Gale Island/Outer Disciple Competition

The **Outer Disciple Competition** of Gale Island is to establish a progress and ranking of the outer disciples.

## Format

The Outer Disciple Competition comprises the elimination stage and the finals.

## Elimination Stage

### Rules

* The elimination stage will take place in 10 groups, and the current top 10 Outer Disciples will each be the seed of one group.
* The Outer Disciples in each group will fight through many rounds, where the winners advance and the losers are eliminated until only 10 fighters are left in the group.
* The 100 remaining Outer Disciples from the 10 groups will move on to the final stage to compete for the top 10 seats.
* One defeat was all it took to be eliminated.
* When only 16 people remains in a group, it will be a mixed battle. Mixed combat was the easiest and fastest way to compete. nyone who leaves the fighting ring will be automatically eliminated, and the remaining 10 men will progress to the finals.

### Groups

* Over 10,000 Outer Disciples were divided into 10 groups, each with over 1,000 contestants.

N°1 (Seeded)
N°
N°518
N°
N°74

### Stage

Ten huge fighting rings had been set in the middle of the square. Each ring was three meters high and in a square shape with sides that were 100 meters long. The 10 rings built were in a row in an extraordinary, imposing manner, and behind the 10 fighting rings was a high spectator stand, which was full of elders, deacons, and many Inner Disciples.

### Notable Battles

N°518
N°661
 2
N°518
N°932
 6
N°518
N°12
 Mixed
Battle
N°518
(Qualified)

### Results

* Zhou Xin was eliminated in round one
* Niu Xiaohu was eliminated in round three
* Li Feng was eliminated in round five

## Final Stage

There are two parts to this finals, the Points Match and the Tournament. The Points Match will proceed concurrently at the five battle stations and two people with the highest scores from each team will enter into the top 10. The Tournament will determine the positions of the top ten Outer Disciples.

### Points Match

#### Rules

* Total number of participants : 100.
* A total of 20 people in each team. There’ll be a total of 19 rounds and each round will have 10 combats.
* The winner will get one point and if it’s a draw, no points will be given. The loser will have one point deducted.
* The top 10 Outer Disciples were scattered into five different teams, with two of them in each team.
* There was no numbering system for the Points Match, so everyone had to combat with the other 19 people.
* In every team, two people could enter into next stage and the top 10.

#### Result

* Group 1 : Duan Bingye and Lu Shaoyun progress
* Group 2 : Su Mo and Fei Kuang progress
* Group 3 : Yi Xiaoguang and Li Jiandong progress
* Group 4 : Nangong Linjue and Mei Ling progress
* Group 5 : Ling Muchen and Wu Meng progress

### Tournament

#### Rules

* The final Tournament will still be ranked by a point system.
* Every one of the 10 contestants has to battle the other nine, amounting to a total of 45 battles.

## Rewards

All top 100 disciples who entered the finals will receive prizes. Number 11 to number 100 will receive 10,000 contribution points. Number four to number 10… ahem… number four to number seven will receive 20,000 contribution points. Number two and three will receive 30,000 contribution points. Number one will receive 50,000 contribution points. Also, the top seven have the chance to cultivate for a day in the Spiritual Pool.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 139
2. ↑ Chapter 143
3. ↑ Chapter 162