The Pagoda Tower Climbing Competition

*The Pagoda Tower Climbing Competition is the Event of the Huangfu Holy Sect.*

## Story

A magnificent Pagoda Tower stands tall on the Giant Martial Arts Field with 108 floors. At the top of the tower, there appears to be a Divine Bird Purple Phoenix flying and dancing, which is a ray of the Highest level of Fire Attribute - Holy Mountain Fire.

This fire attribute is the food of the Phoenix bird and is a rare item. Around 50,000 years ago, Ancestor Huangfu gifted the Fire Attribute prize to every participant who successfully climbed to the 108th floor.

Since the Pagoda Tower was built around 50,000 years ago, no disciple has managed to climb to the 108th floor. The highest record of climbing is of someone who reached the 100th floor around 30,000 years ago, and that record still stands today.

Each floor of the Pagoda Tower has a spiral staircase with 666 steps. The gravity varies on each floor. From the 1st to the 99th floor, the gravity doubles on each floor. However, to reach the 100th to the 108th floor, gravity increases 30 times on each floor.

Elder Chief Shen Subing, along with Elders Du Chen, Pang Shiyuan, Shen Wende, and others, except Lu Wu, the 12th Elder, as well as Deacons Shen Qingfeng, Liu Hongru, and Lai Chang, and their disciples, gathered at the Giant Martial Arts Field.

Out of the 58,000 disciples present, only 900 participated in the competition, and they were the strongest disciples listed on the Dandao. The rest of the students came to cheer and watch the competition.

Shen Subing, the Elders, and their disciples, except for Lu Wu, the 12th Elder, were present on the Giant Martial Arts Field. Out of the 58,000 disciples present, only 900 participated in the competition, and they were the strongest disciples on the Dandao list. The other disciples came only to cheer and watch the competition.

Sun Anbei, a disciple of Pang Shiyuan, Luo Fan, a disciple of Du Chen, and Song Hong, a disciple of Shen Wende, were the most prominent disciples listed on the Dandao. Additionally, Tan Yun, who just killed Gao Yang Wushuang and Ouyang Qian in the Life and Death Arena, even if he had to lose both his arms.

Deacon Lai Chang, who was in charge of guarding the Authorization Hall, asked the participants to line up immediately. Sun Anbei, Luo Fan, Song Hong, Tan Yun, and the other strongest disciples of the Dandao list immediately lined up to prepare to climb the Pagoda Tower.

The rules for this competition state that each participant is given only 3 hours to climb up to the 99th floor, while for each floor from the 100th to the 108th, the time limit for climbing is only 1 hour. Those who do not meet these requirements are considered to have failed.

After that, Shen Wende announced to all the participants that he would give a Low-Grade Fire Attribute prize – Dayan Spirit Fire, to those who successfully climbed the Pagoda Tower to the 100th floor.

Additionally, Du Chen will award High-Level Fire Attribute rewards - Xuan Qingyan, to those who successfully climb the Pagoda Tower to the 101st floor.

The competition started soon after. Sun Anbei, Luo Fan, and Song Hong immediately ran up the stairs, competing to be the first person to climb to the 99th floor, followed by the other disciples. Meanwhile, Tan Yun simply walked up each step of the stairs.

After an hour, the 700 disciples who ranked below 200 were already between the 66th and 75th floors, sweating profusely and gasping for breath. Meanwhile, Tan Yun was far behind on the 16th floor.

In the next hour, 710 disciples ran out of spiritual power and gave up. None of them made it to the 82nd floor. Only 198 people remained, including Tan Yun, who was still far behind on the 30th floor.

Half an hour later, Sun Anbei, Luo Fan, and Song Hong had reached the 93rd floor, with only six floors left to go until the 99th floor. The disciples ranked 4th to 7th were already on the 90th floor, while the rest were on the 87th to 89th floors. Tan Yun was still on the 40th floor.

Sheng Qingfeng noticed Tan Yun's condition and flew towards him with his sword. He advised Tan Yun to stop climbing the pagoda tower due to his injury and warned him that time was running out. However, Tan Yun insisted on continuing his climb to the top of the tower.

Tan Yun sprinted past all the disciples who had already ascended to the 93th floor. Everyone was surprised by his incredible strength, as the gravity on that floor didn't seem to affect him at all.

Tan Yun kept running until he caught up with Luo Fan and Song Hong, who had almost used up all their spiritual power on the 98th floor. Seeing this, Luo Fan and Song Hong encouraged Tan Yun to continue climbing to the 100th floor.

While Sun Anbei was already on the 99th floor and was just a little away from reaching the 100th floor, his strength was completely exhausted. Tan Yun continued to run, easily passing Sun Anbei, which made him annoyed and angry. He forced himself to chase after Tan Yun, but the gravity holding him back got stronger, so Sun Anbei gave up.

Sun Anbei asked his master, Pang Shiyuan, to help him. Pang Shiyuan rushed to Sun Anbei and took him to the spirit ship, while Tan Yun continued to run until finally reaching the 100th floor. Luo Fan and Song Hong stopped on the 99th floor, followed by the other disciples who stopped on the 90th to 98th floors.

Tan Yun reached the 100th floor and continued running until he reached the 101st floor. However, half an hour later, he suddenly stopped and sat down to cultivate and gather his spiritual power. This made everyone panic and confused because he only had half an hour left to reach the 102nd floor.

Shen Qingfeng, who knew Tan Yun well, assured everyone that Tan Yun must have taken this into account. This made everyone feel relieved and they decided to wait and see what Tan Yun would do.

After that, Deacon Lai Chang praised Seng Qingfeng and claimed that Tan Yun would be successfully promoted to Refining Soul Realm in about 1 to 3 years. He predicted that she would dominate the Wolong list. After that, Shen Qingfeng would be promoted to Elder.

Shen Qingfeng, who heard this, remembered his brother Shen Qingqiu. At that time, Shen Qingqiu begged Shen Subing to make Tan Yun a disciple of the Alchemy Division. After that, Shen Qingqiu swore to the sky that Tan Yun would be a blessing to the Alchemy Division. If for those 10 years, it was not realized, Shen Qingqiu was willing to be sentenced to death.

Shen Qingfeng smiled happily, knowing that his brother's decision was right. Slowly everything began to be proven.

When the last minute arrived, Tan Yun, who had finished cultivating, immediately got up and ran quickly until he reached the 102nd floor and 103rd floor. This surprised everyone. Up to this point, Tan Yun had not yet used his full strength.

Shen Wende was very happy to see this. He said that the record that had lasted for 30,000 years was finally broken by Tan Yun.

Shen Subing, who also saw it, was moved and still couldn't believe what she saw. While recalling the past, she said that the decision of the Elder Chiefs of the 9 Divisions to reject Tan Yun as their disciple was a big mistake. In just 3 months, Tan Yun was able to create a miracle by breaking a record that had not been broken by anyone for 30,000 years.

Shen Qingfeng also said that 50,000 years ago, out of hundreds of millions of disciples climbing the Tower, not a single one was able to reach the 103rd floor. Only Tan Yun, the only person with the strength of level 7 to the Fetal Soul Realm and with incomplete limbs, was able to break a record that had not been broken for 30,000 years.

However, Tan Yun did not stop there. He continued running until he reached the 106th floor towards the 107th floor. Slowly he began to feel the gravitational pressure getting stronger. His strength began to decline and only 30% remained, but Tan Yun kept trying until he managed to climb to the 107th floor.

Tan Yun continued walking until there were 200 steps left to get to the 108th floor. But he was starting to run out of spiritual power. He tried his best to fight the pressure of gravity until her face looked pale.

The Servant Disciples and everyone who saw it continued to cheer and encourage Tan Yun. Shen Subing, who was worried, immediately flew over to Tan Yun to cheer him on.

At that moment, Tan Yun was reminded of his enemies, family, subordinates, and everyone he liked. This made his enthusiasm explode and shocked everyone who saw him. With all his strength, Tan Yun continued to walk slowly against the gravity that was pressing on him until he finally made it to the 108th floor.

Everyone was moved and happy with Tan Yun's achievement. He was the only student who managed to climb to the 108th floor and break a record that had not been broken for 50,000 years. And he became a proud disciple of the Alchemy Division.

## Trivia

* *The Pagoda Tower Climbing Competition event took place at the Alchemy Division.*

## References

1. ↑ Episode 101 | Chapter 236
2. ↑ Episode 102 | Chapter 237
3. ↑ Episode 103 | Chapter 237
4. ↑ Episode 103 | Chapter 240
5. ↑ Episode 104 | Chapter 242
6. ↑ Episode 105 | Chapter 243
7. ↑ Episode 106 | Chapter 244