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Haha, I feel like with the way Fang Yuan is flaunting his "wisdom path" deduction powers making everyone think that there's a shadowy organization behind him, everyone's eventually gonna discover the real organization, uhh, Shadow Sect, was it? And end up thinking think Fang Yuan is representing them instead xD
It was interesting to see Fang Yuan push him over the edge like that right after suffering a massive blow to his conscience. Honestly, the entire process even before that already had me very excited. To see someone fall into such depths of despair... While the process itself is very interesting, how they react and how they change in light of it is even more interesting. Exciting, even. The way I see it, I could see them either becoming a broken shell of a person, or becoming a callous, cold and calculating person. I guess I was expecting a development of him becoming a similar kind of person to Fang Yuan. Where, after seeing how scheming and malicious people could be, as well as the dark side of himself, he would accept his selfish nature and throw away all his past ideals and values, and use anything and everything for his own gains. But now that I see that it seems to be a plot by Fang Yuan to force him to ascend to rank 6, I wonder how Tai Bai's mindset will change?
Heh, true love... Yeah, that ain't ever happening, lol. I'm guessing he'll just use a loophole again as usual to get around that problem, or use some form of blackmail xD As for this mysterious woman he was thinking of... That felt very out of character, lol. But even if he really does have lingering feelings to this mystery woman, I feel like it's just a set up to eventually show Fang Yuan cutting away every last bit of his attachment to his old life. I would be very surprised if it actually develops into something...
Wow... I actually feel bad for the guy. That feeling of betraying himself and throwing away the goal of his life in an instant for his own selfish gains, and especially the part where he realises how selfish he really is... The realisation that he had a selfish nature just like everyone else. The impact when one realises the massive chasm between himself and his ideals... Truly, it's like your entire life was a lie. That feeling when you wholeheartedly strive your whole life towards becoming your ideal individual, yet in the end, all you were doing was hiding your flaws away so deep that even you fooled even yourself into thinking you had grown. But in the end, when the ugly truth surfaces, everything comes crashing down. And you realise, you had never changed at all. It was all a lie. A farce. It's laughable, really. As for this specific situation, It's one thing to act kind for appearances sake. And it's another to try to wholeheartedly become a kind, benevolent person, but realising that you are still inherently selfish in the end. The most striking part is how he realises the true depth of that nature. And how deeply rooted it is within himself. The despair he feels at that fact. I guess I'm rambling here, but I gotta say, I feel like internal conflicts are some of the most interesting ones in any story.
Mo Yao wants to persuade Fang Yuan to do good... That brings to mind, it's been mentioned that a lot of demonic Gu masters throughout history have been converted to righteous side due to "love"... Hmmm... Speaking of which, Fairies from the Spirit Affinity House are usually involved in those stories too... Hmmm... Is it just me, or are there a bunch of sly foxes here...
Hmm? A heart of self sacrifice... And the resolve to sacrifice... They're not exactly the same thing though... Sure, we can say that Fang Yuan has the resolve to sacrifice in his pursuit of eternal life, but that doesn't exactly translate to having a heart of self sacrifice. Self sacrifice would be giving up oneself, or one's own interest for someone else, right? Of course, we could try to twist the meaning a bit, and say, it's simply the resolve to sacrifice oneself for any goal, in which case we could say that Fang Yuan is willing to sacrifice himself in pursuit of eternal life, but that too would be contradictory. How would he achieve eternal life, if he has sacrificed, that is to say, lost himself? Unless his idea of eternal life can also be twisted into something like eternal life in some other form where he no longer has control of himself... Hmm... This whole thing is quite... full of loopholes? But of course, there's always the probability I'm just misunderstanding everything xD