Clearing the Tower of Talent in One Day

Forty-fifth floor?

Are you kidding me?

Just a moment ago, it was clearly at forty...

Zheng Nantian thought to himself, but when he saw the Heavenly Pride Ranking, his mind went completely blank.

"Impossible!"

"The Heavenly Pride Ranking must be malfunctioning."

"How could he be this fast?" Zheng Nantian wore an expression of utter disbelief.

"He really is fast—and the speed from the fortieth to the forty-fifth floor is even quicker than before."

"But... the chances of the Heavenly Pride Ranking malfunctioning are about the same as you becoming an Immortal King—absolutely zero!"

Meng Xiaohui's words darkened Zheng Nantian's expression, but considering Meng Xiaohui's strength and background, he had no choice but to swallow his anger.

"I'm done for!"

"I'm finished!"

"At this speed, Chen Chang'an won't stop at fifty floors—he might even clear sixty. I'm going to lose big."

"Damn, how much did you bet?"

"I put down ten thousand low-grade immortal spirit stones... Wait, no—I didn't lose! I also bet one low-grade immortal spirit stone on him clearing all ninety-nine floors. Damn it, Chen Chang'an, you better pull through and conquer the ninety-ninth floor!"

"Shit, I didn't bet on ninety-nine floors. Who knew he'd be this fast and this monstrous?"

"Hahaha, I did! I bet on ninety-nine floors and nothing else. I think I'm about to strike it rich!"

"Why does it feel like Chen Chang'an got even faster after the fortieth floor?"

"He definitely did—he's already at the forty-ninth floor now!"

Amid the clamor of discussions, Yun Zhilan and Shen Yunfei had no time to worry about which floor Chen Chang'an had reached.

"Hurry up and calculate already!"

"Is there any chance we'll lose?"

"I don't have that many immortal spirit stones to spare!" Yun Zhilan couldn't help but curse.

"Calm down, I'm working on it!"

"Just wait, I'll have the numbers soon."

Sweat dripped down Shen Yunfei's forehead—this whole scheme had been his idea. If they lost, he'd bear the brunt of the blame.

"We didn't lose!"

"We actually made a profit!"

After finishing the calculations, Shen Yunfei finally let out a sigh of relief.

"How much did we make?"

"Two hundred fifty thousand low-grade immortal spirit stones and thirty thousand mid-grade ones."

"That's a lot. A real fortune!" Shen Yunfei said excitedly.

Yun Zhilan hadn't expected such a massive windfall, especially since many people had followed the trend and bet on Chen Chang'an clearing all ninety-nine floors.

Otherwise, their profits would've been even greater.

This thing earns faster than the Yun family's businesses!

No wonder gambling is so lucrative—but damn, it's nerve-wracking and way too risky.

"The top spot has changed hands!"

"On the very first day? In less than a day?"

"Holy hell, this Chen Chang'an is just too insane!"

While Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan were tallying their earnings, Chen Chang'an had already cleared the fiftieth floor and stepped into the fifty-first.

And at that moment, the Heavenly Pride Ranking updated—Chen Chang'an now held the number one position.

No one doubted whether Chen Chang'an would claim the top spot. The real question was: just how far could he go?

Inside the Heavenly Pride Tower, Chen Chang'an finally understood why the fiftieth floor was such a barrier—one that so many couldn't cross.

The forty-ninth floor had pitted him against three opponents at the first level of the Celestial Immortal realm. For prodigies like Yun Zhilan, victory was difficult but not impossible.

But the fiftieth floor? Three opponents at the third level of the Celestial Immortal realm. Even Yun Zhilan wouldn't have absolute confidence in winning.

Only Meng Xiaohui, having broken through to the Celestial Immortal realm and relying on his exceptional combat prowess, could barely scrape through—but he had stalled there.

By the fifty-first floor, the challenge escalated again: ten opponents at the third level of the Celestial Immortal realm.

Against such numbers, most would crumble within moments.

"I've heard the Heavenly Pride Tower in the Profound Heaven Domain isn't the most difficult."

"If that's the case, the truly challenging towers must be even harder. People from the Profound Heaven Domain wouldn't stand a chance past the fiftieth floor."

"I wonder what the ninety-ninth floor will be like," Chen Chang'an mused with a faint smile.

If he wanted to, Chen Chang'an could have reached the fifty-first floor even faster. But he hadn't been in a hurry.

Now that he was here, though, he saw no reason to waste any more time.

"Third-level Celestial Immortals? Numbers mean nothing if your strength doesn't change."

With a casual wave of his hand, a single sword beam annihilated all ten opponents.

The foes inside the Heavenly Pride Tower were simulated through some unknown method—not real people—so Chen Chang'an held nothing back.

"What the hell?!"

"He's getting even faster?!"

"Fifty-eight floors already? How is this possible?"

"Is the Heavenly Pride Tower just a walk in the park for him? Does it offer zero challenge?"

"This is insane. Absolutely insane. Is he one-shotting every floor?"

"Could it be that the difficulty drops after the fiftieth floor?"

"No way. This is the Heavenly Pride Tower! It only gets harder the higher you go—it doesn't get easier."

"He's broken through the sixtieth floor!"

"Damn, this is intense! Unbelievably intense!"

"Just witnessing this today—I'll be bragging about it for the rest of my life. I saw the birth of a legend with my own eyes."

"A legend, no doubt. Chen Chang'an is a legend. This kind of speed is unprecedented, and it'll never be matched."

The crowd around the Heavenly Pride Tower had gone wild—cheering, celebrating. Not for Chen Chang'an, but for the legend unfolding before them.

"He... really is this strong?"

Meng Xiaohui stood in stunned silence. Until today, he had believed himself the undisputed top genius of the Profound Heaven Domain—the one most likely to ascend to Immortal Kinghood.

But seeing Chen Chang'an's achievements, he knew he had lost. And lost badly.

With Chen Chang'an around, he would never reclaim the top spot. Never again.

"Chen Chang'an... you truly deserve to die."

Meng Xiaohui glared at the name on the ranking, his eyes burning with fury and icy killing intent.

But he had already turned to leave, and few noticed the shift in his gaze.

"Brother Shen, just how strong do you think Chen Chang'an is?"

"Could he... clear all ninety-nine floors in a single day?" Yun Zhilan's voice trembled as he spoke.

"If it's him? I think... it's entirely possible."

"He will conquer the ninety-nine floors of the Heavenly Pride Tower in one day."

"Because he is... Chen Chang'an."