"At last, I've broken through. I never expected it would take this long..."
Chen Li had believed he would reach the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation before the New Year, but he had been stuck at a bottleneck for over two months, only managing a successful breakthrough in the spring of the following year.
"Each layer is more difficult than the last."
Chen Li also felt a trace of pressure; his age was not on the younger side anymore.
Real age 43, nominal 44, almost 45, nearly 46, approaching 47, he was already close to fifty years old.
"They say the older you are, the harder it is to achieve Foundation Establishment. The longer you delay, the slimmer the hope becomes!" Chen Li sighed, took a moment to regulate his restive spiritual power, then stood up, "Some sect disciples begin their assault on Foundation Establishment in their twenties or thirties. Even so, their success rate is not high, and here I am, probably looking at trying for it at the age of forty-five."
