Under the influence of the steamy water temperature, Feng Mu's body once again exuded a thick and putrid corpse fluid, like a polluted stream, slowly seeping from his pores.

He grasped the brush tightly, using all his strength to scrape off the mucus from his body, one swipe after another.

In no time, the brush was stained with a thick layer of black, while his skin, after intense cleansing, appeared rosy and fair.

"Strength and agility increased by 0.3, 0.1 less than last time. Constitution increased by 0.8, 0.2 less than last time. Spirit increased by 0.2, the same as last time."

Feng Mu calculated silently in his mind, concluding,

"The effect of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill is diminishing, yet still considerable, with the pill increasing by a total of 1.6 attribute value."

"Of course, any increase in attribute value is incidental. The real efficacy is the transformation from a corpse to a living being," Feng Mu thought, squinting at the pop-up box on his retina.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Feng Mu felt that the clarity of the pop-up box had significantly improved, as if leaping from 1080p high-definition to 2160p ultra-high-definition, becoming more vivid and bright.

[You have taken a Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, cleansing one-third of your body's impurities. The accumulated corpse poison, nuclear pollution, mutated cells, and malignant toxins in your body have been mostly eliminated.]

[You have undergone your second major cleansing of the flesh. Your decaying body is slowly awakening, with the life force belonging to the living gradually replacing the deathly aura of the corpse. Though a disparity still exists, the dawn of hope has appeared.]

[Just one more step, and you can thoroughly rid yourself of the entanglement of death and be reborn!]

Tears of crystalline light welled up at the corners of Feng Mu's eyes as he genuinely felt the lightness of his body, akin to a patient long tormented by illness finally seeing the dawn of recovery.

His body seemed to have shed heavy shackles, every cell breathing the air of renewal. The feeling of struggling back from the edge of death was so intense and beyond words, transcending the limits of language, hidden deep within his heart, transforming into an unspeakable emotion of being moved and joyful.

"I am now two-thirds human, just one more Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill away from becoming completely whole?!!"

Excitedly, Feng Mu clenched his palm, feeling a subtle difference in the texture of his palm's skin, as if his old self had worn a suit all over, and now it was if that suit was removed, or rather replaced with a light suit.

"One step further, and it will be the freedom of going bare!"

Feng Mu murmured to himself, infinitely longing for the day he would be restored to perfection. He had a strong premonition in his heart that once all the corpse fluid was expelled, his body might undergo an unexpected transformation, or rather, completion!

"What was originally a gift given to each of us at the beginning of life has now become something I must strive with all my might to obtain its completion, heh—"

Feng Mu's voice carried a hint of bitter self-mockery. For the first time, his heart surged with an unprecedented strong loathing and deep hatred for the arrangements of this world and the huge shadow looming over the sky.

He turned off the showerhead and began to clean the filth on the ground, spraying air freshener in the bathroom.

This air freshener was handmade by Hong Ya, specifically designed to block corpse stench, and it worked surprisingly well, quickly suppressing the foul odor in the air.

Feng Mu stood quietly in front of the mirror, gently wiping away the water droplets on the mirror, and then slicking his hair back.

In the mirror's reflection, his face appeared pale and stern, the lines of his face more resolute, every engraving revealing an indomitable will, as if destiny had painted a map of resilience on his visage.

Beneath that austere face, one could vaguely capture a trace resembling his former self, or rather, the face shape of the game's boss Destiny, suggesting that over time, the two figures were unknowingly merging and converging.

"With a strength value of 9.2, only a slight gap of 0.8 remains to cross the critical threshold of 10 points."

"The inheritance level has also climbed to 9%, the next improvement will break through to the 10% critical point, then I can open another treasure chest."

"Perhaps, the attribute points and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill I urgently hope for will all explode at once with the next treasure chest opening, thus unveiling a new chapter of power for me?!!"

Feng Mu's eyes flickered with a fiery ambition. He shook his head, water droplets scattering onto the mirror, and his flesh shivered, the large droplets trembling and flying off.

Feng Mu exited the bathroom, got dressed, then sat cross-legged on the bed, took a sip of the "Latte" in the thermos cup, and slowly closed his eyes.

"The new chapter is not far in the future, and at this moment, it is time to advance [Blood and Flesh Initial Solution]." Feng Mu whispered in his heart, "Add points!"

[In the first year, you began practicing the Senluo Finger.]

[With a profound foundation in the Crane Claw Skill, your progress was rapid. By the fifth year, you had cultivated the Senluo Finger to the minor achievement stage, with considerable strength hidden at your fingertips.]

[By the tenth year, your ten fingers had turned jet black like onyx, with thick and sturdy joints. A light press could easily pierce through hard rock, marking the Senluo Finger reaching a state of great success and perfection.]

[However, in the fifteenth year, dissatisfied with the current state, you pursued painstaking research and advancement, miraculously using extraordinary willpower to break all ten fingers and starting anew, with hopes of reaching a higher level.]

[After three years of diligent cultivation, the broken joints regrew, becoming more delicate and jade-like in luster. At this point, your fingertips could lightly touch through iron and stone as if they were tofu.]

[From this, you comprehended the Limit-Breaking Skill: Seeking Network. Whenever using Finger Skills, your fingers can sensitively explore the subtle networks between muscles and bones, allowing you to exert force more effortlessly and break obstacles with ease, much like a masterful butcher dismembering an ox with supreme skill.]

[P.S.: Seeking Network can be applied to all finger-type cultivation techniques, not limited to Senluo Finger!]

[Senluo Finger: Perfection→Senluo Finger: Limit-Breaking!]

[Ordinary skill points deducted: 1 point.]

[Ordinary skill points remaining: 3]

[General Skill Proficiency deducted: 8000 points.]

[General Skill Proficiency remaining: 8730]

Without even opening his eyes, Feng Mu silently continued to repeat two words in his heart: "Add points!"

[Day after day, month after month, year after year...]

[In a blink of an eye, ten years slipped away like a shuttle.]

[The Blood and Flesh Initial Solution you practiced became increasingly refined. Each swelling of cancerous flesh beneath your skin tested your will, yet you always managed to consolidate it, feeling the power within growing deeper and more surging.]

[As time flies, nineteen years like a dream, you have persistently operated the Blood and Flesh Initial Solution. Tonight, marks the epilogue of the long years and a significant milestone in your path of cultivation.]

[You feel that the breakthrough to the Third State is just a thin membrane away.]

[Breaking through the Blood and Flesh Initial Solution to the Third State requires meeting one of the following conditions (choose one of two):

1. Three cultivation techniques of three grades in perfection (achieved)

2. Great success in Skin Changing (unachieved)]

[After nineteen years of accumulated sediment, it exploded in one morning, breaking through the physical limits, as they say: membrane-breaking is a success. Your Blood and Flesh Initial Solution broke through to the Third State!]

[Blood and Flesh Initial Solution: Second Solution→Blood and Flesh Initial Solution: Third State (1/10000)]

[General Skill Proficiency deducted: 5000 points.]

[General Skill Proficiency remaining: 3730]

The fire that seemed to ignite within Feng Mu's flesh and blood, with its raging power roaring between the skin and the periosteum, was like a storm. But it was soon suppressed by his resilient will, like an evil dragon bound by numerous chains deep within his body.

Deep in his flesh and blood, the surge of energy and blood was raging like a tidal wave. Beneath his skin, the tumors rolled like thundering waves, layering upon each other, then gradually subsiding and returning to tranquility.

The breath exhaled by Feng Mu's nose was like boiling water, but he suddenly opened his eyes, emitting two beams of shining light, murmuring to himself: "What follows is the moment to witness a miracle!"

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