My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

In the courtyard, various colors flowed and shifted.

Qi Yuan squatted on the ground, intently watching the ants.

The ants marched in formation, carrying crumbs of bread back to their nest.

A figure in a wedding dress stood quietly in Qi Yuan's shadow, silent.

"Cousin, are the ants that interesting?"

A childish voice rang out.

A plump young woman walked over, her belly swollen. She looked at Qi Yuan with a particularly complex expression.

"It depends... on who's watching the ants with you." Qi Yuan didn't look up, continuing to observe the ants, learning the story of each one.

"Little Fang, don't follow your cousin's example. You'll go into business when you grow up." The plump young woman patted her belly as she spoke.

"I don't want to go into business! I want to cultivate!"

Clearly, the one who had just spoken to Qi Yuan was the embryo inside the young woman's belly.

That's right. In this ancestral land, children developed quickly. Even embryos had consciousness and could speak.

Thus, Qi Yuan, who at three years old was still watching ants, playing in the mud, and playing house with his wedding dress, seemed particularly out of place.

"Alright, cultivate. My Little Fang will surely become a god and an ancestor." The plump young woman laughed, clearly pleased.

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

The embryo, Qi Fang, twitched his eyelids. "Strange, in this timeline, my cousin should have died young... Why is he still alive?"

Qi Fang was a regressor, having returned to his childhood.

In the future, he would leave the Celestial Dragon Firefly Constellation and become an ancestral-level existence.

He was only one step away from becoming a true Primordial Ancestor.

However, before he could break through to the Primordial Ancestor level, a terrifying disaster struck.

All living beings were annihilated in an instant.

This annihilation was no less severe than "Return to Nothingness", or perhaps, it was another expression of "Return to Nothingness".

All the Primordial Ancestors, in that moment, sacrificed themselves to instantly reverse the timeline, turning cause into effect, reverting the world.

Thus, he was reborn.

At the same time, he also knew that this might not be the first time the worldline had restarted.

But each time, it ended with the annihilation of spirits.

"Could it be that there's also an ancestral-level powerhouse nearby who altered the timeline, indirectly affecting my cousin Qi Yuan and allowing him to survive?"

"But even though he survived, his development is still slow. He's already three years old and still watches ants."

"I heard Uncle gave him a lot of nutritional supplements, but it didn't help."

...

"Xiao Jia, this is the Golden Light Jade Orchid. Before the Divine Wood Universe was even born, there was one in the chaos.

Unfortunately, you didn't have consciousness back then, so you couldn't see it bloom or smell its fragrance... Now... can you see it?"

Below the cliff, a fluid resembling lava flowed, and a Golden Light Jade Orchid grew at an angle.

Its stem was like shattered jade, each segment emitting a faint green smoke; its leaves were sword-shaped and narrow, with seal script flowing through their veins.

When it bloomed, the edges were gold, the center a deep purple with pink stamens, the petals layered, and inside was a golden tassel.

"The orchid... smells nice..."

The voice was ethereal, fragmented.

Qi Yuan seemed to see Xiao Jia closing her eyes, breathing in the air of the world with all her might.

Qi Yuan held Xiao Jia's cold hand, his face lighting up with surprise. "You can smell the fragrance now?"

"Mm..."

Xiao Jia nodded timidly, her body leaning closer to Qi Yuan's.

She seemed to want to remember Qi Yuan's scent.

"It seems it won't be long before I can take you to watch movies, go to amusement parks, visit the Milky Way, and even black holes..."

Qi Yuan said.

This world, he needed to traverse it all, to familiarize himself with every inch of land, every living being.

As his familiarity grew, as reincarnation became complete, Xiao Jia would also truly become normal, emerging from nothingness.

The lava-like fluid rose, blooming like ten thousand flowers, iron sparks flying.

"Wedding... wedding night..."

Xiao Jia stammered, her face looking somewhat anxious.

Seeing this, Qi Yuan chuckled. "Hey, what are you thinking about!"

He held Xiao Jia, just like watching the desert from the walls of the City of No Return, or digging a hole to sleep in the ground.

Life was already beautiful.

But then, a voice shattered this beauty.

"Human... can you trade this Golden Light Jade Orchid to me?"

Qi Yuan looked over and saw a figure faintly visible in the mist not far away.

The figure was wary of him, its gaze sweeping over the Golden Light Jade Orchid with a hint of desire.

Being called "human," Qi Yuan felt slightly surprised.

"Ming, you're ruining the mood."

The creature hidden in the mist was a member of the Ming tribe.

Since the other called him "human," he called the other "Ming."

It was like a cat calling a human "human," and a human calling a cat "cat."

"But I really need this Golden Light Jade Orchid. Our clan leader is injured and needs it for treatment." The Ming youth said, "Please, help me. I can trade."

The Ming tribe was inherently kind.

Otherwise, if it were another race, they might have directly attacked Qi Yuan in secret.

"By the way, is your partner suffering from some condition, missing her five senses? I'm willing to give her my five senses!"

The Ming youth said.

Qi Yuan looked at the Ming youth and smiled. "I appreciate your kindness."

The youth's five senses were indeed precious, comparable to some supreme treasures.

But giving them to Xiao Jia wouldn't work.

"Not enough?" The Ming youth was disappointed, his heart anxious.

For a moment, he didn't know what to do.

Then, Qi Yuan's clear voice surprised him.

"How about this? You don't need the Golden Light Jade Orchid. I'll help you heal your clan leader instead. How does that sound?" Qi Yuan said with a smile.

The flower from earlier carried part of Xiao Jia's memories.

If it were destroyed, it would, to some extent, delay the reconstruction of Xiao Jia's true spirit.

Of course, that flower also had a faint consciousness of its own.

"This..." The Ming youth was stunned.

This person couldn't even heal his own partner, yet he wanted to heal their clan leader.

He didn't quite believe in Qi Yuan's medical skills.

"Alright." After much hesitation, the Ming youth finally nodded.

"Let's go, Xiao Jia. Let's visit the Ming tribe. We've checked off another new place."

Qi Yuan held Xiao Jia's cold hand and followed the Ming youth, disappearing.

Later, ancient records would note:

"A Ming child sought medicine and encountered a strange man who owned the herb. The Ming child offered to trade, but the strange man said, 'Why bother with the herb? I can heal.'

He led them back to their ancestral land, causing an uproar. The strange man tapped the elder's spiritual platform, and the foul miasma dissipated. After the treatment, he left with the bride, leaving the Ming tribe in awe."