The blue-robed boy, True Lord Tianlang, stood atop the turtle's head and spoke calmly. Though his voice was not loud, it reached the ears of everyone present with perfect clarity:
"Since our Green Water Palace and the other two sects entered the Chaotic Spirit Domain, we have allowed the human race to multiply and recuperate here for several hundred years. But that stability has now been shattered. The demon race has initiated a spirit contract contest in the border regions.
"If the demon race wins, they will gain one-third of the Chaotic Spirit Domain's territory. If our Three Sects win, we will gain an equally large expanse of demon territory. Thus, to prepare for this conflict between our two races, I have decided to double the rewards for this Sect Grand Competition. In addition to the usual rewards, you will receive contribution points of equal value. I hope all disciples will remember the painstaking care their sect has shown them and improve their strength as soon as possible.
"Also, after this Sect Grand Competition ends, the palace will select an initial group of Qi Refining Realm disciples to head to the River-Crossing Region and begin the first phase of the contest against the demon race.
"Enough talk. I now declare the Sect Grand Competition officially begun."
Before the many disciples and immortal cultivators below could react, True Lord Tianlang shook his sleeve after finishing his speech, and his figure dissolved amid billowing white clouds.
The pitch-black turtle's head, enormous as a mountain, slowly withdrew into the void, likewise vanishing little by little.
Only then did cheers erupt throughout the Combat Arena. Clearly, the doubling of the Sect Grand Competition's rewards had delighted the many inner and outer disciples beyond their expectations.
As for the fact that Qi Refining disciples would