"How is that possible? Why can Lin Changqing break through the hundredth floor of the Jade Stairway? Am I seeing things?" The Fourth Prince was utterly shocked, staring at the stone tablet with disbelief. The tablet showed Lin Changqing breaking through one hundred floors, which, in the Fourth Prince's eyes, was inconceivable. After all, his father, Qin Wushang, had said that even he, with his Void Return cultivation, couldn't break through the hundredth floor of the Jade Stairway. So why could Lin Changqing, a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, break through one hundred floors?
Could it be that Lin Changqing was stronger than his own father even in the Nascent Soul Realm?
"No, impossible. My father is Void Return. How could Lin Changqing be stronger than my father?!"
The Fourth Prince was completely shocked and doubting his life at this moment. He couldn't understand how Lin Changqing had passed the hundredth floor.
Of course, the Fourth Prince couldn't be blamed. After all, the difficulty of the hundredth floor of the Jade Stairway was inherently very high. Don't even mention Qin Wushang, a Void Return cultivator; even a Golden Immortal from the Immortal Realm couldn't break through one hundred floors!
After all, the opponent one faced on the hundredth floor was that ancient great power.
Lin Changqing's breakthrough of this level could only be described as extremely lucky!
Think about the conditions required to break through one hundred floors. First, you must be stronger than that ancient great power, possessing the strength of a Grand Luo.
Second, you must possess a fragment of the World Tree, and it must be refined using the Ancient Jianmu Diagram, allowing you to mobilize the origin of the World Tree.
Think about it, achieving either of the above two points is extremely difficult.
Lin Changqing was very fortunate to meet the second condition, possessing a fragment of the World Tree. But this doesn't necessarily mean he could break through one hundred floors. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, there must have been others like Lin Changqing who possessed fragments of the World Tree, but why didn't they succeed?
Because they lacked a necessary condition: resurrection.
On the hundredth floor, merely having a fragment of the World Tree isn't enough, because you wouldn't immediately know that the World Tree fragment could mobilize the origin of the World Tree.
You must come into contact with the blue armored man before you can know this hidden condition, but by then, it would be too late to mobilize the origin of the World Tree because there wouldn't be enough time. That ancient great power would already be about to descend.
Just like Lin Changqing's last simulation, he already knew that the World Tree fragment could mobilize the World Tree, but he didn't have time to fuse it because that ancient great power descended directly and instantly killed him.
So, to break through the 100th floor, you must also have the ability to start over.
And only Lin Changqing had this. It can be said that the conditions for passing the hundredth floor are extremely harsh, and Lin Changqing happened to meet them all.
Therefore, the Fourth Prince's bet was not a loss in vain. Otherwise, even if several great Golden Immortals from the Immortal Realm descended together, they wouldn't be able to pass.
"Fourth Brother, what do we do? Lin Changqing has passed the hundredth floor." The Thirteenth Princess next to the Fourth Prince was also pale-faced. At this moment, the Thirteenth Princess was extremely flustered. She also couldn't believe that Lin Changqing had passed 100 floors, and now she was extremely worried because it meant that the bet was lost, which also meant that she had to hand over the Semi-Immortal Artifact, the Phoenix Divine Tree, in her possession.
That was a Semi-Immortal Artifact! Was the Wu Kingdom's treasure of the nation going to be lost just like that?
"Don't panic, Thirteenth Sister. Let me think of a solution." Hearing the Thirteenth Sister say this, cold sweat was about to flow down the Fourth Prince's forehead. The thought of losing the bet later and having to hand over his Great Sun Golden Crow Body Sutra filled him with extreme distress. This was the inheritance of the Great Sun Immortal Venerable!
Was he really going to hand over the Great Sun Golden Crow Body Sutra to Lin Changqing now? And his sister's Phoenix Divine Art? Both of these things were national treasures, and now they were all going to be lost to Lin Changqing? This was truly...
[Just as the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Princess were worried about losing the bet, on the other side, the Seven Nations' geniuses were completely in an uproar. They had witnessed the breaking of the record, and they had witnessed Lin Changqing reaching the top.]
"Heavens, we have witnessed a miracle. Lin Changqing has broken through 100 floors. This is the first person in history! For millions of years, the number one on the Starry Sky Ancient Road of each era has failed to do it, but now Lin Changqing has done it, which means that Lin Changqing's combat power in the same realm overwhelms the past, present, and future. He is the number one of all eras." An old Daoist from Zhao Kingdom said in shock, feeling that he had personally witnessed the birth of an era.
The Jade Stairway was originally a measure of combat power. The Seven Nations' geniuses of each era had to try it, and now Lin Changqing had unprecedentedly broken through 100 floors. What did this mean?
It meant that Lin Changqing's combat power in the Nascent Soul Realm would suppress the past, present, and future. How could this not be exciting and inspiring?
"Princess, Princess, Young Master Lin has won. We have won. We have won the bet. Heaven has blessed my Chu Kingdom with such talent!" On the other side, some Chu Kingdom cultivators and Chu Kingdom geniuses also surrounded the Chu Kingdom Princess, celebrating enthusiastically.
At this moment, these Chu Kingdom cultivators were very happy because Lin Changqing was now considered one of them. Lin Changqing being number one also meant that their Chu Kingdom's genius had become the number one genius. How could they not be happy?
"Everyone, don't be so excited. I said long ago that Young Master Lin would definitely win," the Chu Kingdom Princess replied with a smile. Of course, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Although she had just said firmly that Lin Changqing would definitely win, she was actually unsure in her heart. But at this moment, when the stone tablet showed that Lin Changqing could break through one hundred floors, she finally felt relieved.
Sure enough, Lin Changqing didn't disappoint her again, reaching the hundredth floor and winning the bet. Thinking of this, the Chu Kingdom Princess was very happy. Winning the bet meant that the Wu Kingdom's Phoenix Divine Tree would be lost to her, and that was a Semi-Immortal Artifact that was no less than the Azure Sky Lamp!
Suddenly, the Chu Kingdom Princess seemed to remember something and turned to look at the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Princess, saying coldly, "Now that Lin Changqing has broken through 100 floors, you have already lost this bet. It's time for you to fulfill the bet and hand over the Great Sun Golden Crow Body Sutra and the Phoenix Divine Tree."
"Hand it over. You must admit defeat when you bet. Don't think about going back on your word." Following the Chu Kingdom Princess's shout, some of the Seven Nations' cultivators also started to join in the fun, calling on the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Princess to admit defeat. These people didn't mind watching the excitement, especially those who wanted to see the Wu Kingdom make a fool of themselves. The Phoenix Divine Tree was a national treasure, but now it was going to be lost by this pair of prodigal siblings, the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Princess.
"You... you guys..." The Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Princess looked at the crowd denouncing them, and their faces turned pale. They really didn't want to fulfill the bet, especially the Thirteenth Princess. That was the Phoenix Divine Tree, a Semi-Immortal Artifact. Was it really going to be lost just like that? She was very unwilling.
"Could it be that the dignified Wu Kingdom, the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Princess, as princes and princesses, want to go back on their word?" The Chu Kingdom Princess said coldly.
"What's the rush? I will definitely fulfill the bet. We'll talk about it when Lin Changqing comes out," the Fourth Prince said, gritting his teeth.
