I created an extraordinary era

Chapter 609 The schedule is out, the cruel rules.
"Brother Zhi, your strength should be close to breaking through to the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm, right?"

After the others left, Qin Shuai smiled and looked at Qin Zhi, asking a question.

Qin Zhi has been at the fourth level of the Transcendent Realm for nearly five years, and last year he also successfully broke through to the mid-stage of the Dark Force Realm. It seems that he is not too far from the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm.

"It's still a long way off. I still have four meridians to refine."

"At the current rate of cultivation, it will probably take at least two more years."

Qin Zhi wasn't exaggerating when he said that.

Although his martial arts realm has reached the mid-stage of Dark Force, it was only a recent breakthrough.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he now receives twice as many contribution points as before, even if he reached the mid-stage of Dark Force, two years would definitely not be enough!
"Two years? Then perhaps you'll have a chance to make it onto the Grandmaster Ranking the year after next!"

"If we can make it onto the Grandmaster Ranking, then our Heavenly Gang Alliance will truly become famous."

"The Grandmaster Ranking for the next two generations?"

Qin Zhi shook his head with a wry smile.

In this first edition of the Grandmaster Ranking, those at the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm still have a chance to make it onto the list.

But if you don't become a top-tier Grandmaster at the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm six years later, you can forget about ever making it onto the Grandmaster Ranking.

With his martial arts level at the mid-stage of Dark Force, it would be impossible for him to advance from the fourth stage of Transcendent Realm to the sixth stage in six years.

Perhaps he might have some hope in the fifth or sixth edition.

Of course, it's only a sliver of hope.

Compared to the top geniuses of Origin Academy and the three extraordinary academies, he is still far inferior!

However, Qin Zhi is not one to admit defeat.

Now that we've embarked on the path of the extraordinary, we must do everything in our power to reach the top!

"Okay, okay, I won't talk about me anymore!"

"You guys should focus more on martial arts training in the future."

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Wenjun.

“Especially you, Fatty Chicken, it’s been so long and your martial arts level is still only at the beginner level of internal strength.”

"At this rate, it probably won't be long before Lao Liu and the others surpass you."

Upon hearing this, Wang Wenjun couldn't help but give a wry smile.

His talent was inferior to others; in fact, he could be considered the worst in the Heavenly Gang Alliance.

He was able to become a grandmaster entirely because his cultivation conditions were far superior to those of others.

But after that, it becomes very difficult to improve quickly!
He will most likely never reach the level of a Grandmaster in his lifetime; at best, he will only be a top-tier Grandmaster.

However, Wang Wenjun did not aspire to become a Grandmaster; he would be content with becoming a Grandmaster!
As for the Unity Realm, even Qin Zhi, one of the five people present, dared not say how confident they were.

That's still too far away for them right now.

Just then, Qin Shuai said with a smile:

"Brother Jun, have you forgotten something?"

"Brother Yuan set up a secret realm at Lingxiao Academy before. If necessary, we can go to Brother Yuan and ask him to give us a chance to enter the secret realm to cultivate."

"With the help of the cultivation secret realm, breaking through to the early stage of Dark Force shouldn't be difficult, let alone the middle or late stage!"

Upon hearing this, everyone else wore hopeful expressions.

They had naturally heard about the secret realm.

It is said that many people from Lingxiao Academy have made breakthroughs by using the secret realm.

Given their relationship with Xia Yuan, entering the secret realm shouldn't be difficult.

However, Qin Zhi shook his head.

"You are thinking too much!"

"I asked Lao Liu to inquire about the secret realm with people from Lingxiao Academy before."

"It is true that one can comprehend higher levels of martial arts in secret realms, but those are people with exceptional talent."

"Not everyone can gain insights from the secret realm."

"Of course, even if you can't gain any insights in the secret realm, there are still great benefits to cultivating inside."

"Fat Chicken does indeed have a chance to break through to the early stage of Dark Force with the help of the secret realm!"

"But Xia Yuan has already helped us enough, so we can't go to him every time something happens."

"Some favors are gone once they're used. We have to try our best on our own first, and only ask Xia Yuan for help if all else fails."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Even Wang Wenjun did not refute it.

Indeed, although they were classmates with Xia Yuan and had a good relationship in the past.

But Xia Yuan's identity is different now!
If you keep taking from Xia Yuan, even the best relationship will gradually fade.

"OK then!"

Qin Shuai scratched his head.

Actually, he thought that Brother Yuan wouldn't care about such a small matter.

However, Qin Zhi was right about one thing.

They're already grandmasters now, they can't rely on Xia Yuan for everything.

not to mention.

The purpose of these people in establishing the Heavenly Gang Alliance was simply to carve out their own path in the world through their own strength, wasn't it?

……

at the same time.

Other factions are also preparing for the Extraordinary Talents Tournament.

Especially Dawn and Eternity.

These two largest supernatural forces on Earth are now working hard to train geniuses who have the potential to be listed on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

Unlike the Heavenly Gang Alliance, which only had a dozen or so members.

In that year, Dawn and Eternity developed extremely rapidly.

Currently, both of these major forces have more than fifty extraordinary individuals each.

Although most of them were only Body Tempering Realm Transcendents, their scale was far beyond what the Heavenly Gang Alliance could match.

As for Starry Sky, which was originally one of the two major powers in the Nine Provinces, it is now much weaker!

After Starry Sky's high-end combat force was completely wiped out ten years ago, Fang Yang and others have rebuilt Starry Sky, but in the end, it is no match for Eternity.

In particular, due to resource scarcity in previous years, development almost came to a standstill.

Therefore, the number of extraordinary individuals in the Star Alliance is only slightly over twenty, which is about the same as the number in the Heavenly Gang Alliance.

Galaxy's current situation is even worse.

Because of Wu Haotian and He Yan's involvement in the rebellion, Galaxy has completely lost its former glory.

Fortunately, Zhao Tianxing broke through to the Grandmaster level and did not participate in the rebellion.

Otherwise, the Milky Way would have ceased to exist long ago!
In the present galaxy, there are only about ten extraordinary individuals and only two people at the Innate Realm.

While their strength isn't terrible, it certainly doesn't qualify them as a major power.

It can only be described as average.

There are at least eight or ten forces like the Milky Way in the Nine Provinces.

These forces were mostly established by grandmasters who graduated from Lingxiao Academy.

As for smaller forces, they usually exist in the form of martial arts schools.

The strongest members of these forces are at most at the Innate level, and most of them are still in the late stage of Body Tempering.

Small factions like these usually have very few superhumans.

There were only three to five people.

After all, the main purpose of those extraordinary individuals joining extraordinary forces is to gain access to more extraordinary martial arts and guidance from powerful individuals.

Therefore, many extraordinary individuals in smaller factions are basically cultivated by themselves.

The geniuses who emerge from the three extraordinary academies would not join a force that only has members at the Innate Realm.

They don't even look down on ordinary grandmaster-level forces.

Unless it's a major power like the Heavenly Gang Alliance that has a Grandmaster at the fourth level of the Transcendent Realm.

However, most of the extraordinary individuals still hold positions in official organizations such as the Human Alliance or various universities.

Ultimately, only a minority choose to join the extraordinary forces, probably less than 20%.

Most of those who make it onto the list of prodigies in this extraordinary competition will likely come from the three extraordinary academies.

It's generally difficult for outsiders to compare with the top talents of the Extraordinary Academy.

After all, if they had that talent, they wouldn't have failed to get into the Extraordinary Academy.

As for the Grandmaster Ranking and the Great Grandmaster Ranking.

That's the domain of the top geniuses at Origin Academy!
……

Time flows like water.

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye. At this point, there are less than half a month left until the Extraordinary Person Competition.

The location for this first Extraordinary Person Competition was set in New Source City.

It was precisely because of the Extraordinary Talent Competition that Xinyuan City became more lively than ever before during this period.

Not only extraordinary individuals, but also many ordinary people have made a special trip to the Moon Star during this period.

Today, the total number of people in Xinyuan City has reached an astonishing one million.

And this is only because there are restrictions; otherwise, let alone millions.

It could be tens of millions.

But unfortunately, Xinyuan City cannot accommodate so many people.

A little over a million is about the limit.

Therefore, many people can only watch this grand event on Earth via live stream!
"Look, the schedule and rules have been released!"

With the first Extraordinary Person Competition approaching, the atmosphere in the entire New Source City has completely boiled over.

And today.

The People's Federation has finally officially announced the detailed schedule of the competition.

The entire competition will last for ten days.

11月15日-11月11月17日，天骄榜选拔。

The Grandmaster Ranking Selection will take place from November 19th to November 21st.

The Grandmaster Ranking Selection will take place from November 23rd to November 24th.

Both the Prodigy Ranking and the Grandmaster Ranking are divided into three rounds of competition.

The first round is a points-based ranking battle.

Those who register will be randomly assigned opponents, and one point will be awarded for each opponent defeated.

The higher a player's score, the higher their opponents' scores will be.

The Prodigy Ranking will select the top 100 people with the highest scores to enter the second round, while the Grandmaster Ranking will select the top 50 people to enter the second round.

Therefore, the first round of points ranking battles will directly determine the list of prodigies and masters.

The second round is an elimination tournament.

On the leaderboard, the player ranked first will fight the player ranked 100th, and the player ranked second will fight the player ranked 99th.

And so on, dividing into fifty groups!

Every match is a single, decisive battle, leaving no room for error.

The winners will advance to the top fifty, while the losers will be eliminated.

Then the top ten players with the highest scores in the top fifty will receive a bye, while the remaining forty will compete against each other.

Of these forty people, the one with the highest score in the first round will choose their opponent first, and ten spots will be determined in the end.

These ten people will then challenge the previous ten people one by one, with the winners advancing to the finals and the losers being eliminated.

As for the specific rankings of the eliminated players, they are determined by their points in the first round of the points competition.

The Grandmaster Ranking is a bit simpler.

First, 25 spots will be decided, with the top five advancing directly, and the remaining twenty competing for the remaining five spots in the top ten.

The third round is the final round.

The finals are relatively simple; opponents are randomly drawn to determine the top five.

The final top five will be determined by a points-based ranking competition.

The rules above are the competition schedules for the Prodigy Ranking and the Grandmaster Ranking.

The Grandmaster Ranking, however, is different.

Because there are relatively few Grandmasters and the difference in their strength is quite large.

Therefore, the eight people at the eighth level of the Transcendent Realm directly advanced to the finals, while the remaining dozen or so people at the seventh level of the Transcendent Realm competed to determine the final two spots in the top ten.

However, there is still one chance to challenge the Grandmaster Ranking.

In other words, the loser in the seventh stage of the Transcendent Realm will also have one chance to challenge the eighth stage.

A victory would allow you to replace your opponent and enter the top ten.

As for the top ten spots, Ji Xuan and Nangong Hong, who were at the ninth level of the Transcendent Realm, were directly given a bye.

The remaining eight people will compete for the final two spots.

Of course, anyone else who wants to challenge Nangong Hong and Ji Xuan can do so as well.

These four players will then compete in a double-elimination tournament to determine their final rankings.

[Holy crap, with these competition rules, the higher the score, the bigger the advantage!]

Those with low scores, even if they advance, will find it very difficult to progress further.

After reading the competition rules, some people couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

This competition format is extremely advantageous for players who have accumulated an early lead.

Players with higher scores not only avoid strong opponents in the knockout stage, but also get a bye.

Especially the Grandmaster Ranking, if you're in the top five from the start.

That's basically equivalent to a direct entry into the top ten!

After all, in the knockout stage, they only need to go through one battle.

The same applies to the Ranking of Prodigies.

The top ten players only need to win two battles to advance.

Moreover, they were among the lowest-scoring players.

Defeating your opponent should be quite easy.

Therefore, it should be quite easy for them to get into the top ten.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some people are deliberately hiding their strength.

But that possibility is relatively small.

No one would deliberately hide their strength during the qualifying stage, because points directly affect their ranking advantage in subsequent matches.

It seems that the first round of the qualifying matches is actually the most important for achieving a good ranking.

[Take the Prodigy Ranking as an example; you can't be too far down the list, otherwise your opponents will be extremely powerful.]

Upon hearing this, someone couldn't help but scoff.

That requires you to get a high score!

Those who lack skill will never achieve high scores, no matter what they do.

[Didn't you read the rules? The higher your score, the higher your opponent's ranking will be.]

Even if you get lucky and get matched with a few weaker players at the beginning, the players you encounter later in the queue will only become stronger.

It's practically impossible to get a high score through luck alone.

That's right, except for the very beginning of the points ranking matches, the later stages are all against equally matched opponents.

If you're ranked 10th, you'll definitely get a spot, or at least around 8th or 9th.

It is extremely difficult to get a high score by simply beating weaker opponents.

"A points-based ranking tournament?"

The headquarters of the Tiangang Alliance.

Qin Zhi frowned slightly.

He originally thought it was a random draw.

If it's a random draw, then if you're very lucky, you might have a chance to enter the Grandmaster Ranking.

However, by using this method, the probability of making it onto the Grandmaster List is relatively small!

However, this method also has its advantages.

For the sixth and eighth place players, at least they don't have to worry about being eliminated after losing a match against a strong opponent.

"Sixth Brother and Eighth Brother, try to get high scores in the points competition."

"We absolutely cannot fall below seventy, otherwise the chances of making it into the top fifty will be very slim."

The sixth brother patted his chest.

"Don't worry, brother. Although the first 20 or 30 meters might be difficult, I can still manage the first 50."

On the other side, Song Yuqing, the young woman known as Lao Ba, gently tucked a stray hair behind her ear and nodded slightly.

Song Yuqing is another late-stage Innate Realm martial artist from the Heavenly Gang Alliance.

Although she appears quiet, her martial arts level has also reached the peak of Ming Jin.

Moreover, Song Yuqing's greatest advantage is her agility; defeating her at the same cultivation level is no easy task.

"Yes, I trust both of you."

Qin Zhi smiled and nodded, then looked at the others.

"This qualifying tournament should provide you with many opponents of similar strength. Even if you don't make it onto the Prodigy Ranking, it will still be a good opportunity for you to gain experience."

(End of this chapter)