Quick Transmigration: Not My Story

Chapter 1-Prologue

Amidst a raging storm of countless purple lightning bolts, a female cultivator with long, unbound hair thrust her sword into a male cultivator’s abdomen. Blood gushed from his lips as his eyes widened in disbelief. In contrast, the woman merely lowered her gaze, her expression indifferent, and slowly withdrew the blade.

The night sky was illuminated like daylight by the cascading thunder, casting an eerie glow on the man's pale face. He gasped, "Lin Dan… it's me..."

For a fleeting moment, Lin Dan's impassive eyes flickered with something unreadable. Then, she murmured softly, “You… are not just my illusion?”

Yes, Lin Dan was undergoing a heavenly tribulation. She had assumed that the man before her was nothing more than a hallucination conjured by her inner demons. Yet, against all odds, he was real. She slowly lifted her head, taking in the lightning-filled sky and the crowd of cultivators floating in the distance, some suspended mid-air, others standing on their swords. Only then did she recall—today was supposed to be her Daoist wedding ceremony. And this man before her… was her Daoist partner, the one she had pursued and accompanied for thousands of years.

But so what? No amount of unwavering devotion, relentless pursuit, or steadfast companionship could compare to the mere glance of that seductive enchantress. Even on the eve of their sacred union, the moment that woman appeared and parted her crimson lips to utter a single, ambiguous syllable, the man before her had lost all reason.

An Hour Earlier

As her partner hesitated, unwilling to prick his fingertip to seal their blood pact, Lin Dan finally saw the truth. Gazing into his eyes, filled with turmoil and regret, she suddenly felt a wave of clarity. Without hesitation, she tore off the red wedding veil draped over her shoulders, removed the heavy, ornate headpiece, and turned away.

Before the stunned guests could react, before the elders could chastise her, the once starry sky was devoured by rolling thunderclouds. Fierce winds howled, carrying the crushing weight of divine judgment. The air itself turned razor-sharp, sending shivers down the spines of all the cultivators present. A tribulation? Here? Now?

The one facing the tribulation was none other than Lin Dan. She practiced the Path of Wuji, a discipline of the Wuji Immortal Sect. The Dao encompasses three thousand paths, each profound in its own way, but the Wuji Path was among the most arduous. It demanded three absolute tenets—Infinite Dao, Unstained Dao Heart, and a Desireless Dao Body. Only by embodying these could one glimpse the true essence of the Dao.

Yet, how could Lin Dan be free of desires when her heart was shackled by someone she could never let go of? Despite possessing a Nine Yin Divine Constitution and a pure-element Heavenly Spiritual Root, making her a once-in-a-millennium prodigy, she had been stuck at the tribulation stage for over six centuries.

But she was never in a rush. The Stairway to Ascension had long since been destroyed, making ascension synonymous with death. Even if she successfully passed her tribulation, she would simply dissipate into nothingness. She wasn't afraid of dying—only of leaving him behind.

She knew he still longed for another woman. But that was fine. It was she who had stood by his side through every hardship, who had never abandoned him even in his darkest moments. If his heart was as cold and unyielding as a millennium-old glacier, then she would be the blazing sun, determined to melt him.

She had always believed that one day, she would win his love. Until this moment…

Now, everything had changed. And yet, everything had faded into insignificance.

The tighter you grip something, the easier it slips away. But when you finally let go, what you lose is mere obsession, and what you gain… is freedom. Lin Dan returned her partner to the enchantress who had rushed in to claim him. Then, step by step, she walked out of the grand hall and into the storm.

The emotional tribulation she had been trapped in for centuries was broken in an instant. It was time to ascend.

Her inner demons fought back, conjuring countless illusions—sweet yet laced with poison—to tempt her into faltering. But she cut through each one with her sword. The Stairway to Ascension was gone. Whether she failed or succeeded, she would die all the same. But so what? She no longer wished to linger among these people.

The mortal world was too tainted. The heavens were too vast. Even if she became nothing more than a wisp of wind, she would rather roam the endless skies.

What she didn’t understand was why he suddenly chose to interfere. Why had he recklessly thrown himself into her tribulation, into her illusions, right onto her sword? He was a tribulation-stage powerhouse, the first sword cultivator of the Nanhua Continent—there was no way he couldn’t dodge her attack.

"Lin Dan," he gasped, blood staining his robes as he gripped the blade embedded in his abdomen. "Don’t leave."

"Not leave?" Lin Dan slowly withdrew her sword from his grasp, her voice distant. "Where else can I go?"

Yes, where else could she go? Should she continue chasing after his shadow, stumbling through the years, only to realize she had been running in circles all along?

With that thought, she let go of her sword and let it clatter to the ground. She turned and flew toward the broken Stairway to Ascension.

The man tried to follow, but his injuries slowed him. He could only watch in horror as the sky tore open, swallowing Lin Dan and the tribulation lightning whole. By the time he reached the edge of the heavens, she was gone. The tribulation clouds, the thunder, the blinding light, and the woman he had just begun to understand—all vanished like mist.

"LIN DAN!" His anguished cry echoed through the night, unanswered.

"Congratulations, Host, on returning."

The moment Lin Dan opened her eyes, a mechanical voice chimed in her ear.

"Host has successfully entered an S-rank world and obtained the unique item [Wuji Dao Heart]. Would you like to exchange it for points?"

"Exchange it," Lin Dan murmured. "Then activate my personal space."

In a blink, she found herself in a pure white room with sleek metallic walls. At its center was a single bed—nothing more.

"Host, you have accumulated a total of 9,990,000 points. I am pleased to inform you that you have reached the maximum point threshold. The system offers you two options:

Unbind and return to your original world.

Unbind and immigrate to a higher realm.

Please state your choice."

Lin Dan had died long ago, only to be inexplicably bound to this support system, forced to complete missions across countless small worlds. Only by amassing enough points could she finally regain her freedom. She had already planned her next move.

Yet, now, she hesitated.

Frowning slightly, she asked, "If I choose immigration..."

"I'm sorry, Host," the system cut in. "Your sponsor revoked their recommendation in the last world. If you wish to immigrate, you must find a new sponsor."

…Of course. Lin Dan let out a soft, self-mocking chuckle.

To immigrate to a higher realm, system approval was not enough. One also needed a sponsor from that realm. Lin Dan’s sponsor had been none other than the man she had just stabbed through the stomach.

She didn’t even know his full name, nor his true background. The only thing she knew was that he came from a higher realm—and that his authority far surpassed even the system itself.

Shuttling endlessly through countless small worlds, unable to die or perish—this might seem like an immense stroke of luck to others, but only Lin Dan knew what a painful and despairing journey it truly was. The more she experienced, the more the countless memories stored in her mind felt like giant hands dragging her into the abyss. Too much love and hate, too many separations, and even more helplessness, anger, pain, and despair...

These emotions filled her heart, gradually making her lose herself.

For a long time, she had no idea who she was or where she came from. Just as she was on the verge of collapse, she encountered that man in one of her mission worlds. He rescued her from a pitch-dark prison, taught her how to escape from crises, how to defeat enemies, and how to earn points. With his guidance, Lin Dan gradually rediscovered herself and willingly became his follower, relentlessly chasing after his footsteps across various small worlds.

Lin Dan once thought meeting that man was her salvation, but in the end, she realized it was nothing more than another futile struggle. Fortunately, not all of his teachings were in vain—she had ultimately learned to be strong and independent, to respect and cherish herself, and to see through all things.

They say that falling in love with an outstanding person, even if you never win their heart, will still lead you to become a better version of yourself. This was true for Lin Dan. She did not regret her efforts or endurance, because without those thousands of years of pursuit, she wouldn’t have reached her current state of peace and detachment.

Even though she had exchanged the [Boundless Dao Heart] for points, the insights it had given her remained in her heart. With a sense of relief, she smiled faintly and shook her head. "He probably wants to be a recommender for that woman, doesn’t he?"

That woman was not a tasker, yet she possessed an extraordinary charm. The man had encountered her in a certain mission world, and from then on, he had been utterly captivated—chasing after her across multiple worlds, just as Lin Dan had once pursued him. The demoness in the previous cultivation world was merely one of the woman’s reincarnations, which explained why the man had been so enamored, so obsessed, even willing to turn against the entire cultivation realm for her sake.

No matter where the woman reincarnated, the man could always find her with his immense power and then protect her at all costs. In the end, he was no different from Lin Dan—just another humble follower. Even if the woman, in her new life, had no memory of their past, the man was still willing to give his all to her and take her to his world.

Lin Dan had once envied that woman, perhaps even felt a little jealous, but looking back now, those emotions had long faded away.

The system's tone dropped slightly, as if carrying a hint of melancholy. "If the host wishes to know, I can investigate for you. However, his authority is higher than mine, so I may not be able to find anything. I’m sorry, host… I’m just a support system, and the tasks I issue are all auxiliary in nature. Over the years, I’ve caused you a lot of suffering."

Support systems were only responsible for advancing small worlds and fixing bugs, and the taskers they selected were nothing more than tools—disposable when necessary. To put it bluntly, if a pot had a hole and needed a scrap of metal to patch it up, Lin Dan was that scrap metal. Her only purpose was to throw herself into the fire and melt away.

The tasks she received often required her to sacrifice herself for others, sometimes even in utterly unreasonable ways. But what did it matter? If she failed, the system would erase her. That was why the vast majority of auxiliary taskers never made it to the end. Most either committed suicide halfway or lost their sanity. Taskers like

Lin Dan—who completed every mission successfully and earned massive amounts of points—were rare indeed. This was partly thanks to the man's guidance, but it was also inseparable from her own resilience and perseverance.

Now, Lin Dan had come to see through everything and had no more desires. It didn’t matter where she went. She opened the mission panel and said decisively, "No need to check. Cancel my immigration application and send me back to my original world."

"Understood, host. There is also one more piece of good news: Since you are the first auxiliary tasker to reach the maximum points, the main system has decided to reward you with 100 million points. These points can be exchanged at a 1:1 ratio for currency in your original world. Would you like to proceed with the exchange?"

"Exchange them." Lin Dan nodded without hesitation, then let out a self-mocking laugh. "Auxiliary tasker"—in the end, she had been nothing more than a dispensable supporting role. But that was all in the past. From now on, she would live for herself and make her life extraordinary.

"Understood, host. The system will process your exchange now. Please wait a moment."

It took about a minute to settle her points and savings. After unbinding from the system, the transfer device was activated to send Lin Dan back to her original world. She thought she could finally retire in peace this time—until a massive energy wave suddenly crashed into the transmission belt, disrupting the flow of time…