Martial God: Grinding from Mortal Flesh to Immortality

Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes, a calmness reflected within them.

"Heart Tribulation... is over!"

Lu Sheng gently spoke.

"So the so-called Heart Tribulation is just questioning one's true heart?"

Recalling everything he experienced in the illusion, Lu Sheng felt an extreme sense of unreality.

"Even without the system panel, I would never give up on becoming stronger."

"This Heart Tribulation... is full of flaws!"

Lu Sheng's eyes slightly lowered, a smile appearing on his lips.

"The Three Tribulations, two of them - Fate and Heart have been overcome, the only one remaining... is the External Tribulation!"

Lu Sheng slowly raised his head, the Heaven-Reaching Vine automatically unfurled, revealing the outside world.

"My External Tribulation..."

As Lu Sheng spoke, he suddenly felt a sense of urgency, looked in a certain direction, and the smile on his face slowly faded, replaced by a solemn expression.

"It's begun already!"

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The Human Federation, Forging Star System, Ascension Factions.

A large number of high-tier Mechanical Transformers surrounded the Lord of Ascension, continuously chanting.

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

"Knocking on the eternal door along the evolutionary steps!"

"Gazing upon the Lord of Ascension——"

"We shall break free from the shackles of entropy and step into Mechanical Heaven!"

The murmured words echoed in the Cosmic Void, bringing an extremely strange feeling.

This situation had begun the moment the Lord of Ascension awakened.

At first, only those Ascenders surrounded the Lord of Ascension, constantly chanting the Ascension Ode. As time passed, those eighth-tier Mechanical Transformers gradually gathered around the Lord of Ascension, chanting the Ascension Ode as well.

With the passage of time, more and more Mechanical Transformers spontaneously came here, their eyes vacant, continuously reciting the contents of the Ascension Ode.

This scene made many Mechanical Transformers realize something was wrong.

A seventh-tier Mechanical Bishop vaguely sensed something peculiar. He stopped his superior, an eighth-tier Mechanical Archbishop, who wanted to go to the Lord of Ascension.

However, he found that the other side's eyes seemed to have no awareness of his presence, just moving straight towards the Lord of Ascension, mumbling constantly.

No matter how the seventh-tier Bishop blocked, he could not cause any change in his superior.

"Damn it, what's happening!"

The Mechanical Bishop felt a vague sense of unease. While blocking his superior, he did not notice that mechanical lines were gradually appearing on his brain.

These mechanical lines, like a virus, began to spread throughout his brain.

When the mechanical lines covered his entire brain, the Mechanical Bishop's eyes also became muddled, his mouth... started to recite the content of the Ascension Ode.

He began to fly towards the Lord of Ascension in a daze just like the Mechanical Archbishop earlier.

Such situations began to occur everywhere in the Forging Star System.

As time progressed, even the sixth-tier Mechanical Transformers displayed similar behavior, and even a small number of fifth-tier Mechanical Transformers became dazed, chanting the Ascension Ode.

This situation naturally caught the attention of the Human Federation and their allies.

The Spirit of Illusion appeared in the Forging Star System. Overlooking the entire Forging Star System, his eyes were filled with puzzlement.

"What's happening?"

"Why have all these Mechanical Transformers lost their consciousness?"

As he spoke, the Spirit of Illusion looked towards the location of the Lord of Ascension and could not help but narrow his eyes slightly.

For at this moment, the Lord of Ascension had already opened his eyes, which seemed devoid of any emotion, containing only endless indifference.

"The Lord of Ascension... has awakened!"

The Spirit of Illusion felt a dreadful premonition rising within him.

He pondered for a moment and then threw a punch towards the Lord of Ascension.

The terrifying energy instantly tore through the surrounding space, suddenly descending beside the Lord of Ascension.

However, facing such a terrifying strike, the Lord of Ascension merely glanced indifferently, and a crimson beam of light suddenly shot out.

The crimson beam, seemingly containing a power capable of destroying everything, easily annihilated the Spirit of Illusion's attack and continued with immense strength towards him.

BOOM!!!

The Spirit of Illusion's body was struck by the crimson beam, forcibly blasted out of the Forging Star System, and only then did he come to a stop.

At this moment, the Spirit of Illusion's expression had already turned extremely grim.

"The Lord of Ascension's power... has become so terrifying?"

The Spirit of Illusion's eyes were filled with a mix of confusion and dread. After pondering for a moment, he waved his hand forcefully, his voice echoing throughout the Forging Star System.

"Void Spirit Sect, withdraw from the Forging Star System immediately, cut off all contact!"

The Spirit of Illusion's voice resonated in the ears of every strong member of the Void Spirit Sect within the Forging Star System.

Without any hesitation, the Void Spirit Sect's strong members immediately began to retreat from the Forging Star System.

After completing this, the Spirit of Illusion looked at the Forging Star System with a puzzled expression, and then reported the matter to the two Galactic Life Forms of the Human Federation.