Although everything was normal and nothing unexpected had occurred, Yan Chihuo still harbored doubts about that breach. A spirit fire like the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Fire would certainly not remain peacefully here without a barrier—otherwise, there would have been no barrier here in the first place. Yet faced with the current situation, he could rack his brains and still make no sense of it.
"Could it be that this Thousand Illusion Heavenly Fire has masochistic tendencies? Has it been tormented by the barrier for so long that it simply doesn't want to leave?" This thought could not help surfacing in Yan Chihuo's mind.
Naturally, he knew perfectly well how absurd and laughable that thought was, but aside from that, Yan Chihuo could find no other explanation.
In the blink of an eye, a day passed. Yan Chihuo discovered that although the Four-Colored Spirit Fire's power had increased slightly, the rate of growth was far too slow, while the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Fire below showed not the slightest sign of weakening.
Yan Chihuo knew that it was impossible to completely merge the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Fire into the Four-Colored Spirit Fire within just a few days. However, there was a trick to this. A spirit fire like the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Fire was bound to possess spirituality, and this spirituality differed from that of the Earth Heart Spirit Flame he had merged with.
In comparison, the spirituality of the Earth Heart Spirit Flame Yan Chihuo had merged with had already developed an independent consciousness, while the spirituality of the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Fire was still rather muddled and immature. Given enough time, its spirituality would naturally grow further and reach that stage, but it could not do so now.
The reason Yan Chihuo judged that the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Fire's spirituality