“Has the competition format changed?” William asked. “Come on, Lex, give me the rundown.”

  But Lex simply waved his hand.

  “How should I know what the rules are? The format of the Sector Tournament changes every year.”

  Hearing that, William muttered under his breath with a face full of disdain:

  “Tch, back in the Global Tournament, Zous could at least tell me the rules, number of participants, all that stuff.”

  “But now? Nothing.”

  “Not even the basic format—how am I supposed to feel confident like this?”

  Lex’s mouth twitched at William’s quiet grumbling.

  He slapped a palm down hard on William’s shoulder, his immense divine power instantly pinning him in place.

  “What was that? Say it louder.”

  “Go ahead—speak boldly. Don’t worry.”

  “I definitely won’t show up in your dorm, drag you out of your godlink pod, and give you a proper beating.”

  He even flashed William a sinister smile.

  “Uh… Lex, I just meant—during the Global Tournament, the rules were announced in advance. So… they’re not doing that this time?”

  Sensing the growing malice in Lex’s tone, William immediately backed down and changed the subject.

  After so many years together, William had a pretty good read on Lex’s personality by now.

  He still clearly remembered the first time he met Lex in the Divine Realms—

  This guy was already looking for an excuse to beat up a rival class advisor.

  Not to mention that time he took William on a "training trip" and openly trashed a demigod named Longwa.

  Sure, Lex acted like a proper teacher most of the time—but deep down, he was a full-on streetwise thug.

  Seeing William back down, Lex finally released his crushing grip from his shoulder.

  “The Global Tournament is an internal selection process for our planet. That kind of event? Rules and details get sent to every school in advance.”

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  “But the Sector Tournament? That’s overseen by the Department of Education for the entire civilization—organized by the 3rd Sector’s Education Bureau. Totally different level.”

  “Plus, the Sector Tournament is invite-only, with non-public rules. They can’t just tell you everything up front.”

  “If you want to know, you’ll have to wait until the event starts. They usually announce the format just before the competition begins. But trust me—it’ll be much closer to real combat.”

  “Other than university scouts from top-tier schools, only teachers like me—those escorting students—are even allowed to spectate.

  The general public? They won’t see a single second of the actual matches.”

  William nodded, now even more intrigued by the Sector Tournament.

  The two stopped talking and made their final preparations.

  Then, using the teleportation cards, Lex and William’s Divine Realms vanished from their current location—leaving the school grounds behind.

  When their Divine Realms completed the transfer and reappeared in the void of the Divine Realms, they were in a completely new sector.

  Floating nearby were countless demigod-level Divine Realms—already over a thousand, and more continued to arrive via teleportation.

  But William paid no attention to the others.

  The moment his Divine Realm exited the teleportation phase, muscle memory kicked in—he immediately manifested his demigod spirit form outside his realm and began scanning his surroundings.

  What he saw next made his eyes go wide and his jaw drop involuntarily.

  In the nearby void floated four massive Divine Realms—unlike anything William had ever seen before.

  Each one spanned more than 500 million square kilometers, and the largest exceeded 600 million.

  But it wasn’t just the size that shocked him—after all, he had seen Divine Realms of that scale during the Global Tournament.

  What truly stunned William was the structure of these Divine Realms.

  Two of them no longer resembled the traditional "floating continent" style he'd been used to.

  Instead, their entire structure bent downward from the edges—forming massive arcs that warped their flat surfaces into curved ones.

  From afar, those two realms looked like giant inverted bowls, silently floating in space.

  While William could somewhat imagine the transformation process behind those “bowl” realms,

  the other two had completely departed from the shape of conventional Divine Realms.

  One of them was a perfect sphere.

  Its glowing Divine Barrier wrapped entirely around it, making it look like a full-blown planet with an opaque atmosphere.

  The other was partially transparent—you could faintly see the inner landscape through the Divine Barrier.

  This one didn’t just look like a planet—it was a planet, complete with an atmosphere.

  Seeing William standing there in total shock, Lex chuckled softly behind him.