Yu Xuan sat beneath the Five Elemental Tree, cultivating in silence.
It had been two weeks since he began practicing the [Dance of Rebirth], and now he had successfully completed all nine stances. Not only that, he could perform them consecutively without breaking focus.
Each attempt in [Ultra Instinct] made the sequence easier to execute, yet the pain only deepened.
The sixth stance, Shattering of Meridians, had quite literally torn his meridians apart, forcing them to heal repeatedly under excruciating pressure. The seventh, Collapse of Mind, left him staggering at the edge of madness, his consciousness flooded as if all the blood in his body had rushed to his brain.
The eighth stance, Ashes of the Self, was the most harrowing. In it, Yu Xuan felt his sense of existence collapse entirely, dissolving into nothingness, as though he had returned to heaven and earth itself. He had been stuck there for two full days, unable to move forward.
