People often say that the Heavenly Dao is heartless, and that heaven and earth are unkind, treating all living things as mere straw dogs. At its core, this is a way of saying that the Heavenly Dao maintains an absolute, indifferent equality toward all things.
Qingqiu Ran had once firmly believed in this. She felt that the Heavenly Dao was truly a heartless existence—and "heartless" was not meant as a derogatory term here; it was a neutral one that brought peace of mind to many. However, after that simple sentence today, Qingqiu Ran was struck by the realization that things might not be that way at all.
The Heavenly Dao is not without emotion. Its perceived heartlessness is merely a result of the individual’s own state of cultivation being too low. Lacking the necessary realm, one is simply in no position to pass judgment on the Heavenly Dao. It is like a tiny insect—yes, from the perspective of a tiny insect, the human race might seem as powerful as the Heavenly Dao. And, most likely, that tiny insect would also view humanity as heartless, indifferent to its life or death, never bothering to interfere in its existence within the small forest. Yet, the reality is simply that the insect is too insignificant, too small for anyone to even cast a glance in its direction.
Chapter 530