"Pah! Pah! Pah! Nonsense," Master Xueyin snapped, flustered and angered, yet she still explained, "The reason one must reach the Integration Realm before the age of four hundred is that the older a person gets, the lower the chance of a breakthrough. To date, no cultivator over the age of four hundred has ever survived the Combined Body Tribulation; they all perish under the Heavenly Tribulation."
"Is that really true?" Zhang Bin was astonished, his face a mask of disbelief.
"Absolutely," Master Xueyin said gravely. "Cultivation is an act of defying the heavens. It's like a million soldiers trying to cross a single-log bridge. It requires not only unwavering perseverance but also exceptional talent and numerous fortuitous encounters. If you grow too old, your body's functions decline, and your potential vanishes. Surviving the terrifying Combined Body Tribulation becomes nearly impossible. Countless cultivators have died under it, reduced to ash."
