At this moment, 10 enormous arenas had appeared before the entrance to the Imperial Palace, and the profounders participating in the second round of the Ascension Rankings formed a dense mass below the arenas. As the sun rose slowly on the horizon, a group of soldiers in silver armor surged out from within the Imperial Palace, and then they stood around the square. Because there were too many people who’d come to watch the Ascension Rankings and for the sake of preventing any disorder of conflict from occurring here, the Grand Qin Empire had dispatched the army to maintain order here! Right at this moment, Li Si suddenly appeared on the enormous arena that was at the centermost of the square. As he gazed at the dense crowd beneath him, he said loudly, “Everyone, allow me to first congratulate you one returning safely. Because being able to return alive from the Grand Myriad Mountains and possessing the qualifications to participate in the second round has already proved the strengths all of you possess. Now, it’s time for all of you to make a name for yourselves. So long as you’re able to ascend to the top 30 of the Ascension Rankings, then not only would you obtain abundant rewards, the Empire will announce your name through the nine states and allow everyone in the southern territory to hear your name! “Now, allow me to explain the rules for the second round. The second round will be carried out based on an accumulated point system. There are a total of 3,601 profounders that possess the qualifications to participate in the second round of the competition. These 3,601 profounders will be divided into 10 groups, and each group will have 260 profounders. Every single time you defeat an opponent, you’ll be awarded a point, and every loss would cause one point to be deducted. The three people with the highest amount of points in every group will advance and participate in the ranking battles for the top 30 on the Ascension Rankings! For the sake of fairness, all profounders are prohibited from utilizing talismans, medicinal pills, and other treasures that provide temporary boosts to their strengths during the competition. Violators will either have their qualifications to participate revoked or sentenced to death on the spot. Be sure to keep this in mind!” After that, Li Si described some other rules of the competition. Amongst them were the prizes for the top 30 on the Ascension Rankings! Needless to say, the prizes for the top 30 were truly too tempting. Even Tang Ye who stood amongst the crowd couldn’t help but be tempted by them! Of course, he was only tempted by the rewards of the top 3!The 1st on the Ascension Rankings would be rewarded with a mid-grade Earth Rank combat technique, a mid-grade Earth Rank Dark Treasure, five high-rank Technique Talismans, 50,000 energy stones, and 100 top-grade energy stones. Of course, the Ascension Token that allowed its owner to make a request to the six great powers, the Grand Qin Empire, or the Talisman Master’s Association was included as well! The 2nd on the Ascension Rankings would be rewarded with a low-grade Earth Rank combat technique, a low-grade Earth Rank Dark Treasure, two high-rank Technique Talismans, and 20,000 energy stones! The 3rd on the Ascension Rankings would be rewarded with a low-grade Earth Rank Dark Treasure, two high-grade Profound Rank combat techniques, 10 mid-rank Technique Talismans, and 9,000 energy stones! When the rewards for the top three were announced, it wasn’t just Tang Ye who was tempted, all the other profounders here seethed with excitement as well. Especially the rewards for the 1st on the Ascension Rankings, those rewards were truly too generous. A mid-grade Earth Rank combat technique and Dark Treasure! Even if it was the six great powers and the Grand Qin Empire, such treasures were still considered to be extremely precious! Besides that, the Ascension Token allowed its bearer to make a request to any one of the six great powers, the Talisman Master’s Association, or the Grand Qin Empire.... To put it in simpler terms, obtaining the Ascension Token was equivalent to obtaining all of these powers as one’s backing! This was a perfect opportunity to rise to success for the bearer of the token or that person’s clan! Of course, many people in the surroundings didn’t have any hopes of obtaining the 1st on the Ascension Rankings. What a joke! Not to mention the 1st, even obtaining a spot in the top 30 was as difficult as ascending the heavens to them! Every group had 360 profounders in them, yet only 3 from these 360 could advance into the next round and fight for the top 30 positions on the Ascension Rankings. Such competition was extremely brutal! “Everyone, the group you belong to is in accordance with the number on the iron plaque you obtained. Head to your respective groups to draw your lots. Be sure to keep in mind that every single point is of the utmost importance to all of you because it’s related to your rankings at the end of the competition.” Li Si continued.When he heard this, Tang Ye withdrew the iron plaque that he’d obtained yesterday, and he saw the number 9 written on it. In other words, he was in the ninth group. Right when Tang Ye was about to head over to Arena No.9, a gust of fragrance arrived, and then Murong Yao appeared in front of him. Murong Yao’s beautiful eyes glanced at Tang Ye’s iron plaque before she said, “Yours is number 9?”