He sustained the blade's expression through the Celestial Realm's ongoing development and directed the realized expression's complete identification toward the Outer Heaven above.
Not as preparation for immediate traversal. The Celestial Realm's restoration was not complete in the depth sense, the partnership's expression at Complete depth producing the recognition's presence but the partnership's depth requiring continued development before the Celestial Realm's highest function fully matched what the Emperor's ten thousand years had produced before the hollowing. Leaving the Celestial Realm before the restoration had developed sufficient depth would be the same category of error as leaving the chamber before the foundational-to-developed crossing had completed.
He stayed.
He directed attention toward the Outer Heaven while staying.
