Celestial Rival's Ridiculous Challenge

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The sun hangs low in the late afternoon sky, casting a golden haze over the jagged peaks of the Verdant Fang Mountains. A cool breeze sweeps through the training grounds of the Jade Serpent Sect, carrying the earthy scent of moss and the faint metallic tang of spirit-infused stone. Dust motes dance in the light, swirling around the weathered wooden pillars that mark the arena’s edge, each carved with ancient runes that hum faintly with residual qi. The distant roar of a waterfall echoes from the