Gu Yu, also from Ruifeng City, had long since noticed the sleeping Sleep Emperor.

Gu Yu was already used to this. In Ruifeng City, whether at a Celestial Destiny Seeker gathering or a formal meeting, the Sleep Emperor would fall asleep nine times out of ten.

Once, when the Celestial Destiny Seekers of Ruifeng City went on a three-day team-building trip, the Sleep Emperor had spent a full two and a half days sleeping in a Guardian Beast Vehicle.

The fact that he managed to propose a topic before dozing off at this Xin Xia Federation conference showed he was putting in far more effort than he ever did back in Ruifeng City.

It was thanks to the Sleep Emperor that Ruifeng City had the best integration between its Bizarre and Guardian Beast Masters.

Everyone present had their own agenda, and Gu Yu was no exception.

If the Sleep Emperor hadn’t been so insistent on promoting the integration of Bizarre and Guardian Beast Masters across the entire Xin Xia Federation, Gu Yu wouldn’t have wanted to support the idea at all.

The Xin Xia Federation was composed of thirty Heroic Cities, including the Royal Capital.

But these Heroic Cities were both partners and rivals.

This Xin Xia Federation conference was also meant to finalize the next inter-city ranking tournament, where the Heroic Cities would be re-ranked against one another.

If Ruifeng City continued on its current path, it definitely wouldn’t end up in last place again in the next ranking tournament.

If Ruifeng City hadn’t produced a figure like the Sleep Emperor, it would never have been able to hold its head high among the other Heroic Cities.

Although Ruifeng City ranked last every year in the number of Celestial Destiny Seekers among the younger generation, it was a "granary city."

Even in its harsh environment, Ruifeng City’s land, with minor improvements, could be used to cultivate a vast number of crop-producing, plant-type Guardian Beasts.

This was an advantage that no other city could match.

"I also support letting Bizarre join Celestial Destiny Seeker teams. At the same potential rating, Bizarre are stronger than Guardian Beast Masters."

"This is an indisputable fact. A Bizarre’s recovery ability within the Soul Base is also generally superior to that of a Lifebound Guardian Beast."

"In fact, we in Ruifeng City have already started adding Bizarre to Celestial Destiny Seeker teams."

"Ruifeng City only produced one Celestial Destiny Seeker in the latest batch, but their team has three Bizarre members."

"Now, when exploring a Second Level Secret Realm, they can already achieve a Secret Realm Exploration Level of over seventy-five percent."

"Each city’s situation is different, so the implementation can be handled at their own discretion."

"Judging from the situation in Ruifeng City, this initiative has only upsides and no downsides."

"I trust that no one here would doubt the Deceit Holders that each city invests so heavily in training."

This topic was proposed by the Sleep Emperor himself.

During the last Xin Xia Federation conference, when the Star Emperor presided, a similar suggestion was also made.

Even the Celestial Destiny Seekers present who detested Bizarre decided to set aside their personal prejudices after some consideration.

Allowing Bizarre to join Celestial Destiny Seeker teams would indirectly elevate the status of Deceit Holders.

It would also allow the Bizarre to gain greater acceptance within the Guardian Beast Master community, which was certainly beneficial for a city’s harmonious development.

Seeing that the discussion was winding down, Jin Cai spoke for the first time since the conference began.

"I also support pushing this forward vigorously!"

"However, whether this initiative succeeds will primarily depend on whether the new batch of Celestial Destiny Seekers in each city is willing to accept Bizarre."

"After all, the members of a six-person Celestial Destiny Seeker team are chosen by the Celestial Destiny Seeker themselves."

"Our teams—we older Celestial Destiny Seekers—were finalized long ago. Our teammates are old comrades who have been with us for decades. We can’t just swap them out to implement this new policy."

At that moment, the Sleep Emperor, who had just been sleeping, quietly stirred awake.

"Since we’ve concluded the discussion on this topic and the majority are in support, every city must begin implementation upon your return."

"Personnel from the Royal Court City Control Department and the City Patrol Team will visit each city to supervise and track the implementation’s progress."

"Over the past year, a total of fourteen new Celestial Destiny Seekers have been reported, making this the year with the most awakenings in recent memory."

"Nine of them have a reported potential rating of S rank. We won’t discuss those nine any further."

"For the remaining five, the city representatives present will, in order of their city’s ranking, announce their proposed rating and the justification for it."

"Everyone will then vote to approve the rating. Afterward, relevant personnel from the Celestial Destiny Society headquarters will verify the facts of the case."

"Therefore, do not make false reports. Anyone who does will be penalized by having twenty percent of all their city’s Celestial Destiny Seekers’ Potential Points deducted for the next three years."

Jin Cai sat bolt upright, his hands restlessly rubbing together under the table.

He was like a fly waiting for a public toilet to open.

Jin Cai struggled to suppress his eagerness, but his right eyelid twitched uncontrollably.

"Longya City’s newly awakened Celestial Destiny Seeker this year is named Long Xian, and his Order Beast is a Tyrant Shattering Tyrannosaurus."

"The Tyrant Shattering Tyrannosaurus has mastered an Attack Type Rule of Shattering. When it attacks, it can ignore the target’s defenses and inflict pulverizing damage."

"Long Xian also possesses a Beastmaster Talent that is highly compatible with the Rule its Tyrant Shattering Tyrannosaurus has mastered. Based on our internal evaluation, Longya City would like to propose an S+ potential rating for Long Xian."

Longya City and Forging Furnace City were neighbors. Normally, adjacent Heroic Cities enjoyed a cooperative relationship.

But for some reason, Longya City and Forging Furnace City were fierce competitors.

To this day, the ownership of several massive mineral veins along their shared border had yet to be determined.

If not for the internal restrictions the Xin Xia Federation placed on its cities, Longya City and Furnace City would likely have already gone to war.