Re-birth: The Beginning after the End

LiHua'sreignasthetwenty-firstcentury'sdeadliestassassinendedinfireandbetrayal.Herownsister,LiMin,turnedtheireliteforceagainsther,leavingnothingbutasheswherealegendoncestood.Inthemomentofherdeath,LiHua'ssoultorefreefromitsearthlybonds,hurtlingacrosstheboundariesbetweenworldsuntilitanchoreditselfinanewvesselinarealmofancientmartialartsandmysticalcultivation.Throughthisimpossibletransition,herinnerspaceremainedintact—andwithit,LittleFirefly,herspiritcompanion.Here,whereqiflowslikeriversandmountainsbowtothosewhomastertheircultivation,LiHuawillforgeherselfanew.Nolongercontenttobemerelyanassassinofmortalflesh,shesetshersightsonascendingtoimmortalityitself—ajourneythatwillshaketheveryfoundationsofheaven.DEDICATIONTothoseofuswhosecultivationpathalwaysleadstoimmortalswithquestionablemoralsandperfectjawlines.Mayyourdaddyissuestranscendthethreerealmsandberewardedwithanancientbeingwhoknowsexactlywhathe'sdoing.