What had the world been like at its very beginning?
Whether it was the Ziyu Realm or Blue Star from his previous life, this was a question that had endured through the ages without any definite answer. People delighted in debating it, yet opinions varied wildly, and no one's explanation could win everyone's approval.
It was a question that even "immortals" found baffling.
Song Changsheng naturally did not know the answer either. Thus, if he wished to create a world from nothing, he could only draw upon the more mainstream theories within the Ziyu Realm, supplemented by some of his own understanding.
According to ancient books, before heaven and earth were opened, there had been an endless expanse of chaos.
There were no concepts of time, space, or life there—only the most primordial "chaos qi," the source of energy and the embryonic form of all things.
Song Changsheng concentrated and attempted to envision such a Void Space within his mind. Going from zero to one was always the hardest step. Throughout this process, he had to completely discard the existence of laws such as time and the five elements.
That was not easy to accomplish.
Nor would accomplishing it alone mean he had succeeded.
Space was the foundation that carried all things. Song Changsheng needed to evolve a complete world within this space afterward. If it was too fragile, it might collapse after only a few laws had taken shape, forcing him to start all over again.
Song Changsheng did not hope to fully evolve the Three Thousand Great Daos with his current cultivation, but he at least needed to raise that upper limit as high as possible.
Such an opportunity was something one could encounter but not seek. If he missed it, there might never be a second chance.