The moment Lin Fan stepped through the tower gate, the first wave of discussion outside the tower base had just begun, with many people expressing their curiosity.
" The Lin Clan son has gone inside."
"How many levels do you think he can get to?"
"It's hard to say. This tower is rather sinister. I've heard that the more monstrous a person is, the easier it is for them to be trapped by their Heart Demon..."
Someone whispered, their tone carrying an indescribable complexity. "With the Lin Clan son here, this inheritance has nothing to do with us!"
"So what if he went in? He wasn't the only one who went into the tower."
A gray-robed cultivator beside him chuckled, holding a jade slip in his hand as if reviewing some intelligence. "I also heard that a fellow named Shen Qianqiu has already reached the ninety-eighth level!"
"Hiss!"
A white-robed cultivator lowered his voice. "I heard he's no ordinary dark horse. He swept through the tower as soon as he entered, and even the ancient puppets guarding the gates couldn't stop him. It's like he knew the weaknesses of each level in advance... as if the inheritance was prepared just for him!"
"Ninety-eight stories... isn't that unprecedented? This tower only has ninety-nine stories in total!"
"He's just one floor away from inheriting the throne at the top of the tower."
"Isn't the imperial prince too late?"
Some shook their heads regretfully. "If the Imperial Prince had arrived a few days earlier, the inheritance would have been his for the taking. But Shen Qianqiu managed to slip through the cracks."
"Who can argue with that? But who knows, what if the imperial prince can also break through in one fell swoop?"
"Give me a break! Ninety-eight floors? That's harder than all the previous levels combined!"
The gray-robed cultivator shrugged. "At this rate, that Rogue Cultivator will reach the top today. No matter how strong the Lin family's Lin Clan son is, he's only just entered the tower; he probably won't even see their taillights yet."
"But speaking of which, who exactly is this dark horse? I've never heard of him before?"
"Who knows? Maybe he's a descendant of some reclusive old monster, an ancient freak who deliberately chose this era to be born."
Discussions rose and fell.
Among the monks outside the tower, some felt sorry, some gloated, and most were simply watching the spectacle.
They felt that the tower's legacy had nothing to do with Lin Fan anymore.
Inside the tower, as soon as Lin Fan entered, he was enveloped in beams of light and charged toward the second level, causing all the Heart Demon puppets to explode.
It's like they're clearing a path for him...
Ji Kun was dumbfounded. What kind of move was this?
Lin Fan was also a bit stunned. Before he could react, he was teleported to level fifty-something, as if someone wanted to give him a legacy... They were afraid that when Lin Fan realized what was happening, they would force it on him...
It's still climbing upwards...
The ninety-eighth floor!
A young man is figuring out how to pass level 98.
Just then, a flash of light appeared, and he paused for a moment before the light disappeared. "Huh, did I just see someone come to the ninety-eighth floor?"
"No, no one but me could have gotten up here..."
"Strange, the ninety-eighth floor... such a thing actually happens?"
Just as he was about to continue his research, he suddenly heard a slight vibration from above.
Rumble!
A muffled thud came from the direction of the top of the tower.
Shen Qianqiu suddenly looked up.
He saw the dark golden light curtain at the top of the tower suddenly flicker violently, as if it had been struck from within by some force.
Then, the entire tower began to shake.
From the base to the top of the tower, the runes on each floor of the walls lit up simultaneously. The light was not normal operating light, but a dark gold that flickered wildly and almost out of control.
"What happens?!"
"Something's happened at the top of the tower!"
"Was it that dark horse that took the top spot?"
"No way, so fast?!"
All the cultivators inside the tower stopped in their tracks and looked up at the top of the tower.
Shen Qianqiu was also stunned.
He subconsciously took out the jade slip to check, only to find that the runes on the jade slip were shattering rapidly, like a broken mirror, with cracks spreading from the center outwards.
"This... the inheritance has been taken by someone?"
He murmured, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Just as everyone was discussing the matter, the tower suddenly began to tremble violently.
The monks outside the tower also witnessed this scene.
The entire Heaven-Reaching Tower was glowing, the light extending from the base to the top, then suddenly converging into a dark golden pillar of light that shot into the sky.
The beam of light lasted for three breaths.
Then, all the runes on the surface of the tower began to extinguish simultaneously, starting from the ninety-ninth floor and extinguishing layer by layer downwards, like a neon light strip being played in reverse.
"The legacy... has ended?"
"Did that dark horse really reach the top?"
"Holy crap, it's over in less than three days? That inheritance is way too easy to get!"
"That dark horse is just too strong, okay?"
"Tsk tsk, that Lin Clan son probably didn't even get a sip of the soup before his inheritance was taken by someone else."
"What a pity."
"Who can argue with that?"
The array patterns at the tower gate suddenly lit up again after the last layer of runes went out.
Buzz!
Rumble!
A dark golden beam of light shot into the sky from the top of the tower, causing the entire Heaven-Reaching Tower to tremble. The ancient runes on the tower's surface lit up and burst open layer by layer, like a lit fuse.
What happened?
"The tower... the tower is going to explode?!"
The onlookers' expressions changed drastically, and they all retreated.
Immediately afterwards, one figure after another was ejected from the various gates of the tower, landing around the base of the tower like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Some looked bewildered, some were still in shock, and some were still cursing. "Who the hell collapsed the tower? I only climbed to the thirty-fifth floor, and I was about to encounter my opportunity!"
"I just reached the 40th floor, and I haven't found the tattered scroll yet!"
"Holy crap, I've only reached the twentieth floor..."
Many people speculated that someone had obtained the inheritance. "It must be that dark horse; he obtained the Ancient Tower's inheritance, which caused us all to be ejected!"
Before he could finish speaking, everyone paused in surprise.
Because another figure emerged from within.
He wore a blue robe, had a handsome face, and held an ancient jade slip in his hand.
It was Shen Qianqiu.
He had just stepped out of the tower gate, his face still showing a hint of bewilderment and confusion.
The cultivators outside the tower stirred with excitement upon seeing him. "He's out! He's the dark horse!"
"That's him! I recognize him; he's been studying the strategy guide in the tower!"
"Have you inherited it?"
"Your Excellency, may I ask what exactly this inheritance is?"
"Tell me, don't keep it to yourself!"
A crowd gathered around, and some unscrupulous cultivators prepared to snatch it.
However, someone soon noticed that Shen Qianqiu's face was pale, and he was standing on the edge of the tower base, his whole body still trembling slightly, obviously having been forcibly bounced off the tower.
"Wait, why does he look so pale?"
"Wasn't he almost at the top of the tower? Why did it look like he was thrown out of the tower?"
Grass!
Shen Qianqiu's face grew increasingly grim. He looked up at the Heaven-Reaching Tower, which was shaking violently, his lips trembled, and after a long pause, he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Who... who broke through the tower?"
Everyone was stunned.
Didn't Shen Qianqiu inherit the legacy?
What's going on?
The tower gate remained open, and no one else emerged.
Someone suddenly realized something and their expression changed. "Wait... where is the Lin Clan prince? He... he doesn't seem to have come out yet?"