If the world were seen as a computer, then a Dao Fruit cultivator could even be seen as an open-source software, or even a programming language.
And those who follow the cultivation techniques of Dao Fruit cultivators, in some sense, are users and improvers of this open-source software.
They maintain the vitality of this software, enhance its inherent qualities, and enrich its functionalities.
This is why Zheng Fa says that transmitting teachings is part of cultivation!
Privately, Zheng Fa is more inclined towards this explanation—not out of arrogance, but because, in his view, compared to the Five Sects' theory of repaying heaven and earth, this explanation eliminates an unsatisfactory hypothesis: that heaven itself has a will, one that can even reward or punish cultivators, yet this will is self-contradictory.
According to Occam's Razor, he is more willing to believe Tang Lingwu's understanding...
