Time seemed to have been stopped as Xiao's entire being rocked with newfound enlightenment. Xiao could feel it; he had grasped something, but it was blurry and unclear, seemingly fading and reappearing. The injuries he sustained healed as his mind wandered between what could be and what isn't.
Xiao's Soul's Core stimulated, releasing soul energy that clarified his mind. Focusing on himself, Xiao quickly adapted to a cultivation state. His Soul Sense spread, rapidly assimilating to the nature of his enlightenment. Like this, time began to pass quickly—from seconds to a few minutes to an unknown amount of time.
Without any sense of time, Xiao felt as if a long time and no time had passed at all. But what Xiao didn't know was that deep within his body, his blood started to show some changes. During the rebirth, the shackles that were placed in his blood were removed, granting them freedom.
