Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Family Revitalization

Once a family grows large, all sorts of problems will arise. If one becomes the head of the family, dealing with these problems alone can consume most of one's energy. This is true throughout history and across the world.

This is why some powerful individuals never concern themselves with family affairs and usually entrust the management of the family to the less talented members of their bloodline.

Shen Ping hadn't expected that there would be so many problems accumulated over the years.

Fortunately, he had previously instructed his wives, including An Xueyi, Li Yuewei, Su Yin, and Brolin, to gradually hand over the family management authority to their eldest son and eldest grandson; otherwise, their cultivation progress would have been even slower.

In fact, some problems are not difficult to solve; the main issue is making choices.

Planetary management can be handled through virtual universe companies, but this is not possible for some core planets.

Otherwise, how can we cultivate the next generation of our family!

"Father."

"Our Shen family owns 32 of the most important planets. Apart from Earth, the other core planets are divided into resource planets, tourism planets, and administrative planets. Each of these planets has elite descendants among its direct descendants, some of whom are very promising, but they don't have enough spots..."

"Another issue is the family rules. As the number of descendants increases, the family rules will also need to be revised!"

They discussed it for a full ten days.

After Shen Ping finished dealing with these matters, he left the rest to his eldest son, letting him make his own decisions. However, there were some disputes regarding the final family rules, and no solution was provided.

I remember when he was working away from home, he personally dealt with some of his juniors.

However, more than two thousand years have passed since then.

The deterrent effect of those days is long gone.

Especially after the family grew large, all sorts of dark schemes, open and covert struggles, and other sordid things continued to unfold, and there were even some things that challenged morality and ethics.

For example, the eighth-generation descendant of the direct line, which consists of the eldest son, the eldest grandson, and the great-grandson, namely Yun Sun, got involved with his cousin, who was very promiscuous and had more than a hundred male lovers.

Although this is common in the universe, with many powerful women collecting male concubines, this Yun Sun's sister didn't even spare her own blood relatives.

Such things were actually quite common in ancient dynasties of the world. The Shen family encouraged having children, which led to a chaotic situation between men and women. Some descendants would go to any lengths to have children in order to gain preferential treatment from the family's resources.

But they are also very law-abiding. Apart from their chaotic private lives, they don't break any rules, so the family rules are useless to them.

This is just one of them.

Many branches even created a Pure Bloodline Society, and in order to prevent the Shen family bloodline from becoming mixed, they intermarried among themselves.

Shen Ping was speechless when he heard his eldest son tell the story.

The saying goes, "Don't wash your dirty linen in public."

He could only swallow his pride and bear it.

no way.

Ultimately, the root of the problem lies with him. In his pursuit of family development and the propagation of future generations, he became overly indulgent, which led to this incident.

Anything taken to excess will lead to disaster.

Fortunately, this kind of thing didn't spread to his back, otherwise he wouldn't know what to do. He couldn't just kill them all, could he?

"Each incident, each one more, is shocking, utterly shocking!"

Shen Ping sighed.

Since the family rules were enforced and he dealt with a group of people, these younger generations have indeed become more restrained. Even after more than two thousand years, without the deterrent effect, no one dares to openly violate the family rules. But this does not mean that they dare not do it anymore; they just become more discreet.

In order to evade the intelligence system of the Virtual Universe Company, some people do not enter the Virtual Universe at all, but instead stay on a remote planet and let others help them do some shady things.

Unfortunately, it was all just wishful thinking.

Those who violate clan rules are easy to deal with, but those who lead immoral lives are more troublesome. If they are not dealt with, it is easy to cause a bad influence. If they are dealt with, they have not violated the clan rules.

And once it's dealt with...

Will this send a signal to future generations that the policy of having more children will no longer be implemented?

This is something Shen Ping doesn't want to see.

Although the family is now so large that it should be somewhat restricted, the family's reproduction cannot stop. This number of people is barely comparable to those of the realm lord families, and cannot compare to the immortals or even the marquises.

Not to mention the families on the Origin Continent, those God King families, Chaos Realm, and Eternal True Gods are all incredibly powerful.

As long as resources can keep up, the more bloodlines a family has, the higher the chance of producing a genius, just like the territory of a human race.

That's what's troubling him.

After much deliberation, I concluded that...

The decision was made to impose penalties to prevent such behavior from becoming rampant.

As for the others, they were all arrested by the clan's law enforcement team; those who deserved to be killed were killed, and those who deserved to be imprisoned were imprisoned.

As the order was issued.

The clan's law enforcement team began traveling to various planets and arresting the younger members of the family. For a time, the entire Shen family was in a state of panic, and many who had made minor mistakes ran to their grandmother crying and begging for forgiveness.

Jiuxingwan Residential Area.

Inside the pavilion.

Shen Ping, Hong, Lei Shen, and Luo Feng rarely got together.

Thor grinned and said, "Shen Ping, your family's been making quite a splash lately."

Hong laughed. "Some of the younger generation really need to be disciplined, otherwise they will become increasingly arrogant and unruly. This applies not only to the Shen family, but also to our families."

Luo Feng took a sip of wine, nodded, and said, "My Luo family's rules are quite strict, but there are still younger generations who violate them. This is unavoidable, and we can only deal with them every now and then."

The Shen family's reforms also affected the Luo family and other families. The four major families had long since merged their businesses and marriages, forming a unified whole. For example, the Luo and Shen families had tens of thousands of marriages, including direct and branch families.

The same applies to the Thor family and the Hong family.

Shen Ping waved his hand. "Sigh, every family has its own troubles. Alright, let's not talk about these unpleasant things anymore. Come on, let's drink."

After drinking.

Hong and Lei Shen left, but Luo Feng didn't. He asked about Shen Ping's recent situation on the battlefield outside the domain. Just recently, Luo Feng successfully comprehended the first level of the Seven Kills of the Beast God in Chaos City and formally became the master of the Lord of Chaos City.

Asking about the outer battlefields was also because he wanted to stay a while longer before venturing into them.

"The extraterritorial battlefield is indeed very dangerous, with powerful immortal beings from various races who have been crowned kings. Without a means of survival, it is still very difficult for a realm lord to make a name for himself."

Shen Ping glanced at Luo Feng and said, "Although your level of understanding of the laws has reached the fifteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven and you have also comprehended the first level of the Beast God, you are still a bit short if you want to make your way in the outer battlefield. You should spend some time cultivating in Chaos City first."

"At the very least, raise your understanding of the laws to the level of the eighteenth floor at the bottom of the Tongtian Bridge before venturing out."

Thanks to his research seminars.

Luo Feng's progress in comprehending the laws is much faster than in the original story. He has only been cultivating in Chaos City for nearly two thousand years.

Hearing Shen Ping say this...

Luo Feng nodded. "Alright, I still have some doubts about the Path of the Beast God. I really need to reflect on them. Besides, the Realm Lord stage allows for faster comprehension, so spending more time is beneficial. By the way, I've heard quite a few people say recently that you, this genius, have become somewhat quiet. That's not like you at all!"

Shen Ping was taken aback, then chuckled in surprise, "Once you reach the Realm Lord level, you can't make rapid progress in a hundred or several hundred years like before. However, I haven't made no progress in these two thousand years. Since we're on the topic, let's go and challenge the Primal Tongtian Mountain."

Luo Feng exclaimed, his eyes wide, "Master, are you... are you confident you can break through the Primal Tongtian Mountain, a Realm Lord level cultivator?"

"Wait for news."

Shen Ping smiled and then disappeared.

When they reappeared, they had arrived in the Tongtian Mountain dimension.

Over the years, he has honed his skills in the Ninth Battlefield, and his understanding of the laws has reached the level of the 20th floor of the Tongtian Bridge. He has even mastered the Space Lockdown technique, which is based on the fundamental laws of space. The reason he hasn't tried to break through is simply because he's too lazy to do so.

The majestic Tongtian Mountain.

at the foot of the mountain.

The three gatekeepers, the Minotaur, the Snake Man, and the Ape Man, were bored. They had been created over countless years and had long since developed their own sentience. Those who dared to come and break through the Tongtian Mountain were all peerless geniuses who had emerged over millions or tens of millions of epochs, so they had nothing to do most of the time.

As for the realm lord level.

Almost no one dares to venture there.

After all, those core realm lords all know that to pass through, one needs at least the comprehension level of the 20th level, which is only one step away from becoming a universe venerable.

"Your Highness Shen Ping?"

They noticed someone was there.

After the minotaur awoke, his enormous eyes widened. "Your Highness Shen Ping intends to challenge the Lord-level Tongtian Mountain?"

"right."

"Hahaha, great! Finally, someone's come to intrude! White-skinned ape, old snake, come quick!"

Soon the three gatekeepers gathered together.

Shen Ping wasn't in a hurry. Instead, he waited for them to start attacking before casually slashing out with a blade of light that resembled silver flames, instantly killing the minotaur. He remained completely calm in the face of the snake-man's illusions and the ape-man's telekinetic weapons.

The gatekeeper was defeated in just three breaths.

Next is the mountainside.

There's also the mountaintop.

The guardian at the summit is indeed formidable, representing the strongest understanding of the laws at the realm lord level.

But Shen Ping's swordsmanship was too strong.

The light of the sword can evolve into various fundamental laws and artistic conceptions, with minimal impact on the mind. Even those at the pinnacle of the King realm would have to go all out to deal with this sword technique.

It can be said.

In terms of swordsmanship, he has long surpassed Luo Feng's understanding of the One-Line Whip Shadow technique after leaving the Star Tower.

They easily traversed the Primal Tongtian Mountain, a realm master level.

Shen Ping remained completely unmoved. From the moment he received the family's golden finger, he believed he could reach this point, and now he had only reached this level, having crossed the first threshold on his path of cultivation.

"Lord of the Realm, Immortal, Venerable... there are still many hurdles on this path of cultivation."

There is nothing to be proud of.

We arrived at the Tongtian Bridge.

He fought his way to the 21st floor and engaged in a fierce battle with the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper of this floor represents the complete primordial laws of space. Passing through it makes one a cosmic venerable!

Having mastered the techniques of teleportation and sealing, Shen Ping easily broke the seal and even withstood the guardian's attack.

Especially after the Void Sutra was released, even the gatekeepers had difficulty resisting it.

Finally, the gatekeeper barely managed to defeat Shen Ping using the power of the complete spatial origin laws.

The guardian, Baffin, stared at the screen in utter shock. "This... this Shen Ping almost defeated the guardian! It's terrifying! He's only a Realm Lord, and he's only been a Realm Lord for about two thousand years, yet he's reached this level!"

The fact that Shen Ping could force the gatekeeper to this point clearly shows that his strength is already very close to that of a Universe Venerable, and how many years has it been since Shen Ping started cultivating?

The battle is over.

The watchman, Baffin, silently sent out a mass email.

Soon, the Ice Peak Lord, the Chaos City Lord, the Nine Swords Venerable, as well as the executives of the Virtual Universe Company and other powerful forces all knew that Shen Ping had passed through the Primal Tongtian Mountain.

In this regard.

They were merely surprised, not entirely unexpected. After all, judging from Shen Ping's previous progress in cultivation, he was bound to achieve it sooner or later; it just happened much earlier than they had anticipated.

After receiving the email, Luo Feng smiled wryly, "The Master is still the Master! He passed Tongtian Mountain so easily; that's a World Lord level!"

Babata said, "What's so strange about that? You were already quite far behind him, and it's quite impressive that you've caught up to this level over the years. Besides, Shen Ping has many secrets, and he might have received a much greater inheritance opportunity than you."

Luo Feng deeply agreed. Putting everything else aside, the more he studied the small beast god statue, the clearer he became about how magical it was. And Shen Ping gave away such a precious item so readily.

When the geniuses such as Bolan, Wuka, Rong Jun, Qian Shui, and Ai Chen received the news, they were all numb. Influenced by Shen Ping over the years, their original laws had improved rapidly. Although they were still at the Domain Lord level, their understanding of the laws had generally reached more than 12 levels.

When the Illusionary Spirit King learned of this, he was glad that he had listened to his master and had not fallen out with Shen Ping.

"Qing'er, how's your relationship with Hong lately?"

"If there are any openings, remember to let your master know."

Ji Qing nodded. Although family was more important than anything else in her heart, after learning about Hong's importance, she already liked him, so their bond naturally grew even stronger.

And she gave birth to several children for Hong early on, something she had never considered before.

"Sometimes, the choice you make is more important than your own efforts!"

She has come to understand this over the years.

……

Hongmeng City.

As time goes by.

Many of the immortal kings also knew about Shen Ping's breakthrough of the Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a realm lord level being. As a result, they all speculated that the human realm lord in the Ninth Battlefield was most likely Shen Ping.

"A soul treasure, a domain-level treasure, and a teacher who is a master of the universe—how enviable!"

"That's right. Many Venerables don't even have such a treasure. He's a Realm Lord, and although he's undoubtedly the strongest genius, he hasn't broken through to Immortality yet!"

"Hmph, those Seven Sword Kings of the Star Tower, and Dream King Meng Sui who stays with the Ancestral God Sect, weren't they all bestowed with great treasures? The Seven Sword Kings even have a set of great treasures!"

"Human beings have always been biased towards geniuses, so don't be surprised."

The human kings were envious, while the kings of other races were jealous. (End of Chapter)