Song Shuhang tried to focus his mental energy on following the karmic thread to see who was on the other end.

However, he didn’t manage to gain anything from it. The Heavenly Emperor was firmly in his path, and any thoughts of exploration clashed against her body, stopping.

Moreover, when Song Shuhang’s consciousness followed the karmic thread, it seemed that the Heavenly Emperor sensed it.

As such, Song Shuhang quickly cut off any ideas on continuing to explore.

The Heavenly Emperor was someone he couldn’t afford to offend at the moment.

Since he couldn’t afford to offend the other party, he could only retreat.

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“Holy Altar, The Universe.” At this moment, a voice sounded from the ancient divine witch blood golden core, and the QR code Golden Core Composition flashed in tandem.

From it, there were many karmic threads that extended out… The number corresponded exactly to the number of ‘friends’ Song Shuhang had added recently.

Song Shuhang wondered, The universe? Is it really telling me to go around the universe adding everyone I come across as a friend so that I can eventually run around freely and unhindered by relying on my friends all across the universe?

The number of karmic threads that extended from the first few small golden cores was mostly just one, and would at most split or link multiple people with one line.

But the QR code did not follow the same pattern, with it directly extending out multiple karmic threads.

These scattered karmic threads had just drilled out of Song Shuhang’s body, and were about to spread when a pair of invisible hands seemed to suddenly come out of nowhere, grabbing all the threads.

After getting hold of them, it twisted and tied all the scattered karmic threads into one.

“!!!” Song Shuhang.

What kind of weird change was this?

After the karmic threads were twisted into a single thick rope, they extended in one singular direction.

In the end, the karmic threads connected to a single target in a dark world.

There, an empress wearing loose robes with her hands propped on her chin was sitting cross-legged. At this moment, she was pierced by the karmic thread.

“Eh? Who poked me?” the empress cried. She immediately sat up straight, assuming a majestic posture. But for some reason, the crown on her head tilted down crookedly.

Although he couldn’t see her appearance clearly, Song Shuhang could already guess her identity.

It was Fairy Cheng Lin, who insisted that she was dead.

Let’s see how you talk yourself out of this this time!

“Sigh, can’t people rest in peace after dying?” Fairy Cheng Lin asked. Staring down at the karmic thread in her body, she grabbed it.

She could see the karmic thread, and she could even touch it.

“Screw off!” Fairy Cheng Lin shouted.

Then, she grabbed the karmic thread, and threw it vigorously.

“!!!” Song Shuhang.

It was an action that left him breathless.

Fairy, what are you doing? Are you throwing away the bond between us?

Are you ending our friendship?

Just as Song Shuhang was thinking this, the thick karmic rope twisted like a snake, and flew in another direction.

The karmic rope pierced into the void.

After a long while, it stabbed out of the void, and plunged into another big shot.

There was a huge pillar in the sky.

On the pillar, there was a huge true dragon wrapped around it.

However, unlike ordinary true dragons, it only had one leg.

It’s Striped Dragon Two!

“Ah, who poked me!” Striped Dragon Two’s reaction was the same as Fairy Cheng Lin’s.

After a long while, it looked down at the karmic rope in its body.

Striped Dragon Two said, “Oh, it’s you. Little friend Song Shuhang, the one whose face isn’t beautiful enough.”

“…” Song Shuhang.

So my impression in Striped Dragon Two’s mind was actually of someone whose face isn’t beautiful enough?

Striped Dragon Two continued, “Did you find Cheng Lin? Tell her to come home early when she’s free and stop wandering outside.”

“…” Song Shuhang.

In fact, the karmic rope was thrown to you by Fairy Cheng Lin… And it looked like she had no thoughts of going home… Besides that, she also said that she was dead.

Striped Dragon Two said, “Isn’t she always in a state of constant death? The next time you see her, tell her to come looking for me. There really is something wrong, and it’s quite unsettling.”

After saying that, the picture of Striped Dragon Two dimmed.

Fairy Cheng Lin has always been in a state of ‘death’?

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Finally, the seventh small golden core ‘Tyrannical Dragon’ lit up.

“Holy Dragon, Dragon Network Summon!” The Golden Core Composition on the ancient nether dragon soul, The Connected World, lit up. The Virtuous Network seemed to connect to the Dragon Network through the ancient nether dragon soul.

The lines that each of the seven small golden cores spoke were neat and orderly, and it was very pleasing to the ear.

So, whom will the karmic thread of this ancient nether dragon soul connect to? Song Shuhang was a little curious.

Senior Melon Eater?

Or the founder of the Virtuous Network?

Or… could it be the Dragon Network?

The answer was the last one.

A golden karmic thread soon stretched out, and it connected to Lady Kunna, but Lady Kunna was not the end… It was similar to what happened with the ‘Heavenly Emperor’. The karmic thread passed through Lady Kunna, and extended to the existence behind her.

In an area filled with countless ‘Dragon Network Nodes’, a black-skinned, dragon-eyed Lady Kunna was quietly sitting by a Dragon Network Node.

The karmic thread connected to the dragon-eyed Kunna.

“I’m not ‘Dragon-eyed Kunna’,” the Will of the Dragon Network prompted. “Call me Fat Ball.”

“…” Song Shuhang.

The seven small golden cores had connected to Senior White, Senior White Two, the Scholarly Sage who appeared to be dead, Pavilion Master Chu plus Pavilion Master Chu Two, Heavenly Emperor plus an unknown being, Cheng Lin and Striped Dragon Two, and the Will of the Dragon Network named Fat Ball.

Almost all the thighs that Song Shuhang liked to grab were mentioned.

In addition to the ones above, the other friends of Song Shuhang in the Immortal Realm were the Great Northern Emperor, Elder Sister White Dragon, Senior Scarlet Heaven, and more or less Senior Skylark.

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The changes occurring to the seven Lustrous Golden Cores had concluded.

They still maintained a certain frequency of resonance with each other, but there were no further changes.

Song Shuhang kept meditating, and entered the state of Inner Sight, staring firmly at his seven small golden cores.

He was looking forward to finding out whether the seven small golden cores would learn how to ‘paint’, and then take his place in creating a composition on his life-bound whale core.

But after staring at them for 10 minutes, Song Shuhang gave up on this thought.

The small golden cores did not have such a function.

Moreover, after gathering the seven small golden cores, he failed to summon Shenlong.

Song Shuhang opened his eyes slightly.

Scarlet Heaven Sword asked, “What’s wrong?”

“The changes to my Lustrous Golden Cores have concluded. I was expecting them to experience further changes, but nothing happened.” Song Shuhang then asked, “Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword, how long have I been in seclusion this time?”

Scarlet Heaven Sword said, “It’s noon on the ninth day of your seclusion. It’s barely been a day and a night.”

“Eh, that’s it? I felt as if it had been a very long time.” Song Shuhang scratched his head, and said, “But I guess for me, a whole day is already considered to be a relatively long time for a seclusion.”

“…” Scarlet Heaven Sword.

A day and night is not called ‘seclusion’ at all. This is just normal daily practice, okay? What does the word ‘seclusion’ even mean to you?

“There are still 21 days left.” Song Shuhang did some stretches, and said, “I’ll continue to adjust my state, and then tomorrow I will start with my Whale Core Comp—”

Scarlet Heaven Sword asked, “What’s wrong?”

Song Shuhang said, “My Sixth Stage heavenly tribulation seems to be coming.”

But the problem was that he hadn’t even started his Whale Core Composition yet!