In fact, those who did have strength comparable to a titled Celestial Emperor were already mentally prepared to be eliminated. They participated only to gain experience and also to meet other young geniuses. Some also participated in hopes that the tests would help stimulate them and help them break through. A breakthrough was a good enough reward for them even if they could not rank in the Devata Realms' Battle of the Geniuses.
Those who were eliminated looked enviously at Wang Ting and the two young men who had a breakthrough and now possessed the strength of an ordinary titled Celestial Emperor.
"I thought I could break through here… In the end, I still failed."
"Me too. I was so close to breaking through, but I couldn't hold on any longer."
