Records of an Immortal's Journey in the Divine Capital

A powerful female protagonist meets a loyal, younger disciple.

Xiao Wan'er was the youngest daughter of a small merchant in the Divine Capital. During her childhood, she suffered a severe illness and was on the verge of death when she was rescued by a traveling Daoist priest, who took her in as a disciple.

Her sect was small, built in the mountains. It consisted only of her usually unreliable master, her senior brother who harbored resentment towards the Empress, and herself, then only five years old.

Years later, to protect his elder brother's descendants who served the Empress, her master moved the entire sect to settle in the Divine Capital.

As she grew up, she witnessed the sect's rise to prominence and eventual dissipation, as well as the rise and fall of several generations of the Wu Zhou and Tang dynasties.

Fate is cruel; even with extraordinary abilities, it is difficult to defy destiny. Deeply entrenched in a vortex of power, where should she go?

PS: 1. Power levels: Dao Entry, Transcendent, Returning to Truth. 2. The romance has a happy ending (HE), but the world has a tragic ending (BE) — a feminist tragedy. 3. This novel includes a "cremation ground" for the second male lead, with the main male lead later taking the dominant position. 4. The female lead has the strongest combat power, crushing others' strength. 5. Those who like Li Longji (Emperor Xuanzong) may not enjoy this.