When the countdown to the finals reached zero.
Whether they were players with powerful, tireless bodies in the game.
Or the billions of real-world viewers who had exhausted themselves during the earlier matches and were now soaking in their Game Pods, watching the competition intently through the Official Website's livestream.
Every gaze was locked firmly on the sole option shining gold on the spectator interface.
After successive battles, Summit of the Stars had finally reached its final chapter.
When the finals began, every gaze followed into the arena.
The finals arena had no random map option.
Upon entering, the spectators' vision was engulfed by a dazzling starry sky.
As the light gradually faded, a soul-stirring sight unfolded before everyone.
This was a divine realm suspended amid the cosmic sea of stars.
The spectators' gazes followed an invisible camera through the vast sea of stars, finally arriving at the center of the divine realm.
Before them stood a magnificent staircase leading to the final arena.
Some observant players noticed that every step bore an imprint of a moving painting.
They depicted moments from the Hardcore Grinders Group's brutal struggle to contain the first Primordial Monster, Bonefire, in the Burial Ground of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.
There was the fierce clash when the Player Faction assembled its elites and first confronted Di Nian Bully to rescue God of Wealth.
There was the glorious scene from the game's opening days, when the first players worked together in earnest to conquer the Dark Cavern, a Domain Node teeming with Iron-Shelled Insects, after a difficult struggle...
The spectators' viewpoint climbed the staircase.
And the staircase stretching to the limits of their vision was like a chronicle of the Player Faction.
It recorded the players' eventful journey from their first stumbling steps in the Di