Synopsis

The weight within her felt ancient, a constant hum beneath the surface of her being. She sought out Sima Jiao, a quiet plea in her eyes, a desperate hope for stillness. A reckoning had come, a need to quell the shadows that threatened to consume her. But the world offered little respite. Imprisonment, unjust and cruel, became a stark reality. And then, the land itself seemed to conspire against her, gripped by a drought that mirrored the barrenness she feared within. She was tested, pushe