The grand Dao-heritage Tournament is ruthless.
For victory and ranking, everyone would become unscrupulous, attacking each other by any means necessary.
Alliances, betrayal, slander, and various dark aspects of humanity are fully exhibited during this time.
Yet the grand Dao-heritage Tournament is also gentle, for everyone knows that when everything ends, the dead will be resurrected, and the outcome will be fairly judged.
It's like a dream with no consequences, venting out all the dissatisfaction and negative emotions of everyone.
Thus, throughout the millennia, although the seven Grotto-Heavens have been competing against each other covertly and overtly, with their ranks rising and falling, a real battle has never erupted.
All conflicts are released during the grand Dao-heritage Tournament.
This, perhaps, is the true meaning of the Dao-heritage Tournament.