It's been over twenty years since Li Fan crossed into the Xianxia realm, and he finally managed to get his hands on his first Mysterious Female Heavenly Book. He thought his progress was ridiculously slow.
Of course, theoretically speaking, cultivators in this world who have reached the Spirit Transformation stage usually master the Taiji Nine Qi Escape Technique and the Five Arts to their pinnacle. The next most classic and traditional path to advancement is competing for a Heavenly Book and gaining enlightenment from it.
But obviously, this is easier said than done. The nine volumes of the Mysterious Female Heavenly Book are either in the hands of the Nine Great Sects' leaders or old geezers like Xian Hua, or hidden deep in the Blood Scripture Sect's secret vaults. Even someone like Xuantian has to grind out tasks to trade for them. By this calculation, if you manage to acquire one Heavenly Book in twenty years, you'd probably wake up laughing in your sleep.
