Seep

The surging feeling moved throughout Ryu's body like a tempest. 

Almost immediately, he felt the backlash against his soul, the lashes cracking and shattering it in several places. However, unlike the past, it was far worse. Rather than being something he felt that he could heal with ease, it was instead the bone deep equivalent of a soul injury, rushing into his body and crushing him with…

Or rather, it should have. 

Instead, what happened was that Ryu felt… nothing at all. It was like his body had easily stricken a new balance. 

Suddenly, a new feeling was triggered. 

His Yin, Yang and Original Spirits formed a new balance with one another and the lines between them began to blur. 

The feeling was unlike Ryu had ever experienced before. His mind seemed to flutter in and out of focus, his thoughts coming in an endless stream in one moment, and then in a trickle the next.