Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Cultivation knows no time; in the mountains, one is unaware of the passing years.

Seven years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Wutong Small World, Song Changsheng sat cross-legged beneath the Star Fruit Tree, motionless as a mountain, like a lifelike sculpture. Even his breathing and heartbeat were extremely weak. His body had almost ceased all activity, with only the Purple Mansion Furnace continuously absorbing the spiritual energy in the Small World and converting it into essence to sustain his life.

Above his head, hundreds of law runes floated in the air, each shimmering with a hazy light, forming a law-based auspicious cloud that stretched for thousands of feet.

If one's cultivation level is sufficient, one can see that these law runes are surrounded by an extremely pure law power, corresponding to the law they represent.

Seven years is far from enough time for Song Changsheng to sort out the power of the laws of the entire small world. Unlike the law world he constructed in his sea of ​​consciousness, this is a real small world, and its area is far larger than that of an ordinary small world.

However, the results of his efforts during this period were quite remarkable, and the hundreds of laws that had been condensed into law runes have been basically sorted out.

During this process, his understanding of these principles improved significantly, and he made great progress in many principles that he had not been familiar with in depth.

However, seven years have passed, and he still hasn't broken through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm. The powerful medicinal effects of the [Heavenly Purity Jade Marrow Pill] have been accumulating in his dantian without being fully refined, because he always felt that the time was not yet right.

At first, he would occasionally ponder this question while sorting out the power of the laws of the small world, but now he has completely stopped thinking about it. He does one thing at a time and leaves other things for another time.

It was precisely this mindset that made him suddenly understand the problem.

He did evolve these runes, but they were not connected to each other, and because the depth of his understanding of each rune was different, they did not promote each other at all.

Moreover, these runes are currently very "ethereal," somewhat superficial, lacking a "carrier" capable of fully embodying them.

This is a major factor restricting his cultivation of the Boundless Great Dao.

From the moment Feng Changqing guided him down this path, even after expending so much energy, he had never truly entered the Dao. He had clearly stood at the entrance to this path to heaven long ago, yet he was still unable to cross that hurdle.

He originally thought that to truly embark on this great path, one must comprehend all the laws of the world, integrate them, and achieve "immeasurable".

But at this moment, he seemed to truly understand the crux of the problem.

Although the Boundless Path encompasses everything, it doesn't mean that it must integrate all the laws of the world; that would be an exaggeration.

He single-handedly created a world of laws and obtained Feng Changqing's lifelong understanding of laws, yet he only managed to complete one-third of it after expending so much effort.

He doesn't believe that all the predecessors in history who cultivated the Boundless Path had the same opportunity as him.

Without these fortunate circumstances, he couldn't imagine how extraordinary their understanding must have been to accomplish such a feat.

In reality, those few who left their mark in history books, while possessing far superior comprehension, were by no means as extraordinary as some might think.

The scroll of cultivation insights given to him by True Lord Yingyue of the Array Dao Academy also serves as good evidence of this point.

It is clear that his initial understanding was wrong; he did not truly understand the meaning of "limitless".

Now he understands that to achieve "limitless", one should not desperately try to comprehend more laws, but rather first integrate the laws that one currently possesses.

Therefore, he needs a vessel, a vessel that can hold all the law runes and allow them to promote each other.

With the ideas in place, specific implementation methods are naturally needed as well.

The inspiration also came from the scroll of scriptures that the Moon Reflection Master gave him.

Suddenly, Song Changsheng, who had been standing like a statue, opened his eyes. He drew a perfect arc in the air with his hands, one to the left and one to the right. Under the pull of the magic power within his body, the law runes above slowly approached his location.

At the same time, within his dantian, a seed was quietly sprouting, with two tender leaves emerging.

Then, as the runes above approached to a certain distance, the auspicious cloud of laws exploded, and the runes formed by the Yin-Yang Laws rushed into Song Changsheng's dantian and merged into the budding sprout.

The tender shoots immediately began to grow vigorously.

Soon, a three-foot-tall sapling with many branches and few leaves, appearing bare, appeared in his dantian.

Every branch is imbued with the power of the laws, a power stronger than ever before, seemingly merging all the laws together, each containing the other.

"Om..."

This sapling, which carries the power of all laws, emerged from Song Changsheng's dantian and formed a somewhat illusory, towering tree in front of him.

The moment this giant tree appeared, the entire Wutong Little World seemed to tremble.

This giant tree has the Yin-Yang principle as its main trunk, and the thickness of each branch that extends from the main trunk represents the depth of its mastery of the corresponding principle.

The thickest branches are naturally the laws of power that have reached the Great Perfection level, such as the [Law of Thunder], [Law of Life], [Law of Space], [Law of Swordsmanship], and [Law of Power].

Further subdivided are the laws of power that have reached the pinnacle, such as the [Law of Slaughter], the [Law of Wind], and the [Law of Music], whose patterns are very obvious.

The branches at the ends are the most numerous, yet also the most inconspicuous. Song Changsheng only understood these laws and powers, and had no intention of delving into them.

However, upon closer inspection, one can see that these branches at the ends are constantly growing stronger because the main trunk and the stronger branches are silently supplying them with "nutrients".

As the saying goes, if you understand one method, you understand all methods. This principle also applies to the understanding of laws, and this is the true meaning of the "Boundless Way".

As the saying goes, Tao gives birth to one, gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.

Once these terminal branches grow to a certain size, they will naturally sprout new branches, and the cycle will continue until they reach their full potential.

They will be a whole.

Song Changsheng closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and began to comprehend the true [Boundless Great Dao].

He seemed to hear the whispers of the Heavenly Dao in his ear, and the past events of creating the world of laws kept surfacing in his mind.

At this moment, he entered a very profound state, losing all perception of the outside world and immersing himself entirely in the world of laws, completely ignoring the changing of the sun and moon and the vicissitudes of life outside.

Time seemed to have been sped up at that moment.

Around him, sword energy hissed, thunder surged, and frost and snow filled the sky... various strange phenomena intertwined.

Before they knew it, three years had passed in the blink of an eye. The giant tree of laws grew stronger and stronger, as if it could connect heaven and earth. New leaves even sprouted from its originally bare branches, making it more and more vibrant.

Suddenly, patches of golden auspicious clouds appeared on the horizon, almost filling the entire sky of the Wutong Little World. The colorful clouds surged, creating a beautiful and enchanting scene, as if one were in a fairyland.

Golden lotus flowers of varying sizes suddenly appeared on the ground, making Song Changsheng, who was in the center, appear even more sacred.

“Buzz…” A huge golden lotus emerged from beneath him, lifting him up directly.

At that moment, he suddenly heard a very obscure chanting sound.

The voice was ethereal and elusive, seemingly coming from the distant past or the far future, as if the Dao of Heaven were whispering in his ear.

The power of laws within the Wutong Small World was drawn in by the giant tree of laws, surging in from all directions and frantically pouring into his body. Behind him, faint wisps of Dao patterns appeared, causing the space to tremble.

The Star Fruit Tree behind him seemed to have seen something terrifying, and it desperately contracted its branches and leaves, as if trying to hide its existence.

While feeling fear and awe, it also couldn't help but want to get closer, creating a great contradiction.

But Song Changsheng didn't have the energy to pay attention to it anymore. At this moment, he had already raised his foot, ready to step over the threshold at any time.

"buzzing"

The Dao patterns behind Song Changsheng trembled slightly, and the entire Wutong Small World resonated with them.

The colossal tree of laws before him reached its peak in power at this moment, its aura of the Great Dao permeating the air.

"Click"

An invisible shackle shattered, and after ten years of arduous cultivation, Song Changsheng finally entered a brand new realm.

At the same time, within his Purple Mansion Furnace, a lifelike sand table trembled slightly, slowly absorbing the Dao aura emanating from the giant tree of laws without Song Changsheng's knowledge.

At the same time he entered the Dao, in the origin of the human cultivation world, an old man with white hair and beard felt something and looked up at the dazzling starry river hanging in the sky.

Among hundreds of millions of stars, he precisely spotted a large, crimson star that was constantly twinkling with starlight.

"Has another variable emerged?" The old man's fingers, hidden beneath his sleeves, kept calculating, trying to find the cause of this anomaly. But no matter how he deduced it, he always felt blocked by an invisible force. He was so close, yet he couldn't reach the truth.

"Truth and falsehood, falsehood and truth, I can't see clearly, I can't see clearly..." The old man sighed softly. In the face of the rules of Heaven, his divination skills, which he was so proud of, were as laughable as a child's babbling.

They are always used to having everything under their control, but this kind of variable is their nemesis.

"We have to wait a little longer, just a little longer..."

……

Inside the Wutong Small World, Song Changsheng slowly opened his eyes. His gaze seemed to transcend the river of time, deep and weathered.

The moment he opened his eyes, the auspicious clouds filling the sky, the golden lotuses around him, and the chanting in his ears all vanished at the same time, leaving no trace, as if they had never been there.

Ten years is a short time, just a snap of the fingers for a Golden Core cultivator, but for him it was a long time, as if he had crossed a century, allowing him to glimpse a corner of the Great Dao.

"This is... my Dao?"

Above all laws is called "the Way".

Normally, this is a realm that only cultivators in the early stages of the Nascent Soul realm can reach.

Initial Enlightenment, Minor Success, Major Success, and Perfection represent the four stages of the Nascent Soul stage.

When one's cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul stage, one's realm is no longer determined by magical power. Instead, it is determined by one's understanding of one's own Great Dao. Each realm is a hurdle, and the difficulty of breaking through is ten times greater than before.

It's common for someone with insufficient comprehension to remain stuck in a certain realm for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Throughout history, it has been common to find cultivators who remain at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm until their lifespan is exhausted.

It's not that they lack talent; those who can break through to the Nascent Soul stage are all top geniuses who dominate their respective regions. It's just that the Great Dao is too difficult to fathom, causing countless geniuses to fail.

If these people knew that Song Changsheng had actually comprehended his own Dao at the Golden Core stage, they would surely cry out that the Heavenly Dao was unjust.

But Song Changsheng was unaware of this at the moment. Looking at the towering tree of laws before him, he couldn't help but reach out and gently stroke the illusory trunk.

His hand did not miss as he expected; instead, it touched something solid, somewhat rough but very firm.

"Wow"

The ancient tree of laws suddenly twisted violently, transforming into a stream of light that passed through the Divine Gate and entered his lower dantian.

Song Changsheng quickly looked inward and discovered that the giant tree of laws had shrunk tens of thousands of times and was deeply rooted in the Yin-Yang Dao Foundation in his lower dantian.

He clenched his fist slightly and discovered that he could freely manipulate any kind of law power in the Wutong Small World, even if he had not yet mastered those laws, they could still be used by him.

With a simple backhand press, all the surrounding laws were mobilized and slammed into the solid ground, leaving a deep crater.

It didn't seem to have much destructive power, but he didn't use even the slightest bit of magic power. He simply flipped his palm, and the power of the laws was spontaneously mobilized.

When Nascent Soul True Monarchs clash, if their strengths are evenly matched, the battle often lasts for a long time, and it is almost impossible for them to reach a point where they cannot continue.

This is because they can directly mobilize the free-floating laws of the outside world to fight their enemies, while consuming very little of their own power.

This means that the denser the power of the laws, the stronger the power that a Nascent Soul True Monarch can unleash.

Song Changsheng's current power is far less than that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, but against ordinary Golden Core cultivators, it is a dimensional reduction attack.

"Wow, I actually broke through."

Only then did he realize with surprise that he had unknowingly finished refining the medicinal effects of the [Heavenly Clarity Jade Marrow Pill] that had accumulated in his body, and that his cultivation had unknowingly broken through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm, without him noticing at all beforehand.

He did some quick calculations and couldn't help but murmur, "It's been ten years already."

As per his previous agreement with Song Qingxi, the gate would be opened and closed once every ten years, and now it was time.

He couldn't help but feel a little lost. Ten years had passed, and most of the clansmen who had previously gone into seclusion had already emerged.

The inner demons of the Purple Mansion—how many have succeeded, and how many have perished...?

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P.S.: Sorry to keep you waiting, fellow cultivators. There will be another chapter later. (End of Chapter)