"Fellow Daoist Hongyun spoke of the nature and foundation of the primordial spirit."
Daoist Yin Yang spoke, his voice calm and rich with resonance.
"However, to make the primordial spirit truly resonate and unite with a physical body that is already powerful and with profound laws, reaching the harmonious state of a Golden Immortal of the Origin, one must understand the mysteries of yin and yang."
The phantom of the Taiji Diagram turned slowly in his palm. Its black and white halves were distinct yet intertwined, giving rise to the images of the Four Symbols and the Eight Trigrams.
"The physical body is supremely yang and hard, its qi and blood surging, its laws manifesting. This is yang at its height.
"The primordial spirit is newly born, supremely yin and soft, its spirituality only beginning to stir, its insight still shallow. This is yin in its nascent form.
"When yang flourishes and yin wanes, yin and yang fall out of balance. Thus, a divide appears; thus, a bottleneck forms."
Daoist Yin Yang's gaze swept over All Ancestor Witches.
"Yet at yang's extreme, yin is born; at yin's extreme, yang is nurtured. This is the Ultimate Truth of the Great Dao. Is there truly no yin within the yang of your physical bodies? No. The stillness flowing through your bloodlines, the softness hidden in your laws, the subtle life force lying dormant within you—all are yin within yang.
"Likewise, there must be yang within the yin of your primordial spirits.
"That spark of clarity that never dims, that closeness to and yearning for the Great Dao—that is yang within yin."
He pointed to the black and white fish eyes in the Taiji Diagram.
"The key is to find and awaken the yin within yang and the yang within yin, so that