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its not a firm numbere, but for me so far 130-140 and you be doing the channels pretty much the whole time, some room to train body and get some money but really focusing more on the channels, but have made much progress since getting to the beast wave since it takes so long

sorry i dont think you have the channels yet, just the qi gathering is what you need to do

There seems to be some randomization as to when exactly it appears, with cultivation actions (and few others) slowly pushing it down earlier the timeline.

Actual Qi value only matters for the outcome of trying to fight it as far as I can tell; being able to live longer should make it more likely to see it due to having more time to spend.