In the beginning.
The High Priest was not yet the High Priest; back then, she was Ruan Wei.
Facing that invisible, intangible mastermind who had never truly shown herself even to this day, Ruan Wei felt a flicker of powerlessness more than once.
Yet it was merely powerlessness.
Ruan Wei possessed an exceptionally integrated personality, and her tenacity was terrifyingly fierce.
Every occurrence had its reasons, and Ruan Wei never wasted energy on internal conflict; she would never search for faults within herself.
The tighter the Mandate of Heaven pressed her, the more violently Ruan Wei rebounded.
Strength was what Ruan Wei lacked most at the time.
If ordinary channels offered no way to advance, she would tread unconventional paths! Spiritual entities could devour one another—and a spiritual physique was spirit all the same; why shouldn't it count?
Finally.
Relying on her Innate Spirit Physique and enduring a body full of wounds, she forcibly swallowed the Mirage.
In an instant.
Ruan Wei was dragged into that pristine, stainless void.
Chapter 367