Enlightenment Raised to the Clarity Level, Cultivating the Eighty-One-Turn Supreme Golden Core

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After the Potential Ranking's baptism ended, the True Dragon Stele erupted with a deep, ancient bronze radiance, as though it had been tempered by the passage of countless years.

The light gushed from the stele, gathering, stretching, and taking shape before the square. It transformed into a towering pagoda that pierced straight into the clouds.

The entire tower was built from bronze-colored boulders. Every stone was carved with dense array patterns, which slowly flowed beneath the light and emanated a heart-palpitating pressure.

"The Combat Power Ranking challenge has begun."

The Spirit of the True Dragon Stele's voice rang beside every prodigy's ears, carrying a hint of solemnity.

This Combat Tower had a total of one thousand floors. Within every floor was the battle will left behind by a prodigy.

From the first floor to the thousandth, the higher one climbed, the stronger the opponent became.

To challenge the Combat Tower was to challenge the Combat Power Ranking.

The rules were simple.

Defeat the opponent on the first floor, and one would rank one thousandth on the Combat Power Ranking. Defeat the opponent on the second floor, and one would rank nine hundred and ninety-ninth.

The prodigies in the square exchanged glances, but no one stepped forward first.

The Combat Power Ranking challenge differed from the Potential Ranking.

The Potential Ranking gave a combined assessment based on age and cultivation. One merely had to place a hand on the stele, and there was no danger.

But the Combat Power Ranking challenge was genuine combat.

Though one would not truly die, defeat at the hands of a prodigy's will within the Combat Power Ranking would still affect one's Divine Soul. For a short period afterward, one would be unable to attempt the challenge again.

Everyone had only one chance. They had