DON'T REGRET IT

Li Hua's muscles coiled tight as her hand moved with assassin's instinct, reaching for a weapon that no longer existed in this realm of memories. She forced her fingers to unfurl, one by one, though the phantom weight of cold steel still haunted her palm.

"Who are you?" Her voice cut through the void, steady and sharp as a blade despite the unexpected presence that had invaded her consciousness

"Who am I?" The voice resonated through her consciousness like thunder across distant mountains, ancient and powerful. "You may call me Bai Feng, though few have earned the right to name me in countless millennia." The words carried the weight of ages, like wind whistling through ancient pines.