Tribulation (天劫, Tiānjié)
Summary
English: A heavenly trial faced during major cultivation breakthroughs.
中文： 修炼者突破重大境界时必须面对的天道考验。
Definition
English: Tribulation is a recurring xianxia and cultivation concept. A heavenly trial faced during major cultivation breakthroughs. The exact rules change from novel to novel, but the term usually helps explain progression, conflict, resources, or cultural imagination.
中文： 天劫（Tiānjié）是修仙叙事中的常见概念。修炼者突破重大境界时必须面对的天道考验。不同作品会有各自设定，但它通常用于解释境界进阶、资源分配、修炼风险或文化想象。
Role in Cultivation
English: Tribulation turns advancement into a trial of body, mind, karma, and fate.
中文： 天劫把修炼从资源积累转化为风险叙事，考验肉身、心境和因果。
In Classic Works
English: In works such as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Stellar Travel, and Xian Ni, this concept is usually embedded in a larger system of realms, techniques, sects, and resources.
中文： 在《凡人修仙传》《飘邈之旅》《仙逆》等作品中，这一概念通常与境界、功法、宗门和资源体系共同出现，帮助读者理解角色成长逻辑。
Related Concepts
References
- Baidu Baike entries for 修仙 and 修真
- Taoist inner-alchemy background materials
- Representative cultivation-fiction settings