It had been another eight or nine years since Li Ping'an demonstrated the [Spiritless Bullet Technique] for the immortals and an uninvited guest.
People often say, "In the mountains, there is no reckoning of time; in the Desolate Era, years are uncounted." Only after stepping into the Golden Immortal Realm did Li Ping'an truly gain a sense of time.
His perception of time had indeed changed; many times, he felt as though he hadn't noticed, and yet several years of memories had silently settled within his mind.
The speed of normal cultivation in advancing one's Dao Realm was truly agonizingly slow.
His last breakthrough had been… well, during his last breakthrough.
Two decades of grueling cultivation in the Misty Realm had still failed to push him into the Seventh Grade of the Golden Immortal rank; instead, he lingered on the threshold of perfection at the Eighth Grade.