Impossible??

With a constant cycle of absorption, replenishment, and amplification...

The force with which Jiang Chen was absorbing became so overwhelming that the tower itself started trembling.

It felt threatened as the core of the liquid-like entity with jelly-like tendrils, resembling a massive amoeba, slid toward Jiang Chen. At the same time, Jiang Chen was absorbing energy from the vortex as well...

Time passed with the pillar resisting the pull…

But as more time passed, Jiang Chen's frustration and rage continued to build. His eyes shone with a deep crimson red glow, like flames burning within. He screamed, his voice raw with agony…

"Kha... aaahhhhhhhhh...."

Pain from the pull of the vortex, which, though it should have decreased as the Asura Phantom absorbed energy, was instead amplified, as the vortex—acting like a black hole—kept drawing in energy from the surroundings…

Pain from the constant use of his spiritual energy, pushing him beyond his limit…

Pain from unknowingly using the Asura Phantom…

At this moment, Jiang Chen's mind was solely focused on survival.

His body responded instinctively, pushing beyond its limits, using every ounce of power it possessed—whether Jiang Chen was aware of it or not.

Yet while his mind was occupied with survival, his heart burned with a singular, all-consuming obsession: "destroy this fucking pillar."

"How dare this big dick… how dare it… how dare it… because of this thing, I have to suffer this much… thissssss much… just because of a thing that isn't even alive…?"

"I will... willllll destroy this dickkkk..."

"Shatter it into... a hundred... no... a thousand... no... hundreds of thousands of pieces..."

"Haaahh... haaaahhh... haaahh... haaahhh..."

Blood trickled from the corner of Jiang Chen's mouth…

His stomach had already been bleeding from the start, and now his entire lower half was drenched in blood.

His robe, originally red, was now soaked in blood, turning an even darker shade, dripping steadily onto the ground.

It was a scene of chaos.

More time passed…

The pillar's core—deep crimson red—finally reached Jiang Chen's abdomen. The pillar was going all out, unleashing all its might. But even with such overwhelming force, it was proving useless. The roots from Jiang Chen's back possessed such an immense absorbing force that they countered the pillar's pull, while the Asura Phantom's roots devoured energy relentlessly. That energy, in turn, was fueling Jiang Chen, amplifying his strength even further.

Then it happened.

As the core reached his abdomen—where the previously absorbed source core resided—something strange occurred. Like two magnets with opposing poles, they began attracting each other with an overwhelming force.

The sheer magnitude of this attraction made all of Jiang Chen's previous suffering seem like mere scratches in comparison.

If all the pain he had endured until now was combined, it would still only amount to one-tenth of the agony he was experiencing at this moment.

"Ahhhhhhhhh... whh... whattt... is... this... It... it... is hurting more than when my body was reforging... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh... nohhh... fucccccvccckkkkk... stop... youuuuuu... bastard..."

Both his mind and heart instantly recognized the urgency of the situation.

The Asura Phantom's roots immediately detached from the vortex and wrapped tightly around Jiang Chen's body, forming a protective barrier. Even the roots that had sprouted from his back moved instinctively, encircling the cores…

And then, they absorbed at full power.

It was as if Jiang Chen's body knew what was coming—or maybe it was just sheer dumb luck—but…

The force of attraction between the two cores was so intense that it triggered their assimilation.

They were once a single source to begin with, and now, they sought to become whole again.

But as they fused, a colossal amount of heat energy was released. The sheer magnitude of it was enough to rival the ever-growing vortex of spiritual energy.

Jiang Chen sensed the heat immediately.

He had experienced something like this before.

So he laughed.

"Ahhhhahahahah! I have good resistance to heat… you fucker… do... your... BEST… HAHAHAHAHA!"

Even in excruciating pain, he laughed like a maniac.

Perhaps the pain had driven him mad.

But Jiang Chen had underestimated it.

Through hazy eyes, blurred by the heat distorting the air and the blood seeping into them, he saw something terrifying.

Each cores has their energies surrounded them ,as they assimilate ,their energies spiralled and formed —shape like an infinity symbol—wrapping around them as they merged.

The closer they came to unity, the greater the heat they released.

As time passed, the heat reached such an unfathomable level that the treasured robe Zi Xia had given him ignited and began burning away.

His body, despite its reforged state, began to feel the 'searing heat'.

The surrounding spiritual energy itself—something that should be 'indestructible'—was 'burning'.

Jiang Chen's eyes widened in horror.

"What is this… why… why am I feeling heat…? Why is my robe burning…? No… this can't be… I'm resistant to it, right…? I reforged my body for this… I suffered so much for this… ahhhhhhhhh… haah… haaaahh… was it all… useless…? Useless… useless…?"

Then he saw it.

The massive heat energy—"which should have been invisible"—had taken form.

A deep 'crimson red', like a terrifying, ravenous 'flame demon'.

It was obliterating the vortex itself.

"How can this be… how… is this even possible…? How can pure spiritual energy be burned…? This… this… is… blasphemous..."

And then it clicked.

Somewhere in the back of Jiang Chen's mind, an understanding took shape.

"This is… this is like nuclear fusion…"

"It's exactly like nuclear fusion. Their merging is releasing an unfathomable amount of heat energy, enough to burn everything in its wake…"

"This… this… is disastrous…"