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At this moment, Li Chang'an and the main team represented by Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were also at the opening ceremony, within the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's team. Although they had the privilege of skipping the preliminaries and directly entering the finals, they couldn't be absent from such an important occasion as the opening ceremony, even if they didn't need to compete.

As the host, Heaven Dou Imperial Academy was undoubtedly the first to enter.

Li Chang'an led the way, his light golden team uniform embroidered with the characters 'Heaven Dou' on the left chest and a pattern of seven silver stars on the back, the emblem of the Heaven Dou Empire. Behind him followed Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and others. As soon as they entered, they were greeted by a roaring cheer.

Before them was a huge and open square!

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Surrounded by countless cheering and shouting spectators.

In the center of the venue was a golden-backed rostrum, behind which was the remodeled VIP area.

The wide field was over one hundred and fifty meters in diameter. As the first academy to enter, Li Chang'an led everyone to the center of the field, arranged themselves in a neat formation, and enjoyed the cheers and shouts.

As each academy entered, there was a dedicated master of ceremonies on the rostrum to introduce them.

"The first to enter is the team from our Heaven Dou Imperial Academy! Their slogan is: 'Indomitable, Courageously Forward!'"

Hearing the master of ceremonies' words, the audience on the stands couldn't help but cheer 'Heaven Dou is invincible, Heaven Dou will win!' From this, one could see how popular the Heaven Dou team was.

"Next to enter is..."

The master of ceremonies began to introduce the teams one by one, until the final appearance of Shrek Academy.

However, compared to the cheers received by the previous teams, Shrek Academy was greeted only with boos and jeers upon their entrance. This made Tang San and the others' faces turn ashen, cursing the audience who mocked them in their hearts, without reflecting on whether it was their own problem.

In Li Chang'an's opinion, these guys deserved to be laughed at. On such an important occasion, which academy's team wasn't dressed in grand attire, trying to show their best side? But these guys did the opposite, making themselves look like clowns. No wonder the audience laughed at them.

Soon, all the participating academies had entered.

The Heaven Dou Imperial Academy team stood at the very front of all the teams.

Li Chang'an, as the captain, looked towards the VIP platform, and several familiar faces came into view.

In the second row sat Prince Xue Xing, and the three committee members of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

In the first row of the VIP seats, only three people were seated.

Sitting in the center was his cheap father-in-law, Emperor Xue Ye.

On the right was Ning Fengzhi, the master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, whom he had met once.

On the left was an old man wearing a red robe and a five-pointed platinum crown, Salas, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall.

At this moment, the master of ceremonies on the side of the VIP platform said loudly: "Now, let us invite His Majesty the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire to declare the opening of this competition."

So, Emperor Xue Ye, wearing a scarlet-gold robe, sitting in the center of the first row of the VIP seats, slowly rose to his feet amidst the thunderous applause. He waved gently to the audience and the participating soul masters below, and the applause quickly stopped, and the huge square became silent.

Then, a deep and loud voice spread throughout the venue through the amplification soul device, "I, Xue Ye, Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, on behalf of the Heaven Dou Empire, and also on behalf of the organizers of this competition, declare that the Pan-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament is now open!"

Applause thundered again, and cheers rose and fell.

After the applause subsided again, Emperor Xue Ye continued: "Here, I hope that all the soul masters participating in this competition can fully display their strength and achieve good results. You are all the pride of the Heaven Dou Empire. For the glory of the Empire, show your brilliance!" As he said this, his eyes intentionally glanced at Li Chang'an below the stage.

It could be seen that he had high hopes for Li Chang'an, even offering the high price of allowing him to choose any treasure from the treasure vault. It should be known that even if the Heaven Dou Empire was not doing well, it was still a large empire, a country that controlled half of the human world. The time of its existence was also very long, and its foundation might not be comparable to the Spirit Hall, which had once produced gods, but it was not comparable to other forces.

The treasures in the treasure vault actually far exceeded what others imagined. They usually didn't show off, just hid their strengths. After all, who would go around telling people that they had treasures, really afraid of being targeted by thieves.

A 100,000-year soul bone might not exist, but 20,000-30,000 year or several 10,000-year soul bones definitely existed, and there were quite a few of them.

His allowing Li Chang'an to enter the treasure vault and choose any treasure was clearly giving him at least a 10,000-year soul bone as a reward. It was really very generous.

After Emperor Xue Ye finished speaking, applause rang out for the third time.

This time, the soul masters in the center of the competition venue all released a scorching light in their eyes. For them, such a competition would be the best stage to show themselves.

After Emperor Xue Ye finished speaking, it was Ning Fengzhi's turn.

After another series of polite and encouraging words.

It was time to officially begin drawing lots to determine the order of the competition.

A maid came over with the lottery box, which was drawn by Platinum Bishop Salas.

Each time he drew one, the court maid would report:

"Preliminary Round 1: Orlan Academy vs. Blazing Radiance Academy."

"Preliminary Round 1: Shrek Academy vs. Heaven Dou Imperial Academy!"

"Preliminary Round 1: Zi Cang Academy vs. Cang Hui Academy!"

...

After the draw was completed.

Li Chang'an said silently in his heart: "Is it a coincidence? Or is there really such a thing as historical inertia?"

"But this time, without the immortal herbs to help you cheat, it won't be so easy to have a smooth ride like in the original work."

At this time, Tang San and the others, due to Li Chang'an's intervention, had no chance with the immortal herbs that could transform them, and therefore, with their current soul power level and martial soul strength, it was impossible to easily defeat Heaven Dou Imperial Academy like in the original work.

The first match was between Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and Shrek Seven Devils.

Of course, this was the sub-team of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, because the main team led by Li Chang'an was directly promoted, so they would not participate in this preliminary round at all.

Because of the large difference in reputation between Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and Shrek Academy, as soon as the draw came out, many viewers at the scene believed that Imperial Academy was cheating.

However, Platinum Bishop Salas unceremoniously came forward to deny it.

And swore in the name of the Spirit Hall, and publicly stated: Anyone who can enter the final final will be exceptionally allowed by the Spirit Hall to directly join the Spirit Hall.

The Spirit Hall is the highest-level institution other than the Papal Hall.

As soon as these words were spoken, they naturally easily suppressed the dissatisfaction of the audience.

Only Emperor Xue Ye was slightly dissatisfied because Salas publicly recruited soul masters, but did not show it on the surface.