18th Uncrowned King Tournament

“This year’s tournament,” Akura Charity continued, “will be the largest in history.”

After Makiel twisted the fate of the planet, Dreadgods started showing signs of awakening in the currents of fate. As a result, the current generation of Monarchs called for the commencement of 18th Uncrowned King tournament. Reigan Shen and SeshethKunaaz have proposed to use the security measurement on western labyrinth to weaken the Dreadgods enough for everyone else to kill them. The performance of tournament affects the will of representatives of major factions around the world and it decides the fate of Blackflame Empire and especially Scared Valley where the labyrinth is located.

The tournament was hosted and organized by the Ninecloud Court in Ninecloud City.

Northstrider appointed himself as the sole judge of the tournament, replacing a panel of independent experts from all around the world. His direct involved his insured the safety of every Underlord, so that they will not die unless he wishes them to. Northstrider has also elected to mediate the conversation during Monarch meetings.

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Akura Clan	Eight-Man Empire	Emriss Silentborn	House Arelius	Ninecloud Court	Northstrider	Reigan Shen	Seshethkunaaz	Unaffiliated
Main: Akura Mercy, Akura Pride, Wei Shi Lindon Arelius Secondary: Akura Grace, Frozen Blade team Tertiary: Naru Saeya, Eithan Arelius, Yerin Arelius	Ghost-Blade, Flame-Gift, Blood-Chorus, Nine-Hands	Dreadnought City	Veris Arelius, Altavian Arelius	Sha Miara, Moonwater	Ziel	Stormcallers Therin Nills Redmoon Hall Yan Shoumei Blacksword Abyssal Palace Silent Servants	Sopharanatoth, Naian Blackflame, Green Dragons, Red Dragons	Tidewalkers, The Five Sisters of the Iceflower continent, The Iron Heart Legion of Rosegold

There are eight factions, and each one has four teams.

The total number of participants is 96.

Ninecloud Court

• Sha family team - Led by Sha Miara, the Ninecloud Monarch, who restricted herself to have the power of an Underlady so she could compete with her lessers.
• Moonwater (Unconfirmed)
• The rest of the teams are unknown.

Akura Clan

• Main Akura team - Akura Mercy, Akura Pride, and Wei Shi Lindon Arelius.
• Secondary Akura team - Led by Akura Grace, was forced to participate because Xorrus, the dragon Herald, wiped out the Temple of Rising Earth.
• Frozen Blade team
• Blackflame Empire team - Eithan Arelius, Yerin Arelius, and Naru Saeya.

Eight-Man Empire

• Ghost-Blade.
• Flame-Gift.
• Blood-Chorus.
• Nine-Hands.

Northstrider

• The Wastelanders - Ziel is the only confirmed member of the Beast King's team.
• The rest of the teams are unknown.

House Arelius

Even though Tiberian Arelius has fallen, the Arelius were invited to participate in the tournament, since they are one of the oldest factions on Cradle.

• Core family team - Veris Arelius, Altavian Arelius, and an unknown 3rd member.
• The rest of the teams are unknown.

Emriss Silentborn

• Dreadnought City.
• The rest of the teams are unknown.

The Dragons

• Gold dragons - Led by Sopharanatoth
• Black dragons - Which included Naian Blackflame, the last descendant of the Blackflame family, first introduced as the 'Black Dragon Prisoner'.
• Green dragons
• Red dragons

House Shen

Reigan Shen adopted the Dreadgod cults for the tournament:

• Stormcallers - Therian Nills being the only named participant.
• Redmoon Hall - Yan Shoumei, Blacksword.
• Abyssal Palace
• Silent Servants

Other

A few teams were introduced without mentioning which faction they were part of:

• Tidewalkers.
• The Five Sisters of the Iceflower continent.
• The Iron Heart Legion of Rosegold.

The tournament in Uncrowned

Fourth Round (Top 16)

Since there were exactly 16 participants remaining, Northstrider decided that the fourth round will be in the format of single-elimination matches, with the opponents selected by Northstrider himself:

1. Ziel vs Therian Nills
2. Eithan Arelius vs Yan Shoumei
3. Yerin Arelius vs Akura Mercy
4. Wei Shi Lindon Arelius vs Sopharanatoth
5. ?
6. ?
7. ?
8. ?

Only the first match of the round has taken place so far, with Lindon facing Yerin instead of Sophara, after Northstrider surprised them by switching opponents.

The match ends with Lindon losing, after Yerin had successfully achieved a reflection of the Sword Icon in their final clash of techniques.

Abidan intervention

After the Mad King acquired the false Scythe from the Angler, the Abidan intervened directly with Cradle and other Iterations in order to promote recruitment into their ranks.

In Cradle, the intervention took place immediately after the match between Lindon and Yerin.

All of the tournament participants and Monarch factions were teleported to the arena, and the spectators were teleported out.

Kiuran of the Hounds appeared before them all, encouraging the young participants not follow their Monarch ancestors and choose to ascend when their time comes.

He also introduced a new grand prize for the winner: Penance, a legendary weapon forged by the founder of House Arelius, Ozriel.