realm region, those in the Second Realm can only enter the Second Realm region, and so on. They won't interfere with one another."
"And while the survival rules in each region are broadly similar, the details leave no room to maneuver."
Qin Zhong met Li Xiang's eyes. "Take one of the rules for your First Realm region, for instance. You can't just hide like a headless fly until time runs out."
"Forty-five flags engraved with Formation Runes have been planted across that vast region."
"So when the day and night are up, at the very instant the final judgment