Origin Essence.

Mother High Heaven continued, "The remaining 10,238 of you will fight to the last 4,500, of which the top 880 fighters will get the opportunity to challenge for each of the remaining origin beads. "

That's the thing about the world. The strongest get the best treatment. The ones with perfect passes get to skip the next section and are also rewarded with two beads of Origin essence, while the rest have to struggle amongst themselves to share the remaining amount.

Mother high heaven continued to explain the rules of the next section of the trial.

"A mark will save you from death once. If you still have a mark and are part of the top 880, you can skip the challenge and get your Origin essence. If you have at least two marks after the Meet and fight, and you are within the first 2000, then you can challenge the top 880 without a mark for their spot. Priority is given to those with the most marks left."

"From now on, you can view your position and score within your status. The number of points you have will be used to exchange for your rewards after this section of the trial. You have until a day cycle to rest. Then the Meet and fight will start."

Mother High Heaven left with her will when she was done. He was left with his thoughts. He couldn't move from his position because of the barrier around him. 

Everyone that survived the first section will be teleported randomly within the world within this space, well, except for those that had perfect passes. When the trial starts, they will seek each other out. If you meet someone, you must fight that person, and the both of you will be teleported to a small enclosed arena for a battle to the death. 

The winner will get his or her energy fully recovered and teleported to a random location while the loser dies. If the loser has a mark, he or she can surrender and be teleported out of the arena. 

If the fight doesn't end after a day, which is unlikely, the will of the realm will descend to decide the fate of the fighters. Their life and death will be based on the sincerity and effort put into the fight. No one should hope to deceive Mother High Heaven.

To rank high in this trial, you have to win enough fights before the ten thousand or so competitors are reduced to 4,500. The marks are very important. To preserve them, you either hide or win your fights. 

If you rank in the top 880, you will be challenged by someone if you don't have a mark, and the chances are that you will be challenged by someone strong because that person would have to have survived death matches and still have two marks left. 

For you to be eligible to challenge the top 880, you must survive, have at least two marks, and be within the top 2000. But challenging isn't sure because the top 880 might have just a few that have exhausted their marks. The people that will be chosen to challenge will be prioritized based on the number of marks they have. 

It is rare, but they will be people in the top 2000 with five marks. Some truly powerful people considered the trials a piece of cake and didn't try their best, especially for the battle trial. Dragons, for example. There would be some Dragons that lazied around during the all-out battle or other trials they consider time-consuming or too intensive for them. They know that as long as they have a single mark, they will live. It is these ones that will spoil the trial for everyone else.

Gehald and probably everyone else will plan to try their best to reach the top 880. It is the safest option. So about 6 thousand people will die again for their hopes and dreams. 

If you somehow intend to create multiple bodies and have concocted a plan to do so, you definitely need the Origin essence that can only be granted through the trail of heaven. That's why Gehald is risking his life. He can become an origin god through tribulation, but he is here, risking his life for a chance to become something greater. 

Origin essence is very important for a lot of reasons. It is needed by fake sovereigns to have another chance at the path of perfection. It is needed by true sovereigns to become origin gods. There is an alternative to using origin essence but going through tribulation is filled with uncertainties.

Then there are grand gods. The option of breakthrough for a grand god is either becoming a celestial god, which is considered almost a dead-end, or switching to the path of perfection by becoming an origin god. So grand gods come to the tower of heaven in hopes of getting Origin essence to become origin gods.

There are exceptions to the rule, of course. For example, Dragons don't need to participate in the trial because they don't need Origin essence. They can create origin essence on their own, even without becoming Origin gods. They just have to become divine Dragons by reforming their already powerful bodies into an even more powerful ones using the power of laws. While others become Titans of Law, Dragons become divine Dragons. So titan-level dragons can become origin gods on their own, and yet they still come to the trial of heaven.

Gehald cursed them for their selfishness. They don't need Origin essence from the trial, but they participate either way to bully others. He secretly hoped he doesn't meet a dragon. He could do nothing but surrender. There is no way he can damage the body of a divine dragon without some powerful weapons, but the trial of heaven doesn't allow external aid.