<h4>Chapter 3586: The First Round</h4>


    “There are a total of one hundred and seventy three peoplepeting. I wonder who the person who receives a free round will be.” An Immortal Emperor smiled gently among the crowd. There were hints of eagerness in his eyes as he slowly scanned the balls of light.


    In the next moment, he suddenly extended his hand. The surging power of his cultivation erupted, condensing into an illusionary hand that directly reached towards a ball of light.


    Afterwards, he closed his hand around it violently, and the ball of light cracked open. A glistening number immediately drifted out from within.


    “Sigh, what a pity!” The Immortal Emperor sighed softly with some disappointment.


    Afterwards, thepeting Immortal Emperors all took action. They each chose a ball of light. When they held their ball of light, many people were eager, hoping that they were the one with the free round, which could save them some effort.


    Unfortunately, many of them were disappointed in the end.


    Very soon, more and more balls of light were crushed. The surrounding space was gradually filled by glistening numbers. The person with the free first round still did not appear.


    Jian Chen stood within the crowd without drawing any attention. He also clutched a ball of light in his hand. Isted by the power of the Observance Heaven City, even he was unable to see inside with his special soul.


    He was not in a hurry to crush the ball of light in his hand. Instead, his gaze wandered around, observing the people.


    Very soon, all of thepetitors had crushed their balls of light apart from Jian Chen. A glistening number hovered before all of them.


    Immediately, everyone subconsciously looked towards Jian Chen, or more urately, the ball of light in his hand.


    That was the only ball of light remaining that had not been opened up yet.


    “What is this luck? Someone who clearly would be eliminated in the first round actually received the free round.”


    “This makes no sense at all. There’s absolutely no need for a mere Sixth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperor to progress onto the next stage. Why does he get a free round?”


    ……


    …


    Many Immortal Emperorsined.


    Jian Chen stared at the ball of light in his hand. He found it slightly bizarre. Afterwards, he closed his hand around it. The ball of light shattered, but there was nothing inside.


    He had sessfully skipped the first round of thepetition.


    “Congrattions, congrattions, fellow Chang Yang. Without any effort, you’ve sessfully reached the second round.”


    “It is quite rare to see a Sixth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperor progress to the second round in a battlefield of Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperors.”


    From around him, some people congratted him, while others sneered at him.


    “I had a one-in-one-hundred-and-seventy-three chance at getting a free round. It’s a pity it wasn’t me, or I’d be able to conserve a lot more effort for iming the Thousand Immortal General’s post.” Ye Qingyun from the Ye family nced at Jian Chen inside the crowd. He also felt some envy and disappointment, but shortly afterwards, he turned his gaze to a small number of people present.


    These people either possessed renown in the Immortals’ World, came from ancient and powerful peak organisations, or hailed from terrifying existences like the courts of heaven. Their battle prowess were unmatched.


    These people were his true opponents.


    At this moment, several dozen rings appeared in the air. They were better described as several dozen miniature worlds than rings. Each miniature world was like an ancient battlefield, giving off a sense of bleakness.


    The one hundred and seventy two fighting Immortal Emperors were all sucked into the miniature worlds ording to the numbers they drew. They formed groups of two and began an intense sh in the miniature worlds.


    The rules to earn the position of the Thousand Immortal General in the Observance Heaven City were extremely simple. It waspletely determined by battle prowess. Whoever emerged as the final victor would inherit the post.


    Jian Chen had nothing better to do, so he sat down in the air and began observing the several dozen rings in the distance, watching as others fought.


    It had to be mentioned that none of the contending Immortal Emperors were weaklings. Basically everyone possessed high quality god artifacts. Even some Immortal Exalts that were rtively poor still used medium quality god artifacts.


    Apart from the high quality god artifacts, the cultivation methods, abilities, and secret techniques used by thepetitors all had a great history behind them. They were so powerful that no regr Ninth Heavenlyyer Immortal Emperor could rival them.


    Some of them had even simultaneouslyprehended three ways to the Ninth Heavenly Layer of Immortal Emperor.


    Possessing three ways at the same time, they were so powerful that they were no longer any weaker than First Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalts. They werepletely capable of putting up a fight against Immortal Exalts that had only broken through recently.


    “<i>Ye Qingyun. The Ye family that hees from only seems to be a regr peak organisation, but his strength cannot be underestimated. Among the five elements, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, he has already grasped three of them asws. He possesses two high quality god artifacts, one for attack and one for defence. He is truly capable of both offence and defence.</i>” Jian Chen locked onto one of the rings very soon with a hint of sternness.


    With the Laws of Metal, the Laws of Wood, and the Laws of Water allprehended to the Ninth Heavenly Layer of Immortal Emperor, Ye Qingyun was definitely a powerful opponent.


    On top of that, Ye Qingyun’s grasp and usage of the threews had reached an exceptional level too. Even though he did not possess all five elements, as he was missing two of them, these threews actually achieved a bit of a wondrous effect where they were unending, sustaining one another, when he used them.


    In the end, after around a hundred shes, Ye Qingyun defeated his opponent.


    Due to the defences of the high quality god artifact, he did not suffer any heavy injuries. However, his energy was greatly exhausted, so he currently sat in the ring and ingested God Tier pills to recover.


    Jian Chen began to study the other rings. When he saw one of them, a hint of hostility that was quite difficult to detect immediately shed through the depths of his eyes.


    <i>“That person seems to be Xia Mingtian. Hees from the Immortal Feather sect, one of the twelve courts of heaven.”</i> As soon as he thought of the grievance between the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens and the Immortal Feather sect, Jian Chen’s killing intent surged.


    It was also at this moment that Xia Mingtian’s body suddenly began to drift. A tremendous might of the world appeared with it. Countless feather suddenly shot out from his body.


    Each feather possessed dazzling light and startling energy. The thousands of feathers shot out in an endless stream, immediately swallowing his opponent.


    The God Tier Immortal Technique came from the Immortal Feather sect. Its power was startling.


    Xia Mingtian’s opponent was not weak either. The high quality god artifact in his hand shone blindingly as he fended off the attack as hard as he could. However, after a devastating rumble, he was defeated very soon. The feathers pierced him, knocking him away as he coughed up blood. Countless holes appeared on his body.


    If the power of the Observance Heaven City had not descended in time, protecting his body, he probably would have died to Xia Mingtian.


    Despite winning, Xia Mingtian did not have it easy either. His face was slightly pale, and his energy was heavily depleted. He also sat in his ring and consumed God Tier pills to recover.


    The first roundsted for an entire half a month beforeing to aplete end.