After He Song made an attempt at breaking through the bottleneck, the situation he had anticipated, in which he could predict the time needed to overcome his bottleneck, did not occur.
Instead, a chasm akin to heaven's moat appeared within He Song's perception.
Within He Song's perception.
This bottleneck at the Later Stage of Golden Elixir was like a vast gulf, firmly barring him from any progress, stopping him right in front of the bottleneck.
Despite attempting many times, He Song always sought to cross this immense chasm.
Yet with each attack launched, He Song would come back empty-handed in the end.
Thus.
After numerous attempts, He Song developed some conjectures about the bottleneck he now encountered in the Later Stage of Golden Elixir.
The first time He Song came across the concept of a bottleneck was at the Qi-refining late stage.