Once the challenge letter was issued, the entire East Continent Central Region was utterly thrown into an uproar.
Countless powers and cultivators alike were left dumbfounded by the sudden challenge letter.
"What? The Chaos Sacred Sect is challenging the Four Great Divine Sects?"
"And it's all for that newly discovered giant divine crystal vein."
"This Yang Lingtian has some nerve! He actually dared to take the initiative and provoke the Four Great Titans!"
"A tournament? One-on-one? And he's going to be the first to take the stage? Wouldn't that put the Chaos Sacred Sect at a huge disadvantage?"
"That's right. The Four Great Powers have far more Saint God Realm Peak experts than the Chaos Sacred Sect. Just what kind of medicine is Sect Master Yang Lingtian selling in that gourd?"
"Could it be that he thinks he can withstand the Four Great Divine Sects' successive challenges with the strength of one sect alone?"
All kinds of discussion and speculation rose and fell one after another, echoing through every corner of the Central Region.
Everyone's eyes focused on the Four Great Divine Sects, waiting for their response.
Heavenly Sword Sect.
Inside the sect master's great hall, an elder held the challenge letter and finished reading it. The hall fell utterly silent.
A moment later, the Heavenly Sword Sect's sect master—a dignified middle-aged man whose aura was as deep as an abyssal sea—let out a cold laugh.
"Heh heh, Yang Lingtian? The Chaos Sacred Sect?"
"Having exhausted all his tricks, he still dares to flaunt his ax before us."
"A tournament? Does he think this is children playing house?"
An elder chimed in, "Sect Master, Yang Lingtian clearly knows he can't seize the mine by force, so he came up with this seemingly fair method.
"But these rules are enormously advantageous