The Sect has a rule: unless a disciple is severely injured, they must participate in the competition.
Disciples who are out on missions must return to join the competition once they receive the message, unless they are in special circumstances, such as being in a Secret Realm where they cannot receive the message and, therefore, cannot return for the competition, which means they simply have to forfeit.
By doing so, they're giving up on the chance the Immortal Sect offers them to advance in rank.
Cai Xiangxiang was heading to the competition. With her level of cultivation, she wasn't the worst among the Servant Disciples.
It's just that the Cultivation Techniques and Spells she trained in previously were so dreadful that even those three levels beneath her could probably defeat her.
Losing the competition isn't what's terrifying; what's terrifying is that her physique could be discovered by others.
