He primarily aimed to prevent the triple threats from taking advantage of the chaos. According to national regulations, for major competitions above the city level, organizers must invite a Grandmaster to oversee the event in order to hold it.
The appearance fee for a Grandmaster is, naturally, astronomical.
With a Heavenly-list Grandmaster present, the masters from the Earth, Mystic, and Yellow lists who followed were overshadowed, yet they remained the aspirational targets for everyone.
The competition started, and Lu Chenzhou faced opponents in the first three rounds whose cultivation was far lower than his, making it no surprise that he advanced to the top 16, where all contestants were of at least Seventh Rank cultivation.
During this time, all of the acquaintances he knew were defeated. The strongest among them had only just entered the Seventh Rank. Unwittingly, they had been left far behind by Lu Chenzhou.
Thus, the first day of competition ended without much excitement.
