Well within these hundred years wouldnât you of been able to ascend the emperor stage you were only like 30-40. And from the sounds of it tribulation is just accumulate power and prepare to be stuck by lightning then king stage was about the fusion of intents and emperor was infusing them into your body all of that could be accelerated by the system. Sure you wouldnât have any real challenges but itâs not like you seek it out anyway