In Wuling City, within the Li Family estate, the rear courtyard was arranged with refined elegance. Pavilions, flowing water, rockeries with swimming fish, and blooming flowers surrounded the space. In this graceful garden, a woman in white training attire that accentuated her alluring figure practiced with a longsword. The blade sliced through the air, producing sharp whistling sounds.0

After several days of rest, Li Mengqi had fully recovered from her injuries. She cultivated her family's inherited sword-based true technique, the Ice Sword Technique, which tempered ice-attribute true strength. Although the true intent diagram allowed martial artists to bypass forging their martial conviction, true intent was still closely tied to that conviction. Once true intent formed, it in turn influenced the spirit and drove the martial artist's conviction to align even more closely with the corresponding intent.0

Influenced by the ice-attribute true intent, Li Mengqi had become increasingly cold in temperament, giving others a sense of distance. She was exceptionally compatible with ice-related true intent, yet her talent for comprehending other forms of true intent was mediocre. Thus, she pursued a cultivation path centered on...1