Ancient City

* Current
* Appearing
* Donghua

## Background

In ancient times, the human race was thriving and powerful specialists appeared in great numbers, it was at least ten or a hundred times stronger than at present. In the past, in the Martial Celestial Realm, martial arts thrived and there were even masters who left the Martial Celestial Realm to travel in the starry sky towards the outside world.
However, the human race, at the height of power in the Tianwu (Martial Celestial) realm, has been invaded by a powerful alien race. This alien race possessed immense strength and aimed to massacre the human race. At that time, the powers of the human race rose to resist and the ancient city was one of them. But, due to the immense power of the foreign race, the flames of war spread across the Tianwu continent.
In their last alternative, the main powers of the human race made a decision and sacrificed themselves to protect the entire continent and leave a small spark for the survivors and their descendants. In that battle the color of the heavens and the earth and the entire Tianwu continent were torn apart and finally managed to severely injure the foreign race, causing them to withdraw from Tianwu, but the human race also suffered heavy injuries and almost all the ancient powers fell. to preserve this spark of hope, the heritage of the ancient city was laid down so that it would not be forgotten and could be preserved and passed on through the ages.

## Introduction

Gu Nan City or Ancient City is a secret kingdom that has been handed down for thousands of years since ancient times, being the core of the lands of the five northwestern countries. For up to a thousand miles, no beast can approach the city.

Ancient City unlocks every five years and only Martial Artists under the age of 24 can enter. Before the barrier opens no one can enter. during the event of the tournament, there can be no fights between the participants without the permission of the judge. The Five Countries hold the second part of the Five Countries tournament there and the artist who comes in first place receives the gift of the Ancient people.

During the beginning of the tournament, there will be a pre-selection test and after the competition in the arena, those who win in the arena will have a chance to get the inheritance.

## The pre-selection tests

* The first pre-selection test is the true martial way. The test consists of 9 phases where everyone's power will be pushed to the limit to observe the true Qi changes from the human level to the martial emperor level and control them with his spiritual power. What will be tested is the martial artist's control and understanding of true Qi.

* The second round is a matrix test. During this test the die pressure will continue to increase, if it can hold for one hour, they will pass the test.

* The third round is to leave a mark on the floating stone. Each will use true Qi to attack the stone, if they can leave a mark above ten meters, they will pass the test. And the greater the height, the greater the pressure.

With the selection test over, the judge distributes rewards to everyone who passed, which is the divine light of the Heavenly Dao of the ancient city. It can refine the physical body and stimulate the true Qi, they will receive this light according to the performance of the participants and to what level it will reach depends on themselves.

## Competition in the arena

In this stage the eliminated ones will be decided in the arena. Participants will face each other in pairs, the winner advances to the next round and in the end 12 participants will remain. The real ranking will start with these 12 participants and at the same time they will have the opportunity to receive the inheritance.

## Starry sky game

It is a game that was left behind by the ancestors of the Old City, with the goal that the heritage would be passed down for thousands of years and never be forgotten. The spiritual seed that was delivered to the 12 participants will have to feed them with their cultivations and once they grow they will merge with them and have a significant advance. In the end the judge asked everyone to keep secret what happened inside the inheritance land.

## Trivia

* In the novel, arc of the second part of the Northwest Five Nations Tournament starts from chapter 399 to 528.

* In donghua this arc starts from episode 173 to 217.

* The 12 participants who received parts of the inheritance were: Qin Chen, Mo Li, Di Tianyi, Hua Tiandu, Leng Wushuang, Yu Qianxue, Wei Qingshan, Jue Wuxin, Wang Qiming, Situ Sheng, Meng Xingjue and Gui Ying.

* Yu Wenfeng deduced that this tournament was different from previous ones. He said that this black figure, the judge, would only appear at the end after entering the inner part of the old city to receive the inheritance and he doesn't understand why this time the black figure appeared now.

* Qin Chen deduced that this tournament has an unknown kind of purpose. The first round was the test of the true martial way, it was for warriors (martial artists) to understand the use of true Qi. The second round was a matrix test, it was for the warriors to train their physical body on the matrix and improve it. This third round is a kind of soul level training.

* Once the tournament was over, all the elders of the different Sect's wanted to steal Qin Chen's inheritance as the first place winner. He had those who had a grudge with him step forward and then mercilessly killed them all.

* After the judge recounted the origins of the Ancient City, Qin Chen deduced that humanity had defeated the alien race and expelled them from the Tianwu continent, but wondered why there would be a dark age that cut the story short.

* When Qin Chen was on the third level of the inheritance land in the starry sky game, he was reflecting on the mysterious diagram of the inheritance cultivation technique, mentioning that the human body is complex and contains many secrets, and for this reason one can cultivate various secret cultivation techniques; however cultivation techniques are based on the human body and this diagram was in conflict with the normal human body. Only after Qin Chen realized that understanding this diagram required understanding the basics of secret patterns at the first level and understanding true power at the second level.