Winter Branches Bloom: The Alchemist Who Refused to Die

What happens when you transmigrate into the doomed older sister of a phoenix protagonist? Song Tingwan knows the answer—you're supposed to die tragically to fuel the hero's journey. But she has other plans. Determined to rewrite fate, she masters alchemy in secret while paving the way for her sister's destiny. As an unassuming outer disciple, no one suspects she's the legendary alchemist the cultivation world desperately seeks. When she sacrifices herself to save the realms, those she left behind—her phoenix sister, a devoted black dragon, a rebellious sect leader, and a gentle body cultivator…