Chapter 5428

A seasoned guide through this mystical rite, Jared moved with practiced grace. A series of gentle touches-part mantra, part caress-loosened the girl’s tension until soft, involuntary gasps slipped past her lips.

“Enough preliminaries,” she breathed, voice trembling like a plucked string. “Please… let the fusion begin.”

Her plea carried a desperate edge, as if the building tide of spiritual current had already proven almost too wondrous to bear.

Jared answered with silence, sinking into focused stillness as he guided his essence to meet hers. A ribbon of gold-pure dragon power-poured from his core, threading into her meridians like sunlit water seeping into thirsty earth. The disciple shuddered. Eyes fluttered shut, and the line of her mouth softened into unguarded bliss. The draconic energy fortified her vessels even as it swept her into heights of euphoria no solitary meditation could ever reach.

Thirty minutes later, the glow around her subsided. When she opened her eyes, her cultivation had leapt a boundary she had battled for years, advancing from Earthly Immortal Level Six to Level Seven. Bewildered joy spilled across her face.

“Incredible! Mr. Chance, you’ve broken the barrier I’ve been pounding at forever,” she laughed, disbelief sparkling in every syllable.

Her delight rang through the corridor, a clear bell summoning fresh courage in the hearts of those waiting outside.