Martial God: Grinding from Mortal Flesh to Immortality

"These demon cultivators must be out of their minds, ignoring ordinary people and targeting us proper cultivators instead. I heard they love extracting other cultivators' Golden Cores and Nascent Souls for their own cultivation!"

Hearing this, Lu Sheng couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"Extract Golden Cores and Nascent Souls for cultivation? Wouldn't that mean cultivating by devouring insect eggs and the will of the Void Insect Race?"

"Interesting!"

Lu Sheng's interest in the demon cultivators mentioned by the Foundation Establishment disciple was piqued considerably.

"Let me tell you, the person who betrayed our sect has now become a demon cultivator!"

The Foundation Establishment disciple said solemnly.

"When he betrayed the sect, he killed two Golden Core elders of the Pure and Muddy Gate, extracted their Golden Cores, and fled while the ancestor was in seclusion, escaping from our Pure and Muddy Gate."

"To this day… he remains the top target on our Pure and Muddy Gate's kill list!" To report errors, please visit the original post on M|VLEMPYR.

"If you go out for training in the future, you must be careful of these demon cultivators and never engage them. If you spot any trace of them, immediately report to the sect!"

The Foundation Establishment disciple warned Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng feigned fear and nodded, though his heart was now brimming with interest.

"Interesting, I didn't expect such a group of people to exist in this world."

"Demon cultivators? I'd rather call them geniuses who have seen through this illusion of the world!"

Lu Sheng smiled faintly.

In the eyes of these brainwashed cultivators, they might be seen as aberrations, but to Lu Sheng, these demon cultivators were clearly those who, through their own will, had defeated the Void Insect Race that attempted to take over.

They completely controlled the insect eggs and even borrowed the power of the insect race to cultivate, true talents!

As for why demon cultivators were so powerful… what a joke, if they could conquer the insect eggs with their will and fully control them, of course they could defeat these false cultivators who were controlled by the insect eggs.

"However… according to the Pure and Muddy Gate disciples, these demon cultivators are almost universally hunted in this world."

"Even if they've seen through this illusion of the world, they are like rats living in the gutters, merely surviving."

"As for wanting to break free from this world…"

Lu Sheng felt a bit regretful.

Breaking free from this world is not that easy, after all, this world is just one of the Three Thousand Worlds, and the Three Thousand Worlds… belong to the Void Insect Race.

Lu Sheng put himself in the shoes of the demon cultivators…

Even if they saw through this illusory world, their hearts would probably be filled with endless despair!

"Perhaps… I could try to contact the demon cultivators of this world and learn more from them."

"Or even… accomplish more!"

A faint light flickered in Lu Sheng's eyes.

An idea had already formed.

Afterwards, Lu Sheng inquired with the Foundation Establishment disciple about matters related to the Pure and Muddy Gate and the situation of this world.

Once he had learned enough, he used the excuse of the late hour to return to his residence.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Lu Sheng began to organize the information he had obtained today.

"I never expected that there would be some who could break through all illusions and see the truth in this world."

"It's just… under the control of the Void Insect Race, these geniuses are marked as demon cultivators."

"If I want to thoroughly understand the situation of this world, perhaps starting with these demon cultivators would be the best approach."

"I must leave the Pure and Muddy Gate!"

A determined gleam flashed in Lu Sheng's eyes.

Lu Sheng then took out a drop of blood, which contained a trace of life.

Under his control, the drop of blood instantly transformed into his appearance, though it looked somewhat dazed.

After Lu Sheng infused a wisp of his Divine Soul into the blood puppet, a human-like expression appeared on its face.

"After all, my identity within the Pure and Muddy Gate is just a newly accepted disciple of the Nascent Soul Insect Immortal, having no cultivation is quite normal. By controlling this blood puppet with my Divine Soul, I can practice without the Nascent Soul Insect Immortal noticing."

Lu Sheng smiled faintly. The Nascent Soul Insect Immortal was only at the fifth tier, while Lu Sheng was a sixth-tier Transcendent. Deceiving him was far too easy.

"Now… it's time to find those so-called demon cultivators."

"Let's start with… the one who betrayed the Pure and Muddy Gate thirty years ago!"

With a smile, Lu Sheng left the blood puppet behind and his figure gradually disappeared from his residence.

...

In a valley several thousand miles from the Pure and Muddy Gate.

A black figure flickered and appeared in the valley. He first cautiously glanced around, and once he confirmed there were no signs of any other beings nearby, he breathed a sigh of relief and approached a stone wall.

He casually tapped a few points on the stone wall, causing it to tremble and open up a passage just wide enough for one person.

In the next moment, he ventured deeper into the passageway, and the stone wall slowly closed behind him, fitting seamlessly, indistinguishable from the real stone.

Deeper within the stone passageway, the space broadened until it was about the size of a courtyard, showing signs that it had once been inhabited by various beings.