Path to Spirit Transcendence

"Varen began, his voice carrying over the faint rumbles of thunder that reverberated across the jagged cliffs. He shifted slightly, his silver-embellished robes catching the flashes of distant lightning. "It's a difficult breakthrough to explain. Not because it's overly complicated, but because it's so specific to the individual cultivator because of the choices they made up to that point. But I'll do my best to break it down."

Lassim nodded silently. Zaphy, still perched nearby to watch the sleeping thunderbird pair instead of returning to Lassim's inner heart world, tilted her head slightly as she was interested in the conversation. 

The sleeping Thunderbirds remained undisturbed behind their new protective array.