In the Heavenly Azure Dragon Sect, duels were categorised into two types: Normal Duels and Death Duels.
Under Normal Duels, if both parties don't have a significant difference in their cultivation layers or are not in different cultivation stages, then they must accept the challenge.
While the parties will be expected to give their all, each party has the right to forfeit the match a minute after it has started.
However, refusal to accept the challenge in such a scenario will result in the termination of the disciple's name from the sect's records, and they would be ousted from the sect for being a cultivator who runs away from challenges.
Whereas, things are different with Death Duels. As the name suggests, unlike normal duels, death duels are fought between two parties to settle an irreconcilable dispute. Both the parties are given an opportunity to refuse the challenge.
