Moth ornaments, snow willow, golden threads; laughter rippled as a subtle fragrance drifted away

Within the blessed land space, Hong Yuan wore the Divine Light Heavenly Robe and held a scepter. Twelve spheres of light revolved behind him like great suns, spilling radiance everywhere and illuminating the already expansive space as brightly as day.

He stood high in the heavens and looked down, his gaze sweeping across an expanse of gray-white earth.

After his repeated infusions of karmic calamity power, this blessed land had expanded enormously, yet it still lacked vitality, like a sheet of paper upon which no brush had yet fallen.

"Time to put this place in order."

Hong Yuan murmured to himself and waved his scepter.

In an instant, mist churned throughout the blessed land space, pouring forth in billowing waves. His will enveloped the entire world, and it moved according to his wishes.

Rumble!

A muffled symphony rose from deep within the earth, like a sleeping giant slowly turning over. Then enormous trees burst out of the ground.

Those towering trees spread like serpents and flood dragons, sweeping across the entire blessed land like gigantic waves.

In little more than a dozen breaths, vines hung down and great trees entwined, weaving themselves into pillars, beams, corridors, sweeping eaves, and roof ridges.

Their wood grain was naturally perfect, requiring no carving. In moments, the outlines of buildings emerged. Rows of houses, towers, terraces, courtyards, and palaces spread outward from the center of the blessed land, overlapping in orderly tiers. Before he knew it, they had filled this blank world.

At the very center, however, Hong Yuan left an open space.

Hong Yuan descended and lightly touched his scepter to the ground. Light escaped its tip, the earth shuddered with a hum, and a dome of white-jade radiance rose.

Amid the trembling hum, eight enormous trees sprang from the ground, each so