Above The Sky

Chapter 2162 - 62: Shine Like a Lighthouse, Illuminating Every Road Into the Unknown

For this reason, this tournament is also known as the "Aoway of Magic Sports Tournament". Held annually, it has become a national-level competitive event for countries to assess the capabilities of the younger generation. As the founding host, the Azure Sky Royal Court presided over the first five sessions, with the Setar Empire taking over next year.

Nations use the tournament to observe each other’s technical capabilities and determine the strength potential of the younger generation. This event offers an indirect evaluation of a country’s mastery of the Arcane Pathway, serving both as intimidation and as a showcase.

During the Arcane Tournament, the Azure Sky Royal Court demonstrated great enthusiasm, welcoming all guests and ensuring that all national delegations thoroughly enjoyed their stay.

For a moment, it seemed to everyone in the Whole Terra that the Azure Sky Royal Court had always been known as a hospitable place.

There’s no other way.

"In the end, humans are easy to deceive and are foolish creatures swayed by outward appearances."

Gonta the Great Khan, known as the "Hammer of Heavenly Punishment", stood amidst the billowing smoke of the Moving Royal Court, overlooking his capital and sensing the ever-gathering ’Tide of Thought Force’ from the Domain of Void.

After the grand funeral of the Old Khan, Gonta Ximor defeated two sisters and three brothers to become the new Great Khan of the Azure Sky Royal Court.

Since then, Gonta the Great Khan has been exploring further directions.

The Tide of Thought Force is a new direction that Gonta Ximor has comprehended from the Arcane Pathway.

There are actually quite a few similar systems. Typical beliefs and Deceased Monarchs, rare totems, and Dream Realm Nations are all forces of spirit energy and belief that strong individuals of Terra have gradually explored under the inspiration of the Arcane Pathway.

However, faith requires a designated target, adherence to a doctrine, and following a code, embodying it throughout one’s life. Genuine faith, which fits the true definition, is too rare, while blind superstition leads to unclear faith directions, making it difficult to utilize. It can only serve as the foundation of a sect rather than the key to breaking through the Sixth Echelon and transcending space-time. Trying to transcend with impure faith makes it impossible to target the sect or god, leading easily to places unknown even to oneself.

The Deceased Monarch is even less worth mentioning; essentially, it’s a wrong path. The Artificial Underworld in Silverpeak Domain is performing well, but using pure soul quantity to transcend space-time, the number of Lost Souls required, according to average human mass, exceeds a myriad, making it practically impossible.

However, according to Silverpeak’s research, certain stellar-class Behemoths in the universe naturally possess soul mass near the threshold of transcending space-time. For example, the Ether Stardust Dragon likely possesses a natural space-time furnace (semi-perpetual machine), proving the road of pure soul mass accumulation is feasible, though the progress is exceedingly slow.

Regarding ’Totem’, it also requires over a billion people worshiping for over a millennium to gain a hint of immortality. Although results aren’t non-existent, efficiency is a major issue and the nature of what is worshiped can hardly be determined. The existence of this option is due to people invariably choosing something to worship, which can’t be prevented and can only be utilized.

The Dream Realm Nation is a path quite close to the ’Tide of Thought Force’.

A powerful existence forges their soul into a realm within the Domain of Void, existing with their people in life and death. The strong transform into a true world of spirit energy, becoming everybody’s breath, rain and frost, wind, stars, bright moon, sunlight, tears, and laughter.

From there, if a cycle can be achieved, should the world not perish, neither will she; by giving up part of her self, immortality is attained.

As long as immortality is achieved, it inevitably leads to eternal existence, and she can wait.

So what path has Gonta Ximor chosen?

He has chosen to create a dream in the Human Realm.

A ’Court’s Will’.

Faith is variable; every person’s faith is different.

The Underworld is lengthy; time stretches endlessly, yet the self may not endure so.

Totems change; the same behemoth morphs a thousand times, gains fangs, or loses claws, ceasing to be itself, as does immortality.

Dreams are also fragile; everything established in the Domain of Void ultimately returns to nihility.

Only a nation, ever-enduring, stands with the souls of all its people. Even if it is destroyed, there might be a day of restoration, or it may persist in the hearts of all exiles, living on in scrolls, alongside civilization.

This is the power of the ’Court’s Will’, especially since at the outset of the Arcane Pathway, all nations mastered a ’cheat’.

That is, the souls of all citizens are essentially granted by the nation.

When compared to the past Path of Ascension, the Arcane Pathway falls short in nearly every respect, except in one unique advantage.

The soul of the Path of Ascension is self-tempered.

Whereas the artificial soul of the Arcane Pathway is bestowed by a person, by a nation.

Self-forged souls and artificial souls make no difference in cultivation to the Second Energy Level; it doesn’t really count as an advantage or disadvantage. It merely means the Path of Ascension allows quicker mastery of one’s soul, offering a slight head start.

However, a self-crafted soul means full ownership of the soul belongs to oneself.