The stronger one's realm, the less willing one became to die.
Not to mention anything else—after reaching the Void Returning Realm, a cultivator could live for one or two thousand years.
Upon entering the Tribulation Crossing Stage, one could nearly live for three thousand years. With certain methods, living for a thousand years was nothing strange.
And once one passed the heavenly tribulation and advanced to the Dao Integration Stage, a cultivator's lifespan would increase by a great deal.
Even cultivators of the Lesser Celestial Realm, once they passed the heavenly tribulation and advanced into the Lesser Celestial Realm, could gain at least three thousand years of life!
For the nine levels of the Dao Integration Stage, each advancement to a higher level brought increasingly greater gains in lifespan.
If cultivators of the Lesser Celestial Realm died naturally, they might well live for over ten thousand years.
Cultivators of the Greater Heavenly Position could live for more than thirty thousand years.
Some cultivators of the Supreme Heavenly Position could live for over a hundred thousand years.
Some Dao Lords even measured a single period of secluded cultivation in millennia. It was said that certain Dao Kings, in their quest to break through and attain the position of Emperor Sovereign, had entered death-seclusion for over a hundred thousand years.
Therefore, from a certain perspective, although surviving heavenly tribulations was dangerous, success allowed cultivators to live even longer.
It carried something of the meaning of fighting against Heaven to seize one's lifespan.
But still, generally speaking, few cultivators would voluntarily undergo a heavenly tribulation. Even if they had made every conceivable preparation, they would seek out a suitable moment before attempting it.
Of course, cultivators who yearned for power would not be so cautious.
Yet many cultivators still feared heavenly tribulations. Unless