An official held a roster and began to call names. The Qi Cultivators whose names were called immediately stepped forward and approached the official.
Soon, over a thousand Qi Cultivators were gathered together. Their sheer presence was overwhelming; these individuals were the strongest among the young elite Qi Cultivators selected from the entire Great Han Kingdom. Even the weakest among them had reached the Transformation Stage, though there were few at that level. Many, like Ye Yun and Liu Chen, hailed from powerful, prestigious families; they were young but had secured their spots through unique means.
Most of the lower-tier Qi Cultivators had already reached the Mid Stage of the Transformation Stage. Those at the Late Stage of the Transformation Stage made up nearly half of all participants in the Martial Emperor List, while those at the peak of the Transformation Stage—the true prodigies—numbered only a dozen or so out of the thousand. They came from major sects and influential families, and every one of them was aiming for the top spot on the Martial Emperor List, vying for the title of Heavenly Origin Blue Venerable.
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