A note: Elite education, lesson two.
The next dozen or so chapters cover the background and connections of the twelve top-tier families behind Soul Fighting City and the Great Soul Arena.
They also fill in parts of the continent's ten-thousand-year history concerning the Three Ancient Heavenly Sects and the dynastic succession of the Two Great Empires.
Since war was about to break out, this was some preliminary groundwork.
If this isn't your cup of tea, you can skip ahead and start reading from Chapter 92, "A Boy's Early Morning."
"Grandpa, people in the village are saying the Demon Sheep Sect was wiped out. Apparently, Soul Fighting City did it."
"The families behind Soul Fighting City are really fierce. They wiped out the Demon Sheep Sect without so much as a whisper."
As the clansmen returned and discussed the massacre, Chen Xiaojun had heard a fair amount about it.
He had always been interested in Soul Fighting City, but anything in the family library concerning the families behind it was shrouded in clouds and mist.
Chen Yu looked at Chen Xiaojun with an odd expression.
"What is it, Grandpa?" A realization jolted Chen Xiaojun. Families that powerful... "Don't tell me our Chen Clan is one of the families behind Soul Fighting City too?"
Chen Cong smiled. "Xiaojun, how much do you know about Soul Fighting City?"
Chen Xiaojun's expression turned solemn, and he answered earnestly, "It was jointly founded by several of the most prestigious Soul Master families on the continent. It isn't subordinate to either the Two Great Empires or Spirit Hall."
"You could call it a third-party power, or a special kind of power in its own right."
"The Great Soul Arena has a complete system of its own, with branches in every major city across the continent,