Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

What was the world at the beginning?

Whether it's the Purple Imperial Realm or the Blue Star of the previous life, this is an enduring question without a concrete answer. People are keen to discuss it, and there are many different opinions. No matter whose opinion it is, it cannot be accepted by everyone.

This is a question that even immortals would find perplexing.

Song Changsheng naturally didn't know the answer to this question, so if he wanted to create a world from scratch, he could only draw on the more mainstream theories within the Purple Imperial Realm and add some of his own personal understanding to create it.

According to ancient records, before the creation of heaven and earth, there was a boundless chaos.

There are no concepts of time, space, or life here, only the most primordial "chaotic energy," which is both the source of energy and the prototype of all things.

Song Changsheng concentrated and tried to create such a void space in his mind. Going from zero to one is always the most difficult. In this process, he needed to completely abandon the existence of laws such as time and the five elements.

It's not easy to do this.

Moreover, doing these things does not mean that you are qualified.

Space is the foundation that carries everything. Song Changsheng will evolve a complete world in this space. If it is too fragile, it may collapse after evolving only a few laws, and then he will have to start all over again.

Song Changsheng did not expect to be able to fully evolve the Three Thousand Great Daos with his current cultivation level, but he would at least try to raise the upper limit as high as possible.

Such an opportunity is rare and precious; if he misses it, he may never have another chance. He cannot tolerate any failure.

Fortunately, his outstanding expertise in the [Laws of Space] provided him with a solid foundation.

He built and overturned time and time again, going through countless cycles, until he finally constructed a stable void space.

Being there, there is nothing but boundless loneliness.

"Time must be allowed to flow," Song Changsheng murmured softly.

With a slight thought, the concept of time appeared in this void space. Song Changsheng did not understand the [Law of Time], but he imitated it by listening to the scriptures and the insights left to him by Feng Changqing.

He defined the past, present, and future, and thus this space acquired the concept of time.

Time cannot be touched, nor can it be felt in this space, but after evolving the [Law of Time], he clearly felt that the world he had created had become somewhat different.

The birth of spacetime was a very good start.

After spacetime stabilizes, the Yin-Yang principle quietly emerges, with Yin representing "stillness" and "nothingness," and Yang representing "reality" and "movement."

Initially, Yin and Yang were not in balance; sometimes Yin prevailed over Yang, and time and space almost came to a standstill.

Sometimes, when yang is dominant and yin is weak, it causes a violent distortion of space.

Fortunately, after Song Changsheng's continuous adjustments, the yin and yang of this space finally managed to achieve a balance.

“We still need a real world, or rather, a continent…” Song Changsheng condensed a wisp of his divine consciousness into a sphere and injected it into the void, thus giving this empty world matter.

"Chaos is divided into Yin and Yang, and a single line opens up the universe."

With a slight thought, the sphere split in two, the turbid part descending and the clear part ascending. The four laws of wind, fire, water, and earth converged, forming a world in this void.

Song Changsheng did not create a planet like the Blue Star of his previous life, but rather one that followed the common understanding of this world: a flat earth with a round sky.

This continent is still somewhat barren. The mountains and rivers, the blue sky and white clouds, lack vitality. Only the gentle breeze blows lonely between heaven and earth.

"[The Law of Life]..."

Song Changsheng took a deep breath. Even in a fictional world, creating life is not so easy. Fortunately, his goal was only to evolve the laws of the world, not to actually create a world. A few simple life forms would be enough to meet his needs.

"【The Law of Thunder】"

"Boom..."

With a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder, dark clouds gathered in this world for the first time. Soon after, a torrential downpour arrived, and with the nourishment of the rain, the seeds that Song Changsheng had sown in advance sprouted one after another.

Life came into being in this world.

At the very moment these seeds sprouted, transparent threads spread out from all over the world. These threads crisscrossed like a tangled mess, and were constantly changing.

This is the first time since the birth of this world that a situation has occurred that is not under Song Changsheng's control; it is the result of natural evolution.

"This is... cause and effect?"

After spending a lot of time observing, Song Changsheng finally understood what these "threads" were, and that everything has a cause and effect.

He created this world, so he is actually the source of these "causal threads." However, because this world does not actually exist, these "causal threads" cannot find him, their "creator," and thus become tangled and chaotic.

In such a chaotic and disordered "causal chain", it is easy to produce some unexpected chain reactions. A gust of wind blowing a withered leaf may cause a distant mountain to collapse.

The collapse of this mountain will lead to a series of subsequent "cause and effect effects".

Perhaps due to an accident, the world that Song Changsheng has painstakingly built will collapse.

This was an outcome he did not want to see. To solve this problem, he had to get to the root of the problem and sort out these messy "causal lines" again.

This was destined to be a long and tedious process. In order not to delay the progress, he could only sort things out while comprehending and evolving new laws based on the scriptures he heard and the laws left to him by Feng Changqing.

However, the emergence of the [Law of Cause and Effect] also made him realize a problem: the law is the basic law of the operation of the Heavenly Dao. As long as a platform or carrier is provided, as well as some necessary conditions, the law will evolve on its own without his excessive intervention.

With life comes death, and after death comes reincarnation, and new life is born.

With the advent of light, darkness also arises.

Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood. The Five Elements cycle endlessly, creating a continuous cycle of life.

The speed of evolution far exceeded Song Changsheng's expectations. In this way, he sorted out the chaotic "causal lines" while carefully experiencing the evolution process of each law from the perspective of an observer.

The laws had never been so clearly presented to him; he seemed to have glimpsed a sliver of the essence of the Heavenly Dao!

However, as the laws evolved and improved, the burden on Song Changsheng became heavier and heavier, and the consumption of his mental energy increased exponentially. This feeling was not pleasant at all.

He had to slow down from time to time to recover his mental energy in order to ensure the continued evolution of this fictional world. However, this would compromise efficiency.

In a limited amount of time, efficiency is the fundamental factor that determines the outcome.

"Ultimately, my cultivation is too shallow; I can't grasp this opportunity." Song Changsheng sighed inwardly. If he possessed the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage, he wouldn't have to worry about this. But then again, if he were to consume this [Enlightenment Pill] after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, it's hard to say how much he would gain...

Because he had lost the concept of time, the rapid evolution of the world made Song Changsheng subconsciously believe that he had been in seclusion for a long time to comprehend the Dao.

In fact, only a few months had passed since he went into seclusion.

However, quite a lot has happened in these few short months.

First, Jin Xuan infiltrated the Demon Realm under Song Qingxi's arrangement.

Although he was very unwilling, he knew that no one was more suitable for this task than himself.

With trepidation, I landed in the Demon Realm from the Canglan River. Even though several years had passed, the impact of the Canglan Water Lord's flooding of the Demon Kingdom had not completely dissipated.

As far as the eye can see, it is all wetlands.

The ground was covered with rotting trees, and the air was filled with a foul stench. There was hardly any trace of large monsters. The occasional white bones peeking out from the swampy mud silently told the tragic story of what had happened.

"Good heavens, how did it come to this?" Jin Xuan swallowed hard. He didn't think much of it just from hearing others describe it, but only after seeing it with his own eyes did he realize what those few words, "flooding the demon kingdom," really meant.

Compared to his first visit to the Demon Realm, there was absolutely nothing that was the same as what he remembered.

Such an environment is no longer suitable for the survival of most monsters. It is obvious that only some monsters with strong adaptability and exquisite figures are struggling to survive in this swampy land.

Fortunately, the environment didn't affect him much; however, since the ecosystem had already been destroyed, there was little point in him staying there any longer.

"If this were in the human cultivation world, they certainly wouldn't sit idly by and watch this happen, would they?" Jin Xuan thought to himself.

Given the Song family's style, after experiencing such a disaster, they would definitely try to control and recover as quickly as possible, instead of letting things drift like the demon race did.

This is also the main reason why he, as a demon, was willing to be driven by the Song family.

He disliked the way the demon race lived; it was too cruel and ruthless.

Protecting the Song family is also protecting the last pure land in his heart, so he came here.

But standing here now, he couldn't help but feel a little lost. This demon kingdom had already become like this, so where was he supposed to go to gather intelligence?
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Not long after Jin Xuan left, Zhuang Yuechan handed over her work to Song Qingyu and went down the mountain to train, carrying the self-defense items that Song Changsheng had carefully prepared for her.

The Great Zhen Immortal Dynasty is located north of the Tianshan Mountains. Even in a straight line, there are nearly twenty cultivation worlds between the Great Qi cultivation world and the Great Zhen Immortal Dynasty.

Even for a Golden Core cultivator, without the aid of a spatial teleportation array, it would take at least a decade to cross over.

Among them is the Tianshan Mountains, which can be described as an insurmountable barrier.

Unlike ordinary mountain ranges like the Tianshan Mountains and the Wangyue Mountains, the Tianshan Mountains have steep cliffs that pierce the clouds and are accompanied by harsh cold.

Let alone Foundation Establishment cultivators whose sword-flying height is limited, even many Purple Mansion cultivators cannot directly fly over.

Needless to say, given Zhuang Yuechan's speed, it would be impossible for her to reach the Great Zhen Immortal Dynasty without decades of traveling day and night.

She has less than ten years to live, during which time she must search for the remnants left behind by the former Jade Dew True Monarch. These remnants are scattered across several cultivation worlds, and their original locations have shifted due to changes in mountains and rivers, making the search far from easy.

Therefore, she was in a very tight time, and she had to use the space teleportation array to save time traveling.

Her first stop was the cultivation world of Gusu, the place where the former Jade Dew True Monarch made a name for himself in one battle, and also the place where she laid the deepest and most elaborate plans for her rebirth.

Jinxuan Grottoes, the place where it all began.

A century later, returning to this place, she felt a mix of emotions.

She once seized a wisp of [Sharp Metal Qi] and, in order to escape being hunted down, accidentally entered the Golden Profound Stone Cave. She was captured by True Monarch Yu Shu and almost became the vessel for her rebirth.

If Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang hadn't risked their lives to rescue her, she wouldn't be herself anymore.

Even so, she remained asleep for decades because of Yu Shu Zhenjun's nascent soul.

In a sense, Yu Shu Zhenjun's plan had actually succeeded. She had successfully merged with Zhuang Yuechan, but due to Song Changsheng's interference, she had not gained control of this body.

But Zhuang Yuechan's every move was filled with her shadow.

Most of the legacy left behind by the Jade Deity was actually concentrated in the Golden Profound Grottoes, but it has now been emptied by the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce.

She didn't feel sorry for herself; if it weren't for Peng Siying's help back then, she wouldn't be where she is today.

Today, besides remembering the past, I have a very important matter to attend to here.

With a flick of her wrist, a jade sword, entirely emerald green and slender in shape, appeared in her palm.

This is the Jade Cleansing Sword, the natal magic weapon that once accompanied True Lord Jade Cleansing in battle. It was refined and nurtured by her own essence and blood for a thousand years, and it can even attach itself to her true spirit and reincarnate with her.

Logically speaking, this is a [Law Treasure] that is countless times more powerful than Kong Sang Xi Ruo's palace, and it is close to being a [Dao Artifact].

However, the power it can currently exert is less than one ten-thousandth of its original strength.

Aside from the limitation of Zhuang Yuechan's cultivation level, the biggest reason is that it is currently just an empty shell, and its spirit and spiritual essence have been hidden by True Monarch Yu Shu in this Golden Profound Stone Cave.

Only by restoring these spiritual essences and the lost weapon spirit can the Jade Cleansing Sword unleash its true brilliance.

However, after so many years, she was actually a little unsure whether the original spirit and artifact spirit still existed, and how many still did.

Following the memories in her mind, she ventured deep into the Jinxuan Grottoes.

In their quest to find the legacy left behind by True Monarch Yu Shu, the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce has spared no effort, and the interior of the grotto has long been destroyed beyond recognition.

"It should be right here."

Zhuang Yuechan stood amidst the ruins, used the Jade Cleansing Sword to cut open her palm, then plunged it straight into the ground. After her blood had completely soaked it, she cried out in a delicate voice, "Spirit, return!"

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