The moon hung high in the heavens. Heavy, turbid gloom receded in all directions, then transformed into shadows among the mountains and gleams upon the water.
Light and shadow interwove; clarity and turbidity mingled and parted, without any particularly obvious boundary.
Others might not see it, but he had to see it clearly himself.
Yu Ci's mind settled. Up to this point, he still held the advantage.
There was an inconceivable connection between his mental image and the physical image:
Changes in the physical image would be reflected in the mental image; conversely, changes in the mental image would immediately manifest within the physical image.
In other words, he could exert force from both the objective and subjective sides at once, using each as a reference for the other. Bit by bit, he could strip away elements that did not belong to him, while taking on those things that ought to be borne and dealt with by him, making his judgment ever clearer.
Within the Myriad Demon Pool, the vortex created by the earlier crude "cleanup" was gradually subsiding.
Having already comprehended the distinction between "light and shadow, void and reality, self and other," Yu Ci naturally would no longer use the utilitarian standard of "useful or useless" to deal with matters.
And as moonlight cast its reflection, the blood-red color within the muddy, filthy Myriad Demon Pool seemed to have faded somewhat.
Yet at the edges reached by the moonlight, the shadows grew ever denser, and the reflected light and shadows upon the rippling water became ever more beguiling.
Those elements that did not belong to him had been shifted away, changing from "inner demons" into "Outer Demons." This was undoubtedly progress.
However, Yu Ci also understood that this "mechanism of transformation" itself could likewise be transformed.
That was