Su Shi'er kept murmuring under his breath, his brows gradually knitting together.
After more than a hundred attempts, he could now say with certainty that the line of thought was feasible.
It was simply that there were far too many specific details involved.
Yin and yang were indeed the foundation of power, but above yin and yang lay the transformations of hardness and softness, the Four Symbols, the Five Elements, the Eight Trigrams, and the Nine Palaces.
In an ordinary clash, taking a palm technique as an example, the actual force might be: seven parts yin, three parts yang; six parts hard, four parts soft; the palm containing the force of metal, wind, and thunder.
To neutralize such a palm force, one would need: seven parts yang, three parts yin; four parts hard, six parts soft; the force of fire, mountains, and seas.
In fact, the real situation could be even more complicated than this.
Under what circumstances should what method be used? That, too, was a problem.
"Actually, there is no need to deconstruct every last bit of power. One only needs to pinpoint the key and dissolve its most crucial part.
"The remaining power naturally will not be a problem.
"But looking at it now, there is another even thornier issue.
"The layering and dissolution of power are far slower than expected. This, too, is no small problem.
"And even if one can locate the core of a power and dissolve it in an extremely short time, several other key issues remain.
"That is... one's own foundation must be sufficiently deep. If the foundation is unstable, then no matter how ingenious the method, it is merely a castle in the air, duckweed floating on water.
"Beyond one's foundation is knowledge. One must possess a deep enough understanding of