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If it weren't for the final tournament's organizing committee deciding that, in addition to the age limit of twenty, there had to be at least five contestants from each sect with a cultivation of four rings or above, I fear the number of teams participating in this competition would have surpassed the previous one by tenfold.
Even with such restrictions, the final count of participating teams reached one hundred and sixty-seven, far more than the last competition.
As the wealthiest nation on the Soul Land, the Sun Moon Empire naturally didn't find hosting such a competition to be any trouble. Yet, even so, they prepared for this grand event for a full three months. Ming Capital, as the largest city on the continent, also expanded a large number of hotels and increased guest rooms to accommodate more visitors, especially those from other regions, and to earn more profit from this grand occasion.
