The Heaven-Grasping Bottle Brews Spirit Medicine, Three Furnaces Forge the Cosmos

The second before her consciousness returned, she was still at the computer in her rented apartment, staying up until three in the morning to reread A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. The screen's cold light shone on her bloodshot eyes, and a half-finished iced cola sat on her keyboard. She had reached the chapter where Han Li left Yellow Maple Valley and entered the Blood Trial. She was still reflecting on Venerable Han's life, every step carefully planned, a lonely and solitary journey marked by courage.