Alex was surprised at how quickly the years passed. But then, he had also achieved many things in the past 8 years.
His cultivation base had improved 5 more times, reaching Saint Condensation 8th realm. Pearl's had improved to Saint Condensation 4th realm, and Whisker's had improved to True Lord 3rd realm.
Alex was happy with the progress he had made, but he was also sad that he had to make such progress by simply staying in a room, locked for a very long time.
This sort of closed cultivation was something he would only ever expect from people that were at the end of their lives or someone who was trying very hard to reach the next cultivation realm despite their talents.
Fortunately, he hadn't wasted the years and had actually progressed in various other places too.
He had made many different new pills, some he knew were useful, some were useless at first thought, but could be useful if it was ever needed.