Just like the One Piece World and Naruto World, the One Punch World also experienced a similar situation. Some people were struck by falling stars from the horizon and obtained tremendous unmatched power.
In an uninhabited desert.
Yellow sand flew filling the sky, stretching endlessly. This place was almost cut off from all forms of life; aside from several rare plant species, animals basically struggled to survive in this place extremely lacking water.
Suddenly, from the sky, a golden falling star shot down and struck the ground with a loud thudding sound. This falling star seemed swallowed by the desert, immediately entering it until its golden light was buried and disappeared.
Moments later, a tremendous explosion was heard. The yellow sand on the ground's surface seemed blown up by a bomb; countless sand grains shot wildly in all directions. Each of those sand grains had penetrating power as strong as bullets. If anyone was hit at that time, they would definitely be immediately riddled with holes.
Along with that, a shadow shot rapidly out from underground, moving agilely amid the sand storm.
*THUD!*
That figure landed on the ground. Its head didn't have a single strand of hair; that bald head looked very conspicuous under the reflection of scorching sunlight. This person was none other than Saitama who had disappeared for quite a while.
"What happened? Why did this Golden List mysteriously give me another power increase? Moreover, my power suddenly increased this much, truly hard to believe!"
Saitama frowned while staring toward the sky. From the depths of his heart, he didn't really like power that came suddenly like this. His own power was obtained through hard training step by step; power given by others instead made him feel unreal, like building a castle on clouds.
At that moment, beside the Golden List in the sky, suddenly radiated extremely brilliant light illuminating almost the entire Three Worlds. A giant golden throne appeared beside that Golden List. That throne floated in the air, with countless inscription carvings beneath its feet. A golden staircase extended rapidly downward, directly heading to the world below.
On the Golden List, writing began appearing:
[Supreme God Throne: The highest throne standing above all beings, the God of all Gods. Mastering all Law essences, becoming part of the universe's rules itself. The first being to ascend this throne will become the Supreme God, immortal with heaven and earth, shining with sun and moon, enjoying unlimited lifespan, capable of traversing various universes; as long as the universe doesn't perish, I will not perish!]
[Path to Heaven: The only path to ascend the Supreme God Throne. Can only accommodate one person at a time.]
The end of that golden glowing "Path to Heaven" extended until reaching a vast empty plain at the Three Worlds' meeting point. Instantly, everyone focused their gazes there with blazing eyes.
Become the Supreme God?
Master all Laws and become the rules governing the Three Worlds?
Enjoy immortal lifespan and won't perish as long as the universe exists?
Each of those points greatly shook everyone's souls.
They had long witnessed the Golden List's power and realized that object might be the rules governing the Three Worlds. Now, as long as they ascended the Path to Heaven and sat on that throne, they could become an existence equal to the Golden List.
Who wouldn't be tempted?
Almost in an instant, all powerful people in the Three Worlds rushed toward the Path to Heaven's location as fast as possible.
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Sacred Ruins Trial Tower.
Two figures suddenly appeared. Kaiser glanced toward Kuro beside him, then smiled thinly: "Why? You don't want to go? That's the Supreme God Throne. As long as you sit on it, you can become an existence equal to me, instead of being bound by me."
Kuro shook his head: "Although You say so, I know very well this is clearly a trap. This is bait to lure experts from the Three Worlds to massacre each other, a trap to select a certain existence. This is an open conspiracy."
Kaiser nodded: "You're right, this is indeed an open plan. However, that Golden List isn't deceiving you all. Once someone sits on that throne, they indeed truly will become the Golden List's representative."
"Golden List's representative?" Kuro was startled.
The corner of Kaiser's lips slightly lifted: "Now you should already know the truth. That's right, this Golden List has always been wary of my existence. However, the situation is slightly different from mine; It can't descend directly to the world below, so It can only choose the right person in the Three Worlds as a representative to annihilate me."
"I see..." Kuro fully awakened. His heart was greatly shaken; it turned out everything the Golden List did was part of a giant game board. Besides the Golden List and Kaiser (First Place), everyone was just pawns.
"Can You not go there?" Kuro asked.
Kaiser shook his head: "That Path to Heaven on one side is to select a representative, on the other side to lure me to come. The area around that path is Its rule world. I can enter there, but the Three Worlds won't be able to withstand the clash of power from the two of us."
"Then will You just let Its plan succeed?" Kuro didn't quite believe. This existence beside him was always very mysterious; since he already knew from the beginning, it was impossible he didn't have a backup plan.
Kaiser didn't answer directly. He suddenly threw Blacky in his hands: "Now it's your turn to act!"
Blacky floated in the air, turned toward Kaiser and meowed softly, then transformed into a black light flash shooting rapidly into the distance.
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Path to Heaven.
That extremely dazzling golden light path radiated unlimited attraction.
"Hahahaha! The Supreme God Throne is mine!" A shadow shot through the air, charging toward the Path to Heaven.
Suddenly, two other figures flew from different directions and immediately blocked him.
"Arkeus, don't even think about it!" One of them shouted. Terrifying power exploded from his fist, firing a light pillar toward Arkeus.
The other person spread both hands, weaving countless energies into a large net, closing all the opponent's exit routes from all directions.
"You're seeking death!" Arkeus was furious. He was only one step away from the Path to Heaven, but was forced to retreat. He roared dissatisfied. His body suddenly shrank into a small ball, trying to penetrate that energy net: "Just you want to stop me? Die!"
Moments after penetrating the net, his body suddenly expanded and destructive power exploded.
"Annihilation Storm!"
At this moment, time and space seemed to stop. Deep black destructive power swept in all directions.
They were all gods who had united complete Godheads. This person was the God of Destruction who mastered destruction power, one of the gods with the strongest destructive capability.
"Trouble!" The other two people's faces changed drastically. They immediately exerted their respective abilities to escape from that destructive power's range.