SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League/Episode 1

When the Beast meets the newbies from the "another-verse" was the first ever episode of SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League, the second season of SSAS's spin-off series, Beastmaster. It was aired on August 9, 2021.

Format
All competing competitors are divided into four heats depending to their background or profile. Competitors must run a 15-obstacle course, combining all 3 qualifying levels from SSAS Beastmaster. If they fail once, they are given an extra life they can use to try again from the latest checkpoint throughout the course, but the time will reset to zero during the extra life and adds up with the first run when the run has ended, while the final result depends on which run is further. Should the competitor choose not to use it, however, the extra life is then forfeited and cannot be used later.
 * Auditions

Each heat had varied number of competitors, and only the top 10 competitors each heat will advance to the group stage. These top 10 competitors would later assigned to one same group. Other than the auditions held during this season, there are also external auditions held in regular SSAS tournaments, starting on SSAS 14. In each regular tournament, only the top 10 male and top 2 female competitors would advance to the Group Stage of this season.


 * Obstacles