Cultivation has been the anchor of the Worlds outside the Primordial World for many years.
In his world, this was the norm. Cultivation existed in the ancient era, but that era is only a few billion years old. It is nothing compared to how long the Primordial World has existed, so it is understandable that the history of the little corner where Tang Yin is is so limited.
Even so, cultivation has been the force and power that has made great civilizations rise and fall; this one has seen them rise and die. Worlds with cultivation have been born. Entire planets have always had cultivation and beings that can even be considered mythology who were cultivators.
It has been a concept that has transcended the ages from ancient times to the present in a vast and powerful universe.