Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel

Childhood, youth, adulthood, prime of life, peak, old age—these six stages correspond to the Zeroth Order during childhood.

Youth corresponds to the First Order to Second Order, generally between the ages of fifteen and fifty.

Adulthood is from the Third Order to the Fourth Order; ordinary Tribe warriors should be around sixty to ninety years old to reach this level.

Most Totem Cultivators remain between youth and adulthood, their power fluctuating between the Third Order and Fourth Order until they die of old age.

This is a threshold; Third-Class Totems can only grow to this extent, and only a few with Second-Class Totems can break through the shackles of the body and step into the prime of life.

The prime of life corresponds to the Fifth Order to the Sixth Order, typically around three hundred to eight hundred years old.

The peak is the Seventh Order to Eighth Order, the apex of the Totem Path, where Supreme Beings are powerful enough to rival a fully-realized True Immortal, but they can only live for a few thousand years.

As for old age, it is a unique period of decline for Totem Cultivators. Once they enter this stage, regardless of previous strength, their Blood Qi will begin to gradually decline, and the power of the totem will also gradually exhaust.

This exhaustion is irreversible and will persist for a long time, with Cultivation likely falling by one or two realms.

About totems, Chu Zheng also received some key information: the totem imprinted at birth can be replaced.

However, there are certain limits; a Beast Spirit totem can only be replaced with another Beast Spirit, not with a Heavenly Pattern.

The operational methods of the two differ. A direct replacement would overload the body, ultimately causing it to explode and resulting in death.

Carving totems requires a great deal of spiritual focus and is generally done by witches.

Especially carving a Second-Class or even a First-Class totem involves a terrifying amount of soul wear on a witch, and it is not an easy task.

"Are you done?"

Unbeknownst to him, the witch had already walked up beside Chu Zheng.

"I'm done, thank you, witch." Chu Zheng stood up, grinning broadly.

"No need to thank me, I should be thanking you," the witch sighed lightly. "I'm sorry, Zheng Chu, I previously felt you carried an ominous aura that might bring disaster to our Tribe, but now I may have been mistaken."

Upon hearing this, Chu Zheng couldn't help but pause for a moment, bearing an ominous aura... Could the witch sense the presence of Tribulation Qi?

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Before he could ponder further, the witch spoke again:

"Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"No, thank you." Chu Zheng shook his head and turned to leave the temple.

Just outside the temple, he saw Ying squatting at one side, sorting through medicinal herbs.

"Zheng Chu!"

Seeing Chu Zheng come out, Ying tilted her head and smiled, picked up a small bundle next to her, hurried over, and stuffed it into Chu Zheng's arms:

"The medicine I prepared; it's good for your body, but don't eat too much, just one pill a day."

Chu Zheng opened the bundle, a flicker of Spiritual Light in his eyes.

[Strengthening Tendon Pill (First Order): Made with a small amount of Spiritual Medicine mixed with Beast Bone powder, it strengthens bones and tendons when consumed.]

"Thank you, Ying."

As he looked at Ying, Chu Zheng's gaze became somewhat complicated, knowing the difficult path she had chosen to become a witch, involving a life of renunciation of love and many sacrifices.

And with her long lifespan, she would inevitably have to bid farewell to her elders and loved ones one by one, ending up in endless bleak solitude, existing only as a guardian deity for the Tribe.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Such a life was indescribable by tragedy; the former Luan had walked this path step by step.

This was not just happening to Ying, but countless Tribes across the Dongyuan Realm were experiencing the same tragic fate.

"No need to thank me, I'm your sister; no matter now or in the future, I will protect you."

Ying waved her hand and returned to her place wobbling, continuing to focus on sorting medicine.

Chu Zheng clenched the bundle in his hands and walked slowly towards home.

If there are no gods in this world, then someone must take their place, and right now, he wanted that position.

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When Chu Zheng returned home, Lie wasn't there; besides Lie, many of the Tribe's able-bodied members were also absent.

Lately, Lie had been going out frequently, eager to stockpile Blood Food.

The environment of the Dongyuan Realm was quite harsh, and though it was warm all year round, every decade or so, a massive cold wave lasting three years would occur.

Calculating the time, that was due to happen in the next two years, necessitating early preparation of flesh and Blood Qi to survive the winter, otherwise many newborns would not make it through this cold wave.

Moreover, before the onset of the cold wave, many powerful Savage Beasts would emerge from their nests to feed, making it the most dangerous time in the Barren Domain.

This meant that the safe hunting times were diminishing, and naturally, Lie's departures from home were becoming more frequent.

In the entire Wangshan Tribe, apart from him, no one else had stepped into the Fifth Order, so the burden he carried was naturally very heavy.

Chu Zheng cleared his mind, rested for a moment, circulated the Grand Circulation, and contemplated his next steps.

Now that he had passed the adult ceremony and could freely enter and leave the Tribe to search for relics, this was the best choice.

If he really stayed within the Tribe for long, he might indeed bring trouble to the Wangshan Tribe as the witch had said.

Now, what lay before Chu Zheng was to decide which step the Wangshan Tribe should take next.

After weighing everything for a long time, Chu Zheng finally set his sights on Weapon Forging.

Weapons were always in short supply in the Tribe; after the Melting Beads drained the flesh and Blood Qi, some Savage Beast bones could no longer be used to make weapons, and raw materials were always tight.

If there could be an abundant supply of bows and arrows for use, then the losses from hunting would again be greatly reduced.