Not all comers had the right to participate in the Dragonling Assembly—even the major factions of Azure Dragon Region were limited in the number of representatives they could send. As the foremost faction, Azure Dragon City could send seven, second tier faction Coiling Dragon City could send five. The rest could only send three.

Thus, each spot was incredibly precious. Not only did each faction have to consider their own interests, but they also had to use the spots to recruit allies.

Everything came down to strength.

It wouldn’t do the weak any good to participate in the Dragonling Assembly. At best, they’d be heavily injured and at worst, they’d lose their lives. It was a frightfully common occurrence for geniuses to die at the gatherin...