On Earth, Alice was a name whispered in the darkest corners of the underworld. For over two decades, she had lived as a shadow—silent, precise, and deadly. A 50-year-old assassin with a heart as cold as her blade. Betrayal had never crossed her mind. Until it did.
It was supposed to be a simple mission. Kill the target. Get paid. Disappear. But her partner had other plans. One moment, she was walking out of the kill zone. The next, cold steel pierced her back.
She died under the blood-red sky, not with fear—but rage. Rage for the betrayal. Rage that she hadn't seen it coming.
But death… wasn't the end.
In another world—one shaped by Qi, cultivation, and magic—a 17-year-old orphan girl lay bleeding beside a forest trail, her life slowly fading from her eyes. Beaten and left to die by the cruel daughter of a wealthy merchant clan, she was just another powerless mortal in a world where strength ruled and the weak were trampled without mercy.
And in that moment, as the last breath left the girl's lips, the soul of Alice crossed dimensions and collided with hers.
The merging was seamless. Memories of pain, fear, and loneliness mixed with those of blood, steel, and survival. Two souls, now one. The girl's body remained. But Alice had returned.
She awoke beneath the canopy of ancient trees, her new body weak and trembling, bruises lining her skin. But her eyes—they were sharp, calculating, filled with a fire that had never belonged to a girl like her.
No system. No guide. No overpowered cheat.
Just the instincts of a seasoned assassin… in a young, fragile body.
In this world, cultivation began at seventeen. It was the age when the meridians awakened—or didn't. Those who failed to cultivate became nothing more than weak mortals, forever at the mercy of the strong.
Alice—now trapped in a world where fists spoke louder than words—was determined not to remain weak. She would rise. No matter how long it took, no matter how much blood was spilled, she would climb to the top.
Not as a hero.
Not as a villain.
But as a survivor.
And so, her new journey began.