Bloodline

"Those who are stuck for more than thirty seconds on the same step will be eliminated."

Hearing the word of this man who suddenly appeared, the people who thought he would punish Edward could only curse internally since they were not dumb enough to curse the man who was flying, not only that but they also wanted to obtain the legacy, so they returned to concentrate on climbing at least one step.

Meanwhile, Edward continued to climb slowly, and looking back he saw that the distance between them and the other people was simply great, the person closest to him was at least forty steps down, and that made him intrigued, after all if they had passed the same test, they could have climbed, unless tests one and two were different for people.

Thinking about it, Edward concluded that tests one and two were different for each individual, making him thankful for his good luck, even though the first test he had faced was extremely difficult because of the pressure that that bed ended up putting on that helped him resist that last test.

When Edward stepped on the number three hundred step the pressure was so great that he even went back a few steps, and realized that perhaps he had reached his limit.

"I can't believe I won't be able to complete this legacy test."

Edward could not help being angry, he had climbed up to here and was not in the mood to give up and once again tried to climb, but the result was still the same, it was as if there was a barrier that prevented him from climbing higher, this made Edward's complexion pale as it meant that he would not be able to obtain the blessing of the legacy.

The only thing that could make him sigh in relief was the fact that there was no one else in the test the person closest to him was trapped on the number two hundred and eighty floor, so the difference between them was about twenty steps, but even if he was relieved by it, he knew that the chance of that man reaching him was very high.

"Damn Edward, think of something."

While Edward was thinking about what he should do, the man who was still floating in the air was watching people and could not help but sigh, thinking that once again no one would be able to obtain the Legacy of the Celestial Phoenix Empire, but then he realized that there was a boy at the top of the steps, he was close to entering step number three hundred, And the man who was sighing before could not fail to give an extremely happy smile since he knew that to pass the three-hundredth floor it was necessary to obtain the lineage of the Celestial Phoenix, and he had been instructed that once someone arrived on this floor, he should grant the lineage to that person so that he could continue climbing.

Edward did not know that soon he would obtain a lineage that even the Gods could only dream of obtaining when Edward decided once again to try to climb the steps, he felt something strange entering his body, and he just felt an immense pain that caused him to lose consciousness momentarily before he was awakened by the pain once again, he did not know that this was part of the process of rebirth of the lineage of the phoenix.

After much suffering, the pain finally stopped, and slight changes could be seen in Edward's appearance if before he could be considered above average, he was now considered a man of great beauty, but this was not the most shocking change, because Edward looked at his status and could not help being shocked by what he saw.

Name: Edward Rovere

Age: 16 (150)

Race: Human, ???

Profession: None

Title: None

Cultivation: Stage 0

Statistics: Strength: 7, Agility: 7, Endurance: 9, Intelligence: 10

Cultivation Technique: None

Skills: Healing (0/100), ???, Regeneration (0/100), Pyrokinesis (0/100)

Skill Points: 0

Equipment: Standard Shirt, Standard Pants, Standard Shoes

Looking at his statistics, he saw that next to his age was a number that represented his maximum age, he knew that the life span of a human being was probably not very long at around 80 years but now his life expectancy was 150 years, but this was not what shocked Edward the most, but that his race now has question marks, and he knows that this must be because of the power he felt invaded his body.

Edward didn't care much about his race, he had said himself that he would give up everything for power, but he still couldn't help but be shocked by it, he also received new abilities, and there were also questions in the flap of his abilities, he knew that thinking about it wouldn't help much so he decided to throw it behind his head as he went back up the steps.

Edward realized that climbing the steps was now much easier than before, even if the pressure was still there, it seemed to be less, this must have something to do with his new stats, he also received an increase in his stats that contributed to him not feeling that much pressure anymore.

While Edward kept going up the steps, the man who had given the lineage of the phoenix to Edward was extremely happy that the boy had been able to assimilate the lineage since there was one time that he had granted the lineage to a boy who was stuck on the step number two hundred but this boy could not resist the lineage and ended up dying, it was then that this boy realized that unless he reached the threshold of the step number three hundred, he could not grant the lineage of the phoenix.

"It seems the Empire of the Celestial Phoenix will return to existence." The man could not fail to be happier, that after thousands of years the empire that had looked after him so well will have the chance to exist again.

Of course, Edward, who was unaware of this, continued his walk to the top of the steps, he had already reached the five hundredth floor and he could already see the top, but now the pressure was about fifty times stronger than he felt when he tried to climb the three hundredth step, but as he had already reached this point he would not give up.

With this resolution in his head, Edward kept going up, but it wouldn't be that simple, the more he kept going up the more things happened, Edward gritted his teeth and kept going up, walking step by step, illusions began to appear. Some were of beauties who could bring down kingdoms and empires, all doing their best to attract him, followed by countless illusions of power and money.

However, how could Edward let himself be tempted by this? He had suffered a lot in his life and thanks to that his heart was cold to people, he did not care about anyone, the only person who could warm his heart at that moment was his cousin, but she could just warm his heart and nothing else, he knew that if one day she tried to obstruct his path he would not spare her, this may stop cruel but that was the reality, for the first time Edward decided to be selfish and think only of himself, if it would be good for him, good he would discover in the future.

Finally, after much effort, Edward had reached the top. His mind that was once foggy had returned to normal, and now he could not help but give a cold smile, he had made it to the top and would receive the blessing of the legacy of the celestial phoenix empire, this would change his life completely, and his dream of building an empire would be closer.

Edward had seen various scenes and images of the Celestial Phoenix Empire, from its creation to destruction, he had seen before but now he saw it with much more real as if he were in the body of the emperors who reigned at the time.

The name of the founder of the Celestial Phoenix Empire was "Crowler Phoenix," he had received the blessing of the Phoenix itself, and thanks to this he was able to establish his Empire.

In the end, he received a tragic death for his former companions, but this was not Edward's business, he knew that he would not allow himself to be killed by former companions, in the end, the last emperor was called "Long Chen", Edward strange this name since it was a name in Chinese, but after some time thinking this Long Chen was probably someone from another world, just like him.

Suddenly, Edward felt that pain in his whole body once again, but it was only for a few moments before the pain was gone once more.

"You have completed the test of the legacy, and obtained the Legacy of the Celestial Phoenix Empire."

Next to the voice of the system, Edward heard a shrieking Phoenix before he fainted.