Meanwhile, Lin Ye broadcast across the entire network, his voice cutting through the gentle whispers of the tide:
"The universe has given us an ocean of meaning. Do not fear drowning, and do not rush ashore."
"Find your anchor. Raise your sail."
"We are not here to conquer this sea, but to learn to sail through it, charting courses that are our own yet connect us to one another."
"The tide will eventually recede. When it does, it will carry away our delusions, leaving only souls that can truly withstand the scouring of infinite possibilities."
The "Consciousness Seeds" Lin Ye sent out crossed the meaning tide and reached their destinations with unerring precision.
The first place they lit up was the Radiance Domain.
The great sage Jingguang was caught in the deepest of contradictions. The sense of "contemplative fulfillment" brought by the tide clashed fiercely with the "pursuit of nature" at the core of his civilization. He felt his soul being torn apart by sweet tranquility.
A seed fell into his mind-image.
In an instant, he shared Lin Ye's experience of "being the seabed"-the "observer's meditative state" that embraced all meaning without being moved by it.
Jingguang felt as though lightning had struck him.
"So that's it... stability is not stillness, but a lighthouse standing firm amid raging winds and towering waves! What we need is 'dynamic steadiness'!"
He immediately gathered all the sages who were still struggling and passed this experience from mind to mind. The Radiance Civilization's "clear anchor" mind-image began to undergo a fundamental transformation: at the center of its inward-turning vortex of light, a brilliant, unwavering pillar of light was born-the anchor-while the vortex itself became a softly radiating wheel of light-the sail. They actively drew the tide through themselves, absorbing its nourishment without ever letting