Chapter 365: Breaking the 3 Limits, the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe, So What? Before Me... You Too Must Bow

Chapter 365 -171: Breaking the 3 Limits, the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe, So What? Before Me… You Too Must Bow

The senior Prefecture Students were enjoying the spectacle, while the new batch, like Ye Ningzhi and Cai Ling’Er, saw the fierce competition within the Mansion Courtyard.

The slightest misstep meant giving up your position!

The crowd of onlookers clicked their tongues in silent amazement.

However, at that moment…

Just as one wave settled, another rose!

Just as Gao Ye’s projection reached nine zhang and broke the record, Chen Zhi, refusing to be outdone, kept pace. The two were locked in a heated battle, vowing to settle who would be the true master of the Climbing Martial Arts Tower…

Ji Xiu, emerging from his Cultivation Room, walked all the way to the front of the Climbing Martial Arts Tower.

He had heard whispers of the recent commotion, which made him raise an eyebrow. ‘What perfect timing,’ he thought.

Someone recognized him as the prodigy with a double A+ rating on the Dao Stele, a talent who had even overshadowed Gao Ye before the latter had broken through the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe.

“Ji Xiu? What’s he doing here?”

“Two experts who have broken the Three Limits are fighting for the top spot in the Climbing Martial Arts Tower. Someone who hasn’t even broken the Three Limits probably isn’t qualified to interfere…”

“Sigh, for someone from such a humble background, making it this far already makes him a prodigy.”

“But it’s a shame. Compared to Gao Ye, who’s from one of the Noble Clans, breaking the Three Limits was as easy as eating and drinking thanks to his family’s resources. Even if Ji Xiu’s potential on the Dao Stele is greater, there’s still a huge gap between them…”

While some were quietly making their assessments…

Ji Xiu, his expression as calm as ever, followed the others and strode into the Climbing Martial Arts Tower.

Seeing him enter, no one thought he could possibly surpass the two manifestations of Martial Dao Qi that rose on either side, each stretching a full nine zhang. They merely placed quiet bets, guessing how many tiers this Prefecture Student, Ji Xiu, could clear.

Some thought he would pass the fiftieth tier, raising a five-zhang projection.

Others thought he could reach the eightieth, projecting a manifestation of Martial Dao Qi eight zhang high and glimpsing the current leaders of the Mansion Courtyard!

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH…

Just as the crowd was staring and guessing…

As Ji Xiu stepped inside, a manifestation of Martial Dao Qi erupted from the ground and shot upward in an instant!

Ten tiers, one zhang!

Thirty tiers, three zhang!

Fifty tiers, sixty tiers, seventy tiers…

As they watched the magnificent manifestation of Martial Dao Qi rise brilliantly in the center, advancing with unstoppable momentum like a blade through bamboo, showing no signs of weakening or faltering…

The breathing of the Prefecture Students grew heavy.

Even Xuu Nian and Zhou Tong—the Heads of the Mansion and Court, who stood as equals to Chen Zhi and were rivals even Gao Ye wanted to test himself against—were stunned by the sight.

“This Ji Xiu… he’s actually this formidable?”

“It seems the rumors about him weren’t just empty talk.”

Everyone wore a different expression.

Until—

That beam of light reached nine zhang!

It was as if a great BANG shattered the shackles in everyone’s minds.

‘He actually did it!?’

‘But how is that possible!?’

‘With a body that hasn’t broken the Three Limits, he reached the ninetieth Martial Tier, projected a nine-zhang manifestation of Martial Dao Qi, and now stands equal to the sages of the past!?’

The area around the Climbing Martial Arts Tower exploded with excitement.

One person projecting nine zhang is a Leader, a Chief.

So, three of them…

How do you even rank that!?

Just as everyone was gasping in astonishment…

In their minds, reaching the ninetieth tier and projecting a nine-zhang manifestation of Martial Dao Qi was already an astonishing achievement.

Having reached this point, Ji Xiu should have been at his limit.

And yet…

Gao Ye emerged from the Climbing Martial Arts Tower, clutching his chest, his Qi clearly depleted.

Behind him, Chen Zhi followed, his lips pressed into a thin line and his heart heavy. He kept glancing back at the tower, his eyes full of reluctance to admit defeat.

The two had just stepped out, one after the other.

The central manifestation of Martial Dao Qi…

…with a SWOOSH, after a brief pause, shot up again!

One tier, two tiers, three tiers!

Foot by foot, it climbed…

Until it reached the ninety-ninth tier!

Only then did it finally dim!

Startled by the commotion, both of them whipped their heads around.

Seeing this, and recalling their own recent experiences, their pupils trembled violently. They cried out in shock:

“Who is that? Who is climbing the tower!”

“How did he do that…”

Gao Ye’s eyes widened in alarm. He hadn’t expected such a hidden master to be in the mansion. ‘Are they doing this on purpose?’ he thought. ‘Did they think I was being too arrogant and decide to knock me down a peg?’

Chen Zhi’s expression, however, was a veritable storm of changing emotions!

But…

He was thinking more about what must be happening inside the Climbing Martial Arts Tower.

‘In the Climbing Martial Arts Tower, once you climb to the ninetieth tier and pass the ninth zhang…’

‘…you have to face the sages from the past who broke through the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe!’

‘To shatter their afterimages in a direct confrontation… just how terrifying is this person’s potential and foundation!?’

‘The limit of the Climbing Martial Arts Tower must be the ninety-ninth tier, right!?’

‘Legend says that anyone who reaches the absolute summit, who can crush the phantoms of all the past Prefecture Student sages, gets to see the view at the very end.’

‘That is the true, hidden gift of the Climbing Martial Arts Tower!’

But more than the reward…

Chen Zhi was more curious about what lay at the end of the ninety-nine Martial Tiers!

‘The first fifty tiers are ordinary Prefecture Students.’

‘Up to the eightieth tier: the hidden geniuses.’

‘Up to the ninetieth tier: the current Leaders!’

‘After the ninetieth tier: the sages of the past!’

‘So, at the very end of all the tiers… what is there…?!’