Sorry to say this, but I've honestly lost all motivation to continue this story, but that doesn't mean I've lost motivation for writing; it has only made me feel a bigger want to write something, but this time I want to make more of a plan from the start, I will also figure out a lot of how the world works beforehand, so, when world building has to be combined with my writing speed, expect that it might be a good bit before that story will start.
I will pull on what I've learned from writing this story when I write the next one, such as not writing a character that'd be too smart, strong, and similar from the start. I can also spoil that the next story won't be have the MC change from male to female early on, it might happen through a shapeshifting power later on, but it won't be a gender bender like this one. I will also make sure that the MC has motivations from the start of the story.
I don't yet know the name of the new story, but I will post it as an update on this story once I've made the first chapter, also, if I do get motivation to write on this at some point, then I might return, so I won't declare that this story is 100% dropped, but don't expect any updates to the story for a long time, if at all.