"A challenge?"
Adam had been ready to return and continue his secluded cultivation, only to discover that many of the guests who should have left were still lingering.
After sending someone to ask, he learned that cultivators considered by the world to be his peers wanted to challenge him.
Well, that was not impossible to understand.
After all, Zhetian cultivators were generally stubborn. To most so-called cultivators of his generation, Huiming was someone they had only heard of, and not the sort who constantly made his presence known.
Then, after disappearing for only two years, they heard of him again and found that he had suddenly surged ahead of everyone. Naturally, many of them would refuse to accept it.
However...
"What does that have to do with me?"
What did it matter to him whether others accepted it or not? He was not competing to become some martial arts alliance leader and had no need to make everyone wholeheartedly submit to him.
"This..."
The Ji family elder before Adam froze, not expecting him to refuse so bluntly.
"Taixuan Holy Master, why not reconsider? Sparring with cultivators of the same generation would also benefit your path to becoming an Emperor."
"You are mistaken. Not cultivators of the same generation, but cultivators of the same realm—or even those above one's realm. Ancient Great Emperors indeed all went through countless battles, drawing upon their opponents' strengths and using others' stones to polish their own jade."
Adam shook his head.
"But that does not mean fighting above one's realm. At the very least, the two sides must be evenly matched. The opponent must either possess a unique inheritance, astonishing talent, or distinctive insights into a particular divine art or even a Great Dao..."
"I am already a Dao Severing King. A pack of ants