Hannah's Tribulation

Hannah sat in the middle of the island, far enough away from everyone that she could not harm anyone even if she intended to.

She remained seated and took deep breaths as she let her body do the thing. It was time to break through, and so her body knew what needed to be done for that.

Qi surged through her body without her command and slowly elevated her cultivation base step by step until it touched the threshold of Immortality.

It hung on that threshold, not moving back, but not moving further either. It remained there, waiting for Hannah's Intent.

Hannah chose to go beyond, and so her body followed.

Hannah felt a distinctive change in her body, but before she could even fully realize what the change was, she fell into a lull, attacked by the Inner Demon.