The Independent Cultivator Track's Points Tournament was, plainly put, a way to select the better ones from a mixed bag of independent cultivators. Even if those selected were not particularly strong, at least their numbers would be reduced, making them easier for the authorities to manage.
Every year, competition in the Independent Cultivator Track was fierce, and independent cultivators often earned the title of City Hero and went on to compete in the Four Seas Ascendant Dragon Assembly. Yet among those who ultimately secured a cultivation spot in the Dragon Hall, there might not even be one or two independent cultivators in a decade.
The truly outstanding prodigies had always come from the Immortal Sect.
The authorities' attitude toward independent cultivators was therefore rather perfunctory and heavy-handed, something that could also be seen in the Points Tournament's format.
The rules of the independent cultivators' Points Tournament were simple: no matter how many people entered, all of them would be dumped into a vast Grand Formation serving as the arena. Before entering, everyone would receive a Body-Protecting Life Talisman. If they died within the formation's bounds, the talisman would die in their place, and their real body and any Magical Artifacts they carried would immediately be teleported out.
Being eliminated rather than dying was already the greatest consideration afforded to independent cultivators.
An assortment of Immortal Goods was hidden within the formation, ranging from minor items such as Qi-Replenishing Pills and Blood-Replenishing Pills to more valuable spiritual materials and immortal treasures. Each item was worth a different number of points.
Contestants would be dropped into random locations inside the Grand Formation, then have to search everywhere for these Immortal Goods.
No one was allowed to bring a Storage Artifact. They would only have a backpack issued by the organizers. Any Immortal