Elias settled deeper into the jade cultivation platform, his physical form becoming perfectly still as his consciousness dove inward. The transition from external awareness to the depths of his spiritual sea was instantaneous—one moment he sat in the luxurious quarters of the Crimson Mountain Sect, the next he stood in the vast expanse of his inner realm.
The spiritual sea stretched endlessly in all directions, a realm of pure thought and possibility that reflected the cosmic scope of his mind. Normally, this space appeared as a serene ocean of starlight, constellations of data and memory floating in organized patterns. But today, Elias had work to do.
