"Astral Projection had overdrawn my soul. I could only compress it to make up for the excess Soul Qi. I kept on compressing and compressing, and before I knew it, I had broken through to Rank 7. But it wasn't a cultivation breakthrough, it was more of a temporary spike. I knew my Rank was going to drop after this, and it sure did; it's back to Rank 1 for me. But that isn't the point. As my soul continued to grow denser, I felt it start to sink. And without a vessel... without my body to keep it in check it started to slip, no, sink out of the Realm's boundaries. And then..."
