Spring passed, and autumn came.
Five thousand years slipped by in the flick of a finger.
The Rankings Tournament was held once every hundred years. Before anyone knew it, fifty tournaments had taken place.
Only after fifty consecutive Rankings Tournaments did people realize just how quickly time flowed.
Some Star Lords had never lost in the Rankings Tournament. The more victories they accumulated, the richer their rewards became each time.
Through their own efforts and the support of the powers behind them, they soon advanced to Second-Level Star Lords.
More and more Immortals also used this method to spread their names throughout the Blue Star Lineage.
Gods needed fame and incense offerings too. It was only natural.
This let the Human Race of every first-level civilization learn that the Heavenly Court had so many Immortals, Buddhism had so many Bodhisattvas, and there were even the Underworld, Samsara, and more...
Each god also governed something different. Worshipping the God of Wealth could bring riches, worshipping a Bodhisattva could bring a son, and others offered protection, health, and so on...
Many first-level human Starfolk began building temples for the gods and gilding their statues. Incense offerings began to flourish.
What an immense tide of power from living beings. Through incense offerings, some Immortals cultivated dozens of times faster.
Once they saw the benefits, everyone displayed their own abilities, and every match drew countless living beings to watch.
Immortals and gods still had appearances to uphold. They exercised restraint when making a move, mostly matching wits rather than strength.
Immortals and gods were forbidden from harming beings of lower-level civilizations. Otherwise, they would violate the Heavenly Laws, gaining no benefits and getting themselves covered in filth instead.
One could say everyone got what they wanted.
Higher-level civilizations wanted the power of incense offerings,