173: Unprecedented, reaching ninety-nine

In fact, what shocked everyone was not only the Cloud Palace Team's dominance on the leaderboard, but also Long Aotian and Feng Zixian's Breakthrough of the Trial Tower's ninety-ninth floor.

It had been many years since a Mahayana Realm Cultivator had last Broken Through the Trial Tower's ninety-ninth floor, which greatly astonished those who knew the history and relevant information about the Trial Tower.

It was well-known that the strength of the Puppets in the Trial Tower increased by one minor Realm every eleven floors, but those familiar with the Trial Tower knew that the last eleven floors were a special case.

Starting from the eighty-eighth floor, the Puppets' strength was equivalent to the Ninth Revolution Peak of the Mahayana Realm, and a staggering ten thousand Puppets appeared at once. By the eighty-ninth floor, the number reached a hundred thousand.

A Mahayana Realm Cultivator who cleared the eighty-ninth floor could almost be considered invincible within the Mahayana Realm, and even Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts would find few opponents.

By the ninetieth floor, the battle power of the appearing Puppets was comparable to Ascension Realm experts, and ten of them appeared at once. The ninety-first floor had a hundred, the ninety-second a thousand, the ninety-third ten thousand, and the ninety-fourth a hundred thousand.

When the ninety-fourth floor was also cleared, the Puppets' battle power on the ninety-fifth floor increased by another major step, reaching the Immortal level. Again, ten appeared at once, followed by a hundred on the ninety-sixth, a thousand on the ninety-seventh, ten thousand on the ninety-eighth, and a hundred thousand on the ninety-ninth.

Successfully clearing the ninety-ninth floor meant that even upon Ascension, one would not be the lowest-Realm Immortal.

Mortal Cultivator cultivation strength is divided into ten major Realms: Vein Opening Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, Spirit Spring Realm, Transformation Sea Realm, Golden Core Realm, Nascent Soul Realm, Out-of-Body Realm, Spirit Division Realm, Mahayana Realm, and Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

Immortals also have ten major Realms for improving cultivation strength: the lowest Realm is the Human Immortal Realm, followed by Earth Immortal Realm, Celestial Immortal Realm, Taiyi Realm, Daluo Realm, Jinluo Realm, Hunyuan Realm, Immortal King Realm, Immortal Lord Realm, and Immortal Emperor Realm.

Successfully passing the ninety-ninth floor of the Trial Tower meant that one's cultivation strength was no lower than the Earth Immortal Realm among Immortal Realms, while reaching the ninetieth floor meant one had initially achieved the strength of a Human Immortal Realm.

The Human Immortal Realm is a true Immortal cultivation Realm, with battle power far surpassing Ascension Realm experts. Long Aotian and Feng Zixian reaching the ninetieth floor of the Trial Tower with Human Immortal Realm battle power, how could the Old Monsters of those giant Cultivation forces not be shocked?

The Ascension Realm level was the ceiling of battle power in the Lower Realm. How many people tried to Breakthrough this level, only to fail and pass away?

At this moment, Cang Jue and Ling Yu and others also reacted. It was no wonder that when Long Aotian faced them, it was like an adult facing an infant; they appeared so vulnerable. His battle power had at least reached the Human Immortal Realm level. If he were to kill them, wouldn't it be as simple as crushing an ant?

The suppression in cultivation is sometimes fatal.

Without Immortal Ascension, one remains an ant!

Before the Heavenly Dao's rules were severely damaged and the path to the Immortal Realm was intact, only about one Cultivator out of a hundred million could achieve Ascension and become a lofty Immortal.

How many beings are there in the Lower Realm?

How many Human Cultivators are there?

Just in the small Eastern Desolation, there are nearly ten billion humans, with billions of Cultivators among them.

The Eastern Desolation, placed within the entire Sky Ruins Continent, is like the tip of an iceberg, a drop in the ocean. Not to mention the entire Sky Ruins Continent, just the Eastern Continent alone has hundreds of trillions of humans, and the scale of Cultivators exceeds tens of trillions.

However, on the entire Sky Ruins Continent, the Eastern Continent is not the continent with the largest population or the most Cultivators.

The Western Continent has a larger population than the Eastern Continent, at least twice as many, and the Central Continent has an even larger population than the Western Continent, at least ten times more.

It can be said that the humans of the Sky Ruins Continent are mainly concentrated in the Central Continent. The strength of one Central Continent alone is more than the combined strength of the Eastern, Southern, Western, and Northern Continents.

Before the Heavenly Dao's rules were severely damaged, millions of Ascension Realm experts ascended to the Immortal Realm from the Sky Ruins Continent every year. It can be said that before the Heavenly Dao's rules were damaged, the Sky Ruins Continent was a Plane with an extremely flourishing martial Dao among the Lower Realm Planes.

The Heavenly Dao's rules have been damaged for nearly a million years, yet the Sky Ruins Continent still has a hundred thousand Ascension Realm experts, and Tribulation Realm Experts number in the millions.

Even after nearly a million years of martial Dao decline, the overall strength of the Sky Ruins Continent is still not to be underestimated... Now, back to the Trial Tower.

After Breaking Through the ninetieth floor, Long Aotian and Feng Zixian continued to advance, and soon, under the shocked gazes of the crowd, they reached the ninety-fifth floor.

This also meant that Long Aotian and Feng Zixian had initially gained the battle power of a Human Immortal Realm from the Upper Realm.

By this time, twenty-two days had passed, and over three million of the 3.6 million Mahayana Realm Cultivators who entered the Trial Tower had been teleported out.

On the twenty-second day, Ao Jingtain also successfully reached the ninetieth floor, becoming the third Mahayana Realm Cultivator to step onto the ninetieth floor.

As for Long Bubai and Long Wudi, the father and son tied for third place? They had been on the eighty-seventh floor for two days, indicating their limit could at most reach the eighty-ninth floor.

Hua Buwan and Hua Buqi, the two sisters tied for fourth, were on the eighty-sixth floor. The top five on the leaderboard were still firmly occupied by members of the Cloud Palace Team.

“Look quickly, Long Aotian and Feng Zixian have entered the ninety-seventh floor!”

Those constantly monitoring the leaderboard and the green dots of the Trial Tower couldn't help but exclaim.

Two green dots simultaneously entering the ninety-seventh floor of the Trial Tower—what this meant was self-evident.

“The ninety-seventh floor!”

Cang Jue and Ling Yu, along with other Ascension Realm experts from the Central Continent Immortal Mansion, looked at the two green dots on the ninety-seventh floor of the Trial Tower with grave expressions.

They all knew that once Long Aotian and Feng Zixian cleared the ninety-seventh floor, it would mean that even within the Human Immortal Realm, they would be close to invincible.

Clearing the ninety-seventh floor meant they had initially acquired the strength to fight a Earth Immortal Realm expert!

Everyone stared intently at the movement trajectory of the two green dots on the ninety-seventh floor and the changes in the battle data of the two names tied for first place on the leaderboard.

The battle data continued to change regularly, meaning Long Aotian and Feng Zixian still had the strength to clear the ninety-seventh floor.

Time passed bit by bit, and everyone's attention was deeply drawn to Long Aotian and Feng Zixian's progress.

One day.

Two days.

Three days.

In three days, nearly five hundred thousand people were teleported out of the Trial Tower. The remaining Mahayana Realm Cultivators in the entire Trial Tower no longer exceeded a hundred thousand, with the ten thousand Mahayana Realm Cultivators on the leaderboard still inside.

The fluctuation of names on the leaderboard also entered a fierce stage.

Finally, on the third day, which was the twenty-fifth day since the Trial Tower opened, Long Aotian and Feng Zixian both entered the ninety-eighth floor!

Each subsequent day tugged at the hearts of the millions of Cultivators in the venue.

On the twenty-sixth day, over fifty thousand more Mahayana Realm Cultivators were teleported out of the Trial Tower. Long Aotian and Feng Zixian were still on the ninety-eighth floor, both with the same score.

On the twenty-seventh day, over thirty thousand more Mahayana Realm Cultivators were teleported out of the Trial Tower. By then, about ten thousand Mahayana Realm Cultivators remained in the Trial Tower, almost all of them the top ten thousand on the leaderboard. Long Aotian and Feng Zixian were still on the ninety-eighth floor, both with the same score.

By the twenty-eighth day, nearly nine thousand more people were teleported out of the Trial Tower, leaving the strongest one thousand inside.

As this day neared its end, the two green dots of Long Aotian and Feng Zixian finally jumped from the ninety-eighth floor to the ninety-ninth floor...