Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Improved Spirit Rice

Zhao Cheng'an woke up to find himself transported to a harsh, low-spirit region. The spiritual energy was sparse, with virtually no usable resources for cultivation—a desolate wasteland abandoned by high-level cultivators. Mortals were unaware of the existence of cultivators, and for ordinary cultivators, simply maintaining their cultivation level was an immense challenge. Fortunately, the game cheat he had designed in his previous life, the "Qiankun Cauldron," had also arrived. Two low-level items could be combined to create a higher-quality treasure, even perfectly inheriting the superior attributes of both. Damaged spirit stones could be combined into complete spirit stones, and ordinary iron swords into peerless divine weapons. [High-yield spirit rice with abundant offspring but demanding conditions] + [Resilient spirit rice for survival] = [Resilient and high-yield spirit rice] From then on, Zhao Cheng'an began by improving spirit rice, cultivating, refining weapons, crafting talismans, and creating pills, embarking on his cultivation path in the resource-scarce low-spirit region. "The pill's nine-fold transformation astounds heaven and earth; the array's formation suppresses ghosts and gods across the eight wastelands. The weapon's refinement breaks all laws; the talisman's drawing of yin and yang stabilizes the universe." Many years later. When the great calamity descended, gods and Buddhas fell like rain. Zhao Cheng'an stood atop the nine heavens, looking back, and realized that he had unknowingly become the only immortal Dao Ancestor in this world. ... [Scientific cultivation, a self-contained system] [Experienced in creating over a million words of high-quality works, feel free to jump in!]