Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Time Value |
| Alias(es) | Time Points; 时间值 |
| Species/Race | System resource |
| Affiliation | Time Manipulation System |
| Occupation/Role | Currency used to accelerate cultivation, modify techniques, repair objects, and restore Shen Che |
| Status | Active |
| First Appearance | 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Initial acquisition: 10 | 1 | Shen Che gains 10 Time Value upon killing the Azure Scaled Demonic Beast, activating the Time Manipulation System. |
| First-floor prison balance: 400 | 2 | Shen Che absorbs time energy from slain Demonic Beast corpses across the first floor of the Demon Suppressing Prison. |
| Second-floor stated balance: 610 | 3 | General-level Demonic Beast corpses yield substantially greater amounts, including 80 and 100 Time Value from individual corpses. |
| Post-promotion-mission balance: 580 | 8 | Shen Che's panel records 580 Time Value after completing his promotion mission. |
| Third-floor stated balance: 2,500 | 10 | Commander-level corpses on the third prison floor yield 400, 220, and 230 Time Value. |
| First True Meridian: 0 remaining | 11 | Shen Che exhausts his remaining 500 Time Value while accelerating the opening of his first True Meridian. |
| Feng Changkong kill: 1,500 | 29 | Killing the Primordial Qi Realm martial artist Feng Changkong grants 1,500 Time Value. |
| True Meridian perfection: 100 remaining | 34 | Shen Che spends 200, 400, and 800 Time Value to force open his tenth, eleventh, and twelfth True Meridians. |
| Accumulated reserve: 7,000 | 46 | Shen Che reports collecting 7,000 Time Value from killing bandits and Lei Lie. |
| Kui Lin kill: +10,000 | 51 | The Innate Great Demonic Beast Kui Lin grants 10,000 Time Value. |
| Blood River Demon Venerable puppet: +50,000 | 67 | Destroying the Blood Robe Ancestor puppet earns 50,000 Time Value. |
| Ice Fire Lotus battle: +215,000 | 87 | Shen Che's area-clearing strike annihilates his pursuers and produces 215,000 Time Value; he immediately spends 100,000 on deep bodily repair. |
| Black Wind Plains mission: +1,057,200 | 113 | Mission settlement includes 372 puppet Demonic Beasts, eight Innate Demon Generals, the Black Wind Wolf King, the Blood River Demon Venerable's clone, and a 200,000-point mission bonus. His remaining balance reaches 1,277,200. |
| Defensive-technique upgrade: −200,000 | 117 | Shen Che spends 100,000 Time Value each to advance Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt to their sixth layers. |
History
Time Value becomes available only after the Time Manipulation System's activation condition is met: Shen Che must kill a Demonic Beast. His decapitation of the Azure Scaled Demonic Beast fulfills that condition and produces the first 10 points. 1
Shen Che later discovers that personal kills are not required for every gain. The System can detect and absorb residual time energy from nearby Demonic Beast corpses, allowing him to collect Time Value from creatures killed by others. This discovery turns the Demon Suppressing Prison into his first major source of the resource. 2 3
As Shen Che encounters stronger enemies, the value of individual rewards rises sharply: a Primordial Qi Realm martial artist yields 1,500 points, Kui Lin yields 10,000, and a Blood River Demon Venerable clone is worth 500,000 during mission settlement. 29 51 113
Functionality
Acquisition
Time Value is obtained through the System's detection or settlement of defeated targets.
- Personal Demonic Beast kills can directly award Time Value, beginning with the Azure Scaled Demonic Beast's 10-point reward. 1
- Nearby Demonic Beast corpses may retain absorbable time energy even when Shen Che did not kill them himself. 2
- Reward size scales with target strength. First-floor corpses provide roughly 5–20 points, while General-level corpses on the second floor provide amounts such as 65, 80, 100, and 120. 2 3
- Human martial artists and bandits can also yield Time Value when killed, including 120 and 110 from two True Meridian Realm bandits and 1,500 from Feng Changkong. 15 29
- Corpse puppets yield less than living Demonic Beasts despite still providing rewards. 48
- Mission settlement can award Time Value in bulk based on the enemies defeated and mission evaluation. 113
Cultivation Acceleration
Time Value can compress years or months of cultivation into an immediate result.
- Raising Golden Bell Shield from Level 4 to Level 5 costs 10 Time Value; Shen Che estimates the same improvement would otherwise take one to two years of training. 2
- It can raise martial arts directly, including Black Tiger Saber Technique, Vajra Zen Fist, Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, Golden Bell Shield, Iron Shirt, and Seven Limits of Heaven Devouring and Earth Destroying. 23 46 52 117
- It can accelerate the nourishment and opening of True Meridians, including Shen Che's first meridian and the tenth through twelfth meridians. 11 34
- Costs rise with difficulty: the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth True Meridians require 200, 400, and 800 Time Value respectively. 34
- Shen Che's improved aptitude after taking the Marrow Cleansing Pill reduces the Time Value needed to improve martial arts. 46
Repair and Processing
Time Value has applications beyond martial cultivation.
- Artifact repair — Shen Che spends 5,000 Time Value to repair the Black Iron Heavenly Book, revealing the incomplete Seven Limits of Heaven Devouring and Earth Destroying saber technique. 52
- Bodily restoration — After his Ice Fire Lotus attack fractures his meridians, damages his organs, and harms his soul, Shen Che spends 100,000 Time Value on deep repair and recovers rapidly. 87
- Pill refinement and cultivation support — Shen Che uses Time Value while refining Qi Refining Pills to reach the Primordial Qi Realm Third Layer. 52
Constraints
- Time Value must be available before a System modification can proceed; insufficient reserves prevent upgrades. 5
- Some techniques cannot be upgraded until Shen Che's cultivation foundation meets the required conditions. 3 24
- Major upgrades and repairs demand rapidly escalating costs, making high-value targets and mission rewards increasingly important to Shen Che's growth. 34 59 87 113
- Time Value is consumed upon use and cannot be recovered except through further absorption, kills, or mission rewards. 11 87 113
Relationships
- Shen Che — Primary and sole documented user. He monitors the balance through the System panel, acquires Time Value from defeated targets, and chooses how it is spent. 1 2
- Time Manipulation System — The System stores, detects, absorbs, consumes, and settles Time Value rewards. 1 2 113
- Demonic Beasts — Shen Che's principal source of Time Value, whether through direct kills, corpse absorption, or mission settlement. 1 2 3 113