There was no doubt, given the situation at the time, that if Zhou Tian had set his sights on that divine weapon, it was unlikely any deity would step forward to compete with him for it.
However, while there wouldn't be any deity openly vying with Zhou Tian for that divine weapon, obtaining it outright was far from easy. After all, if that weapon were so easily acquired, the deity responsible for it wouldn't have been sealed away for such a long time.
Thus, although it appeared that Zhou Tian could simply walk up and take the weapon, the reality was that trouble inevitably arose as Zhou Tian approached the divine weapon.
