6 Failing to Pass the Gate to Immortality Before Twenty, Despair Forever 6yr

Translator: CKtalonEditor: CKtalon

"Return." The three-inch flying sword floating before him quickly grew in size, until it became three feet long and looked like a regular sword.
Qin Yun extended his hand out and grasped the divine sword.
Although the sword was not finished, it was still extremely sharp. It could cut through iron and stone as though it were cutting tofu. But Qin Yun still couldn't bear to use it, because if something untoward were to happen to it, there would be no second chances.
"I was only thirteen when I received the Sword Immortal Legacy. I was delighted, but who knew that getting through the gates of immortality would be so difficult?" Qin Yun sighed emotively. "If one can't step into the gate of immortality before they turn twenty, then they have no chance of success. I was about nineteen before I succeeded in opening the gate of immortality."
In the cultivation world, there were three major realms—Postnatal, Connate, and Essence Soul.
Postnatal could be finely subdivided further into twelve Qi Refinement levels, with each level harder to break into than the previous one.
Connate was separated into three stages—the False Core stage, the True Core stage, and the Golden Core stage.