"It seems I still have to make use of the generating and overcoming relationship of the Five Elements."
Li Zhirui opened his eyes. In his heart, a solution was forming to resolve the chaos caused by the fusion of Yin-Yang and Five Element essences, which led to previous failures in alchemy.
What's more, as soon as he thought about it, he came up with two entirely different approaches.
One method was to utilize the Five Phases generating cycle—gold contains water, water nourishes wood, wood gives rise to fire… allowing the seven essences to reach a special state of balance.
The other approach was Five Elements overcoming cycle, using water to overcome fire, fire to overcome metal, metal to overcome wood… keeping the essences temporarily locked in a state of mutual restraint without merging.
As for which of these two methods was better, Li Zhirui couldn't tell, but he decisively chose the first one—not for any other reason, but because it was the most suitable!
