The strongest warriors from Jiangbei Dragon Soul were Jiang Ling, who held the fourth rank of a Grandmaster and was seed number two, and Wei Kun, who was at the peak of the third-grade. Both of them had previously tried their hands in the Jiangdong Dragon Soul but failed beneath Su Chengyu's might.
In the first round, Shen Zhuoyan did not send his strongest player Jiang Ling forward, but instead sent out the third seed. This seed was a second-grade Grandmaster. On Jiangdong's side, Qin Siyuan also sent out his other prized student, Jian Zhihao.
Jian Zhihao was previously the second seed of Jiangdong, second only to the first seed, Qiu Ji. Originally, his level was the same as the person on the Jiangbei side, both being second-grade Grandmasters.