Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Lead Stays Out of It - Chapter 1: Prologue

In the midst of countless, continuously roaring, and chaotic purple lightning, a long-haired female cultivator plunged a sharp sword into the abdomen of a male cultivator. The male cultivator, his mouth filled with fresh bl00d, stared with wide eyes, seemingly filled with disbelief. The female cultivator only lowered her eyes, her expression indifferent as she watched him, then slowly pulled out the blade.

The sky was illuminated as bright as day by the lightning. The male cultivator’s face appeared quite pale under the flickering lightning, “Lin Dan, it’s me…”

The female cultivator’s unperturbed eyes flickered slightly, and then she softly murmured: “You…aren’t actually my illusion?”

Yes, the female cultivator was undergoing tribulation. She had originally thought the male cultivator was merely an illusion born from her inner demons, but she hadn’t expected him to be real. The female cultivator, that is, Lin Dan, finally looked up at the sky filled with dense lightning, and then looked at the surrounding cultivators, some suspended in mid-air, some riding on swords. Only then did she remember that today was her marriage ceremony. The male cultivator before her was her Dao partner, whom she had pursued and accompanied for thousands of years.

But so what? No matter how persistent the wait, how crazy the pursuit, how long the companionship, it still couldn’t compare to a certain enchantress’s casual glance. Even though they were on the verge of establishing their bond, as long as the enchantress appeared, and gently uttered a syllable that was both a cry and a laugh from her crimson lips, she could instantly make the man before her lose his mind.

Time rewound to an hour ago:

Seeing her Dao partner was unwilling to pierce his fingertip and make a vow with her, what else didn’t Lin Dan understand? At that moment, deeply looking into her Dao partner’s eyes, filled with struggle and regret, Lin Dan suddenly saw through everything. She tore off the red veil draped over her body, removed her gorgeous and heavy headdress, and turned and left without hesitation.

The guests who had come to witness the ceremony hadn’t yet had time to exclaim in surprise, and the elders of both sides hadn’t yet had time to reprimand. The sky, originally filled with stars, was suddenly swallowed by billowing dark clouds and layers of lightning. The gale howled in, carrying the awe-inspiring pressure of the heavenly law, scraping across the faces of the cultivators like steel blades, causing them to shiver collectively. This was the tribulation cloud and tribulation lightning. At this moment, and in such a special setting, someone was actually going to undergo tribulation?

The one undergoing tribulation was none other than Lin Dan. The cultivation she practiced was the Wuji Dao of the Wuji Immortal Sect. As the saying goes, there are three thousand paths to the Dao, each with its own mysteries. This Wuji Dao was precisely one of the most difficult paths, emphasizing “limitless Dao, a heart without impurities, and a body without desires.” Only by achieving these three points would it be possible to touch the true Dao.

Lin Dan’s heart was always filled with someone she couldn’t let go of, couldn’t cast aside, so how could she achieve desirelessness and detachment? Therefore, even though she possessed the Nine Yin physique and was a single-element heaven-spirit root, hailed as an unparalleled talent in the cultivation world, she had been stuck at the Tribulation Stage for a full six hundred years.

But she wasn’t at all anxious. The Stairway to Heaven in this world had been destroyed for some unknown reason, and even if she successfully passed her tribulation, she would ultimately dissipate between heaven and earth; ascending and death were almost synonymous. She wasn’t anxious because she feared death, but because she worried she would no longer be able to accompany that person.

She knew that person still deeply cherished another person in their heart. But it didn’t matter, it was her who was always by his side when he encountered tribulations, it was her who was always present when he fell into a low point. If his heart was an iceberg that never melted, then she was the Nine Yang Fire, vowing to melt him.

She had always believed she could eventually obtain his glance and affection, until this moment…

And so everything changed, and everything faded.

The things held tightly in her hand, yet unable to be grasped no matter how hard she tried, once let go, only the obsession and inner demons were lost. However, what she gained was a boundless expanse of sky. Lin Dan returned her Dao partner to the enchantress, who had hurried over, and then stepped out of the great hall, walking under the pitch-black tribulation clouds. The emotional hurdle she couldn’t overcome for several hundred years was surprisingly broken in an instant. She wanted to undergo the tribulation and ascend.

The inner demons were still struggling, manifesting countless sweet but poison-laced illusions, attempting to obstruct Lin Dan’s steps, all of which were severed by her sword. The Stairway to Heaven was destroyed. Failing the tribulation meant death, and succeeding the tribulation also meant death, she couldn’t escape this sole ending. But so what? She no longer wanted to be entangled with these people, the world was too murky, the heavenly law too vast. Even if she turned into a gust of wind, she wanted to roam the skies.

But she didn’t understand what her Dao partner was thinking, that he would rashly rush into the lightning tribulation, enter the illusions, and offer himself to her sword. One must know the other party was also a great being at the Tribulation Stage, and also the number one swordsman of the Nan Hua continent, there was no reason to be unable to avoid her attack.

“Lin Dan,” The male cultivator, ignoring his bloodied abdomen, tightly grasped Lin Dan’s sword tip, begging, “Don’t go.”

“Not going,” Lin Dan slowly pulled the sword out of his palm, her tone wavering, “Where else can I go?” Yes, if I don’t go, where else can I go? Still, like before, desperately pursue your footsteps, your silhouette? I followed you, stumbling and bumbling, for thousands of years, and only now did I realize that a person still has to walk their own path.

Thinking of this, Lin Dan didn’t even want the sword in her hand, casually tossed it aside, and flew towards the broken Stairway to Heaven. The male cultivator hastily gave chase, but was a step too late because of his severe injuries. He only saw a large hole break open in the sky, swallowing Lin Dan and the lightning tribulation in one gulp. By the time he caught up to the edge of the sky, there was nothing left; the tribulation cloud, the tribulation lightning, the flashes of electricity, and the beautiful woman, all dissipated like bubbles.

“Lin Dan!” The male cultivator’s desperate cries echoed in the vast night, lingering for a long time…

………

“Congratulations to the host for returning.” As soon as Lin Dan opened her eyes, a mechanical voice sounded in her ears. “The host has entered an S-rank world and successfully obtained the special item [Wuji Dao Heart]. Would the host like to immediately exchange it for points?”

“Exchange it, and then open the personal space,” Lin Dan said slowly.

In the blink of an eye, she entered a pure white space. The surroundings were smooth metal walls, and in the center was a bed. Other than that, there was nothing else.

“Host, you have obtained a total of 9,990,000 points for this mission. I am honored to inform you that your points have reached the limit. The system has two options for you to choose: one, to unbind and return to the original world; two, to unbind and immigrate to a higher plane. What is your wish?” The cold mechanical voice rang out in Lin Dan’s mind.

After Lin Dan died, she inexplicably bound to this auxiliary system, and was forced to traverse countless small worlds to complete missions. Only by obtaining a certain amount of points could she unbind and then freely choose where to go. Lin Dan had made plans long ago, but hesitated at this moment. She furrowed her brow and thought for a moment, then pondered, “If I immigrate…”

“I am sorry, host,” the system interrupted her. “Your recommender revoked the recommendation in the previous mission world. If you wish to immigrate, please choose another recommender as soon as possible.”

Sure enough, they revoked it… Lin Dan shook her head, her smile filled with self-mockery.

If she wanted to immigrate to a higher plane, it wasn’t enough to just be approved by the system, she also needed to find a recommender from a higher plane. Lin Dan’s recommender was none other than the male cultivator she had stabbed through the abdomen. Lin Dan knew nothing about his surname, his name, or his background, only that he came from a higher plane, and his authority was far higher than the system’s, even the main system.

Constantly traversing various small worlds, unable to die, was perhaps a great fortune for others, but only Lin Dan knew what a painful and desperate journey it was. The more she experienced, the countless memories stored in her mind were like a pair of large hands, dragging her down into the abyss. Too much love and hate, too many separations, and even more helplessness, anger, pain, and despair… filled her heart, causing her to gradually lose herself.

For a very long time, she couldn’t figure out who she was, where she came from. When she was on the verge of collapse, she met that man in a certain mission world. He rescued her from the dark prison, taught her how to overcome her difficulties, how to defeat her enemies, how to obtain points. With his help, Lin Dan gradually found herself again, and then willingly became his appendage, constantly chasing his footsteps in various small worlds.

Lin Dan had originally thought meeting the man would be a salvation, but in the end, she found that it was just another futile struggle. Fortunately, the man’s teachings weren’t entirely useless. She had learned to be strong, independent, and self-respecting, and she had also learned to take everything lightly.

It is said that if you fall in love with an excellent person, even if you can’t obtain that person, you can ultimately obtain a better version of yourself. This was true for Lin Dan. She didn’t regret her efforts and patience, because without these thousands of years of pursuit, there would be no present flowering and falling, clouds and breeze.

Although the [Wuji Dao Heart] was exchanged for points, those realizations still remained in her heart. She smiled, relieved, and shook her head, “He probably wants to recommend that woman, right?”

That woman wasn’t a mission-taker, but she was also exceptionally charming. The man had met her in a certain mission world, and from then on, he couldn’t stop. He had pursued her for several worlds, just as Lin Dan had pursued him. The enchantress in the previous cultivation world was also one of the woman’s reincarnations. Therefore, the man would be so worried and infatuated with her, even going so far as to be enemies with the entire cultivation world.

No matter where the woman was reincarnated, the man could always find her by relying on his powerful abilities, and then protect her. In the final analysis, the man, like Lin Dan, was nothing more than a humble follower. Even if the woman had no memory of the past after her reincarnation, the man was willing to give her everything and take her to his own world.

Lin Dan envied that woman, and even felt a bit jealous, but now, she didn’t feel anything at all.

The system’s tone dropped half a degree, sounding somewhat melancholic: “If the host wants to know, I can help the host check, but the other party’s permissions are higher than mine, so I may not be able to find out. I am sorry, host, I am just an auxiliary system, issuing only auxiliary tasks, and I have made you suffer these years.”

The auxiliary system is only responsible for promoting the development of small worlds and repairing bugs, and the hosts they choose are just tools, which can be sacrificed at a critical moment. To put it bluntly, if a pot has a hole, it needs to be patched with a piece of scrap iron, then Lin Dan is that piece of scrap iron, and has no other use except throwing herself into the fire to burn herself.

Many of the tasks she received were self-sacrificing for the benefit of others, or even unreasonable, but so what? Once the mission fails, she will be erased by the system. Therefore, nine out of ten mission takers bound by the auxiliary system can’t make it to the end, either committing suicide halfway or falling into madness. It is rare to see someone like Lin Dan who successfully completes every mission and gets a high score. This is thanks to the man’s help, but it is also inseparable from Lin Dan’s strong and resilient character.

The current Lin Dan has seen through everything and has no desires, so it doesn’t matter where she goes. She opened the task panel and said decisively, “No need to check, cancel the immigration application, and send me back to my original world.”

“Okay, host. There is also good news to inform the host. Since you are the first auxiliary mission taker to get the highest score, the main system has decided to reward you with 100 million points. These 100 million points can be exchanged for the currency of your original world at a 1:1 ratio. Do you need to exchange them, host?”

“Exchange them.” Lin Dan nodded without hesitation, then gave a self-deprecating smile. What “auxiliary mission taker,” in the final analysis, was just a dispensable supporting role. But not anymore. She wants to be herself, and she will also live a wonderful life.

“Okay, host, the system will exchange them for you now. Please wait a moment.”

After spending about a minute to settle the host’s points and savings, the system released the binding and opened the teleportation device, preparing to send Lin Dan back to her original world. Lin Dan thought this time she could retire with peace of mind, but she did not expect a huge energy wave to suddenly hit the conveyor belt, disrupting the flow of time…