Martial God: Grinding from Mortal Flesh to Immortality

"Then... happy cooperation!"

The Great Monarch of Corroded Blood and the Blood Corpse Ancestor God both revealed a faint smile on their faces.

For them, this time without their intervention, just needing to stall Emperor Bai, was the best outcome.

The Chaos Dragon Emperor looked at the smiles on their faces, snorted coldly, and his figure immediately disappeared from this blood-colored world.

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At the same time, in the Martial Immortal Villa, inside the Celestial Brilliance Star.

Lu Sheng sat quietly, wrapped in the Heaven-Reaching Vine, with waves of special energy fluctuations spreading out from his body from time to time.

At this moment, in Lu Sheng's consciousness, he was still immersed in the pitch-black world.

As the Life Chart continually fused into Lu Sheng's body, he vaguely discovered that his connection with this cosmos seemed to be weakening.

"Integrating the Life Chart into oneself, transcending beyond the Three Realms, outside the Five Elements, and already starting to weaken my connection with the cosmos?"

Lu Sheng couldn't help but feel a slight tremor in his heart, a look of astonishment appearing on his face.

"No, although the connection is weakening, it doesn't mean I have already transcended the Three Realms. I am still within the connection of this cosmos, just weakened, not truly detached..."

"Perhaps it's because I have only integrated the Life Chart so far, and the Heart Tribulation and External Tribulation have not yet begun?"

After pondering for a moment, Lu Sheng regained his calm and began to slowly fuse his Life Chart into his flesh.

As the fusion process accelerated, Lu Sheng's connection with the cosmos continued to weaken.

Until... the Life Chart completely integrated into Lu Sheng's flesh.

At this moment... upon introspection, Lu Sheng could see that from his Life Chart, strands extended, reaching into the endless void.

These strands, varying in thickness, extended in different directions.

If Lu Sheng had not integrated the Life Chart into his body, he truly wouldn't be able to see these strands extending from it.

Following the direction of these strands, Lu Sheng discovered that they connected to different individuals.

Within the Martial Extreme Star, Du Bai, Yang Zhenyun, Song Zhifei, and Liu Qian, all had strands extending from his Life Chart connecting to them.

The strands were of varying thickness, with the thickest undoubtedly being those connected to Du Bai and Song Zhifei.

"So... the thickness of the strands is distinguished by the extent of my connection with these people?"

Lu Sheng rubbed his chin.

The first person he met upon joining the Life Factions was Du Bai, who remained his closest associate since his entrance.

As for Song Zhifei, in a certain sense, he was Lu Sheng's student, hence the robust Life Grid Silk Thread.

Although Yang Zhenyun and Liu Qian had close relationships, they could hardly be compared to Song Zhifei and Du Bai.

Continuing to follow the threads, Lu Sheng discovered that the strands not only connected to Du Bai and others, but also to Liu Yao, Gumo, and even Emperor Bai.

Naturally, there were also some strands that extended out but did not connect to any individuals.

Among them, several strands in the direction of Tianqi Star were coiled in the void as if they had no place to land.

"Strands without connections signify that the individuals connected to me... have already perished?"

Gazing at those empty-ended strands, Lu Sheng fell into contemplation.

"Old Li... Zhao Feng..."

Lu Sheng murmured softly.

Old Li passed away decades ago, but fortunately, he left peacefully. As for Zhao Feng, he was merely an ordinary man on Tianqi Star in the end.

Now, he too had departed from the world.

Lu Sheng took a deep breath, suppressing the emotions in his heart, and looked towards the thickest strands extending from his Life Chart.

Among them, the strand connected to Liu Yao was the thickest.

Next was Gumo.

Seeing this, the corners of Lu Sheng's mouth revealed a faint smile: "In my current life, Senior Sister and Mentor Gumo are indeed the kindest to me."

"Since the grand competition of the faction, Senior Sister has treated me almost like family, and Mentor Gumo likewise, despite his playful nature, he has always been good to me overall."

"Furthermore, within the Human Federation, the third thickest Life Grid Silk Thread belongs to Emperor Bai."

Lu Sheng looked at the strand belonging to Emperor Bai and smiled slightly.

Although to this day, Lu Sheng had never seen Emperor Bai in person, even his encounters were only through the White Emperor's Order and the White Emperor Illusion summoned at the Sword Inquiry Stone.

One had to admit that Emperor Bai had a significant influence on Lu Sheng.

"Thus, the thickness of the strands signifies the mutual importance between both parties, not just my feelings of closeness, but reciprocally."

"When both consider each other important, the strand becomes thicker."

Lu Sheng gradually realized this as he looked at the owners of these Life Grid Silk Threads.

Soon, among the dense strands, Lu Sheng found a strand almost on par with Gumo's.