Reborn in Qingshi: Building a Sword Cultivation Clan from Scratch

[Clan saga + ensemble cast (many characters will meet tragic ends, so read with caution) + behind-the-scenes protagonist + no human transformation + no System + the protagonist is a stone]

After waking from a nap, Qin Changqing found himself a green stone beside Moon Soul Lake.

By absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, he gradually unlocked the Ten Thousand Swords Seed the Dao Immortal Art, sealed inside the stone.

At the riverside village of Yuehuai beside Moon Soul Lake, a clever and capable fisherman named Qin Jingming happened to cross paths with Qin Changqing.

From that moment on, a family of sword cultivators began its slow rise.

Mortals open their apertures; the sword cultivator plants the seed in their heart.

After death, they return their essence, becoming one with the stone.

Through the Ten Thousand Swords Seed the Dao Immortal Art, Qin Changqing remained behind the scenes.

He witnessed countless gifted descendants rise and fall, and watched cultivation clans of demons and monsters flourish and decline.

He saw a host of cultivators, both human and monstrous, become obsessed with immortality, willing to do anything to attain it, until at last the entire clan ascended together.