He's mainly here to prevent the Three Menaces from stirring up trouble. According to national regulations, major competitions at the municipal level or above must have a Grandmaster Guardian to proceed.
The Grandmaster's appearance fee is, of course, astronomical.
With a Heavenly Ranking Master on stage, even the Earth List, Mystic List, and Yellow List experts who come after seem to fade into the background, but they're still the goal everyone looks up to.
The matches begin. In his first three rounds, Lu Chenzhou faced opponents with cultivation far below his own, so there was no suspense at all—he easily slaughtered his way into the top 16, where everyone is at least Seventh Rank.
During this time, all the acquaintances he knew were wiped out. The strongest among them had only just reached Seventh Rank. Unnoticed, Lu Chenzhou had already pulled far ahead.
The first day of the tournament ended just like that—no waves, no surprises.
Wang He came over for a chat:
