The Origin Altar.
Qi Sheng's gaze returned from the Starry Battlefield.
The rewards he had handed out for this year's Summit of Stars tournament had nearly drained his stockpile of Sacrificial Power. It had cost him dearly.
But that investment would bring long-term returns.
Naturally, his main reason for holding the tournament wasn't to give the players a spectacle.
His core goal was to get every player team to reveal its trump cards, learn from one another through the fiercest competition, and grow together.
Before this tournament, many guilds had never shown their secret tactics on the forums.
But they had all been laid bare to the other players during this tournament.
The top guilds and the many small and mid-sized guilds alike were absorbing this knowledge.
It was easy to foresee that the tournament's end would usher in an explosion of tactical innovation.
Old tactics would be dissected and refined, and new systems would be built upon them.
The Player Camp's overall strategic acumen would reach an entirely new level.
That was exactly what Qi Sheng wanted to see: to turn controlled internal competition into a catalyst for the Player Camp, pushing every player to keep breaking through their limits.
The Summit of Stars tournament had also affected the Player Camp's military development.
After witnessing the world-shattering might displayed by the top battle groups, many players who were used to small-team adventures had undergone a slight change of heart.
The wars of the future belonged to large, organized battle groups.
Individual bravery and small-team finesse were insignificant before the will of a true army.
Influenced by the tournament, many players who hadn't been able to compete were now eager to form or join a large battle group.
They hoped to take part in the next tournament, perhaps even make