Whilst the students of the Astral Sage College pondered over their strategies for the hall-level competition, the others were not idle. Everyone was hunched over, crafting master plans for the exciting battle ahead.

Meanwhile, in another isolated space a fair distance away stood a tower marked with the signboard of the Enlightened Sage College.

Each college teleported in at a different time due to the varying distances. On the other hand, the Enlightened Sage College, having been the champion of the previous competition, possessed the Dragon Bone Holy Grail and had thus arrived here without much delay. 

Five people were sitting at a round table at the top of the tower, watching the zones...