The world was yellow. The sky, the trees, the grass, and the river—all of it was spinning in a yellow haze.

For the past five days, that’s how my world had been.

“Ptooey…”

I spat on the ground, the saliva mixed with blood.

Crack! As I forced myself to stand, my bones cried out in agony.

My whole body ached.

I barely managed to avoid losing consciousness, but the cost was steep. It felt like my energy flow, the paths of my qi, were all tangled.

My body was in a complete mess.

The qi was moving of its own …