Chapter 702: Cognition Inside and Outside

How could the Great Void possibly be spherical?

Many powerful beings were astonished; they did not understand.

The Great Void is not a World, not space-time, not Heaven and Earth, but a symbol of objective reality; how could such a concrete form appear?

"You have no need to understand; you have reached a dead end regardless."

Li Heng smiled slightly and struck directly, suppressing and killing these beings.

These powerful beings naturally could not sit and wait for death, and began to fight like cornered beasts. However, their methods were resolved one by one by Li Heng, unable to stir up any waves at all; instead, they struggled to parry Li Heng's attacks and slowly fell into a state of defeat and death.

They felt somewhat desperate.

Why is this Fishing Old Man so unreasonable?

Unreasonably strong!

Standing aloof and watching the show from the side, the Void Balance looked at this scene and could not help but sigh; these powerful beings, looking across the entire Great Void, could all be called strong rather than weak.

And they all possessed illustrious reputations. For example, the Space-Time Sovereign, Hezi Kongzhizhe, the Supreme Transcendent, the Dimensional Demon God, the Hunyuan Supreme, and so on.

Yet now they had fallen into such a plight.

Reduced to lambs waiting to be slaughtered by another!

The strength of this Li Heng, this Fellow Daoist Li, is truly terrifying!

After the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, Li Heng finished suppressing and killing the last powerful being, and Source Power was continuously credited to him; now he had harvested over one hundred million Golden Source Points, which could be called a bumper harvest. He had directly completed more than one-third of his three hundred million Golden Source Point goal!

It is just a pity that there are even more clever people in the Great Void; many others had been watching from the shadows just now, and seeing that things were not looking good, they turned and left directly, without dragging their feet at all.

Otherwise, he could have harvested even more Source Power and Golden Source Points.

But Li Heng was satisfied with this.

After all, he was not fishing, but using a fishing net to catch fish; he could not really exterminate them all and not leave a glimmer of survival for the majority, right? The Great Void is so vast that it is hard to say if some peerless expert he cannot beat might pop out who finds him an eyesore.

So it is better not to be unscrupulous.

To say nothing else, take the Void Balance beside him; even having reached his current realm and strength, he still had not seen through the mist around the balance or pierced through the origin of Causality.

"Fellow Daoist, this fishing feast is truly breathtaking. I will not ask what you have harvested here, Fellow Daoist, I am just very curious about what you said just now—could it be that the Great Void is truly round?"

The Void Balance spoke in admiration, then asked with confusion.

Even though he had desperately searched for clues just now, he had not seen through this Fellow Daoist Li's methods at all, and the surrounding Great Void had not shown any signs of distortion or folding.

This could not help but make him wonder if perhaps this Fellow Daoist Li really had not used any methods, and the Great Void was truly round? Those guys ran too fast and too far, and ran directly back to their starting point?

Of course, even thinking this, he felt it was absurd.

He considered himself to know a little about the Great Void.

"Fellow Daoist Balance, then what do you think the Great Void is?"

Hearing this, Li Heng smiled and asked in return.

"The Great Void is everything, it is objective; whether you acknowledge the Great Void or not, the Great Void is right here—that is my view, the ultimate of everything."

The Void Balance replied after pondering for a moment.

Although his answer was very brief and did not involve the true essence of the secrets of the Great Void, it could only be called a general outline, but these few sentences were indeed his own true thoughts.

"Then is there a possibility that although the Great Void is objective, it can also be subjective? For instance, a creature living only in time—would it feel that the Great Void is all time, and there is no space?"

"Starting from this thought, if there is a creature that can only perceive a sphere, then for this creature, is the Great Void also a curved sphere?"

The Void Balance was somewhat surprised after hearing this.

"What you said, Fellow Daoist, makes some sense? Not only objective, but also subjective? Involving discourse on the inside and outside of cognition—interesting."

"Are you saying, Fellow Daoist, that you just changed the perspective and even the state of existence of those powerful beings, making them feel from their subconscious and above that the Great Void is a sphere, and then because subjective consciousness determined the form of the Great Void, the Great Void really became a sphere, and they could only walk and move along the way of a sphere?"

The Void Balance guessed as much; although these words sounded absurd, for him, who knew a little about the Great Void, this operation had a theoretical basis for realization.

Back in the Dao Master Era, he had seen similar things.

It was just that one day, a peerless expert below the Dao Master suddenly popped out in the Great Void; his origins were mysterious, no one knew him, and he fought the entire Great Void invincible, with no one except the Dao Master able to trade a blow with him, stirring the entire Great Void into chaos for a time.

Until finally, that peerless expert suddenly disappeared again, just as he had suddenly appeared, and left behind a slightly complaining remark: "Is this level of cognition really that trashy?"

Afterwards, a disciple of the Dao Master once went to ask the Dao Master.

Was that expert from outside the Great Void?

The Dao Master answered like this.

"It is already a thing of the Great Void, how can there be an outside of the Great Void? And it is right beside you; it is just because the ways you live are not the same that you cannot perceive or interfere with each other."

Perhaps the current situation is similar to that event back then!

"You are half right, Fellow Daoist, but how would I have the great power to change the perspectives and ways of existence of those guys? I merely made a deal with the Great Void."

Li Heng smiled mysteriously and spoke softly.

The Void Balance was stunned after hearing this, and then seemed to realize something; his heart was shaken to the core. This Fellow Daoist Li Heng could actually trade with the Great Void?

Is this not a bit too contrary to reason?

The Great Void does not have any proper consciousness!

And according to what this Fellow Daoist Li said, could it be that he made the Great Void take action to tamper with the perspectives and ways of existence of those guys? Thinking of it this way is simply too terrifying!

He gasped in his heart.

The nature of this matter was truly too serious.

If the Great Void is likened to a high and lofty Emperor, then those creatures who pursue the Great Void and know the Great Void Power are the subjects of this Emperor, constantly trying to guess the meaning of the Great Void to avoid punishment and obtain grace.

But now, someone who can reach the ears of Heaven has suddenly appeared.

No need to guess, directly conversing with the Great Void!

If so, many heaven-defying operations could be realized!

However, this Fellow Daoist Li could bring out power that could transcend the Void Power, so in this way, there was nothing strange about it. The Void Balance thought about it again and suddenly felt relieved.

"Alright, let's not talk about this. You came to see me, Fellow Daoist, I'm afraid it's not just to enjoy this fishing feast, right?"

Li Heng smiled.