Chapter 199: Life 70, Age 35, Martial Emperor 1
Upon visiting Heaven City’s temple and learning the price of karmic energy, I felt like I was in a bit of a bind. I was only giving myself four years to cultivate before heading to the Summit, but just like in my last life, karmic energy was going to be a major problem.
I hadn’t spent enough time on Rank 6 formation and alchemy skills. I could make some money from selling what few of them I could make, but Emperor-level karmic energy was a precious commodity. After some quick math, I found that if I wanted to use karmic energy during every breakthrough, the highest I would be able to reach before Emperor Li’s death was Martial Emperor 3. If I pushed myself, I might be able to get enough for Emperor 4, but that was my absolute limit.
According to Jin, that would be fine. I could ascend to the Summit at any time. There was no need to reach any specific advancement threshold. However, while Emperor 4 might be good enough for the sect and the clans, it wasn’t good enough for me. If at all possible, I wanted to reach Peak Emperor.
If I reached the Summit as a Peak Emperor, it was likely that additional opportunities would be available to me, and even if not, advancing to Peak Emperor as soon as possible also meant reaching Martial Sovereign as soon as possible. Additionally, something unexpected might happen at the Summit. Reaching Peak Emperor before leaving Heaven City would ensure that I received as many credits as possible no matter what.
However, while reaching Peak Emperor within the next few years would be ideal, I needed far more contribution points than I could possibly accumulate in that time.
If I wanted any hope of advancing to such a level, I needed help. My friends might be able to spare a few points, but they weren’t much better off than I was. None of them had high-level Rank 6 skills. I could ask Jin for help, but I had already relied on her too much.
As I saw it, I only had one option. My putative ‘master.’ Formation Emperor Shen.
I used a token Shen had given me to travel to the Earth Peak and directly enter his cave at the peak of the mountain. Not long after I arrived, he showed up to greet me.
“Here to use my cultivation cave already?”