Blood Battle Martial Competition

Young Gu Immortals such as Ye Lui Xiao Jin treat the contest as a way to establish their names, and the first battle unfolds under both sides’ gazes. Fang Yuan, still distant from the field, plans to participate a few times, kill Gu Immortals, and seize immortal apertures as a step toward rank seven, while continuing to refine dream path mortal Gu. ^{ch. 1194}

Chu Sect does not stop a victor from taking a corpse, because that is one of the rules stated in the competition agreement, as when Xue Wu Hen stored Liu Hui’s corpse and when Nian Er Ping Zhi took Granny Yin’s body with its immortal aperture. Fang Yuan’s Chu Sect alliance agreement is lenient enough that even if Chu Sect were annihilated he could choose not to appear. He delays joining until he can raise his cultivation to rank seven. ^{ch. 1196}

Most members on Chu Sect and Bai Zu tribe’s side are lone immortals or demonic cultivators, held together by the reputations of Domination Immortal and Heavenly Lord Bai Zu plus the rewards, so Chu Du agrees to exchange corpses in order to stabilize their mindsets for later battles. After that exchange, Gong Wan Ting also negotiates with Chu Du, and both sides conveniently add a rule regarding the exchange of corpses and soul captives. Chu Du has instructions from Heavenly Lord Bai Zu to protect as many Bai Zu tribe descendants as possible, so actual Bai Zu bloodline members are still being taken care of while other fighters are sent out. ^{ch. 1197}