From Commandery Princess Weichuan's explanation, He Pingsheng roughly understood what this so-called Nine-Nation Grand Tournament was about.
When nations grew large, conflicts between them were inevitable.
For example, the border between the Qi Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom was not fixed and unchanging. Sometimes it shifted a little toward the Qi Kingdom, and sometimes it moved back toward the Liang Kingdom.
Nations and lineages were linked through all sorts of marriages, so there was no way to avoid disputes.
How were those disputes resolved?
The Cultivation World forbade nations from waging large-scale wars against one another, because a large-scale war in the world of cultivators would be no small matter.
The destructive power was simply too great.
Countless mortals would die, entangling those involved in boundless karmic burden and causality.
Thus, the Nine-Nation Grand Tournament came into being.
Every hundred years, these nine nations held a competition on Tawenian Mountain to settle a century's worth of karmic entanglements between them.
Victory in this competition was therefore crucial to national interests.
The rules were simple: each nation selected ten people.
All ten contestants had to be at the golden core stage.
The foundation establishment realm was too low to offer much of a spectacle.
As for the nascent soul realm, their cultivation was too high, and a fight could easily ignite genuine fury. Besides, every nascent soul cultivator was a precious resource in the Cultivation World, the foundation of a sect. Few were willing to enter the arena.
Golden core cultivators thus naturally became the contestants.
After a victory, the nation gained benefits, while the individual earned honor.
For the disciples taking part, there was another tremendous benefit: listening to teachings on the Dao.
That was right!
Listening to teachings on the Dao.
It was said that after each competition on