The Sword Pride Whose White Garments Outshone Snow

Two years later, High Heaven Court. Within Heaven's Fate Pavilion.

Zhong Shan sat at the desk while Brocade-Clad Guard Chief Commander Liu Wushuang stood respectfully before him.

Zhong Shan studied a report Liu Wushuang had gathered.

"On the fifteenth day of the first month next year, a duel at Plum Mountain?" Zhong Shan asked with a frown.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Monkey-Ape Race's supreme being, Shen Qitian, has sent a challenge to the Netherworld Heaven Lord, Sword Pride, inviting him to duel at Plum Mountain!" Liu Wushuang replied respectfully.

"Shen Qitian? Sword Pride?" Zhong Shan's brows furrowed slightly.

"In the past, Sword Pride issued an 'Edict to the World.' The heroes of Netherworld Heaven mobilized and exterminated monkeys throughout the world. On the Divine Land, the Monkey-Ape Race was nearly wiped out. Yet during that entire period, Shen Qitian never appeared even once. Now he has sent a challenge to Sword Pride and announced it to the world. It seems extremely strange!" Liu Wushuang nodded as he spoke.

"Shen Qitian issued it?"

"Yes!"

Zhong Shan lightly tapped the desk and pondered.

"Your Majesty, why would Shen Qitian announce it to the world? Why let everyone know about this duel?"

"To announce it to the world means he must have some ulterior motive. It's like the duel in the Black Sea of the Underworld back then, which was also announced to the world. However, Shen Qitian's purpose should be different from mine. He's afraid Sword Pride won't go!" Zhong Shan said after thinking it over.

"Ulterior motive? The Monkey-Ape Race has no other powerful experts, and Shen Qitian has no subordinate forces either. If he challenged Sword Pride with a plan in mind, he must have reached some shared interest with another faction. Yet in the present world, there aren't many