Chapter 1252: I Did What The Sun Could Not
In reality, the “Three Tribulations Canon of Reincarnation” came with many limitations and dangers.
First, the martial art could only be practiced by women. Two, the practitioner must begin their practice from a young age as well. Three, they could never marry or have children, so they were destined for a lonely life. Four, they could not practice any other martial art except the “Three Tribulations Canon of Reincarnation” once they started on it. They could only walk this one path until the very end.
Five, practitioners of the “Three Tribulations Canon of Reincarnation” aged far faster than your ordinary person. On average, an ordinary person would enter old age at their fifties or sixties. A warrior would age even slower thanks to their rich vitality. However, a practitioner of the “Three Tribulations Canon of Reincarnation” would enter old age as early as their forties or thirties, meaning that they would need to reincarnate once every thirty to forty years.
Six, the reason the “Three Tribulations Canon of Reincarnation” had the words “Three Tribulations” in them wasn’t just because it enabled the practitioner to create three Tribulation Bodies. It was also because the practitioner would encounter one life-or-death tribulation during their three stages of life. If they managed to overcome the tribulation, then they would grow massively stronger. If not, then they would simply perish.
This was the reason the martial art had the words “Three Tribulations” in it.
Finally, every time the practitioner grew younger, their cultivation level would decline as well. This was why Sunlao Taijun was just a Great Trueman when she was a young girl, but a Half-Sage when she was at her oldest.
In terms of detriment though, the loss in cultivation level could hardly compare to the three tribulations. Not only must the practitioner of the “Three Tribulations Canon of Reincarnation” encounter a life-or-death tribulation during each stage of their life, future tribulations were always more terrible and deadlier than the ones before.
Besides that, there were plenty of minor detriments such as a twisted mind, a deeply rooted heart demon, a fickle temper and so on. However, they were nothing compared to the major detriments that were mentioned above.
In conclusion, the “Three Tribulations Canon of Reincarnation” wasn’t meant to be practiced by an ordinary human. It was a literal miracle—scratch that, an entire string of miracles—that Sunlao Taijun was able to practice it to the adept level and become a Half-Sage.
Before learning the details, Ye Qing was wondering if he could learn Sunlao Taijun’s martial art for himself. After all, it was a potent martial art involving the secrets of time and even capable of manifesting an illusion of the river of time. The techniques—the Lifespan Diminishing Finger, Palm of Aging, Heart Decaying Punch and more—weren’t half bad either. But now? Let’s just say that he wasn’t good enough for this martial art.
“Young master...”