Finally, it was here!
Throughout the Sealed Regions and World Beyond, the Chosen King Competition was heralded as the greatest contest of talents beneath a certain age, rife with countless blessings that only the fated, determined, and strong can claim. It had become synonymous with the transformation of self and a determinant of one's potential future.
To the Ascendants, this was not even remotely close to what their Ascendant Emperor instilled within them.
From the beginning, the Chosen King Competition was a stage; it was a platform whereby they could showcase their greatest talents and acquire some benefits, testing themselves and proving the efforts of their cultivation thus far. It was a contest between themselves. Everyone else was merely spectators and obstacles.