Chapter 437: Chapter 437: Appetizer_1

Translator: 549690339

After an incredibly satisfying ten or so years, finally, this day arrived, Qin Changqing welcomed another substantial reward.

The arrival of this reward successfully elevated Qin Changqing’s strength, reaching Integration Perfection.

“Finally, I’ve achieved perfection.”

After absorbing the cultivation reward, Qin Changqing’s persona seemed to experience a significant transformation.

Existing just there, his presence alone gave one a sense of being at the peak of the world.

If he doesn’t suppress his aura, anyone his height seeing him will undeniably feel a sense of awe.

This time, having reached integration perfection, not all of the cultivation rewards were used up.

Since he had achieved perfection, he could no longer strengthen his cultivation, hence he stored away the remaining.

Having carefully experienced his strength’s transformation, Qin Changqing turned his focus back to the system panel.

At this point, the requirements for rising to the Tribulation Passing Stage on the system panel had appeared.

After achieving integration perfection, Qin Changqing could use Tianxin to stimulate the heaven and earth, then attract the Five Declines of Heaven-Man.

The Five Declines of Heaven-Man, the first decline, is form decline.

The difficulty of this decline is already extremely great.

The stronger, the greater the difficulty.

Just like Master Guiyuan, who boiled the North Sea thousands of years ago, causing countless deaths and injuries to the beings of the North Sea, offending the natural rhythm, would increase the difficulty.

The duration of the first-tier decline it varies from person to person.

The decline kalpa is a constant process, but it comes in waves, each wave stronger than the one before it.

Different people face different wave counts.

The specific wave count will not be known until the Five Declines of Heaven-Man is invoked.

“Potential energy for overcoming the tribulations.”

Qin Changqing murmured.

He knew how to get through the Five Declines of Heaven-Man.

That would be through potential energy for overcoming the tribulations.

All cultivation can be accumulated into potential energy for overcoming the tribulations, then Qin Changqing can use this energy to overcome each wave of decline kalpa.

Each of the Five Declines of Heaven-Man has a duration.

From what Qin Changqing learned from Master Guiyuan, the maximum duration of the first-tier decline is ten thousand years.

If one can’t pass it in ten thousand years, then one will never be able to pass it.

Master Guiyuan managed to pass it in just over five thousand years.

Her time was the normal duration.

The longer the time, the better she could handle it.

If anyone can’t wait that long, they can completely drive Tianxin, making the decline kalpa come more fiercely.

But few people do this, unless it’s experienced immortals who’ve been reincarnated.

Or some exceptional geniuses.

Like the immortal spirit root saint from the Great Void Holy Land, who only took less than a thousand years to pass the first struggle.

As for Qin Changqing, the situation changed.

If he wanted to pass the decline kalpa faster and shorten the time, he would need more potential energy for overcoming the tribulations.

If it is done in the normal timeframe, the required potential energy for overcoming the tribulations would continue to decrease.

The more time reduced, the greater the potential energy required for overcoming the tribulations, in an exponential manner.

Exactly how much time it takes to overcome the tribulations, and how much potential energy is needed, would be specified in the system once Qin Changqing invoked the Five Declines of Heaven-Man.

It depends on how Qin Changqing regulates it.

“Quite simple.”

Thought Qin Changqing.

This way of overcoming the tribulations is simple indeed.

Compared to others, it’s much simpler, there’s hardly any danger, and all that is needed is to accumulate potential energy for overcoming the tribulations.

Of course, there is still danger, because for the final Heavenly Tribulation, Qin Changqing will have to bear it himself.

The more he shortens the duration of the first-tier decline, the more terrifying the Heavenly Tribulation will be.

However, for Qin Changqing, this way of overcoming the tribulations was stress-free and delightful.

“Let’s start by invoking the first-tier decline.”

After understanding the way he would face the tribulations, Qin Changqing made a decision.

That is, to start by invoking the first-tier decline.

Only after invoking it, would he know the specifics, like how long his first-tier decline would last, how many waves it has, how powerful it is.

How much potential energy he needs to accumulate to pass it in the shortest time possible.

No , there’s no shortest time.

As long as Qin Changqing can endure it, he can completely finish the decline kalpa in just a few months.

But then the decline kalpa would be terrifying.

Originally, in a normal timeframe, one could continuously cultivate to replenish one’s True Origin, it could be managed.

If the completion is truly shortened to a few months, then the decline kalpa would be too fierce, the consumption of True Origin would be like a raging river. It’s possible that in just a few days, all of your True Origin would be drained.

And then it’s game over.

Throughout history, no one has chosen to do this.

Of course, if Qin Changqing has enough potential energy to overcome the tribulations, he should be able to do it, but if the time is shortened to a few months, the amount of potential energy needed could be quite frightening.

Therefore, Qin Changqing needed to invoke the Five Declines of Heaven-Man first in order to make a detailed plan for overcoming the tribulations.

With this in mind, Qin Changqing placed his mind on Tianxin.

After reaching Integration Perfection, he could perceive the changes in Tianxin.

With just a slight drive of Tianxin, he could invoke the Five Declines of Heaven-Man.

Once invoked, it becomes irreversible.

Even the current major holy lands can’t pause during the Five Declines of Heaven-Man.

Without hesitation, Qin Changqing directly invoked it.

Whether he does it early or late, he still has to do it.

Doing it early might elongate the time.

Invoking the Five Declines of Heaven-Man did not create a big fuss, in fact, others might not even notice.

This is a calamity targeting the cultivator himself, how much commotion could it cause.

Just when each decline kalpa is passed and the Heavenly Tribulation descends, there is a little more fuss.

Qin Changqing soon noticed the difference.

After invoking the Five Declines of Heaven-Man, the surrounding heaven and earth seemed to be pressing against him.

After a few days, the changes became more evident.

The intangible decline kalpa had indeed come.

This decline kalpa indeed can’t be seen or touched, but it is real.

Qin Changqing must at all times run his True Origin to resist it..

Any slack, this decline kalpa only needs to get in a fraction and your pressure will increase tenfold.

“Good grief.”

Just as it began, Qin Changqing felt that his decline kalpa was quite intense.

Of course, after he ran his True Origin, he could easily fend it off.

The consumption of True Origin is not minor.

If he were still a mixed spirit root not yet entered a tier, he would run out just at the beginning.

The first decline mainly refers to form decline, that is to say, if you can’t resist it, you will break form.

If you still can’t resist it, the consequences will become more and more serious.

Even if the Heavenly Tribulation hasn’t arrived yet, you could already be dead from broken form.

This decline is the easiest in the Five Declines of Heaven-Man.

The first decline, it’s the appetizer.

But even this appetizer has blocked many paths of Cultivators to achieve integration.

Spirit roots play a role when facing tribulations, and it is not a small one.

The most basic thing is that you need to constantly replenish True Origin. The stronger the spirit root, the faster the speed of replenishing True Origin, which is more conducive to resisting decline kalpa.

But there is one point is that those with stronger spirit roots are often stronger at the same level, so their Kalpa is also more fierce.

For those with less potent spirit roots, for instance, those with third grade spirit roots, who exhausted all their strength to reach Integration Perfection and invoked decline kalpa, their Kalpa would not be as fierce as those genius with second or first grade spirit root.

Spirit root is not the sole deciding factor.

Whether one can successfully pass the tribulations depends on various additional factors.

Luck is also very important.

With all other external conditions remaining fixed, this intangible element of luck sometimes becomes the most important factor.