Zhou You pondered whether Zhu Ruoxuan could complete the mission before the battle began—starting with the Heaven Hall and securing the Myriad Manifestations Seal.
The System Panel instantly refreshed with a mission: "Trial Project (Eleven-Star): Obtain the Myriad Manifestations Seal, read the Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage's final arrangements, and make them your own." "Failure to obtain the Myriad Manifestations Seal will declare this Trial Project over, with no rating awarded." "Obtain the Myriad Manifestations Seal to receive a ten-star rating." "Decode and master the Myriad Manifestations Seal to upgrade the rating to eleven stars."
Since Zhou You was not personally participating in this mission, but acting through his personal guard, the System Panel provided an entirely new function.
This function was called... Empowerment Proxy.
As the name implied, Empowerment Proxy allowed him to grant authority to a certain target, enabling that person to carry out an order in his stead.
It was like playing a game, with the character under your control farming monsters, leveling up, and so on.
It was also a newly added replacement function after Phantom Mask had failed and Clone Projection had become useless.
However, Empowerment Proxy had its limitations as well.
As a proxy, Zhu Ruoxuan was not granted all of Zhou You's authority. It only worked for matters necessary to the mission.
Wanting to completely control the target's body, read his memories, or manipulate his thoughts was simply a fool's dream—utterly impossible.
Zhou You gave Zhu Ruoxuan a small trial and discovered that he could share Zhu Ruoxuan's vision, receiving all the external information and feedback from his execution of the mission through a second-person perspective.
However, he could not issue crude commands or intervene forcefully. He could only guide Zhu Ruoxuan's reactions through mental suggestions.
At moments of danger, he also