The next day.
On the outskirts of the Jia Ma Imperial Capital stood an enormous wooden building shaped like a bowl, large enough to hold tens of thousands of people.
This was the venue the Jia Ma Empire had built for the Sect Gathering. Since the location had been changed to the Jia Ma Empire at the last minute, something without precedent, the empire had never built a venue for the gathering before.
An empire that had not produced a single Dou Zong in a hundred years had no right to host the gathering. If those first-rate powers of the Northwest Continent had not harbored ulterior motives this time, why would they have chosen the Jia Ma Empire? (At the previous gathering, Yun Shan had yet to emerge from seclusion after breaking through to Dou Zong.)
Thus, the Jia Ma Empire had hastily built this wooden venue. It was out in the countryside and made of cheap timber anyway, so they would not be heartbroken if it was destroyed.
The Dou Qi Continent might not have had many high-grade medicinal ingredients, but trees were available in any quantity one could want.
As morning arrived, dense crowds began entering the venue. Even weaklings at the Dou Shi level could come and watch.
The essence of the gathering was to spread the participating sects' prestige. If they all hid away to hold it, half its purpose would be lost.
"What a trash heap of an empire. Even the gathering's venue is this shabby. I have no idea why they chose this place. Just looking at it makes my blood boil."
"Hahaha, just make do. The Jia Ma Empire never amounted to much anyway. If the gathering hadn't been held here this time, I'd never even have heard of this empire. It's only