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In the center of the Dan Ding Department, beside that giant cauldron.

A woman is standing quietly.

She was dressed in the standard robe of the Director of the Dan Ding Division, but her eyes seemed to have long since lost their sight.

Dan Shu is the head of the Dan Ding Si Dan Shi and also the leader of the Medicine King's secret teachings.

At this moment, she sensed the Cloud Cavalry camped in the distance through the power of abundance.

The soldiers were still in shock from the white mist they had just seen.

Standing there, she felt an overwhelming sense of joy.

"How can those numb people who are obsessed with false immortality, fear true evolution, and willingly bound by the curse of longevity plague be my enemy?"

She started talking to herself.

"What we seek is to embrace the true blessings of the compassionate Medicine King, and to be reborn beyond this decaying flesh and blood and short-sighted rules."

Do you think that by protecting Luofu, you can protect the order of the Immortal Ship?

It's ridiculous. That tyrant Lan stole my most important friend, so I'm going to destroy what he cherishes most.

He wanted the Immortal Ship Alliance to survive, so I made it perish.

He wanted to exterminate the remnants of abundance, so I allowed the Jianmu tree to rise again, and let the blessings of abundance spread to every corner of Luofu.

By the end, her voice had turned into an almost manic laugh.

As long as the great lord Huanlong's plan to exterminate him is successful, Jianmu can be revived.

The Medicine King's secret teachings will grant all members a flawless, immortal body.

By then, the Cloud Cavalry Army and the Immortal Boat Alliance will be utterly insignificant.

Thinking of this, the smile on her lips grew even more blatant.

Just as he was about to raise his hand to increase the output of the white mist, he suddenly sensed something flying in the distant sky.

A small point of light rose from the direction of the Cloud Cavalry formation and was rapidly approaching this side.

She frowned, trying to sharpen her senses to identify what it was.

Was it a signal flare from the Cloud Cavalry? Or some kind of mechanical contraption sent by Fu Xuan?

The last point of light hovered in the air, and it looked like a human figure?

Before Dan Shu could react, the person threw a black dot in their direction.

The black dot was getting closer and bigger, and it was expanding in an unnatural way.

It started as a tiny black dot the size of a fist, then swelled to the size of a washbasin, and finally to the size of a millstone.

Finally, it turned into a black sphere that blotted out the sky.

It even distorted the surrounding light, frantically sucking in the white mist and forming eerie spiral air currents.

Dan Shu's expression finally changed.

She recognized what it was: a black hole.

A genuine, rapidly expanding miniature black hole.

"No...impossible! What is this thing?"

"Impossible! I can't possibly fail like this!"

Dan Shu raised his hands and poured all the abundant power within his body into his palms.

It transformed into wave after wave of vine-like shockwaves that blasted towards the black hole.

However, those attacks, powerful enough to pierce through the Cloud Cavalry's heavy armor, were swallowed up the moment they touched the edge of the black hole, without even causing a ripple.

She refused to believe it and pulled out the last bottle of secret medicine, tilting her head back and gulping it down.

The green lines on the skin's surface suddenly increased dramatically.

She launched another attack, this time with several times the power of the previous one.

But the result was no different.

The black hole remained unmoved, only slowly approaching her inch by inch.

She grasped at the last straw, remembering that he still had the Great Lord of Annihilation.

The destroyer who promised her the restoration of Jianmu.

She hysterically screamed to the sky:

"Great Lord Annihilation! Save me!"

But no one responded.

The black hole continued to expand, swallowing up the white mist completely.

Dan Shu finally panicked.

She began to back away, staggering, and roared desperately at the black hole.

It was as if it were roaring at the storm, issuing a curse upon the entire Immortal Ship Alliance.

No, that's impossible!

I can't possibly fail. I've worked so hard for so long and given everything for it.

My dearest friend, the only person I care about!

She did nothing wrong, why kill her, why!

After shouting, Dan Shu looked at the black hole that was getting closer and closer.

She struggled, but found herself powerless to resist.

Just as she was about to be sucked into the abyss, everything in front of her suddenly changed.

She felt as if she were seeing herself.

As a tiny little me, I huddled in the corner of the school, hugging my knees, with a group of laughing children in front of me.

She had been familiar with those voices since she was seven years old.

"A blind man, a blind man, can't see!"

"You can't even walk steadily, and you want to play with us?"

"Look at her, her eyes are rolled back like a dead fish!"

The little girl bit her lip and didn't cry.

She has learned not to cry.

Just bury your face in your knees and pretend those voices don't exist.

However, a figure blocked her way.

"What are you doing?"

The sound was like a ray of light cleaving through the darkness.

The children's laughter abruptly stopped, followed by a flurry of footsteps and someone shouting.

"Run! It's Yufei!"

Then, everything quieted down.

The little girl looked up, her gaze piercing through the blurry outlines of light and shadow.

She saw a girl her age squatting down in front of her and reaching out her hand:

"Are you alright? Don't pay them any mind, they're just a bunch of cowards."

She hesitated for a moment, then reached out and grasped that hand.

That hand was warm, and it was the first time a smile had appeared on Dan Shu's lips.

The scene changes.

She had grown a bit older and sat at the desk in the academy, her fingers tracing the Braille on the desk.

Yufei sat next to her and was reading her a classic text about alchemy.

"...So the key to this section is controlling the heat; it can't be too fast or too slow."

Just like making soup.

"You're using the analogy of making soup to describe alchemy?"

Dan Shu couldn't help but laugh.

"If the masters of the Alchemy Department hear this, they'll probably punish you by making you copy the pill formula a hundred times."

"Then I'll copy the recipe along with the pill formula."

Yufei smiled and replied, then continued reading.

Her voice is indeed very beautiful.

Dan Shu listened with her eyes closed, her mind filled with those words she could never see with her own eyes.

But she didn't feel regret, because Yufei's voice had already transformed those words into a shape she could touch.

The scene changed again.

They had all grown up and were now wearing the uniforms of the Dan Ding Si.

Dan Shu stood in the laboratory, her hands groping through the bottles and jars on the table, while Yu Fei helped her record the data.

"The results this time were a bit better than last time, but they are still not very stable."

Yufei was writing something on the paper, then looked up at her.

"Kaname, do you really think we can succeed?"

"able."

Dan Shu said, without a trace of hesitation on his face.

"You are the best physician in the Dan Ding Si, and I am the best alchemist."

"How could the two of us not find a solution together?"

Yufei paused for a moment, then smiled:

"Let's keep trying with the person you mentioned."

They tried again and again, and failed again and again.

I've tried everything: prosthetic eyes, butterfly illusions, sensory compensation.

Sometimes Dan Shu would be so tired that he would fall asleep on the table, and when he woke up, he would find an overcoat draped over his shoulders.

She sensed that Yufei was sitting next to her, flipping through medical books, just like always.

She couldn't see the color of the coat, nor could she see Yufei's expression while she was reading.

But she could feel that warmth, as if someone had always been by her side.

Then comes the final scene.

Battlefield, thick smoke, firelight, and shouts of battle.

Dan Shu stood at the back, listening to the explosions and clanging of metal in the distance, her hands trembling.

Yufei is on the front lines; she is a medic and must treat the wounded.

Before she left, she shook Dan Shu's hand and said, "I'll be back soon."

"Be careful," Dan Shu said.

"Don't worry, I'm the best physician in the Pill Refining Division."

Yufei chuckled and then released her hand.

Dan Shu waited for a long time after that.

They received news of peace on the battlefield, the order to withdraw, and the sound of their comrades returning one after another.

But she didn't wait for Yufei.

Someone told her that Yufei had been caught in the crossfire, from an arrow shot during a hunt.

The residual force of that arrow swept over the location where Yufei was.

Nothing was left.

Dan Shu stood still, but did not cry as expected.

Instead, he just stood there, as if all his strength had been drained away by something.

The colors, shapes, light, and shadows she had never seen before all became a blank at that moment.

She raised her head, facing that unseen direction in the sky, and spoke in despair:

"Emperor of the Bow and Fate, you have stolen my only light."