Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

In this world, cultivators used to only exist in major sects. It was rare to find families based on surnames like today.

Even at that time, although the major sects went down the mountain every few decades to select young children with outstanding talents as disciples, in reality, the mortals were still governed by the dynasty. Not only were the sects for cultivating immortals far away from human habitation, only the powerful families with deep roots in the human world could get a glimpse of them.

At that time, monks and mortals had no easy chance of contact, so everyone was content as they lived in peace with each other.

But things started to change since Xue Chonghai, a cultivator from a small family, obtained Yin Iron in a secret realm.

Xue Chonghai first secretly harmed the major sects and collected their resources. He was about to unify the immortal world and the mortal world, which naturally set off an endless war.

At this time, the ancestors of the Wen, Lan, Jin, Nie and Jiang families, who were later known as the five major families, took the opportunity to develop. They also obtained the secret books and collections of those sects and gradually grew stronger under Xue Chonghai's nose.

Finally, taking advantage of Xue Chonghai's obsession, he led the small families that had also developed at that time to attack Xue Chonghai. Although the family won in the end, the country was in ruins at that time, and the human dynasty Jin was no longer able or interested in ruling the mortals, so the sect disappeared completely, and was replaced by hundreds of immortal sects headed by the five major families.

It has been a long time, and Jiang Cheng doesn't know whether the hundreds of immortal sects did it intentionally or unintentionally. In short, after the incident with Xue Chonghai, even the old-fashioned place for practicing Taoism like Baixue Temple has become a little-known mountain place, and Buddhist practice has almost completely disappeared from this continent.

But it is obvious that this world, where almost all cultivation resources are monopolized by hundreds of immortal sects, can no longer keep up with the development of the situation. That is why Jiang Cheng suggested that Jiang Wanyin secretly restart the sect plan and quietly recruit disciples.

Shi Ying agreed with this point. "If one is aiming to kill in this world, then everything can be a weapon. The sword should be just a weapon, and it is not right to elevate it to the point where it is considered heresy to use other weapons besides sword training."

Although Jiang Wanyin agreed with what Jiang Cheng and Shi Ying said, he still spoke up for the immortal sects: "In fact, it's not that people don't know that there are other weapons and spells besides swordsmanship. It's just that there are many cultivators who practice swordsmanship, and it's easy to get started, and there are many ways to acquire swordsmanship, so many cultivators are forced to practice swordsmanship."

This is indeed the truth. Among the four great families, the Qinghe Nie family is the only one that practices swordsmanship. In this generation, only Nie Mingjue practices swordsmanship. His younger brother Nie Huaisang directly gave up the sword and practiced the sword. Nie Huaisang did not even shy away from this fact and made it known to everyone.

Although the hundreds of immortal families could not help but say that Nie Huaisang was ungrateful and did not know what was good for him, in fact, many people secretly speculated whether there was something wrong with Nie's martial arts. Because of the two examples of Wen Ruohan and Wei Wuxian, some people always thought that people of the Nie family seemed to have always been bad-tempered, and it was inevitable to wonder whether they were affected by Nie's martial arts.

Of course, there are not many people who would make such a guess, and none of the hundreds of immortal families have heard of any serious news of a haunted corpse coming out of the Nie family in Qinghe, so this guess is just a guess.

But at this moment, Jiang Cheng remembered the so-called "man-eating castle" built by the Nie family in the previous world, which was mentioned by Wei Wuxian. All the dead relatives of the Nie family and their swords were suppressed inside.

Jiang Cheng was thinking, given Nie Huaisang's intelligence, one of the reasons he was unwilling to practice swordsmanship must be that he noticed that all the predecessors who practiced swordsmanship died suddenly, and after their sudden deaths, even their swords needed to be specially suppressed to ensure their safety. It can be seen that there are major problems with their ancestral skills.

Secondly, his physique might not be suitable for practicing with a sword. After all, practicing with a sword requires more strength and a good body than practicing with a sword. Nie Huaisang's natural talent is really like something that has been chewed by a dog. It is really not good to look at.

Nie Huaisang himself probably also wanted to find a way to solve the defects of the Nie family's skills. It was a pity that Xue Chonghai was such a inhuman person at the time. Not only did he harm almost all the cultivators, but even most of the mortals were implicated. Otherwise, the Jin family would not have been able to directly abandon the power and wealth of the emperor and instead lead the entire dynasty to directly become a family of immortal cultivation.

Therefore, if Nie Huaisang wanted to find a solution to the problem from ancient books, it would take a lot of time and he would have to have good luck to succeed.

Jiang Cheng did not hastily tell Jiang Wanyin about the long-standing predicament of the Qinghe Nie clan, but he could not help but mention it to Shi Ying before going to bed at night. After listening, Shi Ying just sighed and said, "After all, the cultivation secrets of the hundreds of immortal sects are more or less from illegitimate sources, and they completely suppress the cultivators in the world. The emergence of Wen Ruohan and Wei Wuxian, how do we know that this world is not saving itself?"

As an emperor who rules over countless worlds, even if Shi Ying is now nominally just an ordinary god, will everything he has experienced disappear with the removal of the title of emperor?

It's just that Jiang Cheng was actually born from Yu Ziyuan's belly, and now the world only recognizes him as Jiang Cheng Jiang Wanyin, and Shi Ying himself has established a close relationship with Jiang Cheng, so even though he was once an emperor, he can't see the past and future of this world clearly now.

Jiang Cheng had no idea that Shi Ying had thought of a lot in just the blink of an eye. Upon hearing this, he couldn't help but sit up and pull Shi Ying to explain in detail.

Shi Ying had no choice but to explain to Jiang Cheng: "There are no two identical leaves in this world, but there are many similar ones. Perhaps the fact that we can experience these two worlds is the way of heaven saving ourselves."

After a pause, Shi Ying continued, "Don't you realize the difference between the two worlds we've experienced and your world?"

Shi Ying thought that the Heavenly Dao had already begun its efforts to save itself. The fact that his Master was born in that world was proof of this. The two worlds he experienced later must have been the same. It was just that they had not been able to snatch his Master away to be reincarnated, so they could only let his Master come over for a visit.

As for the vague memory, he certainly couldn't say anything easily, as it would be bad for Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng thought about it carefully and felt that Shi Ying's words made sense. He hesitated whether to postpone the plan to go out to sea. After all, everything on the Jiang family's side was just beginning to get on track, and the problem of the cannibal castle on the Nie family's side still remained. Nie Huaisang himself must be a little anxious.

The lights in the room had been turned off a long time ago, but although the moonlight outside was not as bright as daylight, some light still came into the room. Besides, Shi Ying was a serious immortal, and the darkness was nothing in his eyes. Seeing a hesitant look on Jiang Cheng's face, he thought that the boat trip he had been looking forward to might have to be postponed.

Shi Ying sighed, hugged Jiang Cheng and lay down again, saying helplessly: "If you are really worried, let's stay a little longer."