Chapter 1266

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

A pity, limited by his own cultivation realm.

Although Xu Zhangqing had grasped the entire Yuan Dao Heavenly Book, he could only cultivate to the Fifth Realm.

Five Elements Return to Origin!

Yuan Dao Closed Loop reached perfection, formally detaching from the constraints of the Five Elements Laws.

In this realm, the Five Elements Laws were no longer rules that cultivators needed to follow, but became materials within the Yuan Dao Closed Loop that could be freely disassembled, recombined, and transformed.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth — all five laws lost their inherent attributes before the Yuan Dao, and could be redefined by the cultivator according to his own will.

Fire could freeze into ice.

Water could burn.

Earth could transform into wind.

Everything was within the control of the Yuan Dao Closed Loop.

From now on, not entering the Five Elements!

Afterwards, Xu Zhangqing tried circulating it once.

He discovered that his current self could achieve independence from the outside world.

At the Five Elements level, under the combination of Yuan Dao and God Kingdom, self-sufficiency had already been achieved.

After circulating the Yuan Dao Heavenly Book for one full cycle, he then rose and walked out of the Bamboo Hut.

Time seemed to have passed a long time.

In reality, a lifespan of several hundred thousand years was merely a snap of the fingers.

The previous second, Xu Zhangqing entered the Bamboo Hut.

The next second, Xu Zhangqing walked out of the Bamboo Hut.

Seemingly the same person, yet actually no longer the same.

"The scenery is not bad~"

Xu Zhangqing took out Spirit Wine, pouring and drinking by himself while appreciating the view.

Until daybreak, he then arrived at the Spirit Vein Convergence.

This position was extremely ingenious, exactly located at the convergence point of the Yu Heng Star's Main Lineage and three branch veins, and also exactly the area where the entire planet's Spiritual Energy was most concentrated.

"Descend!"

Xu Zhangqing gave a light shout, planting the Creation Green Lotus.

The Creation Green Lotus instantly took root, and then began growing continuously.

Its root system easily penetrated the spirit veins, and furthermore extended downward several dozen zhang.

The very instant the Green Lotus's main root touched the Yu Heng Star's spirit veins, the entire planet trembled lightly.

The movement seemed slight, yet let all cultivators sense it.

Not only that, a strand of extremely thick Creation Power surged out from the spirit vein location.

This Creation Power spread outward along the spirit veins, permeating every corner of Yu Heng Star.

The Star Spirit Grass's Spirit Fields, the Alchemy Bureau's pill furnaces, the Wind Thunder Bureau's Heavenly Phenomenon Tower, even those Spiritual Treasures undiscovered by cultivators — at this moment all rippled with a layer of faint green light.

During the permeation process, the Creation Power wore away certain invisible things.

These things were extremely hidden, concealed within Spiritual Energy or Space Folds.

Previously, Xu Zhangqing had never perceived their existence.

At this moment, after the Creation Green Lotus permeated Creation Power, they revealed their true forms.

They were some dark red threads even fainter than the Timeline, looking thin as if nonexistent.

After being touched by Creation Power, they twisted violently, struggling to break free of the binding.

But at the moment of contact, like spider silk scorched by bright fire, they cracked inch by inch, then were absorbed one by one by the Green Lotus.

Xu Zhangqing saw it with his own eyes, and couldn't help recalling the description about the Red-Clothed Lord.

The other's power could not only infiltrate space, but also twist karma.

Could it be that the Floating World Four Domains, especially the Beidou Star Domain, had also been infiltrated by the other?

Could it be that the Dao Zun letting him plant the Creation Green Lotus actually had another scheme?

At this moment, many thoughts and disturbances surged in Xu Zhangqing's heart, but were quickly discarded by his Yuan Dao methods.

These external things, to him, were meaningless.

The ones who should be troubled are the Dao Zun, Nine Extremes Heavenly King, and the others.

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In a flash, five thousand years passed.

Five thousand years, for mortals, is a hundred generations of succession.

For the majority of cultivators, they have already walked through a lifetime.

But for Xu Zhangqing, who possesses a lifespan of tens of millions of years, it was merely the Immortal Phoenix Tree in his God Kingdom adding a few more growth rings.

However, these five thousand years were enough for a clan to grow.

Under the Dao Zun's intentional or unintentional tacit approval and support, the Xu Family, with Yu Heng Star as its foundation, drove its roots deep into every inch of soil of the Beidou Xianfu.

Lingzhi Si, Danding Si, and Fenglei Si.

Among the stewards, elders, and members of the three offices, Xu family descendants make up nearly thirty percent.

Moreover, the Xu family's influence extends far beyond this.

Through marriage alliances, industrial infiltration, and interest binding, their influence has long spread throughout the Floating World Four Domains and even the Endless Star Domain.

Second Son Xu He.

He inherited his father's steadiness, but also gained a capacity for command.

Xu Changqing remained in seclusion year-round, and family affairs had been entrusted to Xu He for management three thousand years ago.

He did not betray this trust, expanding the spirit plant scale of Yu Heng Xing by dozens of times.

Furthermore, he signed a contract lasting ten thousand years with the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, selling the Xu family's spirit plants to every corner of the Endless Star Domain.

Xu He's Dao Companion bears the surname Lu and is a direct-lineage great-granddaughter of Lingzhi Si Si Zheng Lu Yan.

This marriage was personally arranged by Xu Changqing and Lu Yan; it is both a continuation of the two families' generations of friendship and a symbol of the deep interest binding between the Xu family and Lingzhi Si.

The Lu family bore three sons and two daughters.

The eldest son, Xu Jing, is the next-generation family head heir after Xu He.

As for the others, their development and achievements are rather ordinary.

The second daughter, Xu Sui.

At one thousand years old, she traveled alone to Dongji Lingzhou, served as a guest elder at the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce headquarters for a full three hundred years, and upon returning personally established the Xu family's external trading firm "Sui Hang."

At one thousand five hundred years old, Xu Sui became Dao Companions with a Sword Cultivator.

The couple had one son and one daughter.

The son inherited his father's Sword Path talent, while the daughter followed Xu Sui to learn commerce.

The eldest grandson, Xu Mu.

He is the son of Xu Ping'an and Li Yueyao.

He became a disciple under a Supreme Elder of Beidou Xianfu, practicing the most orthodox Xianfu Sword Path, and among his peers none could surpass him.

Over five thousand years, he has represented the Xu family in no fewer than a hundred battles, from Star Lord competitions to resource struggles with the Ancient Clans of the Endless Star Domain, remaining undefeated under his sword.

His Dao Companion is Qin Xian, a direct disciple of Seventh Direct Disciple Ji Chen.

The couple had two sons.

The eldest son inherited his father's Sword Path.

The second son showed astonishing talent in Artifact Refining and was later taken as a disciple by Feng Buhui.

The second grandson, Xu Xiao.

He is the son of Xu Ping'an and Li of the Three-Eyed Clan.

He inherited both his father's Time Law talent and his mother's Three-Eyed talent, and also received Feng Buhui's instruction in Dharma Arrays.

After reaching adulthood, he became the only person in the Xu family to possess both the dual identities of a Beidou Xianfu Disciple and a Three-Eyed Clan Envoy.

He travels year-round between the Beidou Star Domain and the Three-Eyed Clan, rarely appearing in public.

Each time he appears, he brings the Three-Eyed Clan's latest secret arts or bloodline tempering methods.

Xu Xiao's Dao Companion is a direct-lineage descendant of Clan Leader Qiong, personally matched by Qiong.

The couple had one daughter.

This daughter awakened two Vertical Pupil talents and was personally taken by Qiong into the Three-Eyed Clan's sacred ground for cultivation.

As the Xu family's scale expanded rapidly, internal divisions began to form, creating four lineages.

They are: Main Lineage, Commerce Lineage, Martial Lineage, and Side Lineage.

The Main Lineage is managed by Xu He, with the strongest foundation.

Controlling the spirit plant industry and the family's daily operations, over sixty percent of the clan's economic lifelines are held by the Main Lineage, and most seats in the Council of Elders also come from this lineage.

The Commerce Lineage is led by Xu Sui, controlling Sui Hang and cross-star domain industries.

Every external expansion of the family and the opening of every new trade route is led by this lineage.

The Martial Lineage is represented by Xu Mu, responsible for external conquests and internal law enforcement.

Moreover, all external military actions of the family are carried out by the Martial Lineage, and many descendants also serve in the Patrol Heaven Office.

The Side Lineage centers on Xu Xiao and his mother Li, with the fewest members.

Yet they control the Three-Eyed Clan's channels, secret arts, and bloodline tempering methods.

There has always been friction between the four lineages.

The Main Lineage dislikes that the Commerce Lineage expands too quickly externally with too great a risk.

The Commerce Lineage dislikes that the Yu Heng Main Lineage is conservative and misses business opportunities.

Even between the Martial Lineage and the Side Lineage, there is a competitive relationship.

But everyone knows that as long as Xu Changqing is still alive, and Xu He and Xu Ping'an are still around, these frictions will never turn into division.

Externally, the Xu family is always a single whole!