During the long wait, Ancient Tiger grew bored and could only chat with the Little Demon Emperor.
But this time, he discovered that the Little Demon Emperor truly knew a great deal.
Questions that many of his attendants could not answer, the Little Demon Emperor answered effortlessly.
It was as though no law could fetter his tongue.
He even dared to speak of many secrets, and did so brazenly.
Even Ancient Tiger trembled with fear as he listened. He had never experienced anything like this before.
So even listening to information could leave him this helpless.
At the same time, the more he learned, the less confident he became.
And one important fact shocked him deeply.
Not every loser would die.
Most losers would choose to become slaves and follow a Heavenly Dao Realm cultivator into that world.
And those slaves would become part of that Heavenly Dao Realm cultivator's strength in the future.
In other words, powerful cultivators like them were essentially there to serve Heavenly Dao Realm cultivators, or rather, to form the forces of future Heavenly Dao Realm cultivators.
The sole purpose of the vast majority of contestants was to serve as pawns.
Some were nourishment for a Heavenly Dao Realm cultivator's growth, while others were steps that helped one complete their transformation.
In short, among all these powerful cultivators, only a handful could truly compete with one another.
Some winners were even decided in advance. They should not assume that no one above would interfere in a competition like this.
Quite the opposite. Why did Attendant Ninety-Nine's masters always end up perennial runners-up, almost invariably reduced to corpses? Was it really because their talent and strength were lacking?
That was not entirely the case.
In the vast majority of cases, they failed simply because those above