Yan Cijin placed two fingers on the seal and released a gentle flow of energy. The clear resin did not melt or crack. Instead, the small symbols lit in sequence and loosened their hold on the scroll. She lifted the paper carefully, and the two women leaned over it together.
The writing began with a description of the mortal realms, then moved into a passage about the Heavenly Dao Sovereign Realm. It stated that a sovereign had brought the body, inner energy, and martial intent to a level at which ordinary limitations no longer defined them. However, the final boundary was not simply another wall waiting to be broken. It marked the place where a practitioner had to decide whether to carry the shape of her own path forward or abandon it in the hope of becoming something greater.
