Unrivaled Martial Emperor

"He's stepped through the door! Chen Fan entered the door of immortality!"

"He is the first to reach the top and complete the test. Who could've thought that?"

"That's right. When he was on the sixty-sixth step, he seemed destined to fail, but it was just a false alarm. He ended up overtaking everyone and finishing first."

"Did you notice? He breezed through the last four steps."

"Yeah, but what's that supposed to mean?"

"You idiot, is the Heavenly Staircase of Will that easy to ascend? Don't you remember how he struggled until the sixty-sixth step? But at the last four steps, he didn't pause in the slightest. It means he completely broke free from the illusions."

"Hiss, hiss! Surely not?!"

Countless eyes watched Chen Fan step through the Door of Immortality. It felt like the invisible grip on their hearts had suddenly loosened, and they all gasped at once.

The entire Tianwu Continent was sent into an uproar.

At last, someone had crossed the door of immortality.

The outcome was unexpected, yet... somehow fitting.

"Chen Fan is the first to complete the test. I wonder how much immortal affinity he obtained?"

"Hoho, since he is the first, it can't be low. More than anyone else, for sure."

"What kind of test comes next, though? Will he stay on top?"

Xuan Shitong, Chen Zhengqing, and the others laughed out loud when they saw Chen Fan complete the test.

"He succeeded! Xiaofan succeeded! He's the first to reach the top."

Meanwhile, bells and gongs were going off in the True Martial Academy, celebrating his success.

Chen Fan was a True Martial Academy disciple first, then a Peerless Peak freak.

His success had brought immense honor to the academy.

Chu Qingtian, Zhang Daoling, and the other senior figures wore visible smiles.

......

A majestic voice resounded in Chen Fan's ear when he passed through the door of immortality.

"Chen Fan has passed the test of the Heavenly Staircase of Will, first person of the Tianwu Continent. Awarded immortal affinity: one hundred feet."

As the voice faded, a beam of purple light shot down from the sky and surged into Chen Fan. A dragon-shaped silhouette emerged behind him; it was one hundred feet long.

This was the immortal affinity.

Chen Fan had entered the world beyond the door.

He stood inside a vast palace hall, ornately carved with immortal birds and auspicious patterns.

The majestic voice rang out again.

"You who passed the test, wait here in the palace hall. Once the first test ends, you will proceed to the second."

Chen Fan's eyes flickered.

He had assumed the second test would begin right away. Instead, this hall was simply a waiting area for those who cleared the first stage.

So, he picked a spot and sat down to rest, preparing to study the immortal affinity.

Suddenly, another figure entered.

A man in black, exuding an icy aura—a Greater Legendary realm expert.

Chen Fan glanced at him. Behind the black-clothed man was a hundred-feet-long purple dragon silhouette.

The purple dragon silhouette should be his immortal affinity. It's also a hundred feet long.

He quickly deduced that this black-clothed man was likely not from the Tianwu Continent.

If he were, receiving the same immortal affinity as Chen Fan would've been impossible, as Chen Fan was the first to reach the top.

Chen Fan greeted him first, "Tianwu Continent, Chen Fan."

The black-clothed man glanced at him, a flicker of surprise in his eyes. He had not expected a Lesser Peak Manifestation realm martial artist to pass the test before him.

But as soon as he heard Chen Fan's introduction, he understood that they weren't from the same continent.

"Xifang Continent, Leng Shan," replied the black-clothed man. Next, he also found a place to sit down and shut his eyes.

Seeing this, Chen Fan didn't speak any further.

From the cold aura rolling off Leng Shan, his temperament was easy to guess.

People streamed in after Leng Shan; all of them had passed the first test.

The palace hall gradually filled, and the atmosphere grew livelier.

.......

Tianwu Continent:

"Look, Mu Tongtian has also successfully reached the top. He's the second to complete the test."

"Mu Tongtian is four hundred and eighty years old, a rogue cultivator, but his talent is extraordinary. He became a Legend after cultivating for two hundred years and reached the Greater Legendary realm thirty years ago. He's faced countless hardships, so his will is rock-solid. Coming in second is no surprise."

With Chen Fan gone, the crowd's gazes shifted onto the second person: Mu Tongtian.

Soon, he also arrived at the ninety-ninth step and stepped through the door of immortality, becoming a conversation topic for the Tianwu Continent public.

Meanwhile, about fifty to sixty people had gathered in the palace hall beyond the door of immortality.

They grouped up in twos and threes, chatting quietly. Behind each of them, their immortal affinity shimmered in various lengths. The longest reached one hundred feet, drawing the most attention.

Mu Tongtian, the second person from the Tianwu Continent, obtained ninety-seven feet worth of immortal affinity.

As time passed, more people passed the test, and the palace hall became increasingly lively.

Those from the same continents naturally clustered together.

Chen Fan's side was no exception either. Mu Tongtian and the people behind him sat around him.

Suddenly, he sensed several very icy auras.

He followed the stares and saw that they came from cultivators of the Ziyang, Tianxuan, and Tianhun continents.

He immediately understood the source of their hostility: they viewed him as a threat, their eyes filled with killing intent.

However, he remained calm, aware that they wouldn't dare make a move here.

Before long, Huang Wuji also arrived at the palace hall.

He was the tenth person from the Tianwu Continent to pass the test, and the second person from Peerless Peak, obtaining eighty-three feet worth of immortal affinity.

Huang Wuji saw Chen Fan and walked over.

"Little Junior Brother."

Chen Fan stood up and greeted him with a smile, "First Senior Brother."

Huang Wuji patted Chen Fan's shoulder and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to pass the test before me... huh? A hundred feet of immortal affinity. You're the first from our Tianwu Continent to pass the test?"

He looked at the long purple dragon silhouette behind Chen Fan, then glanced at Mu Tongtian and the others. The difference was clear: Chen Fan's was the longest.

So it was confirmed: Chen Fan had reached the top first.

Huang Wuji found it reasonable that Chen Fan passed, but being the first was still unexpected.

Chen Fan smiled and said, "I just got lucky."