Transmigrating into a Stubborn Stone, Starting with Hell Difficulty

Skeleton Mountain, White Bone Cave.

Qin Feng's consciousness awoke in endless darkness and solitude.

How many times has it been?

The thousandth? Or the ten thousandth?

He couldn't remember.

Time here was the most meaningless thing.

He had transmigrated, but it felt like he hadn't quite.

Qin Feng was despairing. Everyone else who transmigrated was either a prince or a noble, a nobody who achieved greatness, or at the very least, a living being.

But him?

He had become a stone.

An ordinary, even ugly, stubborn stone, rooted in the body of Skeleton Mountain, unable to move or speak.

The only thing he could do was use a sliver of spiritual sense, so weak it was almost negligible, to perceive the world around him.

This perception lasted for ten thousand years.

Over ten millennia, Qin Feng witnessed countless demonic beasts fight bloody battles for territory, and he also felt the turning of the sun and moon, the changing of the seasons.

More often than not, there was a deathly silence.

Skeleton Mountain, the name alone suggested it wasn't any blessed land. The spiritual energy here was violent and mixed, making it impossible for ordinary creatures to cultivate.

If not for his unique nature, he would have long ago been blown apart by this violent spiritual energy, reduced to dust.

Loneliness was the only melody.

Helplessness was the eternal accompaniment.

Qin Feng even felt that he might just continue like this, in the form of a stone, watching this Primordial World age and crumble.

Until that figure appeared.

It was an incredibly beautiful female immortal, wearing a green Daoist robe, with a slender figure and a cold, beautiful face that couldn't hide her peerless elegance.

She didn't seem to notice anything unusual about Qin Feng, this stone, merely finding the place quiet. She settled down in a cave dwelling not far from him.

She stayed for another few thousand years.

Through fragmented memories, Qin Feng quickly learned her identity.

An immortal of the Jie Sect, Niangniang Shi Ji.

A terribly unlucky individual who died miserably during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

Because her disciple was killed by a brat, she went to confront him, only to be burned to death by the brat's master with the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover, her entire cultivation turning to flowing water.

But at this moment, Qin Feng felt no pity for her. Instead, he felt an inexplicable sense of closeness.

Ten thousand years of solitude had been broken by this unintentionally intruding female immortal, who brought a splash of color to his dead world.

When she cultivated, her stable Dao Charm could soothe the violent spiritual energy around them, making Qin Feng's spiritual sense feel unprecedentedly comfortable.

Occasionally, she would play a zither to the empty valley. The clear, crisp notes washed over Qin Feng's mind, which had been distorted by ten thousand years of loneliness.

She was like a clear spring, irrigating Qin Feng's dry "stone heart."

It could be said that it was Shi Ji's existence that allowed Qin Feng to maintain his last shred of "human" sanity.

Qin Feng even had a preposterous thought: to remain a stone, quietly accompanying her, seemed not too bad.

However, peaceful days always had a way of being shattered.

One day, an arrogant, overbearing aura, filled with scrutiny and disdain, descended from the heavens, instantly enveloping the entire White Bone Cave.

Shi Ji, who had been meditating in front of her cave dwelling, suddenly opened her eyes. A hint of vigilance flashed in her eyes as she looked up at the sky.

On top of an auspicious cloud stood a middle-aged Daoist, clad in a Bagua Daoist Robe and holding a fly whisk.

The Daoist's face was haughty, his eyes contemptuous. His gaze swept over Shi Ji as if she were some lowly, dirty thing.

Qin Feng's spiritual sense instantly tensed, a strong sense of unease surging in his heart.

The visitor was not friendly!

"This mountain, I have taken a liking to."

The Daoist spoke, his voice not loud, but carrying an unquestionable tone of command, as if declaring something that was a matter of course.

Shi Ji slowly rose, a hint of anger appearing on her cold face. She cupped her hands and said, "Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by that? This mountain is called Skeleton Mountain, and it has been my place of cultivation for several thousand years."

Her tone was still polite. After all, they were both from the Mystic Sect, and she didn't want to fall out unless absolutely necessary.

The Daoist, however, acted as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. The corner of his mouth curled up, and he let out a scoff.

"You, with your hairy and horned, wet-born and egg-born kind, are you worthy of being called a fellow Daoist by me?"

"This filthy place, you dare call it a dojo?"

BOOM!

These two sentences struck Qin Feng's consciousness like thunder.

An uncontrollable rage ignited within his stone heart like a raging fire.

Too much!

This was simply too much!

Hairy and horned? Wet-born and egg-born?

This was the deepest thorn in the hearts of Jie Sect disciples!

Yuanshi Tianzun looked down on the Jie Sect's "teaching without distinction," and naturally, his disciples followed suit, looking down on Jie Sect immortals everywhere.

But Qin Feng hadn't expected this discrimination would be so blatant, so undisguised!

What's more, these words were directed at Shi Ji!

At the woman who had accompanied him for thousands of years, preventing him from completely losing his mind in loneliness!

Shi Ji's face instantly turned pale, then flushed with humiliation, the hand holding her sword trembling slightly.

"You!"

She gritted her teeth, too furious to speak.

"What 'you'?" the Daoist's gaze grew more contemptuous, flicking his fly whisk, he pointed at Shi Ji, "I am Taiyi Zhenren, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals under Yuanshi Tianzun of the Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain!"

"If you know what's good for you, get out of here quickly and clean up the cave dwelling. I might spare your life!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless and causing you to lose ten thousand years of cultivation in an instant!"

Taiyi Zhenren!

It was him, as expected!

The master of the very person who killed Shi Ji!

Qin Feng's rage was almost burning through his Spiritual Sense.

So, it all started from now!

The prelude to this tragedy was being played out today, at this very moment!

Shi Ji took a deep breath, suppressing the humiliation and anger in her heart, and said with a cold voice, "Taiyi! We are both disciples of the Three Teachings, with the same origin! Do you not fear karmic retribution for acting like this?"

"Karma?"

Taiyi Zhenren acted as if he had heard the funniest joke, laughing heartily.

"Hahaha! I am a direct disciple of a Heavenly Venerate, with profound fortune and long-lasting destiny. How could I fear the karma of a mere spirit monster like you?"

"Let alone seizing your cave dwelling, even if I killed you today, the Heavenly Venerate wouldn't say a word against me!"

His voice was filled with unbridled arrogance.

This confidence stemmed from his background, from his master, it was the ingrained superiority complex of a Chan Sect Golden Immortal facing a Jie Sect disciple!

"You... you are betraying your master and ancestors!"

Shi Ji trembled with rage, unable to hold back any longer. Her precious sword was drawn, pointing at Taiyi Zhenren.

"It seems you won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"

Taiyi Zhenren's face darkened, killing intent flashing in his eyes.

"Fine, today I shall act on behalf of Heaven and eliminate this demonic evil!"

Before his voice faded, a terrifying pressure descended, locking onto Shi Ji.

It was a power far beyond Shi Ji's!

Both were Grand Unity Golden Immortals, but Taiyi Zhenren was Yuanshi Tianzun's favored disciple. His magical treasures, divine abilities, and foundation were far beyond Shi Ji's, an "auditor student."

Under this pressure, Shi Ji found it difficult to breathe. Her face was as pale as paper, and her body swayed precariously, yet she stubbornly straightened her back, refusing to bow.

"Move!"

"Move, damn it!"

Qin Feng roared madly in his heart, pushing his Spiritual Sense to its limit, trying with all his might to shake his cursed stone body.

He wanted to rush out and stand in front of Shi Ji.

He wanted to point at Taiyi Zhenren's nose and curse this bully.

He wanted to tell that woman, who appeared aloof but was inwardly proud, "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

However, it was useless.

No matter how hard he tried, how much he roared, his Stubborn Stone Body remained motionless.

He could only watch helplessly as Shi Ji was bullied, oppressed, and pushed step by step into the abyss of despair.

This feeling was ten thousand times more painful than ten thousand years of loneliness!

What kind of Hell difficulty was this!

To watch the person he wanted to protect being humiliated, while he could do nothing!

Extreme anger, extreme powerlessness, like two invisible giant hands, fiercely tearing at Qin Feng's soul.

Why!

Why, by virtue of being born noble, can others trample on dignity at will?

Why, by virtue of an extraordinary background, can they do whatever they please and disregard human life?

I am not convinced!

A never-before-seen obsession, a resentment that could break through heaven and earth, erupted in the deepest part of Qin Feng's consciousness.

"If one day, I can break free!"

"If one day, I can transform!"

Qin Feng made the first and most significant vow of his ten thousand years of transmigration, directed at his own soul.

"I will protect this woman, for all eternity, and she will never suffer humiliation again!"

"If Heaven oppresses her, I will defy Heaven!"

"If Saints bully her, I will strike down Saints!"

"This damned Primordial World, this damned fate, I, Qin Feng... refuse it!"

Rumble!

As if in response to his vow, an invisible Dao Charm quietly coalesced in the depths of his Spiritual Sense.

That was his Dao Heart.

With protection as its core, unbending will as its bones, and defying fate as its edge!

The moment his Dao Heart solidified, an ice-cold mechanical voice, transcending time and space, sounded directly in his mind.

[Ding! Detected host's strong obsession, Dao Heart stabilized, fulfilling system activation conditions...]

[Backing System, officially bound!]

[Newbie Mission Issued: Become Niangniang Shi Ji's backing and help her repel Taiyi Zhenren!]

[Mission Reward: Chaos Undying Body!]