SCATTERING HER SOUL

Li Hua took a deep breath, knowing what she was about to attempt could either win her the battle or leave her lost between realities. First, she activated the Void Cloak Technique, letting her presence dissolve into nothingness. But instead of maintaining that emptiness, she began layering the Thousand Veils technique within it—creating multiple versions of herself inside the void.

The strain was immediate and intense. Maintaining multiple layers of reality while keeping her self hidden felt like trying to hold water in cupped hands—the moment she focused on one aspect, another threatened to slip away. But she pressed on, adding the Mist Walker Technique to her movements. Now each of her false selves moved differently, yet none of them stood out from the natural flow of the world.