By evening, all eight matches of the sixteen-to-eight round had concluded.
The most powerful family, the Ling Family, along with two super first-tier families, the Tian Family and the Zhan Family, naturally advanced with ease.
The remaining five slots were filled by four of the venerable top ten first-tier families.
Surprisingly, the Shangguan Clan, once ranked at the bottom of the third-tier families and almost weakened to the fourth tier, unexpectedly defeated the old first-tier Zhou Family and leapt into the top eight!
This was beyond everyone's expectations!
Throughout millennia, there have been instances where third or fourth-tier families surged in power to reach the pinnacle of the Deep Mountains' hierarchy.
However, such occurrences were rare; the last time was 4,550 years ago when the Lin Family from the third tier stunned the crowd and joined the ranks of the first-tier families.
