Chapter 723: Subjective and objective

Beside the Mother Nest, Li Qi and Shou Yu were conversing.

The two had been talking for a day and a night, sitting and discussing the Dao, recounting their respective situations.

This conversation greatly benefited both parties, and Shou Yu also seemed very pleased.

Mainly, Li Qi told him some exclusive news about the Demonic Prince.

It was truly exclusive, such as the Demonic Prince's Ink Tiger, the situation of his body being pure Yang without Yin, the battle between the Little Celestial Master and the Demonic Prince, and the Demonic Prince simultaneously possessing the Dao Resonance of the Four Demons.

All of this made Shou Yu nod repeatedly, recording it very seriously.

Evidently, although this Martial Artist's Overlord Dao Foundation had shattered, and his 'invincibility' was no longer so certain, causing the suppressive power of his Martial Dao Divine Intent to decrease significantly, his Martial Artist's backbone remained upright.

It was just... a bit brutal.

Oh, not 'a bit,' but extremely brutal.

During this conversation, Li Qi also learned what Shou Yu had been doing in the Outer Domain all these years.

He had subdued five civilizations, then pieced their worlds together to form this world-class giant ship, conquering and plundering in the Universe.

However, as the conversation was nearing its end, Li Qi suddenly said, "By the way, can you refuel in a different world?"

"Why?" Shou Yu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"How should I put it, I owe this world a breakfast," Li Qi replied.

"Alright, then let's switch," Shou Yu said casually.

To him, it was nothing; just changing a gas station, and it was all free anyway.

With his command, the Mother Nest seemed to activate a communication mechanism, and soon, all the insect people below received a certain order.

The world-class giant ship forcibly broke through the world barrier, and large numbers, thousands of large flying ships—those several miles long—assembled all single-person flying ships within half an hour, then quickly flew back into the world-class giant ship.

The Advancement Alliance people were resisting in various ways; some, like Mo Long, were quietly lurking, while others, entire legions, united to make a final desperate stand against the insect army.

At the command center, the remaining bureaucratic System, the Advancement Alliance's remaining resistance forces, those benevolent individuals, those who desperately wanted to protect their world, were astonished to find... the insect people, who had been absolutely suppressing them, had withdrawn.

They didn't know what had happened, nor did they understand why their opponents had come or why they had left.

But they didn't need to know.

That's how the Outer Domain is.

Everyone is constantly rolling dice; rolling one hundred eighty sixes in a row means death.

And you have no idea why, because you can't see the dice.

Opportunity? Danger?

Unknown. In any case, in the endless civilizations, anything can happen, such as suddenly facing a cataclysm a month ago, and then the enemy suddenly running away a month later.

When you don't have enough ability to glimpse the truth, you truly don't know why you live or why you die.

In fact, it's not just the Advancement Alliance; other worlds are like this too, including those small worlds that were once destroyed by the Advancement Alliance.

One must know that when the Advancement Alliance resolutely spent hundreds of thousands of years moving from an unknown world cluster to the vicinity of the Illusion-Reality Domain, it also passed through many 'gas stations' along the way.

So, there's nothing special; this Outer Domain is just like this. Even the Human-Shaman War, which is currently raging, if you look closely, although trillions of worlds are involved, there are only more worlds that are not involved.

The Outer Domain is too vast.

Li Qi was already accustomed to such things; countless civilizations in the Human-Shaman War had experienced this.

Thinking this, Li Qi gently extended his hand, crushing the IOU on his body, and his Karma with the Advancement Alliance was settled.

Nothing special; all of this was merely because he 'wished' it.

But, at that very moment—!

Li Qi's eyes suddenly widened.

He 'wished'.

Yes—

The unification of subjective will and objective reality, isn't that 'wishing'?!

If the essence of the Universe is objective matter, then even if complex organic beings like us are born in the Universe under suitable conditions, we should only be 'philosophical zombies.' Our nervous Systems might be powerful and flexible enough to deal with various environmental problems, but there shouldn't be an 'I' in our brains, there shouldn't be a 'subjective world' observing the environment.

Therefore, the world cannot be essentially objective; everyone is bound to view the world from the perspective of 'I.' This world must be a world for 'me.'

This is the foundation of the Demonic Dao.

But, but!

This is not important; what's important is the next point!

And consciousness is subjectively controlled, transferable to a certain extent by human will, and thus subjective. And consciousness itself can manipulate one's own body.

Isn't one's own body objective matter?

Clearly, the body is objective matter, one hundred percent.

So, doesn't this prove that subjective consciousness can manipulate objective matter?! It's just that this manipulation is not limitless but has limits. What should this limit depend on?

Li Qi didn't know; he had no answer. But he could conclusively prove that if a person's subjective will wants to do something, then objective matter responds accordingly.

This is the process of manipulating the body.

In other words, there is a transition in between.

Li Qi once had a period of being troubled by the concept of 'boundaries,' and now, this early knowledge was driving him towards a deeper answer.

Li Qi suddenly realized something—

Any person's subjective thoughts, concepts, and will are objectively existing to others.

Yes, your own subjective consciousness is actually objective matter to others.

Even once thoughts, concepts, and will are formed, they become objective existences in one's own mind, forming the most essential characteristics of that person.

From a comprehensive and holistic perspective, subjective and objective are inherently unified; both are objective existences, unified in objective existence.

The person viewing the scenery is also scenery in the eyes of others.

The boundary gradually blurred, then began to clear.

At this moment, the relativity in space-time overlapped with the relativity of subjective and objective.

It can be known that there is no absolute 'subjective will,' because one's own subjective is objective matter in the eyes of others; an absolute subject does not exist.

At this instant, Li Qi suddenly felt the smoothness of 'logic.' If subjective and objective are unified in this way, then it means he can treat others' subjective consciousness, such as Martial Dao Divine Intent or the Demonic Dao's demonic thoughts, as an objective reality to process, which would not create any paradox.

In other words—

Li Qi's current demonic thoughts was also like this.

The world is not only absolutely subjective; since there is relative subjective and objective, then the unification of subjective and objective is a matter of course, just as Li Qi had thought before.

Therefore, he doesn't need to worry that everything is a Heavenly Demon, because as long as his own subjective remains objective in the eyes of others, then... Li Qi can be certain of his own objectivity.

The moment he received this answer, Li Qi suddenly recalled what it was like when he first obtained the Spirit Dao's 'Dao Principle Reader.' (See Chapter 439 for details)

At that time, Li Qi, through the Dao Principle Reader, realized the existence of public language and the necessary non-existence of private language.

If a language can be understood by yourself, it can, in principle, be understood by others.

At that time, Li Qi learned a point called: "Through the Dao Principle, trust others, and use others to provide assurance for the objective reality of this world."

It all connected, everything connected!

The existence of others provides support for the objective reality of one's own subjective will, thereby resisting the existence of demonic thoughts, while the subjectivity of self-consciousness is unremovable, and the inaccessibility of others' will further confirms one's own existence.

Thus, subjective and objective were unified at this moment.

Relativity exists not only in space-time but also broadly in everything in this world. Through this relativity, reality becomes clearer.

As Li Qi experienced his Epiphany, his Qi also changed accordingly. The demonic thoughts on him began to be cleared. demonic thoughts itself cannot be cleared, because as a purely subjective 'feeling,' demonic thoughts has no objectively evaluable standard; any thought can become demonic thoughts.

The thought of eating meat and drinking alcohol is demonic thoughts to some, a thought of joy to others, and a thought of disgust to yet others.

It is precisely this different subjectivity towards different things that leads to the non-existence of absolute subjectivity, and thus the state where demonic thoughts cannot be defined.

So, by using the objective reality of subjective will, this problem can be solved, because once demonic thoughts possesses objective reality, it loses its greatest disguise—

During Li Qi's Epiphany, he directly sat down on the ground.

At the same time, Shou Yu beside him looked at Li Qi in astonishment.

This...

What did he understand?

Why were his Qi and cultivation changing so dramatically!?

Wait, the Dao Resonance around him was changing, but it didn't cause a change in his cultivation. Was it because of the Seal on his body?

But this Seal couldn't last forever, meaning this change would eventually apply to his cultivation.

Was this Seal meant for him to use for comparison?

A whole series of inferences instantly popped into Shou Yu's mind, leading to one conclusion.

Truly, a Genius.

A Genius's approach, a Hellish difficulty!

He didn't know what Li Qi had comprehended, because what Shou Yu saw was a method of advancement.

But this method shocked Shou Yu!

Generally, what you comprehend will be reflected in your cultivation and Divine Intent at all times. You cannot deceive yourself; your Dao path always guides your cultivation.

However, this is actually very dangerous; when you take the wrong path, your cultivation will follow the wrong path, and then it will be irreversible.

But if you Seal your cultivation beforehand, preventing your cultivation from following your spirit, then you have a chance to reconsider.

It's just... this opportunity has some problems.

How do you get two answers in a short time? And how do you know which of the two answers is correct?

Furthermore, regarding the changes between these answers, you can only ever take the latter, because the later answer will inevitably cover the previous one. There's no special reason; it's simply because it was thought of later. To arrive at the later answer, you must have overturned the previous one, otherwise it wouldn't become the 'later answer.'

At the same time, you cannot be sure which one is correct.

Therefore, this method of Sealing is only suitable for: people who clearly know they will Breakthrough, people who clearly know the first answer is wrong, and people who clearly know there will be a better answer.

But if these three 'clears' exist simultaneously in one person, then how clear is that person about his Dao path?

The difficulty of this matter is Hellish; the one who does this is truly a Genius, at least Shou Yu couldn't do it.

Fools cannot possibly comprehend how terrifying this is!

This means Li Qi clearly knows what his answer should look like, or rather... he knows what his answer should not look like.

How... enviable.

Shou Yu looked at Li Qi, clearly understanding why the other party was 'Fourth Rank.'

This gap truly existed.

"Still far off," Shou Yu shook his head slightly.

Compared to his own confusion, Li Qi seemed much more resolute.

Demonic Prince, oh, Demonic Prince...

Someday, I will use your Dao foundation to recast my 'invincibility'!

Shou Yu waved his sleeve, leaving Li Qi where he was, not bothering him. The world-class flying ship began to operate, searching for the next world.

There were many worlds here; no shortage.

Due to the existence of the Illusion-Reality Domain, this Outer Domain spectacle, the world density here was terrifying.

How dense must world density be to be terrifying?

Around the Illusion-Reality Domain, there were 1.2 million worlds per cubic light-year! And all of them were ranked. The average distance between any two worlds was only 0.01 light-year, equivalent to just eighteen times the distance from the Sun to Pluto.

Taking the Sun and its nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, as an example, Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun, is 4.2 light-years away. In the Illusion-Reality Domain, within the range of the Sun to Proxima Centauri, two stars, there are approximately ninety million worlds.

Within the same region, two worlds versus ninety million worlds—this is the world density within the Illusion-Reality Domain.

Everyone wants to enjoy this great Outer Domain spectacle, and competition is naturally exceptionally fierce.

The worlds that survive in this region are not to be trifled with.

But even in these fiercely competitive worlds, Shou Yu's fleet could still run rampant in all worlds within the Fifth Rank.

No other reason, he was the 'Little Overlord' from the World.

These Fifth Rank worlds in the Outer Domain, even facing him with his shattered Dao foundation, still couldn't be opponents.

Shou Yu's gaze at Li Qi was like the gaze of Outer Domain beings at Shou Yu.

That kind of 'envy.'

Yes, envy.

As stated before.

The person viewing the scenery is also scenery in the eyes of others.