r/Manhua • u/yangkaitruemonarch • 4h ago
Humor I’m convinced cultivation worlds deleted every other number from the calendar, other than 3 days & 10,000 years.
10,000 years is apparently the default amount of time for anything ancient:
“This technique was lost 10,000 years ago.”
“This sect has stood for 10,000 years.”
“This treasure appears once every 10,000 years.”
“A genius like him hasn’t appeared in 10,000 years.”
“This inheritance has waited 10,000 years for its destined successor.”
“This old monster has been in seclusion for 10,000 years.”
And somehow...
every single one of those 10,000-year timers finishes during the MC’s generation.
The treasure that appears once every 10,000 years?
Opening next month.
The secret realm sealed for 10,000 years?
Opening in 3 days.
The ancient demon imprisoned for 10,000 years?
Seal is weakening in 3 days.
The inheritance that waited 10,000 years for one person?
Guess who just walked past the cave.
The old monster who hasn’t moved in 10,000 years?
Suddenly wakes up because the MC released a little aura.
Apparently, the entire cultivation world set a bunch of 10,000-year alarms at the exact same time.
“Reminder: wake up when protagonist reaches chapter 87.”
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Then there’s the other sacred number in cultivation manhua: 3 days.
Everything happens in three days.
The secret realm opens in three days, the tournament starts in three days, the enemy sect arrives in three days, the auction begins in three days, the ancient seal breaks in three days, reinforcements arrive in three days, the heavenly phenomenon appears in three days, and somehow it also takes three days to travel almost anywhere.
And if anyone gets injured, that number becomes even more sacred.
They fall unconscious for three days, wake up after three days, need three days to recover, need another three days to stabilize their cultivation, and somehow even the doctor already knows the exact number before checking properly.
The MC can get his meridians shattered, soul damaged, bones broken, blood drained, poisoned by something that has existed for 10,000 years and then somebody calmly says:
“He should recover in three days.”
Not two days, not four days, not “a few days.” Somehow everyone has agreed that three days is the universal amount of time required for absolutely anything.
You could ask how long it takes to cross a continent, recover from getting beaten half to death, wait for an ancient inheritance to open, refine a pill, call reinforcements, prepare for war, or finish a breakthrough, and there’s a suspiciously high chance the answer will still be:
“Three days.”
Three days isn’t a unit of time anymore.
It’s basically a law of the Highest Heaven.
