From "Gestalt" to "My Country," the association came so naturally.
Only after Ronan had seen the Sky Abyss Empire, the Thought Star Cluster, and the descriptions of advanced civilizations in the historical texts of Ceremonial Ancient Script—after gaining some understanding of the Sky-Rending Sealed Lord and the All Heavens Divine Kingdom, and greatly broadening his horizons—had this idea smoothly taken shape.
At this point, he had relatively clear understandings of prison, furnace, mirror, and country among the sixteen words of Format Theory, along with their corresponding applications in cultivation. He could also interpret them from a higher level.
Aside from the "country" character just now, "prison" and "furnace" were the foundational framework of Format Theory's Self Format and the foundation of the Sky Abyss Empire's cultivation system. Yet they were also quite possibly projections of Sun Wheel Absolute Prison and Red Wheel Dark Side within his grandfather's mind.
As for "mirror," it manifested on Ronan's side as the Mirror of Appraisal. It represented his understanding and interpretation of information throughout the river of history, the embodiment of his ability to Trace Origin and Root. Looking at the current state of Inner and Outer Earth, was it not likewise a reflection in cognition of this world where reality and illusion were difficult to distinguish, where true and false could not be unraveled?
Some of the connections between those elements seemed a little far-fetched, but Ronan had used his lightning-fast cultivation progress to provide the most practical verification.
This characteristic, shaped both by the Sky Abyss Empire's inheritance and multiple influences from Earth Local Time-Space, was a standard Rule Difference—someone like Ronan, with such a cultivation and growth path, could only possibly emerge on Earth.
From "Gestalt," he thought of the Sixteen-Word Formula, and from the Sixteen-Word Formula, he thought of himself.