Therefore, under normal circumstances, the whole Immortal Convention lasts about a year. It was for this reason that the Lingcang Golden Immortal, who brought the cultivators of the Age Candle Immortal Court, said that he would take them back after a year.
In fact, if a cultivator gets eliminated halfway, they can return on their own. However, those who choose to return individually would need to cover the cost of crossing the Transmission Array. This expense, of course, is substantial, considering the travel from the central part of the Immortal Realm, the Daluo Fairy Court, to the northern part, the Age Candle Immortal Court. This fee, covering the distance across an entire Immortal Realm, could easily bankrupt a moderately wealthy cultivator.