After Floor 94, Qin Yuheng felt the Tower’s rhythm shift again.

Floors 95 to 99 would likely prepare him for the Tenth Gate.

Yu Qingmei said, "Every tenth gate has weight, but Floor 100 is a symbolic threshold. Many climbers experience a major path consolidation there."

Qin Mo groaned.

"Major path consolidation sounds like major suffering."

Han Shuren replied, "Often accurate."

Floor 95: Black Grain War Camp.

A military supply floor combining hunger, discipline, and betrayal. Qin Yuheng used logistics tools, fair distribution, and command authority to prevent mutiny. SSS reward: War Camp Integrity Core.

Floor 96: Moonlit False Healing Lake.

A lake that offered healing by replacing pain with obedience. Mu Qinglan’s moon mark helped Qin Yuheng distinguish true soothing from false control. Reward: True Healing Consent Crystal.

This greatly helped Qin Zhengyuan’s treatment philosophy.

No healing without preserving self.

Floor 97: Iron Student Revolt Academy.

Students rebelled against corrupted instructors, but some rebels became cruel themselves. Qin Yuheng restored balance: remove corrupt teachers, prevent revenge slaughter, rebuild teaching law. Reward: Reform Without Collapse Seal.

Floor 98: Shadow Road Memorial Gate.

This floor directly involved shadow-road guardians again. Not the First Shadow, but lesser guardians trapped in memorial loops. Qin Yuheng released several without accepting road command.

Reward:

[SSS Grade Shadow Guardian Memorial Key]

Not a key to open the sleeping seal.

A key to remember guardians safely.

Qin Wanshan nearly wept when he saw it.

Floor 99: False Dawn Siege Line.

A battlefield where a false dawn promised victory if defenders opened gates early. Qin Yuheng held until the true dawn, resisting pressure from wounded, officers, and false messengers.

Reward:

[SSS Grade True Dawn Waiting Crystal]

The name alone made Qin Mo laugh and cry at the same time.

"It is another patience crystal."

Qin Yuheng smiled faintly.

"We need many."

The Tenth Gate file arrived after Floor 99 settlement.

[Floor 100: Tenth Gate — The Dawn That Must Not Be Forced]

Type:

Major gate threshold / patience culmination / false dawn / family-road-inheritance pressure.

Warning:

Some gates open at dawn.

Some enemies bring torches and call them sunrise.]

No one spoke for a long time.

This gate was directly connected to everything.

False dawn.

False sun.

Sleeping seal.

Rightful time.

Qin inheritance.

Family pressure.

Road patience.

Qin Wanshan called a full core meeting.

"This gate may show the external center more clearly."

Qin Zhengyuan said, "It may offer healing again."

Mu Qinglan said, "It may imitate true moon support."

Qin Mo said, "It may package every bad idea as sunrise."

Qin Yuheng nodded.

They prepared all major tools.

The Silent Heaven Army increased readiness, because Mo Cangyan might time an external move during Floor 100 entry.

Yu Qingmei increased academy monitoring.

Lin Xian’er watched markets.

Zhao Tianyu volunteered for academy security.

This time, Yu Qingmei accepted.

He had stabilized enough.

Before Qin Yuheng entered Floor 100, Qin Yuze came to him.

"Brother."

"Yes?"

"If something happens outside while you are in the Tower, we will hold."

Qin Yuheng looked at him.

Qin Yuze stood straight, S-grade talent quietly restrained.

"I am not a child."

"Not entirely," Qin Yuheng said.

Qin Yuze frowned.

"That was not the answer I wanted."

Qin Yuheng smiled.

"But it is true."

Qin Xue’er ran up and handed Qin Yuheng a small paper charm she had drawn.

It showed a sun with a cross over it and a moon smiling beside it.

"Anti-bad-sun charm," she declared.

Qin Yuheng accepted it solemnly.

"I will carry it."

Mu Qinglan laughed softly.

Qin Wanshan placed one hand on Qin Yuheng’s shoulder.

"Remember. Dawn comes. It is not dragged."

Qin Yuheng entered Floor 100.

The gate light was neither gold nor red.

It was dark before sunrise.