Martial God: Grinding from Mortal Flesh to Immortality

He looked at those kneeling devout ascenders before him, mechanical transformers who abandoned their flesh to become stronger.

He saw the fear in the eyes of the lower-tier transcendents facing death.

He looked at ordinary people within the Forging Star System, tormented by the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death.

Scenes, like slides, swirled in his mind.

The Lord of Ascension slowly closed his eyes. After a moment of silence, he opened them again, filled with a sense of pity.

"All this suffering will end!"

"I will eliminate all inequality!"

"I will eradicate all sins in the world!"

"I will let all creatures in the universe live forever in an eternal utopia."

"And I... shall be the Lord of that eternal utopia!"

The voice of the Lord of Ascension slowly echoed, descending into the minds of every mechanical ascender, resonating in the ears of every mechanical transformer.

As his voice fell, countless mechanical transformers, and even the ascenders, knelt down again before the Lord of Ascension.

"Our Lord!"

"Lead us to the eternal ascension, Lord of Ascension!"

"Let us exist in the utopia of the Utopian Lord!"

Voices filled with fervor echoed.

They... were the most fanatical followers of the Lord of Ascension!

The compassion in the eyes of the Lord of Ascension slowly faded, replaced by a universal love for all living beings.

"Now... my children..."

"Let us begin!"

"Begin... the first phase of the Ascension Plan!"

The voice of the Lord of Ascension descended once more.

One by one, the ascenders slowly lifted their eyes, the mechanical transformers stood up one by one, gazing at the Lord of Ascension, complex syllables slowly escaping their lips.

"All great things and all great works... require sacrifices to forge. Other creatures in the star system may not understand, but they must obey..."

The chanting spread little by little in the cosmic void. With the start of the chanting, an invisible force seemed to instantly draw the entire cosmic void.

Chiiii!!!

Each mechanical star body emitted the harsh sound of metal grinding.

Rumble!!!

From within the Lord of Ascension, a sound like thunder exploded.

The metal grinding and the thunderous roars intertwined, forming rhythmic tones.

Throughout the Forging Star System, the ascenders, along with every mechanical transformer on every life planet, resumed their chants with these rhythms.

"All great things and all great works... require sacrifices to forge. Other creatures in the star system may not understand, but they must obey..."

An ascender slowly approached the Lord of Ascension, offering his loyalty, his chant rising.

"Ring the Great Bell once!"

"Lever the gravitation, tear the planet's spine as its axis!"

As his chant fell, a blue radiance floated from his brow, merging into the Lord of Ascension's body.

"Ring the Great Bell twice!"

"Weave the sacred covenant of flesh, mold fragile genes into alloy gospels, billions of souls shedding mortal cocoons in the mechanical dawn!"

Another chant arose from the ascenders. Blue radiances appeared from their brows, ultimately merging into the Lord of Ascension's body.

"Ring the Great Bell thrice!"

"Recite the Ascension Ode in unison! Praise the Lord of Ascension!"

The remaining ascenders took over the chant, shouting loudly once again.

Blue radiances instantly entered the body of the Lord of Ascension.

With the blue radiance merging in, the presence of the Lord of Ascension grew stronger. The surrounding cosmic turbulence morphed into terrifying storms, distorting space like numerous black holes spread across the cosmic void.

"His pupils are the eyes of order, carved from black holes!"

"His arms raise the Milky Way to forge the Civilization Staff!"

"The mechanical soul He grants builds an immortal tyranny on the ruins of logic!"

Following the high-tier mechanical transformers' chants, the Ascension Factions' members voiced their own cries.

Metal grinding, thunderous roars, transformed into the background music for these high-tier mechanical transformers' chants.

More and more blue radiance emerged from their brows, rushing towards the body of the Lord of Ascension.

At this moment, on every life planet within the Forging Star System, innumerable mechanical transformers of all tiers, from the sixth to the lowest, were filled with intense fervor, like flames burning in their eyes.

They knelt on the ground, looking towards the Lord of Ascension.

They chanted in unison at this moment.

"With gears as bones! With starlight as blood!"

"Knocking on the eternal gate along the evolutionary path!"

"Revering the Lord of Ascension—"

"We shall break the shackles of entropy, stepping into Mechanical Heaven!"

Buzz buzz buzz!!!

With the echo of their chants, clusters of blue radiance, like stars in the cosmic void, started to gather slowly.

Endless blue radiance at this moment seemed to form blue ribbons, blue rivers, swirling around the body of the Lord of Ascension.

With each breath of the Lord of Ascension, the energy slowly integrated into Him.

Suddenly, all the blue radiance dissipated, and the Lord of Ascension uttered a chant.

"Ascension... begins!"