Nearly an entire year passed during which Alex managed to progress just to the edge of entering the next realm. He was so close, that it would have been wise of him to get away from work for a while and focus on breaking through.
However, after much consideration, Alex had decided to wait. It wouldn't be a long wait, just a few months at best. But at the end of those few months, not only would he enter the next Immortal realm, but so would Pearl.
Pearl had reached the very end of his Saint Transformation realm and could enter the Immortal realm if he wanted to. However, just to make sure that he learned as many Dao as he could, he decided to wait a while.
Not only that, Pearl also needed to prepare himself before breaking through. He would have to fight an Inner Demon, and while he was certain there wouldn't be any problem, he still needed to prepare for it.
