Awesome!

At the Mysterious Heaven Sect, beneath the Immortal Ascension Tower that stood like a colossal pillar holding up the sky, this day was destined to be anything but ordinary.

The tower rose a hundred stories high, piercing the clouds. Each floor was inscribed with profound Runes, radiating an ancient, desolate aura.

This tower was one of the foundations upon which the Mysterious Heaven Sect had been established, a touchstone for testing disciples' combat strength, comprehension, and potential.

Those who passed the thirtieth floor could become outer disciples; those who passed the fortieth could become inner disciples; those who passed the seventieth could become elite disciples; those who passed the eightieth could enter the ranks of true disciples and be taken as apprentices by the sect's grand elders. Those who passed the ninetieth floor could be accepted as disciples by the sect leader, become elders, or enter one of the eight secret realms for further cultivation.

The ninetieth floor was a dividing line. Over the past century, the number of people who had stepped into it could be counted on one hand.

Even Chu Chaoyang, who had previously been defeated by Chen Xia, had only reached the eighty-second floor at his best.

And the three senior true disciples had merely hovered around the eighty-first and eighty-third floors.

The ninetieth floor meant one's combat power, will, and mastery of techniques all had to reach an entirely new height.

On this day, quite a few disciples still lingered beneath the tower, either studying the experiences of those before them or preparing for their next attempt at climbing the tower.

Yet from dawn onward, the Immortal Ascension Tower had lit up with sky-piercing radiance with unusual frequency.

Pillars of light erupted one after another from different heights of the tower, representing someone breaking upward