This idea was terrifying.
It made him unable to be completely sure whether he was being manipulated, whether each logical deduction fell into the enemy's plan, constantly in a state of paranoia.
If he continued, he might be heading toward destruction; if he stopped, he would be trapped here forever.
This was an almost unsustainable "dilemma".
But then, he remembered the core tenet that guided him through countless experiments:
Practice is the only criterion for testing truth.
No matter how intricate the conspiracy, no matter how complex the trap, it cannot distort the objective natural laws.
If his understanding of elemental harmony was correct;
If the magic potion making theory he mastered was true;
Then he could create genuinely effective works.
He would take a gamble—a gamble that the truth derived from practice would not be distorted.
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