Chapter 843 The Meaning of the Non-Substantial
Li Qi was suddenly stumped by Jing Wuzhen's question.
If the world is empty, then there is no need to change it, because you can change it at any time when you want to. This is true for himself, and even more so for Yipin.
So, what is this war for?
If everything is false, what is the meaning of action?
He fell into deep thought.
And Jing Wuzhen immediately shut up.
She found that Li Qi in front of her fell into a state of "enlightenment" again. Her words seemed to inspire the other party's inspiration and made him start to think.
This made Jing Wuzhen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In the past ten years, she saw Li Qi in this state almost every few months, and each time the other party meditated, it would bring corresponding new breakthroughs.
Whether it was in terms of magic, Taoism, or cultivation, it was all the same.
It's really scary. For such a person, cultivation is just like...
I don't know what it's like. Jing Wuzhen can't find an adjective. She can only say... the direct genius of the Great Dao Sect is really scary. Even though Jing Wuzhen herself is well-known in the martial arts, she finds that her cultivation speed is just like a turtle compared to Li Qi.
At this rate, it seems that the third rank is also "within reach".
It's really hard to imagine. That's the third rank. In the Great Dao Sect, it can be regarded as the decision-making level, a great existence that can truly determine the fate of the universe.
Even in the world, it is absolutely top-level, enough to judge the terrible power of all living beings, transcending cause and effect and the world, and wandering above the world.
This kind of existence is very important anywhere, but in front of this top genius, it has to be described as "within reach".
This is what people outside say "destined high-level existence", similar to the Demon Prince, the Little Heavenly Master, and Li Qi. The moment these people were born, they were destined to go to that position.
It is obvious that ordinary people only need one epiphany in their lifetime, which can change their lives and make them completely changed. It usually appears in those who have experienced many things and countless setbacks in life. The level of change of "great enlightenment" often appears in the other party.
The talent gap is really too big. Although Li Qi has been saying that his talent is not good, and his understanding is just good, Jing Wuzhen just thinks that this is just "genius's modesty".
Thinking of this, Jing Wuzhen can only shake his head and continue to do his own things.
After a while, Li Qi will wake up by himself, and then act like nothing happened, and continue his daily activities.
On Li Qi's side-
Because of Jing Wuzhen's words, Li Qi suddenly found that he still has an inertial thinking about everything in the world, that is, habitually believe that all existences have "reality", and habitually believe that they should have the same degree of existence as himself.
But it is not true.
This is a kind of knowledge and view obstacle. Li Qi knew that their existence was nothingness and could be erased at will, but he still subconsciously treated the other party as an existence that would not be erased.
By breaking this inertia of thinking and standing on this premise, Li Qi could see that everything he did was meaningless. There was no need to touch or care about Li Shiwei's affairs. Anyway, as long as Li Qi became a third-grade master, as long as he thought about it, she would immediately return to the seventeen-year-old daughter who had just left home and was curious about the world, instead of the lonely and gloomy demon practitioner now.
This is not even a change, it can only be called a "rewind".
For an existence without reality, this kind of thing even happens all the time. Every callback of the universe, the reshaping of the light cone by the third-grade master, especially in the current war period, has been modified countless times.
This is a war that is constantly SL, so...this reality has been changed countless times. What does it matter if Li Qi changes it again?
My daughter became a demon, so what?
With a gentle wave of her hand, she would turn back into the obedient and lovely daughter. This was not brainwashing, nor was it self-deception, but the other party had indeed returned to the past. To her, she had not changed at all.
If Li Qi refused this kind of thing, he should also refuse his own existence, because Li Qi himself had been traced back countless times.
But Li Qi knew that he did not think this should be eliminated. He even often used his third-grade characteristics to "select the future" and open up a new world line to gain an advantage in battle or get the results he wanted in life.
For Li Qi's "selecting the future", a random result is like drawing a card. The probability of drawing an SSR is very low, but as long as the probability is not zero, he can easily choose the "drawn" future.
For others, Li Qi can draw it every time, and the probability is meaningless to him.
But from Li Qi's subjective perspective, he actually drew many times, but those "futures" that could not draw cards were erased by him.
The final result is that he can win every time, but Li Qi thinks that this is not the case. He can just re-draw according to his own preferences.
So, what is the difference?
The difference is only in one's own cognition.
I don't want to, and I am willing.
Thinking of this, Li Qi was horrified to find out——
Once the nihility of this world is discovered, then the path to magic seems to be logical.
Li Qi seemed to be able to understand why the demon was so hip and why he was so indifferent.
Because...it doesn't matter in the first place.
All sacrifices are ignored.
Any price is a joke.
Everything you do has no consequences.
Everything in this world is inherently false, everything is one's own subjective perception, and all that one seeks is peace of mind based on one's own subjective perception.
Objective...what exactly is it?
Is there really an 'objective' existence in this world?
Li Qi once got an answer. He had such doubts, and he finally solved them. His answer was: "Those who look at the scenery often see the scenery in other people's eyes."
In other words, one's own subjectivity is objective in the eyes of others, and at the same time, what is subjective in the eyes of others is also objective to oneself. (See Chapter 721 for details)
By recognizing the subjectivity of others, the existence of ‘objectivity’ is confirmed, thereby ensuring the stability of other things.
But now, he suddenly discovered that when it comes to other things that have no reality, their "subjectivity" is actually very nihilistic, because the "subjectivity" of these people is heavily dependent on Li Qi's "subjectivity".
In other words, even without brainwashing, Li Qi can easily change their understanding of the world, so much so that their so-called 'subjectivity' itself depends on Li Qi for its existence.
In a sense, they and Li Qi are not on the same narrative level at all.
For existences without reality, Li Qi is the ‘high-level narrator’.
Reality refers to the nature of matter, or the objective world, which does not depend on any subjective will and exists independently of the observer's knowledge.
All observers' perception and understanding of matter belong to the subjective category. Observers cannot observe things beyond their own subjective will, so naturally it is impossible to talk about what is objective.
The observer itself can only be subjective. Any objective description we have must go through our cognition and our measurement. If the measurement itself is not objective, objectivity will not be established. If it cannot be measured and verified, what kind of cognition is natural? No way
Talked about.
In other words, reality is essentially relative. No matter what angle you look at, you cannot avoid subject cognition and interaction, and reality can only be discussed from this angle.
We cannot escape the fact that we are cognitive subjects and cannot rule out the influence of cognitive abilities and measurement tools.
If this is the case, then what is reality?
There is no other conclusion other than being able to determine that oneself is real.
But are you really so sure?
Wu Pin thinks he is real, but Li Qi knows that he is not. Li Qi even knows that time and space are not real, and time does not actually exist.
The empirical reality of time, that is, the objective validity with respect to all objects that can be given to our senses at any time.
And since our intuition is perceptual at all times, there can never be any object given to us in experience that is not subject to the conditions of time.
On the contrary, we reject all claims of time to absolute reality, since this reality absolutely adheres to things as a condition or attribute, regardless of the form of our sensible intuitions.
Such properties belonging to things themselves can never be given to us through the senses.
Therefore, this is the transcendental ideality of time. According to this ideality, if one takes away the subjective conditions of perceptual intuition, time is nothing at all, and cannot be attributed to it neither self-existently nor dependently. The object itself.
And how can Li Qi himself judge whether he is real?
Subjective, objective, cannot be verified, cannot be judged.
And all of these have a common ‘solution’.
That is...the magic way.
You don’t need to consider those things. You just need to acknowledge your own reality and admit that your own subjectivity is absolute. Then you don’t need to consider those things.
This answer made Li Qi suddenly wake up and wake up from the state of enlightenment.
Before he knew it, he was sweating profusely.
He waved his hand gently, attracting a breeze to clean his body, and then he found a place to sit down.
Unconsciously, he started to get closer to the devil again.
It's terrible.
The more I think about it, the more I realize how terrifying the devil is. It seems that when it comes to these things, you have to move closer to the devil, because... except for the devil, it is difficult to have such a concise and clear explanation.
The more I think about it, the closer I get to the path of magic.
Moreover, Li Qi couldn't find a way to refute, so he decisively interrupted his 'epiphany'. Although this may be something that others would be hard-pressed to obtain in their lifetime, he still gave up without hesitation.
"The devil's way, the devil's way...it's the devil's way again." Li Qilian said the devil's way three times, but he felt a huge headache.
The magic way has really had a profound impact on him.
From the beginning of his practice, I'm afraid he has been... No, it should be said that his practice may have been guided by the devil. Even if he really knows the rhyme, it may be the devil's Taoist rhyme.
But in fact, Li Qi also knew that the demon might not be able to see through him.
This is also the confidence that Li Qi can face the demon.
It is easy to understand. If the demon can see through Li Qi, it means that Li Qi has no appeal to him. An ordinary person, even a genius, cannot attract such a passionate gaze and such high-intensity interference from the demon.
In other words, as long as the demon has such an unusually persistent attitude towards Li Qi one day, it means that there will be another day when he cannot see through Li Qi.
Since he has this chip, Li Qi is naturally not without a gamble. With the gamble in hand and sitting at the same gambling table with the demon, what he has to do is not to lose himself.
But according to the current understanding, once the demon is possessed, it may directly become the demon's clone.
"Alas." Li Qi sighed.
How can I not lose myself?
Stick to myself?
Are you kidding? If it is really that simple, why are there so many geniuses who are possessed by the demon? The demon path still exists under various suppressions. Even the disciple of the great wizard Yun Fang, the son of the witch god mountain, Li Qi's senior brother, has also been possessed by the demon.
Being possessed by a demon is not a matter of whether you want to or not. Li Qi can deceive everyone else in the world, but he cannot deceive himself. No one can deceive himself.
You cannot deceive yourself, so when you believe in the way of magic, it is not something you can decide whether you are willing or not.
Li Qi knew that he was in this state now.
The idea of the way of magic invaded again, blurring his previous view of the unity of subjectivity and objectivity, and making Li Qi move closer to the way of magic again.
Li Qi could only sigh that his wisdom and knowledge were not enough.
Life is like walking in a dark wilderness, with only a line of light on you, but with this line of light, the darkness around you will become light, and people can move forward bravely.
Wherever you go, light will follow you, and the darkness around you will be dispelled.
This light is the "Tao", "knowledge", and "wisdom". In the vast darkness of the universe, only the "Tao light" can illuminate everything.
And this line of light is possessed by everyone, so everyone can have light. But if you want to dispel all the darkness in this wilderness, no one can do it.
But people always want to dispel the darkness around them, so they don't seek light from themselves, but turn to the outside world to seek light. (See Chapter 521 for details)
Li Qi felt that he could not solve this problem by relying on his own thinking for the time being.
So, he could only seek outside.
Or you could say... seek inside.
Because, in Li Qi's inner world at this moment, there is a demon king sealed.
"Let another fourth-grade wisdom enlighten me." Li Qi thought so, and his mind sank into the inner world.