Calamities in Journey to the West? My heart and form are both void.

Summary

The passage describes a profound meditative experience of Li Qing Yue, who becomes entranced while observing a stone monkey wall. During her trance, she perceives a transformative vision of white and black fish swimming, which symbolically represents a deeper spiritual journey. The experience dissolves her previous aspirations of becoming a dragon, instead revealing a desire for freedom and agility. Upon awakening, she feels spiritually transformed yet physically exhausted, having undergone a mysterious inner transformation within the Water Curtain Cave.

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