Chapter 6 -『Yin-Yang cycle』, Success~!

As the Yang Qi strings met up with the Yang part like meeting long lost brothers, the 'cycle' has finally become more balanced. But I can faintly perceive that the Yin part is starting to lose ground....

Yin, send a teeny tiny Yin over the cycle please.

As the tiny strand of Yin travelled towards the cycle, the Yin part absorbed the strand voraciously and managed to hold its ground....

Looks like they're not gaining on each other anymore. Whew. Finally got the delicate balance right. Yin-Yang cycle, complete! Yay~! 😆

Now, let's take a closer look at the cycle shall we?... It looks like nothing went wrong, the balance is still kept. But nothing's changed. Wasn't the Yin-Yang cycle supposed to be some sort of primordial truth or something that seemingly creates something out of nothing? I see no changes! Is the amount not enough? Or is the quality of the Yin and Yang Qi not enough? There's nothing I can do about the second part, but as for the first...

Yin. Collect all the strings of little Yang in mom's milk and separate them in sections. After that, separate out an equal amount of little Yin to the string of little Yang, then let them go towards the cycle, slowing feeding both sides and keeping the balance. Thank you very much for listening to my wishes~ 😆

The Yin Qi is so gentle and kind and obedient, that I feel a little bad about imposing all my demands on it...

As I slowly watched the cycle grow in strength and size, I started to notice something different filling up the space in between my Yin Qi blanket and the Yin-Yang cycle I made. It's attribute-less. Neutral. It so passive, it doesn't do or reacts to anything. Almost as if... like.. the void.

(O﹏O)

As this realization passed my mind, an idea hatched in my mind.

What if, I use this..... substance(?), a product of the cycle, to somehow simulate the void? It may not be the real one, but maybe I could get closer to the real thing. You might be wondering, doesn't the void pull everything into it? It does something to everything right?

Well, the void itself doesn't do anything. It doesn't react with anything. It's just the existence of emptiness. It's a passive thing when things get sucked into the void as a result of diffusion. Since the existence of『emptiness』is the absence of everything, any other place would have more of everything than the void, so diffusion happens. It's a natural phenomenon occurring due to the rules of the universe. PHYSICS boi!

Hmm? What about the part where everything within just gets torn apart within the void? Uuuh do I have to explain everything? Same diff okay, too little atoms, diffusion tries to happen, and everything gets separated atom from atom. Don't ask me why the void still exists if it has atoms now already, I haven't gone that far yet.

What is this... thing anyway? It's just filling up the space in my heart doing nothing..... Hey, is it just me or did my cycle get smaller? Let's see, the current size is about, the size of a tendril of Yin and Yang Qi each, entwined together. If I break down approximately, I would get 10 strings of Qi each, or a 100 strands of Qi each, totalling up to 20 strings, or 200 strands of Qi, circling around each other. If I add more, let's see...

With a unit of measurement, it's really much easier, even if it's quite rough.

I'll add 50 strands of Yin and Yang Qi each.

Directing my thoughts, information and intentions to Yin, I paid much closer attention to the amount of Qi within the cycle. The cycle, now increasing to 300 strands total, starts to dwindle a little, and soon, 2 strands of Qi disappeared. Yin and Yang Qi 1 each. And that neutral thing is produced.

Could it be? Is it Qi with a neutral attribute? I wonder if I can direct it with my thoughts? Huuuuup~Haaaaa.

Close my eyes. Perceive it. Feel it. Be neutral. Remember the feeling of the void, the emptiness. The cruel, equal fairness towards all things. Resonate with it. Huuuuuuuuuuu~p

『Gather.』

*fwooosh*

The neutral attributed Qi gathered together, surrounding the Yin-Yang 'cycle' I made.

Fuu-whew. It responded. But it was like being dragged around by my will instead. Like it was an unfeeling, extremely efficient robot that can move exactly to my will. Feels a little weird, I'll admit. Anyhow, it seems like the so-called 'Yin-Yang cycle' I made wasn't the one I thought it was. It did create something extra though.

From what I perceived through this Neutral Qi, it seems that 3 strands of neutral Qi is produced when 1 strand of Yin and Yang Qi each is consumed. 1+1=3.

Still, not bad. For my first attempt at this. I think. Anyhow, this is not what I wanted, so back to the drawing board.

What am I missing? To complete the actual the 'pair' of Yin-Yang cycle formed from the 'single' Primordial Chaos... don't tell me I need some Primordial Chaos?! Fuck! Where the hell am I supposed to get some of that! Okay. Ignore that for now. What else? Picture the Yin-Yang diagram.... ࿊☯ ..... The dots. I forgot the bloody. dots. 😳

Oh well. Now that I've found the problem. How am I supposed to solve? The meaning of those dots... The Yin in Yang, and the Yang in Yin.. Both are 2 sides of the same coin. Yin and Yang aren't total opposites. They represent a flow, the beginning, Yang, and the end, Yin. Yang starts the action, Yin ends it. It makes sense. Just from the behaviour of little Yang when I tried to attract it with little Yin, you could already tell the former is true. If so, I already know what must be done.

Unbeknownst to me while I was having my little epiphany, the 'cycle' of Yin and Yang chasing each other started to calm down. After I realised what I needed to do, I immediately called out to little Yin.

『Stop. End it. Pull. Ebb.』

and at the same time, I urged little Yang.

『Start. Begin it. Push. Flow.』

As I did so, something murky began to gather on either side. The cycle of consuming each other suddenly halted, as if both parts were surprised.

The white Yang Qi stopped consuming the black Yin Qi, started doing as I willed, as if its obstinance was a lie.

The black Yin Qi also stopped consuming the white Yang Qi, as if it never went berserk.

The Yang Qi started pushing the Yin Qi, and the Yin Qi started pulling the Yang Qi.

As they did so, the net plus of the forces both Qis applied caused the Yang Qi to gather at one end, pushing the Yin Qi, and the Yin Qi gathered at the other end, pulling the Yang Qi, forming into a cycle all by itself.

As this happened, a white dot formed clearly in the middle of the black Yin Qi, and at the same time, a black dot formed clearly in the middle of the white Yang Qi.

Both dots are much clearer and purer than its surroundings, as if it gained purity and clarity from its murky gathering.

As I slowly awaken from my epiphany, the cycle that has finally taken shape shook fiercely for a fleeting moment, as if confirmation of the delicate, yet sturdy balance that will not be toppled has been established. After completely awakening from my stupor, I admired my handiwork existing within my heart.

The true, 『Yin-Yang cycle』 : ࿊

The Qi within the cycle started purifying itself, trying to match the dots at its cores.

I saw. I heard. I felt. I smelt. I tasted.

I perceived the 『pair』 that 'gave birth to all things' in everything around and within me.

Soft. Hard.

Light. Heavy.

Gentle. Harsh.

Female. Male.

Dark. Bright.

Pull. Push.

Ebb. Flow.

Death. Life.

End. Begin.

Yin. Yang.

Yin and Yang were never truly equal, as they represent different aspects of the whole, as with all the things under its respective categories.

The only thing Yin and Yang have that is truly equal, is only importance and value