The Gods Have Died, the Emperor Has Fallen, Yet I Am Immortal

[Goofy, cautious cultivation + sanctifying the body + sect farming (the literal kind)] Other transmigrators arrive to cultivate, with maxed-out Spirit Root talent and a divine artifact or old master from the start. Shi Wuen transmigrates into the fifth Five-Colored Stone left over after Nüwa mended the heavens. Sounds amazing? In reality, what should have been a top-tier dream start turns into hell difficulty in an instant! The Four Great Holy Lands scour the world with Imperial Weapons, hunting him down to use as a “Great Emperor experience card.” On top of that, this blasted stone comes with an innate Spirit-Nullifying debuff, and its Sea of Bitterness is hard enough to dent the Supreme Old Lord’s pill furnace! “Host cannot open the Sea of Bitterness. The System recommends...” “Recommends uninstalling, right? Get lost! I can cultivate without a System!” Just as his cultivation journey seems about to “Game Over” before it even begins, Shi Wuen discovers that he’s awakened a talent tree: the Undying Immortal Scripture is online! Can’t refine qi? Then I’ll refine my skin, flesh, bones, and internal organs! Can’t keep up with spell practice? I’ll work on making my body tougher! And so, an eccentric odd-job worker appears among the outer disciples of Lingtai Sect: “Senior Brother, want to hit me? Please, go on, hit me harder!” (Getting beaten makes me stronger!) “Senior Sister, can I borrow your pill furnace to bask in its earthfire? I’ll fan the flames for you!” (Earthfire tempers my body. The hotter it gets, the more excited I am!) “Elder, my spiritual power may be zero, but I can tank an attack from someone in the Other Shore Realm with my bare body. So, about that apprentice position in the Artifact Refining Hall...” (HR would be impressed. This guy’s body is as tough as a magic treasure!) While others take pills, I “take beatings.” While others absorb spiritual energy, I “breathe in earthfire.” With my “suicidal body-tempering method” and “trash talk that forcibly draws aggro,” Shi Wuen never looks back on the road to self-torture.