The first duel is important because it clearly boosts morale.
The old cultivator Gao Jianli from the Supreme Mysterious Sword Sect has been in the Ninth Layer of the Purple Mansion for over a hundred years. It is said he has perfected the Swordsmanship and various Magic techniques of the Supreme Mysterious Sword Sect. He once fought to a draw with a "Fake Golden Core" cultivator who had refined a Tier Five Magical Artifact.
As for Nie Feng of the Great Brightness Immortal Palace, Zhouyang had also seen his introduction in the Cyan Origin Sword Sect's reports. Zhouyang knew he was a genius who emerged during this war. Although he has only been in the Ninth Layer of the Purple Mansion for less than fifty years, he has the record of slaying Seventh-Layer Purple Mansion cultivators with three strikes of his saber, and his strength is equally unfathomable.
Once both entered the arena, they didn't say much and quickly started to fight.
