The Ninth Year

In the ninth year since Di Tou's arrival in the Three Brothers Village, he finally returned to the Nascent Soul Stage. Standing in the middle of the clearing, Di Tou shivered and trembled as if a ghost was possessing him or a seizure was afoot, and after a long while, a few thoughts began to appear in his head, but the pace at which he thought was slow… incredibly slow. In a day, he might only be able to get through a single thought.

And by the time he arrived to the next day, the thought would be gone and he would have to think it again! Bit by bit, thinking the same thing day in and day out, over the course of a week or a month, Di Tou might finally be able to get a cohesive thought developed.