Humanoid Boulder

In the vast, boundless universe, a streak of golden light shot out from the void, streaking across billions of miles of deep space before finally submerging into a spatial node covered by fluctuations of time and space.

Within the space concealed by time and space, the golden light eventually landed on a habitable planet within a star system, transforming amidst the mountain forests into a ten-meter-tall humanoid Stone that, at a glance, resembled a Buddha sitting cross-legged upon a lotus throne.

This habitable planet was several times larger than Earth, with the majority of its surface covered by oceans. In the center of the ocean, there was one and only one massive landmass, which alone accounted for one-third of the planet's total surface area.

The land was lush with vegetation and covered in forests, home to many diverse creatures, among which were many beings that looked almost identical to humans from Earth.

The depths of the ocean likewise nurtured countless aquatic creatures, and the biodiversity of the entire planet far exceeded that of Earth.

As time passed, a tribe of the Human Race on the land, while fleeing from powerful giant beasts, gradually migrated to the foot of the mountain not far from the Stone formed by the golden light and resettled there.

It was at this moment that Qi Tian, who had transformed into the humanoid Stone, gained consciousness.

"Where is this?"

Qi Tian's consciousness felt as if it had experienced endless ages, yet it also felt as if only a fleeting moment had passed in the chaos.

But when he regained consciousness, he found himself on a patch of grass in the middle of a mountain forest, with a river several meters wide flowing nearby.

"Why can't I move... damn it, what is my situation?"

Just as Qi Tian saw the lush, dense forest before him and wanted to walk around to take a look, he realized he had turned into a giant stone, half-buried in the mud, unable to move a muscle.

After struggling in vain several times, Qi Tian felt extremely aggrieved. He had only gone to visit a temple following the guidance of a Buddha Pendant, and just after offering incense, he found himself in a strange land, turned into a stone.

"Right, the Buddha Pendant, where is that damn thing?"

The nameless fire in Qi Tian's heart grew more intense. He probed his own body with his consciousness, but there was no trace of the Buddha Pendant.

But the next moment, his consciousness was guided into a dark, void-like sea of consciousness, where he was shocked to find a golden lotus throne suspended within.

Sitting on the lotus throne was a Lotus Throne Buddha Statue, exuding an ancient and magnificent aura.

Through the golden light it emitted, one could faintly see that the facial features carved on the golden body bore a striking resemblance to Qi Tian. At the same time, along with the Lotus Throne Buddha Statue, a secret manual flooded into his sea of consciousness.

--Buddha Karma Twin Bodies.

Qi Tian's consciousness tried to communicate with the golden Buddha statue that looked somewhat like him, but there was no response at all.

After several failed attempts, he turned his attention to the secret manual titled Buddha Karma Twin Bodies.

As soon as his consciousness touched the secret manual, the book-like text instantly transformed into streams of golden light, floating above his sea of consciousness.

Then, they began to arrange and combine, forming a massive, obscure, and complex Sanskrit Phantom.

Looking at the endless golden light within his sea of consciousness, and the Sanskrit Phantom that was slowly being filled by the golden light.

Judging by the volume of the Sanskrit characters, it would likely take quite some time for all this golden light to be arranged and filled into the complete Sanskrit script.

Qi Tian observed the Lotus Throne Golden Body and the Sanskrit Phantom for a long time, and seeing that they showed no signs of movement, he had no choice but to withdraw his consciousness from his sea of consciousness.

After his consciousness returned to the humanoid Stone, he discovered that his vision seemed to reach much further.

No, it wasn't his vision, but rather a full-perspective perception akin to a celestial eye.

"I can actually inspect the surrounding environment 360 degrees, and the distance isn't short either."

Qi Tian was amazed by the change in his vision. He then controlled his consciousness to spread outward, slowly passing through the mountain forest in front of him, extending nearly two thousand meters before feeling a sense of resistance.

"Everything within a radius of nearly two kilometers is in full view, even the underground and the mountain behind me. This is too incredible."

"Huh? Is this some kind of wilderness survival game?"

Just at the limit of Qi Tian's consciousness probe, he discovered a human wearing animal skins around his waist and holding a wooden spear entering his range of perception.

The appearance of this primitive-looking human brought a surge of joy to Qi Tian, but he soon realized the man was in a state of desperate flight.

Immediately following, a wild boar nearly the size of a water buffalo entered his sight, charging toward the primitive man, snapping tree trunks as thick as a thigh in its path.

The wild boar had bulging muscles and sleek, oily fur, with a tuft of fiery red hair on its head that looked like a candle flame flickering in the wind as it ran at high speed.

The primitive man was also extremely fast, and his movements were incredibly agile as he wove through the trees to dodge trunks.

"With this man's speed and the size of this wild boar, could I be in another world?"

Qi Tian now only knew that he was in this mountain forest, with a mountain range reaching into the clouds at his back, a river and a patch of grass in front of him, and nothing but forest blocking his view in the distance.

At first, he thought he was in some unknown forest on Earth, but seeing this scene, he realized this was no longer the Earth he knew.

In two minutes, the primitive man nimbly dodged and weaved through the forest, soon arriving at the grassy clearing where the humanoid Stone of Qi Tian stood.

The giant wild boar behind him was also charging recklessly, carving a path through the forest and knocking down hundreds of trees, leaving a trail of devastation.

"Swish."

The primitive man rushed out of the forest and discovered the grassy clearing before him. A four-meter-wide river snaked down from the massive mountain in front, blocking his path.

Hearing the thundering sound of the wild boar close at hand, the "snorting" sounds made him dare not stop. Running at high speed, he leaped directly toward the opposite bank of the river.

As soon as he cleared the river, his gaze landed on the humanoid Stone not far away; such a stone appeared somewhat abrupt in this lush green mountain forest.

The primitive man dared not dwell on it. He had already heard the "splashing" sound of water behind him; the wild boar must have charged directly into the river, continuing its pursuit.

Qi Tian watched the primitive man getting closer and closer. His appearance was exactly that of an Earth human, only his body was much stronger, and he stood over two meters tall.

"Is he planning to run behind me to hide, or does he want to jump up?"

Just as Qi Tian was pondering, the primitive man had already arrived a few meters in front of him, preparing to leap up and climb onto him.

The humanoid boulder Qi Tian had transformed into stood over ten meters tall, with several meters buried deep in the earth, leaving a ten-meter-tall seated figure exposed above ground.

If that primitive man were to climb to the top, he would likely be safe unless the wild boar managed to shatter the stone directly.

"Don't come over here!"

Watching the primitive man leap high toward him, the panicked expression on the man's face as he fled from the boar was perfectly clear to Qi Tian, who instinctively wanted to raise a hand and swat him away like a mosquito.

At that very moment, Qi Tian's consciousness manifested into a solid, giant hand, sweeping the primitive man dozens of meters away until he landed in the river that wound past the meadow.

The giant wild boar, which had been charging in pursuit of the primitive man, saw its prey suddenly fly off to the side and hurriedly slammed on its hooves, churning up clods of earth as it skidded across the grass.