In truth, there was one thing Ye Ting had not mentioned to the little filly while teaching Yrel the ways of the Holy Light and Shadow.
That was that the so-called paths of the Holy Light and Shadow were, in essence, highly subjective attitudes.
Just like the "good" upheld by the Holy Light and the "evil" of Shadow: generally speaking, the concepts of "good" and "evil" did not exist innately. They emerged only after sentient life arose and intelligent sentient beings formed societies.
What "good" and "evil" had always followed was the social morality of sentient life.
What conformed to morality was "good," while what did not was "evil."
Yet morality itself was defined by people. As social circumstances changed, moral standards had never remained fixed.
Philosophically, morality was merely the result of social practice, and social practice had always been driven by emotion and desire—not reason. Reason could only distinguish right from wrong, but could not spur action. Desire was precisely the opposite: it could spur action, but could not distinguish right from wrong.
Therefore, so-called "good" and "evil" had always been relative and could not truly represent "right" and "wrong."
It was like how the morality of a slave society could not be applied to a feudal society, while the morality of a feudal society was equally fallacious in a capitalist society. Different circumstances and different positions came with different moral standards.
How could the Holy Light and Shadow themselves distinguish something so complex?
Thus, all they could discern was the morality within a person's heart—the restraints a person imposed upon themselves.
That was why the Scarlet Crusade could slaughter innocent undead without being abandoned by the Holy Light—in their moral standards, such acts were righteous.
It could be said that even a madman, so long as he