As a technique that Shan Liangyi unleashed after gathering strength, the previous strike was not simply about increased power. It was a move designed to restrain my actions rather than inflict damage.

Behind Shan Liangyi, the Four Symbols and Five Elements Wheel revealed a silver-white glow from the White Tiger Seed, while the Xuanwu Seed emitted a profound dark light. In response to the wheel's transformation, the deep yellow turbid aura around us rapidly transformed into the silver-white White Tiger Gold Element Magic Power, which then morphed into the profound dark Black Tortoise Water Element Magic Power.

Earth generates metal, metal generates water... The power specifically countering Fire Element Power locked onto me, leaving me immobile. Simultaneously, Shan Liangyi raised his palm, where he gathered extremely strong Black Tortoise Water Element Magic Power, with intensity equalling the sum of the previous three attacks.

He probably did not predict that I would directly shatter his third attack, yet he was fully prepared for the possibility that his attack might be ineffective. It's likely he had been secretly accumulating mana for this strike.

The enormous Black Tortoise Water Element Magic Power transformed into a destructive black wave attacking me, with the surrounding Black Tortoise Water Element Magic Power coordinating to encircle and annihilate me. The overall power was enough to obliterate both my body and soul. There's no way to evade or defend; its terrifying destructive force could penetrate the True Spirit. Given Shan Liangyi's understanding of entities on the True Spirit Layer, getting hit would be fatal or crippling. Even now, I cannot bear such a cost.

Shan Liangyi must have observed that, although I no longer possess the Vermilion Bird Seed, I still habitually mimic the Flame Magic Power with the Vermilion Bird Attribute, naturally making me vulnerable to the Four Symbols and Five Elements relationship.

Admittedly, it's my first time breaking free from the constraints of the Four Symbols and Five Elements System. To suddenly abandon this framework and rely solely on my independent cognition is inevitably unfamiliar. This is extremely deadly in a battle against Shan Liangyi.

This issue is not entirely insurmountable; moreover, if it is just to deal with this strike, I have several other methods.

One method is to transform my Flame Attribute into Earth Element. The Catastrophe Demon is already acknowledged by the planetary will as "one of my possible futures." Even without Little Bowl's blessing, I can perfectly simulate the Catastrophe Demon's Earth Element Gravity Flame, without worrying about altering the core of Flame Magic Power. Earth Element countering Water Element makes it effortless to handle this situation.

However, this approach might be a hidden trap. Not to mention that Solar Eclipse Fire remains within the framework of the Four Symbols and Five Elements, facing Shan Liangyi as a source is nothing but showing off in front of an expert. Moreover, the Earth Element is the domain of Yellow Dragon Mountain's Liangyi, making it more susceptible to both tangible and intangible suppression.

Therefore, I decided to use another method.

Since I can now integrate into any object, become any substance, any energy, any existence, any phenomenon, I should be able to attempt to become something that can integrate into the opponent's power.

Just like the flames of the mundane world cannot harm me, who is composed of flame, the powers of this world shouldn't be able to harm the current me.

This is my first attempt at this approach, but my intuition tells me I can do it.

All the power struck where I stood, with a massive explosion and shockwave utterly destroying this region, even tearing the space, revealing countless distorted fissures.

But amidst all of this, I remained unharmed. All the destructive phenomena passed through me like an illusion, or it should be said in reverse. Shan Liangyi's ultimate move yielded no result.

Witnessing this scene, Shan Liangyi's expression grew more twisted, though seemingly not very surprised.

"Well... I just lost my composure. I admit, you've pushed open the third door and somehow inexplicably manifested the True Spirit..." he said through gritted teeth, "But... how did you achieve it? Don't tell me you accomplished the 'Great Renunciation'... completing an arduous practice on par with achieving the Legendary Realm with my help!?"

For me, who appeared to him as nothing more than a weak prey, to achieve such a great success that he had long yearned for, seemed to have inflicted an extremely intense shock on his mind.

But whether I truly achieved the genuine "Great Renunciation," or whether my actions truly aligned with the direction once described by the Old Fist God...

Even now, I can still say, "To give up what is most important for a certain goal" is a logically challenged endeavor. Since if I can forsake the latter for the former, it means the former is truly the most important. Is this really the right path? I reserve my opinion. Admittedly, I once gave up all my power and old obsessions, even saying I gave up my own life wouldn't be an exaggeration, but whether this constitutes the "Great Renunciation," there may still be room for doubt.

I wasn't choosing to abandon adventure over my companions. Because to me, faced with choices, regardless of advancing or retreating yielded the same result, and one side at least still involved my companions, so the balance naturally tipped that way. It was precisely because the most important decision criteria became a dilemma, allowing other factors to intervene in the decision-making. Ultimately, it was an outcome forced by external pressure, thus it's cunning to define it forcefully as my own "Great Renunciation."

On the other hand, I never truly forsook my adventure. I only relinquished the "narrow adventure with only the Magic World as the goal." I always knew how narrow-minded my past thoughts were, like Tai Sui once mentioned, I knew how to let go of my obsessions. It was merely childish and intentionally or unintentionally turning a blind eye. The presence of companions wasn't letting me forsake the adventure itself, but rather providing me a chance to confront myself.

As the fundamental obsession of my soul, it inherently contains the possibility of transformation. Once I achieved this, I naturally broke through the old structure.

Were it not for the words of the Old Fist God, in my own words, this is not some unique achievement, nor is it an unprecedented great feat, but something anyone might experience on the path of growth. It is a soul transformation that anyone can achieve as long as they are determined and progress steadily.

I simply finally grew up a bit, ending my long childhood.

Then, I shared my thoughts as a response with Shan Liangyi, the adversary who propelled my growth.

"Nonsense!" Shan Liangyi completely couldn't understand what I was saying.

He seemed to be at his wit's end and attacked again.

All the attacks once again passed through my body, unable to truly harm me. At the same time, I retaliated, a massive wave of fire sweeping towards Shan Liangyi, wanting to burn him to death.

The flames gradually shed the attributes of Vermilion Bird Fire, seemingly unchanged, but they were step by step transforming into a power not belonging to the Four Symbols and Five Elements System.

Even though I couldn't rely on my own experience to independently and skillfully manipulate powers other than Vermilion Bird Fire for the time being, it doesn't mean I couldn't find a way. Since I couldn't rely on my shallow experience, I relied on Xuanming's experience. Also, as a fire-manipulating Great Demon, Xuanming's fire didn't follow Shan Liangyi's Four Symbols and Five Elements System, which was perfect for me now.

The consciousness products of others, if digested too much at once, can pollute one's own consciousness. Xuanming's experience was not textual knowledge but direct abstract insights. In the past, I was wary of the dangers therein and didn't fully digest it in a short time, but now I don't need to care about such "small matters". As a Manifestation User who could integrate into anything and freely transform the soul structure, absorbing a lot of other people's experience was just a piece of cake.

I completely digested Xuanming's experience in one breath, turning the vast insights of the Ancient Great Impermanence into my nourishment, skipping the unbelievably long accumulation process as if cheating. In an instant, I went from being a still-green new-generation Great Demon to a master as skilled and seasoned in power manipulation techniques as Xuanming.

The brand-new flame directly hit Shan Liangyi.

However, just like my unscathed state, my flames also passed through Shan Liangyi's body without causing any harm.

I remembered, this was a skill Shan Liangyi had once demonstrated. In the past, together with Water Master Xuanwu and Meng Zhang, we attacked Shan Liangyi, only to be unable to truly harm him. This was the Power of Space-Time that he possessed as the Central Yellow Dragon. Though he seemed to stand before me, in reality, he was not on the same space-time plane as me.

In other words, the trump card that Ming Zhuo sought from Naraku Gospel, Shan Liangyi himself could reproduce. Based on my observations, the space-time barrier between Shan Liangyi and me was far stronger than the barrier Ming Zhuo achieved with maximum effort manipulating the Space-Time Storm.

Even if there were a hundred Great Demons attacking Shan Liangyi day and night, until even the Earth was destroyed, it would still be impossible to touch a corner of Shan Liangyi's garments.

Massive Flame Magic Power and Five Elements Mana fiercely intertwined back and forth, but whether it was Shan Liangyi or me, though it looked dazzling, we couldn't truly touch each other's bodies.

And soon, I found an angle to break through Shan Liangyi's space-time barrier defense.

Thinking carefully, such an obstacle fundamentally couldn't stop my current attack.

My flames are myself; since I can merge into everything, so can my power. Even this space-time barrier, which seemed like a heavenly moat, must be able to be merged with and penetrated.

A flame like a dragon was unleashed by me, and at the same time, Shan Liangyi continuously launched attribute-varied magical impacts.

Gold, wood, water, fire, earth… various attributes of magic power emerged. He seemed to be testing which attribute was more effective against me and wanted to use successive attacks to offset my counterattack. But this time, the Flame Dragon, as if it were myself, ignored and penetrated all his magical attacks.

Even the space-time barrier was disregarded and penetrated, and the Flame Dragon charged straight at the target, causing Shan Liangyi to change his expression dramatically.