By dusk, after a day of fierce and intense competition, the list of the top sixteen was finally announced.0

It had truly been intense. After ten rounds of matches, only four cultivators secured a perfect win record to advance directly, while the rest depended on their accumulated points. Several contestants had managed to reach the top ten after their matches, but they were ultimately squeezed out of the top sixteen when others completed theirs.0

Among these sixteen, thirteen held the title of Daoist Master, while only three were from the younger generation. Eleven were from the Daoist heritages of renowned sacred mountains, two were Buddhist cultivators, and three were unaffiliated practitioners.0

Of the three unaffiliated practitioners, two were under suspicion of being corrupt cultivators.0

The black whistle plan was supposed to eliminate the two, but the Special Investigation Unit adjusted its strategy in the final round. Hence, the two narrowly made it through and secured the thirteenth and fifteenth places, earning their spot in the third day's top sixteen bracket of the Immortal Dao Conference.0

Thanks...0