The independent cultivators couldn’t defeat the five teams, but if they didn’t fight, their slots would remain too few. If they continued to waste time here, they wouldn’t even get a chance to enter the secret realm.0

Some of the more perceptive cultivators found a shortcut: join one of the five teams. Among them, Divine Weapon City had the most slots. They could transport thirty people at the same time, double the number assigned to each of the other four cities. It was also three times the number available to independent cultivators.0

Moreover, the Divine Weapon team consisted of 600 members. If they managed to join and ended up among the last to be transported,...0