Chen Chang'an's Tower Rush Speed

Ten thousand top-grade immortal spirit stones?

"Sorry, we're closing the bets," Shen Yunfei quickly said after snapping out of his daze.

Are you kidding me?

Ten thousand top-grade immortal spirit stones—if they lost, they'd have to pay out a hundred million!

Even if Shen Yunfei sold himself and Yun Zhilan together, they wouldn’t be able to scrape together that many immortal spirit stones.

Yun Zhilan was also panicking now. If they lost, wouldn’t the family head skin him alive? The Yun family couldn’t cough up that many spirit stones either.

"Oh?"

"Closing so soon?"

"Or is it…?"

The people from the City Lord’s estate smirked at Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan but didn’t finish their sentence.

"Ahem, our resources are limited. We can’t afford to pay out too much, so we have to close the bets."

Shen Yunfei’s explanation made sense to the crowd, and some even thought the two had good character—knowing their limits.

If it had just been Shen Yunfei running the bets, not many would have participated. But Yun Zhilan’s involvement had reassured everyone—the Yun family’s reputation was solid.

"I see. Never mind, then."

The City Lord’s people chuckled before turning and leaving.

Watching them go, Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan both let out a sigh of relief.

"That was way too intense. I’m never doing this again," Yun Zhilan muttered, still shaken.

"It doesn’t make sense. Every time Chen Chang'an pulls something like this, he makes a killing. But when I try, I nearly crash and burn?" Shen Yunfei fell deep into self-doubt.

"Hmm… Maybe the method isn’t the problem. Maybe it’s the person?"

Yun Zhilan’s soul-crushing question nearly made Shen Yunfei lose his composure. If he weren’t outmatched, he’d have loved to argue this out properly.

"Does the Heavenly Pride Rankings only update after everything’s over?"

Shen Yunfei’s sudden question caught Yun Zhilan off guard. "Why do you ask?" he asked, puzzled.

"I have a feeling Chen Chang'an’s results should already be enough to make the rankings."

"If it updates in real time, we’d be able to see his progress."

Hearing this, Yun Zhilan frowned and instinctively glanced toward the Heavenly Pride Rankings.

"The rankings update in real time. Didn’t you know that? You’ve been in there before," Yun Zhilan asked curiously.

"No? Why?" Shen Yunfei was confused.

"When you enter the Heavenly Pride Tower, you get two choices—update your results when you exit, or update them as you go."

"Most people just stick with updating at the end."

"You’ve been inside—how could you not know this?"

"Uh… I didn’t notice?"

"Now that you mention it… I think there was something like that. But I was too focused on climbing the tower to pay attention."

"So if Chen Chang'an chose real-time updates, the rankings would—"

Before Shen Yunfei could finish, a wave of shocked exclamations erupted near the Heavenly Pride Rankings!

The commotion drew everyone’s attention, including Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan. The two exchanged a glance before flying toward the tower without hesitation.

"Holy crap, I didn’t even notice earlier—something felt off."

"Fifteenth floor?! Chen Chang'an’s already reached the fifteenth floor?!"

"He actually chose real-time updates? That’s some insane confidence in his own strength."

"No kidding. Who else could climb that fast in such a short time?"

"Did anyone notice when he first appeared on the rankings?"

"Nope. Didn’t expect the rankings to update so soon—wasn’t paying attention."

"Same here. Who’d have thought he’d pick real-time updates?"

"I only noticed when the fiftieth name changed. Looked closer and saw Chen Chang'an’s name there."

"Holy—!"

"Sixteenth floor?!"

"That’s… way too fast!"

Chen Chang'an’s rapid ascent to the sixteenth floor left everyone stunned. Even Yun Zhilan, who’d mentally prepared himself, couldn’t help but feel his heart pound.

Yun Zhilan noticed Meng Xiaohui’s grim expression as he stared at the rankings. Both of them knew full well they hadn’t cleared the fifteenth and sixteenth floors that quickly.

"Looks like your first place isn’t safe anymore," Yun Zhilan taunted.

"Hmph. Why are you so happy?"

"If I lose first place, you’ll drop to third. And it’s not like you’re the one taking the top spot—what’s there to gloat about?" Meng Xiaohui sneered.

"But the new number one is my friend," Yun Zhilan shot back with a smirk.

"You—!"

"Tch. What’s the big deal? Rushing like this—he won’t have any stamina left."

"I didn’t go that fast because I was conserving strength. He’s burning through everything just to show off—no real benefit." Meng Xiaohui scoffed.

"Oh really?"

"Then explain how he’s already reached the twentieth floor."

What?!

Twentieth floor?!

Yun Zhilan’s words struck Meng Xiaohui like a bolt of lightning. That fast?

Even if he pushed himself, he knew he could never reach the twentieth floor in such a short time.

And Chen Chang'an’s climb showed no signs of slowing—twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third…

Within half an hour, he’d already reached the fortieth floor.

By now, the crowd had gone numb, watching the rankings shift in real time.

Zheng Nantian of the Lingyun Sect had just exited the Heavenly Pride Tower when he noticed everyone fixated on the rankings. A smug grin spread across his face.

"Impressed by my results, are they?"

"Hahaha!"

"Wait, Meng Xiaohui and Yun Zhilan are here too?"

"Did they get shocked by my performance?"

Zheng Nantian had been feeling triumphant, but seeing the stunned expressions on Yun Zhilan and Meng Xiaohui’s faces made him pause.

Were his results really that mind-blowing?

"You two look like you’ve seen a ghost. My ranking’s that surprising?" Zheng Nantian walked over and asked.

The looks Yun Zhilan and Meng Xiaohui gave him in response were downright dismissive—as if he’d just spouted nonsense.

Annoyed, Zheng Nantian checked the rankings—and froze.

"No way!"

"How is this possible?!"

"Why am I only fifth?!"

His eyes darted across the list. First place: Meng Xiaohui. Second: Yun Zhilan. Third: Wu Daoxuan of the Wu family. Fourth… Chen Chang'an?

Who the hell was Chen Chang'an? How was he ranked above Zheng Nantian?

"Who is Chen Chang'an?"

"Which one of you is Chen Chang'an?" Zheng Nantian demanded, bewildered.

"Who is he? Remember what you said earlier?"

"What did I say?"

"You suggested letting him try climbing the tower, and now he has."

"The results prove that forty floors... are truly effortless before him."

"Because he's already... surged straight to the forty-fifth floor!"