Nope I have no specific proof, other than a faulty memory. You're correct, it does say "cracked the sorcery that bound it there".
Oh well there goes that line of though. Thanks for the correction.
BTW from reading that scene, a few things jumped out.
1) Kellhus was losing the battle with the 4 Cish. Guess he wasn't quite yet omnipotent yet. The only reason he won was because he did his little transposing stunt.
2) He 'tranposes' behind 2 of the Cish in quick succession, then catches a flying chorae bolt, throws it at the 3rd, and then destroys that last Cish.
2a) 2 jumps in a row didn't seem to cause him to be too tired. Not quite 100 jumps back to the empire but still...
2b) He catches the chorae bolt and is still able to maintain his flight. Or at least I assume he was flying since the bolt was fired from below. Maybe its just me, but I imagine this scene with all the schoolmen floating.
2c) Another description of a Cish being hit by a chorae. I had thought that Moenghus was the only one:
Proyas saw Kellhus jerk as the body tumbled down, realized he had caught a crossbow bolt fired from below. In a single snapping motion, he threw it like a knife at the nearest sorcerer-priest. There was a burst of incandescence rimmed by a nacre of black. The figure dropped.
Bakker, R. Scott (2008-09-02 04:00:00+00:00). The Thousandfold Thought (Kindle Locations 7630-7631). Overlook. Kindle Edition.
My bold. It would seem Moe's death wasn't unique.
EDIT:
The only other time the word
nacre is used in TTT is from the POV of Eleäzaras:
There was a flash, white ringed with a nacre of black. One of their number, Rimon, plummeted to ground, where he shattered salt. The others ran across sky.
Bakker, R. Scott (2008-09-02 04:00:00+00:00). The Thousandfold Thought (Kindle Locations 6774-6776). Overlook. Kindle Edition.
It seems that the Cish and the other schoolmen all die the same. I know this has been discussed before, but I don't know if anyone ever came to a conclusion.