Inside the Ascension Celestial Palace.
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Chu Emperor, Liang Wang, and all the martial artists present were watching the light screen over Cloud Peak with rapt attention.
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They saw the Tianshui Sect disciples arrive at Cloud Peak under Bai Yifei's leadership. The Heaven and Earth Gate disciples immediately opened their eyes.
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The Tianshui Sect disciples had just found a place and were preparing to sit down and rest, recovering their spiritual power and injuries, when Jiang Wei of the Heaven and Earth Gate immediately stepped forward and challenged them.
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Faced with the Heaven and Earth Gate's challenge, the Tianshui Sect naturally refused to back down and accepted on the spot.
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Of the Tianshui Sect disciples, only Yi Zien's injuries were relatively light, so he was the first to fight.
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Many martial artists inside the Ascension Celestial Palace frowned at the sight, their expressions strange as they whispered among themselves.
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"Isn't the Heaven and Earth Gate being a little too shameless? The Tianshui Sect disciples just arrived at Cloud Peak and haven't even had time to recover, yet they're already starting a challenge?"
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"That's right. The Tianshui Sect disciples have just gone through several fierce battles. They're injured, and their spiritual power has been greatly depleted. Even if the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples win by challenging them now, it won't be a proper victory."
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"This is beneath the bearing of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects!"
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Many martial artists murmured under their breath.
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Although their whispers were quiet, with hundreds of martial artists saying the same thing, the sound became quite loud and echoed through the Ascension Celestial Palace.
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Upon hearing this, an ancestor of the Heaven and Earth Gate immediately sneered. "When it comes to life-and-death vendettas,