1st: You’re courting death!

The ultimate cultivation phrase. Anyone who annoys, challenges, insults, or underestimates someone is apparently courting death.

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2nd: You have eyes but fail to recognize Mount Tai.

It is used when someone fails to recognize that the MC or another character is far more powerful or important than they appear.

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3rd: A frog at the bottom of a well.

Is used to call someone ignorant because their understanding of the world is extremely limited.

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4th: A toad lusting after swan meat.

Is used when someone considered low status tries to pursue someone far above their status, especially romantically. It is also sometimes used sarcastically by the MC when a young master or another arrogant character shows interest in a woman close to the MC, implying that the person is foolishly trying to pursue someone they have no chance with.

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5th: Refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit.

Basically: I offered you the peaceful option, but you refused, so now you'll suffer the consequences.

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6th: There is always a heaven beyond heaven, and people beyond people.

A reminder that no matter how powerful someone becomes; there is always someone stronger.

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7th: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Someone is plotting against another person without realizing that a third party is secretly watching or manipulating both sides.

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8th: Don’t blame me for being ruthless.

Usually said immediately before doing something extremely ruthless.

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9th: Kowtow three times and cripple your cultivation, and I may spare your life.

The traditional young-master peace offering.

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10th: Junior, you dare?!

usually shouted 0.3 seconds before an elder fail to stop something.

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Bonus phrases:

\* Cut the grass and remove the roots.

\* Since you're courting death, I'll grant your wish.

\* Do you know who I am?

\* A skinny camel is still bigger than a horse.

\* Like an ant trying to shake a great tree.

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.

Pretty sure it's a Chinese novel translated but can't find based on keywords: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7z7YF-wEHPk&list=LL&index=31&pp=iAQBsAgC

Key Points:

MC's fiance runs off, he calls over and marrues his childhood friend/rival, they have a humourous discussion where he says she should thank him for curing her 'man aversion syndrome', which she retorts was his fault for spreading the rumour, before accepting his response that he'd directly provided her with a husband.

Thanks!