Siege of the Holy City
"There's no other way. To reopen that passage to the outer realm, my disciple is indispensable."
Pope Mi Tianshu let out a long sigh. His palm suddenly shot forth, and his great hand pressed down on Jiezi Huan's crown.
"True Spirit Undying! Supreme Empowerment!"
Mi Tianshu exhaled and shouted, driving his palm down. At once, the young man in white began to tremble all over. It was as though a brilliant flame were burning within him, illuminating his fleshly body until it became wholly transparent, even revealing his five viscera and six bowels.
Mi Tianshu had expended an enormous amount of his avatar's cultivation to perform this supreme empowerment art. As the pope, he drove his own immortal-divine laws into the young man in white, helping him mend his body.
In an instant, the white-robed young man's physique began to change. His injuries rapidly healed, while the countless impurities in his fleshly body were cleansed away. The blood, flesh, and meridians throughout his body seemed like steel slag that had been repeatedly forged—terrifyingly tough.
At the same time, Mi Tianshu's vast dharma power merged into Jiezi Huan's body, causing his power to surge directly to its limit. Even his Dao-Entering Yin Spirit condensed into substance, transforming into a Primordial Spirit.
When Pope Mi Tianshu's palm finally left his crown, Jiezi Huan opened his eyes again. Without a sound, he had broken through his limits and become a Manifestation expert.
This was utterly different from an ordinary Manifestation breakthrough. After Jiezi Huan awoke, his bearing shone brilliantly, his eyes as deep as the starry sky, with information of past and future flickering within them. In one stroke, he had smashed through layer after layer of bottlenecks, raising his cultivation to the level of Truth Heavenly Heart—an