The Second Chance Granted by the Ten-Colored Spirit Stone!
As we all know, failing to achieve a breakthrough is a terrible thing.
Why does the Grand Elder get angry every time Chu Xinghe breaks through a barrier because Chu Xinghe didn't arrange for the other elders to protect him beforehand?
Because whether you are a prodigy or an ordinary cultivator, every breakthrough is a life-or-death test.
To many, breaking through a cultivation level is as easy as drinking water for these prodigies, isn't it?
Actually, that's not the case... Because of their superior talent, geniuses can lay a more solid foundation during their cultivation. In addition, with the protection and support of their sects, their breakthroughs are naturally much easier and their success rate is much higher than that of ordinary cultivators.
However, don't assume that under such circumstances, geniuses will necessarily break through in a frenzy. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Every year, so many peerless geniuses emerge across the Four Continents, some even claiming to have talent surpassing Zheng Yu, others claiming to be comparable to Tantai Jing. But why do they all eventually disappear without a trace?
Because these prodigies might be ruined when they break through from the First Rank to the Second Rank!
Surely no one really believes that every prodigy can definitively advance from Subordinate First Rank to Second Rank?
That's not actually the case. No matter how outstanding you are, you can't guarantee that you won't fail when you break through from the Subordinate First Rank to the Second Rank.
For example, the success rate for a normal cultivator breaking through from Subordinate First Rank to Second Rank is around 70-80%...
So the success rate of these prodigies breaking through is likely 9.99%, but no matter how high that 90% actually is, there will always be a probability of failure...
Furthermore, as the grade increases, the probability of failure also increases.
Some have calculated that nearly 20% to 30% of the peerless geniuses on the Three Continents perished during their breakthrough process.
Because once you fail to break through, even if you are a genius and have a solid foundation, you will inevitably suffer various losses and it will be difficult to fully recover to your peak.
Otherwise, why would there be restrictions on cultivation level?
The so-called cultivation barriers should actually be divided into two types: one is the cultivation barriers before becoming Martial God, and the other is the cultivation barriers after becoming Martial God.
For example, even supreme experts like Elder He and the First Elder have encountered cultivation bottlenecks. Their bottleneck is that they don't know how to continue breaking through to higher levels, or rather, their desire to continue improving is no longer as simple as cultivation, but requires various opportunities to achieve greater success.
However, before reaching the level of the Grand Elder and Elder He, in Elder He's words, cultivation is not much different from a bricklayer building a house.
When craftsmen build houses, they don't just pick any piece of land and start building.
First, you need to examine the soil quality, the terrain, and the surrounding environment of the land.
This is similar to a cultivator checking their talent. In essence, it's the same principle: just as the land on which a house is built is different, so too is the talent of a cultivator!
Even if you pass the land-related talent test, it doesn't mean you can rise to the top. That's why the disciples of Vast Heaven Holy Land are personally taught by the elders when they first enter the sect, and only after a certain period of time are they handed over to the senior brothers and sisters of each palace to teach them.
It's the same principle as building a house. The foundation is very important for a house to be good or bad. If the foundation is unstable, the house may collapse in a heavy rain.
The same applies to cultivation. The first step, laying a solid foundation, is extremely important. Once the foundation is firmly established, subsequent cultivation will be smoother and more reliable, and it will be easier to break through obstacles!
Now that the Four Continents have merged and their Four Continents Barriers have been perfected, before you reach the Martial God, you won't encounter the same kind of shackles that even the most powerful figures like the Grand Elder and Elder He face, who don't know how to improve.
So, before reaching the Martial God, the obstacles you encounter can't really be considered true obstacles. As long as you cultivate diligently enough and prepare everything in advance, theoretically speaking, even if your talent is at its lowest, you still have a chance to reach the Martial God realm.
Some might say, "Isn't this nonsense? If everyone could reach the Martial God realm, why would anyone recruit exceptionally talented disciples? Why not just train ordinary people?"
It's still because of the constraints!
Before your cultivation reaches the Martial God, the so-called shackles you face only actually appear during the breakthrough process.
In the past, when the Four Continents were not merged and there was only the Blazing Sun Continent, people might have been limited by the rules of the Four Continents Barrier from the seventh or eighth rank onwards, making it difficult to continue breaking through. However, now that the Four Continents have merged, the rules of the Four Continents Barrier have become more complete, and the heights that can be reached are much higher.
In the past, the Ninth Rank was already the pinnacle on the Blazing Sun Continent, but now even ordinary people have a chance to reach the Ninth Rank.
Theoretically, it is possible to create a Martial God level in a short period of time using elixirs, even if one's Martial God level has not yet reached that of a Martial God.
But this is only theoretical, because the logic is very simple: a genius can have a success rate of almost 100% when he Subordinate First Rank to the Second Rank.
There is at least a 99% chance of breaking through from the Subordinate Second Rank to the Third Rank. From the Subordinate Third Rank to the Fourth Rank to the Fifth Rank, the probability of breaking through decreases as the rank increases. The higher one's talent, the stronger one's cultivation foundation, and the more thorough one's preparation, the higher the success rate will naturally be.
Therefore, for lower-level cultivators, this so-called constraint is actually that they lack sufficient confidence when breaking through from one level to the next.
It's not that it's impossible to break through, but the success rate is insufficient, which becomes a hindrance for low-level cultivators to break through.
For example, if a Rogue Cultivator breaks through to the Fourth Rank and wants to advance to the Fifth Rank, due to various reasons such as insufficient talent, an unsolidified foundation, or a chaotic cultivation method, the probability of him breaking through from the Subordinate Fourth Rank to the Fifth Rank is probably less than 50%.
In this situation, as many people say, many people may never reach the Fifth Rank in their entire lives... because the probability is so high that not everyone has the courage to even try.
With a success rate of less than 50%, if you don't break through, you can still be a peak Fourth Rank player, but if you fail to break through, you have a high probability of becoming a cripple.
Unless faced with dire circumstances, few people would attempt to break free from this constraint.
Some might say, "My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens; I want to reach even greater heights!"
To put it another way, imagine you're a county magistrate, living a life of plenty, with no worries about food or drink, plenty of gold and silver, and beautiful women all around you. In this situation, if you were to raise a banner in rebellion, you'd have a chance of becoming emperor. So why wouldn't you raise the banner in rebellion?
So, the constraint faced by low-level cultivators is simply that the probability of breaking through is so low that it is unacceptable to them. They wouldn't dare to gamble unless they were forced into a corner.
Of course, there will never be a shortage of lucky people in this world. Every year you will hear about someone who broke through their limits in a desperate situation and reached a new height, and all sorts of inspirational stories.
But if you believe these inspirational stories, you're definitely doomed...
Because probability never fools people; successful people are always a minority. It's just that only the stories of successful people are passed down because they are inspiring.
Therefore, it is precisely because of the shackles that break through cultivation barriers that many people are stuck at one realm their entire lives, afraid to take a step Xiangqian.
But now, the Ten-Colored Spirit Stone has developed an ability that is unbelievable to the whole world!
Initially, everyone thought that using the Ten-Colored Spirit Stones to break through could provide at least a 10% success rate.
But as more and more people used it, they discovered that it wasn't like that at all.
For example, if you use the Ten-Colored Spirit Stone to break through, once the breakthrough is complete, the Ten-Colored Spirit Stone will naturally be consumed due to the exhaustion of Spirit Power.
However, just as everyone was using the Ten-Colored Spirit Stones to break through, someone finally encountered a failure... But just as this prodigy was filled with despair because of his failure, something he never dreamed of happened!
The moment he failed to break through, the power of the Ten-Colored Spirit Stone transformed into a mysterious source stream that protected all the meridians in his body. The meridians that should have been damaged due to the failure of the breakthrough were completely unharmed under the protection of the Ten-Colored Spirit Stone!
This prodigy was also an impatient person. Even with his meridians protected, he immediately attempted a second breakthrough... and this time... he succeeded!
Successfully reached a brand new tier!
Only then did this prodigy realize that the Ten-Colored Spirit Stones were not simply a way to directly boost your breakthrough opportunity... When you use the Ten-Colored Spirit Stones to break through, they will transform into a source stream that merges into your body. If you successfully break through, then this source stream will be absorbed by your own body.
However, if you fail to break through, these source streams can help protect your meridians and give you a second chance to break through!
When this news was announced, the entire Four Continents were in an uproar!
Tantai Jing immediately stopped all sales of Ten-Colored Spirit Stones!
Previously, everyone thought that the Ten-Colored Spirit Stones increased the probability of breakthroughs, but now it's been discovered that they can also increase the chance of a second breakthrough?
A person is in the most dangerous situation after failing to break through, but now you can use the Ten-Colored Spirit Stones to turn one chance into two chances. That's really too terrifying!
Upon learning of this discovery, Zheng Yu from Martial Emperor City immediately had the Martial Emperor City disciples who were preparing for a breakthrough test it.
During the continuous testing process, the disciples of Martial Emperor City also encountered situations where they failed to break through. And indeed, just as the prodigy who obtained the Ten-Colored Spirit Stone said, after your first failure, you really have a second chance to break through with the help of the Ten-Colored Spirit Stone!
This second chance to break through is practically like having a second life for a cultivator!
Just when everyone was marveling at the terrifying power of the Ten-Colored Spirit Stones, Zheng Yu dropped another bombshell that sent the entire Four Continents into a frenzy!
Among the disciples who broke through in Martial Emperor City, those who used Ten-Colored Spirit Stones not only had a second chance to break through, but Zheng Yu also discovered after testing that the success rate of the disciples seemed to be higher on their second breakthrough than on their first!
This means that after the Ten-Colored Spirit Stone transforms into a source stream and enters a person's body, it will temporarily enhance that person's physique for a certain period of time, which is why the probability of a second breakthrough is higher than the first!
The news caused an uproar throughout the entire Four Continents!