Mortal trial: The Rising Dead
Survive death: put down fifteen of the dead to leave the mortal realm.
Being ready
You can begin the trial when you are a Mortal at Body Tempering stage 9 with a full gauge, have your first 4 meridians open, and are meditating. Then open the System (K) > Cultivation and press BEGIN TRIAL.
- Body Tempering stage 9, full gauge.
- 4 meridians open.
- Meditating.
Entering
For 3 seconds Qi is drawn into your dantian and the screen darkens to a slowing heartbeat. Standing up or being struck cancels it, at no cost. Your body stays seated where you were.
Your spirit arrives in a graveyard island at night, lying face down. You push up, get to your feet and look around, then the title SURVIVE DEATH appears. You arrive with full health and food.
The fifteen dead
Seven seconds after you arrive, two of the dead climb out of their graves. Then one more rises every 3 seconds while fewer than 4 stand, always from graves away from you. A strip at the top of the screen counts how many are left.
The dead are Restless Dead: Disciples déchus that fight as they do, but softer (10 health, 2 damage, a little slower). They drop nothing and give no experience.
Once the 14 others are down, the Grave Warden leaves the mausoleum: 60 health, 8 damage, 1.6 times their size.
The island
A graveyard at midnight under the stars: a black stone arena with a bone taiji and cracks of crying obsidian, about 45 graves with candles, dead trees, a broken iron fence, a dark gate, a black pool and the stone mausoleum to the north, in blue-grey fog and falling ash. Nothing can be broken or placed.
Winning
When the 15th falls you return to your body and break through: Third-Rate Warrior, Qi Condensation stage 1, with an empty gauge and the stage Max Qi bonus. The breakthrough plays, and only you are told. Your inner world opens.
Losing
Anything that ends the trip before the last one falls is a loss: a lethal blow (nobody dies there), falling off the island, RETURN TO BODY, a blow on your seated body, or logging out. The dead vanish and 30 % of your gathered stage Qi scatters, so you must refill the gauge before trying again.
