The fact that Gordon Woods, a martial arts master from Bridgefields, had secretly infiltrated Jayrodale went unnoticed by Andrew.

Even if Andrew had known, he likely wouldn't have cared.

Over the years, Andrew had collected nearly 30 rare medicinal herbs, all of which he had refined into a single golden pill, glimmering like a piece of yellow crystal.

The Five Convergence Pill!

In the martial arts world, it also went by more illustrious names such as the Ascension Pill or Immortal Pill.

As the name suggests, consuming it was said to grant one immortality.

Of course, this was merely a romanticized and exaggerated notion within martial circles.

While the Ascension Pill was extraordinary, it wasn't a magical elixir that could defy death or wrest control of life from the heavens.

If it truly granted immortality, the world would have been overrun with immortals by now.

In truth, the pill's effects, while not literally divine, were indeed transformative, cap