Chapter 3727 - This World’s Gone Mad
"The descent of the Heavenly Dao Arena marks the beginning of the trial! Other than those who are named in the brackets, none shall interfere lest they risk divine penalty! None who are spectating today shall seek revenge for what happens within the arena at the risk of divine retribution! Those two laws shall remain in effect for the entire term of the trial!"
Strict laws applied to both the arena and spectator areas. Anyone within the Heavenly Dao Arena, regardless of whether they be spectator or participant, had a status similar to one planted with a seed of divine retribution. Any of them that dared to break the laws would die!
Tianming was quite shocked at the realization. He had only just learned about the capabilities of the Heavenly Dao Arena—it was another layer of security for their heavenly oath bet! Still, there were things he didn't quite understand. "Why do people from the Upper Star Ruin like competitions like these? Why does it have to be formal and fair? How come they’re so afraid of people breaking the rules that even spectators are bound by them?"
"Are competitions in the Lower Star Ruins not regulated by the Heavenly Dao?" Long Qian asked, puzzled.
"How’s that even possible? It's all too common for fights and struggles to happen in the competition itself, not to mention outside of it!" Tianming helplessly said.
Long Qian hadn't seen anything like that before, so she didn't even have a good grasp on how it could work out. With a stern voice, she said, "Honestly, 'competition' just sounds good on the surface. It makes you think that it’s a friendly fight, but the essence of competition is still to strive to surpass others. Whether it's over middlekin stars in the Middlekin Star Ruin, ordered manna, ore veins, astralships, or even battle techniques, all of it contributes to the strength and supremacy of a faction!"
"Well, I know that much," Tianming said.
"Many trials in the Upper Star Ruin are conducted under the supervision of the Heavenly Dao to ensure absolute fairness. I believe it has something to do with the power structures in the Upper Star Ruin, which is comprised of the Eightpart Pantheons. There’s really strong competition among all eight of those factions, which has consequences for their survival! With so much at stake, the best strategy for everyone involved is to use an absolute weapon like the Heavenly Dao to ensure that all competitions are fair beyond question.
"If the Upper Star Ruin was controlled by just one powerful faction, they could easily make their own rules to benefit themselves. In that case, people wouldn't put the Heavenly Dao Arena on such a high pedestal," she explained.
Tianming immediately understood the reason: the Eightpart Pantheons didn't want to incite any civil wars. That was the core principle that drove their rule over the Upper Star Ruin. All eight of the factions must defend that principle no matter what. If any of them strayed from it, everything would be for naught, and the regime, long united, must divide. That would lead to an even larger and more chaotic scramble for survival! The eight factions' relationship with each other was far too complicated to allow it to disentangle in such a fashion.