Chapter 1099: Guarding the Golden Lock

Even though doubt rippled through the crowd, no one voiced it. "This Imperial Mandate Contest has three stages. Once you enter, the Imperial Envoy of that stage will explain the specific rules." Golden threads flared from each of the fifteen Imperial Envoys and coalesced before them into towering gateways, roughly thirty meters tall and ten meters wide. White light twisted within each one like a vortex. "Enter in order of your ranking-move!" the fifteen Envoys barked. Every cultivator present...