Stone Heart

**Stone Heart** is the first passive skill that Bai Zemin learned on his own after the Soul Record's arrival. Due to certain past events, Bai Zemin's personality had become very indifferent towards people and to some extent, he only cared for those close to him. However, he had not reached the point of possessing a stone heart where even a drop of water would find it difficult to enter. However, this strange entity called Soul Record could also enhance a person's traits and take them to a higher level than normal. The Soul Record literally visualizes and utilizes the lived experiences of every existence, storing everything in something similar to a separate file as if it were a supercomputer. It is this function that gave birth to his Stone Heart skill as it recorded his lived experiences and turned it into a corresponding skill.

## Origin

In the past, there was a girl two years older than Bai Zemin that he really liked a lot. The him at the time was barely a teenager, and didn't have enough courage to confess his interest in her. However, his best friend, another young man his age who was in his high school, pushed him several times urging him to ask that girl for a chance. In the end, under his constant prodding and moral support, he decided to try his luck. And to his surprise, she agreed to give him a chance to know her.

She and Bai Zemin then started dating. Time passed and everything was going well until almost a year later during which they were getting to know each other and having good chemistry. Thus, he decided to ask her to officially go out as boyfriend and girlfriend. However, the answer he got back then, he can never forget. That girl teased him mercilessly and told him that she and him were two people from different worlds since her family had considerable power while his family was just a small family of common workers.

After this event, Bai Zemin was crying in the corners for a long time after that. However, eventually he came to learn that this girl was actually his best friend's fiancée. Apparently, they were both engaged by their families and were just enjoying themselves laughing behind his back. When he found out about this and came out of the shadow of depression, finally getting over this girl, he snuck into the male dorm one night, and broke his best friend's legs. His one time best friend had to spend several months in the hospital after that. Since no one knew about him or saw him and the male dorm was crawling with men, no one could point the finger at him, the depressed guy. As for the girl, he didn't care about her and simply learned his lesson.

## Records

**[Ch. 13]**

[Pain from the past, caution in the present, defiant towards the future. You have acquired passive skill: **Stone Heart**].

[**Stone Heart** (Third Order Passive Skill) Level 5: It becomes extremely difficult for people not close to you to move your heart and shake your emotions. This effect is especially strong against the opposite sex. As a side effect, your love and affection for those close to you grow exponentially]

**[Ch. 105]**

[The Stone Heart skill has reached its maximum level and can evolve to the next Order. To evolve, the following requirements must be met -]

[Trust wholeheartedly in another being outside the comfort zone: 0/1].

[Falling in love: Incomplete].

[Second Order Soul Stone: 0/3].

## Completing the Requirements

Stone Heart's requirements were one of the trickiest requirements he had to accomplish as they were not as straightforward as his other skills which mostly required him to kill enemies or accomplish certain tasks through battles. Stone Heart's however, required him to amend his previous personality and evoke certain emotions in him. The first two requirements where accomplished with Lilith's help. She was the first person outside him family that he was able to trust completely, and also the first person he was able to fall in love with again after his past trauma. However, the skill was unable to evolve despite having met almost all requirements and being practically sure that he is already in love with Lilith. Stone Heart was only able to finally evolve after, he met Feng Tian Wu again, and after a serious conversation with her, he was able to clarify and bring things to a closure with her. Immediately afterwards, Stone Heart evolved without delay as if he has just achieved a hidden requirement.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 14
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chapter 104
3. ↑ Chapter 631
4. ↑ Chapter 637