[Verse 1]
Bare feet on a mountain path
Frost on stone, breath like smoke
Old robe, twenty patches deep
One stubborn dream I never spoke
Kneeling by a crooked pine
Ink-stained hands, a cracked jade ring
Reading lines of hidden art
Till dawn unravels everything
[Chorus]
This is the path of cultivation
Step by step, I carve my name
Blood and rain, humiliation
Turn to fire inside my veins
If the heavens dare to cage me
I will climb their gates apart
Sword or dust, fall or ascension
I walk the Daoist heart
[Verse 2]
Small town laughed at wild vows (let him dream)
Cold wells, thin rice, winter years
Silent master, one raised brow
Cut my pride as sharp as spears
Qi like embers, slow to rise
Night after night, I held the flow
Every failure, every bruise
One more root that learned to grow
[Chorus]
This is the path of cultivation
Step by step, I carve my name
Blood and rain, humiliation
Turn to fire inside my veins
If the heavens dare to cage me
I will climb their gates apart
Sword or dust, fall or ascension
I walk the Daoist heart
[Bridge]
Friends turned foes, and foes turned dust
Loves I lost to fate and fear
Every tear I fed my core
Till the world grew sharp and clear
[Chorus]
This is the path of cultivation
Step by step, I carve my name
Scars and storms, tribulation
All dissolve in azure flame
If the heavens dare to cage me
I will break their chains apart
Life or death, fall or ascension
I walk the Daoist heart