Either Yang Zhen or Mo Tianya was bound to die.
This was a consensus that everyone present had reached and was an eerie phenomenon that had always been present on the Spirit Road. Much like the saying "one mountain cannot contain two tigers", two remarkable people could not reign supreme on the Spirit Road at the same time. Even if the two initially knew each other and had ventured the Spirit Road together to reach beneath the Spirit Peak, due to various circumstances, they would turn against each other and become foes. In the end, only one could first ascend the Spirit Peak.
Five years ago, it was the same with Hua Youyue and Lin Tianli. Both were top-notch talents who caught everyone's attention. They had a ground-shaking battle beneath the Spirit Peak. But eventually, Hua Youyue was defeated and was hard-pressed to even save herself, causing damage to her spirit root in the process.
