Deep within the Sea of Clouds Prefecture lay the [Fortune-Raising Arena].
It was a martial training Secret Realm that the Sea of Clouds Dao Lord had personally created all those years ago.
As its name suggested, this arena contained an extraordinarily special Law of Cause and Effect.
Whenever someone won a duel here, the Secret Realm would draw away the loser's fortune to enhance the luck borne by the victor.
The loser, meanwhile, would be sent back to square one, stripped of all the luck they had painstakingly accumulated.
Over the years, more than a few supreme geniuses who had originally enjoyed exceptional luck had lost everything in the arena, then walked out as wretches so unlucky they could choke on a sip of water.
From then on, they never recovered.
On the surface, this was a trial ground the Sea of Clouds Prefecture used to spur its disciples to strive for greater heights.
With abundant resources directed toward it and the backing of sect prestige, the place thrived, growing ever more prosperous as countless prodigies shed their blood here every day.
In truth, however, it held a hidden secret.
Once every hundred years, the Sea of Clouds Prefecture Lord would personally appear and, without anyone noticing, siphon off the immense fortune that the few Children of Destiny with unbroken winning streaks had amassed through bloody battles and victories!
Granted, this amount of fortune was negligible to a Myriad Forms Dao Lord.
But who would turn down a little treat that offered nothing but benefits?
At that moment, the fighting in the Fortune-Raising Arena was in full swing.
The light of formations interwove violently, and deafening booms rang out without end!
The hundreds of thousands of disciples watching from the surrounding circular stands were equally animated, their cheers soaring