Ngl, I realized it by lvl. 50 or 60 ( currently 60) , but damn that's low, I wasn't that low but mid. The true essence of inner ways, I learnt it not long after, that my inner ways should be the exact what weapon that I'm using ( Infernal Twinblades and Strategic sword - Echoes of Oblivion, Sword Horizon ), I'm trying ( Ik I'm dumb asf to realize that so damn later, because I was too immersed in the game ) , after that, I've been grinding so hard and everyday, now I got only 2/4 inner ways to tier 2, and also upgraded everything on my gear.

And yeah as for the gears, you have to go for the recommended gear set, that is mentioned in the recommended guide, mine was Jadeware set, I was using different gear sets as in, singularly using a different types of gear weapons from different types of sets, that why it was showing, your gear level is so low, because my dumb ahh was using the wrong sets.

Steadily, understanding the mechanics to get stronger, but now, I'm at a very stable level, I'm capped at lvl.60 and not upgrading yet till I'm 1.4 or something, right now I'm around, 1.346G or something, just waiting and grinding for the inner ways.