Where the physical bound the body, the spiritual bound the mind.
Each spiritual restriction broken expanded one's perception, widened the mind's horizon, and freed the mind from illusion.
As the saying goes, 'We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.'
Old Yu remembered, when the Young Yu had stood in the Tower of Trials, his profile had read:
"Heavenly Restriction: Partially Broken."
That line referred not to the body, but to the spirit.
Now, Old Yu would take the next step, to break three spiritual restriction as his cultivation allowed, and awaken the Mind's Eye.
For him, it would not be difficult. His cultivation technique existed to defy impossibility itself.
So he sat cross-legged once again, sinking into profound meditation.
His breathing slowed. His thoughts quieted. His consciousness turned inward, past his meridians, past his dantian, the deepest chamber of his mind.
The path ahead would be long. But Yu Xuan smiled faintly.
***
Outside the barrier.
