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This way, please!

A young man dressed in a gray imperial robe was walking towards them. He was slightly bowing with a smile on his face.

Everyone nodded and followed the man inside.

Along the way, the buildings were extremely simple and unadorned. Most of the buildings were made from piles of rocks that were not overly polished or sculpted, giving off a feeling of being as steady as a mountain.

Following the stone steps, they continued onwards. In front of them were eight palaces, and in the middle of the eight palaces were towers that were over fifty meters tall.

When they had been standing outside the Kun Gate, they hadn't seen this tower at all, let alone the palaces that were not even half as tall as this one.

There was only one explanation for this!

Around this Extreme Profound Palace, there was an illusion technique that was powerful enough to completely cover up the internal situation of the Mysterious Artifact Palace. Only the imperial family of the capital would be able to do such a thing.

At this time, the gray-robed young man in front introduced the people by the road: "Everyone, this Extreme Profound Hall has existed since the founding of our country. In the tower at the center of the Extreme Profound Palace, are twelve top-grade Earth Grade elemental artifacts!

As his voice faded, waves of shock rose in the hearts of everyone present!

Powers like Clear Sky Sword Sect and Mountain Sea Pavilion that stood at the very peak of the Empire's Sect only had one or two Earth-ranked elemental artifacts.

On the other hand, not only did the Heavenly Enlightenment Empire royal family have twelve, every single one of them were at the peak of the Earth Stage.

Before everyone could recover from their shock, they had already reached one of the eight great halls, the Kun Palace!

You can enter the palace first, and when everyone arrives, the formation will open.

After the grey robe sent everyone to their destination, it gave a warning and turned around to leave, leaving everyone dumbstruck as they stared at the god-like palace before them.

From a distance, he couldn't see the entire structure of the palace clearly, and was simply unable to appreciate the majesty of the palace. Standing outside the palace and looking in through the open doors, one could see a majestic structure with decorations of dragons and phoenixes, it was truly amazing!

As he entered, Yuan Power that was even denser than the ones outside gushed out. It was as if he could touch it with a stretch of his hand, giving off an extremely vague feeling.

Maki Chen slightly narrowed his eyes, and after feeling it carefully, he realized that this vitality truly existed, and was extremely pure!

Maki Chen did not continue to sigh like the others. Instead, he directly sat down and began to circulate the [Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder Spell].

Suddenly, the pure essence in the air rushed into Maki Chen's body like a spring. In a moment, all the essence was converted into his own elemental energy without any effort!

This time, Maki Chen finally understood why so many Sect s would squeeze their heads to come participate in the Great Competition.

Originally, Maki Chen was only slightly curious about the Abyss Lightning Secret Realm, but now, he was filled with interest towards every part of the Great Competition.

Maki Chen's actions caught the attention of everyone and they all copied him. Some even joked, "If Junior Brother Maki Chen is so hardworking, as fellow brothers and sisters, if we don't work harder, wouldn't we be surpassed?"

A moment later, everyone found a place to sit down and started to cultivate with their eyes closed.

Time trickled by, and in the time it took for an incense stick to burn, half of the palace was already filled with people.

The previously quiet palace was now extremely noisy. Adding the the sounds of Sect being announced from outside stacked together, it was truly annoying.

Many disciples of other forces who had imitated the Mountain Sea Pavilion and started cultivating on the spot had lost their minds and given up on the perfect opportunity to cultivate, and started to chat with the people around them.

However, Maki Chen who was currently training turned a deaf ear to him, and focused on his cultivation, his cultivation slowly increasing.

The disciples of the Blood Devil Sect had entered the Profound Extreme Temple!

The disciples of the Yinluo Sect had entered the Palace!

The disciples of Hidden Fiend Valley had entered Profound Extreme Temple!

The familiar voice rang out once more, and the conversation came to an abrupt halt. Everyone had an incredulous expression on their faces, and soon, the sounds of discussion reached a peak.

How... How is this possible, why are people from the Devil Sect participating in the empire's Great Competition as well!

That's right! Isn't this acting recklessly?

What was going on?

Even though their voices were noisy, everyone uniformly rejected people from the Devil Sect with their voices!

Ever since the first session of the Great Competition seven hundred years ago, only the disciples of the orthodox Sect were allowed to participate. The people of the Devil Sect basically didn't have the qualifications to participate, but this year, a precedent had been set;

While the crowd was still in doubt, fifteen people walked in. Each of them wore masks, and a terrifying killing intent emanated from their bodies. The closer they got, the more real the feeling became.

Yes... It was a disciple of Hidden Fiend Valley!

Some people in the crowd recognized their clothing and quietly informed everyone around them. When they heard Hidden Fiend Valley, all of their expressions froze.

Hidden Fiend Valley was the most mysterious place within the Devil Sect, and it rarely appeared in people's line of sight.

However, if someone dares to offend anyone here in this Sect, not only will they themselves die a violent death, even those who are related to you will find it difficult to escape this calamity.

Rumor has it that of the hundreds of tragedies recorded in the Empire's history, nearly a hundred were related to them!

At this moment, the atmosphere in the palace could be said to have dropped to the extreme. Almost everyone was looking at them with hatred!

It was as if the disciples of Dark Fiend Valley knew that they were not to be disliked. They all walked down to the corner of the palace hall. After that, there were no more sounds. Everyone was like a statue as they stood there motionlessly.

The crowd saw that Dark Fiend Valley was being so honest, so they just ignored them and withdrew their gazes. Then, they looked towards the gate outside the palace, waiting for the disciples of the other Devil Sect to come in.

However, after waiting for over ten breaths of time, the outside of the door was still completely empty. It could be assumed that the disciples of the other Devil Sect had probably gone to the other palaces in the Supreme Profound Hall.

Just as everyone was relaxing, an extremely deep and majestic voice resounded within the palace!

Silence!

At this moment, the silhouette of an old man appeared in the air in front of the grand hall. At this moment, the silhouette of an old man appeared in the sky in the middle of the grand hall.

Before Great Competition begins, this old man must remind all of you of these few words. First, each and every one of the stages of Great Competition is extremely cruel, so do not easily believe anything that comes up. Secondly, every segment's ranking depended on the former, so they could obtain a corresponding ranking.