Today's first update: Chapter 3729! 1/6! (Happy New Year's Eve! Extra updates today and tomorrow!)
One month after the special training...
Xu Caiyi began doubting her entire life.
Yes, not the normal ups and downs of cultivation like "feeling a little discouraged," "hitting a bottleneck," or "needing to adjust her mindset."
She truly, completely, began doubting her entire life.
At that moment, she was squatting without the slightest regard for her image in a corner of Star Island's core platform, dusty and disheveled, her face full of dejection. Her once-clear, lively, glittering glasslike eyes were now filled with confusion and self-doubt.
She hugged her knees with both arms, resting her chin on them as she curled herself into a tiny ball, like a mushroom battered by frost.
Her lips moved as she muttered to herself:
"Could it be... that I'm naturally incompatible with the Path of Wood?"
Her voice carried grievance, confusion, and a trace of unwillingness she could not accept.
The truth was, her cultivation in the Path of Wood had stalled.
And it was stuck fast, utterly immovable.
Thinking back to her previous cultivation in the paths of wind and fire, her progress had been unbelievably swift.
For the Path of Fire, she had started from nothing and, in a short time, condensed the flame of "Orchid Dew" and comprehended the true meaning behind the Myriad Transformations Return to One slash.
For the Path of Wind, it had been as though the heavens themselves were helping her. From "Flowing Cherry Blossoms" to "Formless," then from "Formless" to the Wind Avatar, it had all come in one smooth, flowing sequence.
Back then, she had been brimming with confidence and ambition, believing that the road ahead would remain just as smooth.
After all, with her successful experience in the