The return of Emperor Skeleton was just a minor episode; the real utility lay in his role as a benchmark, becoming an object of pursuit for many ordinary gods, especially those from smaller Divine Races.
Indeed, to showcase their selflessness, and also for their reputation. Those gods didn't take all the slots into their own hands, at least not all Upper Gods did so.
Some Upper Gods would allocate some slots to ordinary gods who hadn't joined a Divine Race.
As for whether these ordinary gods had any relationship with them, that varies with each individual.
In any case, as these slots were released, the number of gods on Fang Jie's side began to increase rapidly. It should be noted that Fang Jie released a total of one hundred thousand slots, which meant a full one hundred thousand gods.
Not to mention anything else, just the number of gods far exceeded that of other Divine Races.
