At this moment.
Outside the Heaven-Piercing Tower, the crowd had already erupted into complete frenzy.
Countless gazes were locked firmly onto the dazzling golden name on the light screen—Chu Jiang—and the heart-shaking number behind it—995th floor!
"Ni... nine hundred and ninety-five floors! He cleared it!"
"The highest record in the Heaven-Piercing Tower's history is only nine hundred and ninety-seven floors!"
"Chu Jiang... is he really going to make history?!"
Cries of astonishment, shouts, and sharp intakes of breath merged into one. The great figures of every faction and the academy's prodigious disciples alike were all plunged into immense shock and stunned disbelief.
A young man from the remote fringes of the Southern Wasteland, still unknown just a few months ago, had now surged forward in unstoppable fashion, catching up to Di Jiuyou of the Emperor-grade Dao Lineage in the Central Domain—the man hailed as the leading figure of this generation—and standing shoulder to shoulder with him!
The speed of his rise was terrifying beyond measure.
Upon the high platform, even the usually composed vice principal, Martial Madman, and the academy elders wore exceedingly grave expressions, unable to conceal the astonishment in their eyes.
Outsiders knew only how high the floor count was, but they knew full well that the guardian of the 995th floor was an imprint projection of a true Great Emperor in his youth!
For Chu Jiang to defeat it, his talent and combat strength could no longer be measured by common sense.
"Vice Principal," Elder Mu Yunzi said after drawing a deep breath, "this Chu Jiang possesses peerless talent. There is still one vacant seat among the academy's Top Ten Sequences. Should we consider inviting him to join? If we nurture him with all our strength, the Human Race will surely gain another Saint in the future!"