Chapter 383
After understanding the method of undergoing the tribulation, Li Su made a decision. That was, to first attract the First Calamity of the Heavenly Beings before proceeding.
After attracting it, he would only know more specific details, such as how long his first heavenly calamity would last, how many waves there would be, and what its power was like. He needed to accumulate enough tribulation energy to overcome it in the shortest possible time. No, there was no shortest time.
As long as Li Su could endure it, he could shorten the calamity to completion within a few months. However, that calamity was terrifying. Initially, in normal circumstances, one could continuously cultivate and replenish true essence to cope and even withstand it.
Certainly, suppose Li Su had a sufficient amount of tribulation energy. In that case, shortening it to a few months would likely require an extremely formidable amount of tribulation energy. Therefore, Li Su needed first to attract the Five Calamities of the Heavenly Beings to determine the specific plan for his tribulation. Thinking about this, Li Su’s focus shifted to the sky above.
Upon reaching the perfect fusion, he could already perceive the changes in the heavenly heart. As long as he gently activated the heavenly heart, he could attract the Five Calamities of the Heavenly Beings. Once attracted, it would be irreversible. Even the major sacred places couldn’t press the pause button during the Five Calamities of the Heavenly Beings. Without hesitation, Li Su directly activated it.
Indeed, even before the heavenly tribulation arrived, he could perish from the form of decay. This first calamity was the easiest among the Five Calamities of the Heavenly Beings. It was like an appetizer, but this appetizer had closed off many paths to fusion. The spiritual root still had a role during the tribulation, and its importance was not insignificant.
Certainly, he could easily block it by using true essence. However, the consumption of true essence was not insignificant. He would struggle to keep up with the expenditure from the start if he were still an unrefined miscellaneous spiritual root.
Each wave of calamity passed made the disturbance more pronounced when the heavenly tribulation arrived. Li Su quickly noticed the difference. After activating the Five Calamities of the Heavenly Beings, the surrounding heavens and earth seemed to press down on him. A few days later, the changes became even more apparent. The intangible calamity was already approaching.
This calamity was indeed intangible, but it was a tangible presence. Li Su must constantly use his true essence to resist it. Any slackening and the calamity advances, increasing the pressure tenfold. “Well, well.” Only at the beginning Li Su felt that his calamity had quite a fierce power.
For those with slightly lower spiritual roots, such as those with third-grade spiritual roots, even if they exhausted all their strength to reach perfect fusion and attract calamities, their calamities might not be as formidable as those of geniuses with second-grade or first-grade spiritual roots. The spiritual root did not play a decisive role. Many factors determine whether one can successfully undergo the tribulation.
Luck was equally important. When all external conditions had been determined, this elusive luck sometimes became the most crucial factor. Li Su silently connected with his heavenly heart. He could determine some specific information about the Five Calamities of the Heavenly Beings through the heavenly heart. Soon, he found out.
His first calamity was divided into a total of 100 small waves, with the power of each small wave increasing based on the previous one. 100 small waves represented the calamity at its maximum power. This was quite normal, precisely demonstrating Li Su’s monstrous talent.
Opening it to the maximum not only resulted in greater rewards for Li Su after successfully passing through but overcoming the initial calamity wasn’t challenging for him. The only issue was his desire to expedite the process. Li Su glanced at the system panel, which indicated an accumulation of over a thousand points of tribulation energy. It took 10 years of cultivation to exchange for 1 point of tribulation energy.
The system panel also displayed the tribulation energy required for Li Su to pass through the first calamity. Under normal circumstances, if Li Su didn’t cultivate independently, he only needed 1,300 points of tribulation energy, translating to exactly 10,000 years. However, Li Su found this duration too lengthy. If he were to cultivate on his own and accumulate true essence to resist the calamity, he wouldn’t need 1,300 points of tribulation energy within that ten thousand years.
“Ten thousand years, it’s too long,” Li Su murmured. The more waves there were in the first calamity, the longer the time needed. If Li Su were to cultivate on his own to accumulate true essence to resist the calamity, he wouldn’t need 1,300 points of tribulation energy within that ten thousand years.
He wouldn’t even need tribulation energy. He could directly undergo the tribulation himself without using any tribulation energy. However, going through the tribulation for ten thousand years in reality? Li Su would have to be insane to do that. He could shorten the entire process if he activated the heavenly heart and let the calamity come more fiercely.
Shortening it by half, even without Li Su cultivating alone, required more than double the tribulation energy. If he shortened it further, the increase in required tribulation energy would be even more significant. If he continued to shorten it, the required tribulation energy would become more substantial. Shortening it to a thousand years was still manageable.
If it was only shortened to a thousand years, Li Su could bear it on his own without needing tribulation energy. However, a thousand years was still too long in Li Su’s eyes. He hadn’t even lived for a thousand years yet, and he could not afford to wait that long. Given Li Su’s strength, he should be able to endure it on his own if it was shortened to five hundred years.
However, it would be risky. The calamity was too intense, wave after wave. Li Su wanted to shorten it to… within a hundred years, or even a shorter time frame. In such a short period, Li Su could not bear it on his own. He could only rely on tribulation energy. He started operating in the system. Soon, Li Su had the data.
If he shortened it to a hundred years, from the time he chose to shorten it, he needed tens of thousands of points of tribulation energy to pass through. It required considerable cultivation, but it was essentially trading cultivation for time.
During the tribulation period, the main focus was on undergoing the tribulation. After passing through one tribulation, strength increased significantly. Being able to exchange tribulation energy for time was acceptable for Li Su. If he continued to shorten it further, the required tribulation energy would continue to increase.
The tribulation energy wasn’t consumed all at once. When Li Su triggered the Heavenly Heart and chose to shorten the time, it continuously drained his tribulation energy instead of him enduring the tribulation’s force. During this process, there must be sufficient tribulation energy available. If the energy were depleted, the tribulation’s force would transfer back to Li Su himself.
In other words, if Li Su wanted to shorten the time, he must accumulate a certain amount of tribulation energy to consume. Wait until the number of descendants reaches tens of millions, Li Su thought. Once the number of descendants reached tens of millions, the substantial cultivation rewards could be exchanged for a large amount of tribulation energy. He could use the heavenly heart to shorten the tribulation time at that time.