Mira didn't bother with Elenei anymore and went back to what she was doing. She didn't want to stop trying to comprehend her Yin Fire since it was much more difficult than she originally thought.
There's still around 2 years left in this Secret Realm, but Mira realized that if she doesn't put in all of her effort in comprehending the element of fire then she may not be able to keep her end of the deal with Elenei.
Originally, she was going to spend around a year cultivating and at least reach the Peak of the Foundation Realm maybe even breaking through to the Core Formation Realm if she's lucky, but it seems that's nothing but a pipe dream!
Most likely, she won't be able to cultivate at all during these next 2 years!
But Mira's not too upset by this. Or really, it's probably a good thing. What's 2 years' worth of cultivating compared to nurturing a Frost-Fire Phoenix? Something that Immortals would fight wars over to get their hands on?
Sorry for the wait. I don't really have anything else to say other than I find myself at a difficult point with this story. It's not really the characters or the setting that I'm having a problem with. It's that I haven't really been able to come up with any challenges or conflicts that Mira needs to work hard to overcome in order to progress the story. I mean, sure, I could probably just have Mira keep traveling around being Op and becoming more OP over time, slaying fools left and right. Honestly, the story would probably be pretty enjoyable, for a while. I still need someone or something to incite conflict. And that's the problem I've run into is that Mira is just too OP for how early in the story she is. Either she'd have to run into a big boss of the world or something of similar magnitude would have to affect Mira, but that wouldn't really fit with the current story and would be a bit forced.
Someone left a comment saying I focus too much on the cultivation aspect and not enough on Mira's scythe, ice, professions, and Dao. All of those things are true, so I think I'll be putting a bit more focus on those aspects which will slow down the progression to a reasonable pace where I can create enemies that will make sense for her current cultivation.
All in all, I made Mira's cultivation progress a bit too fast for the story and now I have to play catch up.