However, a closer inspection revealed that although the injuries on the body's surface hadn't healed, the broken meridians within had mostly reconnected.
"Is it really working?" Xu Lai's pupils constricted.
Baize was also surprised but didn't show excessive joy, instead pouring cold water on the situation. "Physical injuries are not difficult to heal," she said, "but the Primordial Spirit is the real challenge."
"That's right." Xu Lai nodded. If the Primordial Spirit couldn't be restored, then even a perfectly healed body would be nothing more than an empty shell. It would be just like the Emperor's Corpses submerged in the Samsara Sea, nothing but unconscious puppets.
