The first thing Liora felt was the wind. Not the city kind carrying exhaust and heat but sharp, cold, and so crisp it burned her nose. She opened her eyes to see mountains stacked upon mountains, their peaks shrouded in mist as though the world itself had forgotten where the sky began.
Ancient pines clung to jagged cliffs, their trunks twisted with age, and stone stairways carved into impossible heights coiled upward toward distant temples crowned with golden tiles.
For a moment, she forgot how to breathe.
Then a voice rang inside her head, cold and mechanical.
[World 3 Initiated: The Cultivation Sect Arc]
Mission: Win the devotion of Sect Master Xie Jianyu and obtain his Life-Bond Talisman.
Reward: 700 Soul Points + Skill Upgrade.
Penalty for Failure: Erasure.
Liora blinked once , twice Then she burst out laughing, the sound echoing against the mountains. "A sect master? As in… the immortal, untouchable, god tier cultivator guy? And I'm supposed to make him
