Today's chapter was partially deleted, so the word count will be lower. I'll update more tomorrow.

The last thousand or so words of the plot felt off, and no matter how I revised them, I wasn't satisfied. Because it's a crucial part of the story concerning the connection between the university and the sect, after numerous revisions but still feeling something was amiss, I decided to delete it and rewrite it. I'm unsure how long the rewriting will take.

So I've only released the parts that were fine so far. I only have less than 5000 words today; I'll try to update more tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)