Anyone else would have probably grinned upon hearing of such an opportunity.
The sectmaster of the Immemorial Path wasn't necessarily the best in all of the continent. Given the powers that the Immemorial Path commanded, however, whoever could become the master of such a sect would've at least been among the top three among their peers. They didn't have to be the best on the continent.
With that said, there was no doubt that Xuanyangzi would've at least been among the top three among his peers. That meant that he was one of the three strongest among billions of beings out there.
Furthermore, average experts couldn't even begin to comprehend what kind of powers were possessed by anyone among the top 1,000, let alone one of the top three.
Not even Shi Buyi would've passed up such an opportunity, but a child such as Liu Haotian was bold enough to do so.