Chương 315: Chapter 290: Steps Toward Divinity Part 2

"The more important thing is this: you must pay with your lifetime to enter. Normally between ten and five hunderd years. The event quests include time manipulation, meaning those who participate will gain a significant power advantage over those who don't. The higher the cost, the better the rewards, but also the fiercer the competition." You're somewhat lucky. These events are only for those in the newly integrated universe.

Later events won't be so kind; you may have to compete against people who've been nurtured by their gods from day one," the dragon god explained in a serious tone. Thalion was shocked. He had to sacrifice years of his life just to enter? The system wasn't playing around when it came to creating elites. If every event cost five hundred years, he might not even be able to attend. No wonder it was difficult to place high. Who would give up five hundred years just to "chill" in an event?

"Do I even have enough lifetime to attend all the events? And will they be held on New Earth?" Thalion asked. These event quests only raised more questions.

"You've gained the remaining lifespans of the Anqueens when they sacraficed themselves and passed their power and dreams to you. I think you have around 1, 700 years left. You'll have to pass a small test on New Earth to get a token. When the event begins, everyone with a token will be teleported to a world created specifically for the system event, very much like this tutorial."

"As for how many will be there? Likely a few millions, but I can't say how many will come from New Earth. When the entry cost is high, fewer will participate, and the system pulls competitors from more planets. If the cost is low and even weaker individuals dare to enter, it may only involve a few planets. It varies a lot. Still, I'd say the minimum number of competitors is around two million."

"Don't get your hopes up if the cost is low. The competition will still be brutal. And if the cost is the full five hundred years? Expect complete carnage."

"How much you pay to enter also determines the leaderboard rewards. So, if you need to pay five hundred years, the top reward will be something extremely rare. Something even gods can't provide for their Chosen."

"Great," Thalion thought after the dragon god finished. This just kept getting better and better. He really hoped he wouldn't have to pay five hundred years to participate. No wonder it was so hard to place in the top thousand when you were competing with at least two million others. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.

"On another note. Is there a level cap?" Thalion asked. He doubted he could win against a high E-grade in direct combat if they were an elite.

"No, not directly. It all depends on your progress during the tutorial. There is a level cap for those who enter newly integrated space via incursions and similar events, but how fast they level up afterward is up to them. You don't need to worry about S-Grades or gods swooping in and fighting over planets. It'll take a long time before gods can get involved, which is exactly why so many factions are interested in newly integrated areas."

"At least that sounded kind of nice," Thalion thought. But he couldn't help wondering: had the elite really postponed their evolutions until now? How fast could they level up on New Earth, or in the system events? He would be participating without gaining any levels at all. That felt like he was missing out on a massive advantage. Then again, he had a bigger goal: to break the seal on his soul. For that, he needed to obtain a divine class. Thalion really didn't like where this was going.

Everything pointed to the first years on New Earth being drenched in blood. From that point on, not much else happened. They talked about casual things, and Thalion soon sat down to begin repairing his soul. He even put the massage chair back into his spatial ring. It was just too comfy to focus properly. His soul had healed quite a bit, but many of the spirit veins hadn't repaired themselves. That was something he had to do manually. Luckily, he was already skilled enough to manage it.

It seemed like the soul didn't have to be perfect to channel full power. Thalion still didn't fully understand how his soul and body worked together. The energy flowed through his veins, but whenever his soul was damaged, he began to lose control. For now, he didn't think too deeply about the details. The lesson was simple: keep your soul and body healthy, or nothing would function properly.

When he was finished, Thalion asked a few more questions about the gods, but the dragon god didn't want to share anything and only said it would be better for him to find out on his own.

"Thanks for all the help and see you in a week," Thalion said, before exiting the system shop. Throughout the entire time, he hadn't even tried to drink the golden liquid once.