Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 299

With the awakening of the Nightmare Attack Technique.

Not only Shen Ye.

At this moment, various changes were also taking place elsewhere.

Main world.

Song Residence.

Back garden pavilion.

Song Yinchen sat in the pavilion, her eyes slightly closed, comprehending the power of the Dharma Realm.

—Ever since Shen Ye slept in the pavilion, she had moved her cultivation spot from the main house to here.

All was quiet.

Suddenly.

She opened her eyes and waved her hand.

A complete grotesque body appeared in mid-air.

It had eight long tails trailing behind it, a head full of slender arms, and its entire body was covered in carapace—

The true form of the Emperor Species!

It seemed to sense something, emitting a faint buzzing sound.

Song Yinchen was startled.

“Brother Shen Ye sealed that insect… now its body is suddenly reacting, why is that?”

Song Yinchen quickly formed a mudra with both hands.

“Suppress!”

Endless chaotic dharmas emerged from behind her, enveloping the insect’s body, suppressing it motionless.

Taking advantage of this, Song Yinchen took out her phone and started calling Shen Ye.

“I’m sorry, the number you dialed cannot be connected.”

Cannot be connected?

Where did Brother Shen Ye go?

Song Yinchen looked bewildered, then suddenly came back to her senses and called Xu Xingke.

“I’m sorry, the number you dialed cannot be connected.”

Still cannot be connected!

Song Yinchen put down her phone, staring blankly at the Emperor Species’ insect body.

Something she didn’t know must have happened.

The insect’s soul was in Shen Ye.

This insect body…

It couldn’t be allowed to cause trouble.

Perhaps she could study it herself?

Song Yinchen extended a finger and flicked the insect’s carapace hard.

—Enquiry of the Universe!

This flick had a special meaning.

When facing something completely unknown, the Song family had a secret technique that could draw upon the power of the object, forming natural Dharma Realm runes to observe the object’s characteristics and understand its function.

The marvel of this move was that it would not activate the object.

Whether it was an attack or something else, nothing would be triggered.

Clang!

A crisp sound.

Sure enough, dense lines appeared on the insect’s carapace, connecting with the Dharma Realm and forming natural glowing runes.

Song Yinchen began to examine them carefully.

“Tsk tsk, what a brutal body.”

“—Your soul is with Brother Shen Ye. If it returns to your body, wouldn’t you have to deal with him?”

“For safety’s sake…”

“How about I use your body?”

Song Yinchen tried to raise her hand.

The insect body floating in mid-air also raised its hand.

The initial attempt was successful!

Song Yinchen was invigorated and began to manipulate the insect body further.

A moment later.

She danced lightly in the pavilion.

The insect body followed behind her, also dancing its hideous and terrifying body, making the same movements.

…

The other side.

Nightmare World.

In Marquise Chatelet’s castle.

Basement.

Chatelet was gasping, kneeling on the ground, covered in sweat.

With her keen senses, she had already detected unprecedented changes occurring throughout the world.

Not only that.

Just now, a spell that affected the entire nightmare had drained her power!

Too dangerous.

If at this moment, an opponent with similar strength appeared and attacked her with full force—

The consequences would be unimaginable.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

One by one, raised human heads began to appear on Chatelet’s back.

“Fools!”

She roared, “You are not good at fighting at all, you still have to rely on me at this moment!”

“Everyone, don’t come out!”

But it had no effect.

Her power was depleted.

Even if she rested here and slowly recovered, it would still take some time for her attribute points to increase.

More importantly—

Suppressing other personalities required strong mental power.

But the recovery of mental power was the slowest of the five attributes!

What to do?

Chatelet drank her stored recovery potion, but found that it was still too late.

Before she could fully recover, other personalities would push her out.

This wouldn’t do!

She hesitated for a long time, then finally sighed:

“Alright, I owe Mogakou a favor this time.”

“—He knows I’m not afraid of poison, so I don’t think he would dare to play any tricks!”

A pill was taken out.

According to Mogakou, this pill was good for mental aspects.

Just a sniff, and one would know that the power contained in this pill was inextricably linked to the power system within the great tomb.

The pill should be fine.

…Mogakou was thoughtful.

Soon.

A chewing sound echoed.

The world fell silent.

Suddenly—

Her voice sounded again:

“Wow, Mogakou is such a sweet little darling, the potion really works, I’m not afraid of being replaced anymore.”

The voice disappeared.

Dead silence.

Suddenly—

A female voice, filled with unprecedented anger and killing intent, sounded again:

“Mogakou, you’re so annoying, what kind of naughty little pill did you give me to eat?!”

“I want to punch you to death with my little fists!”

“You… you bastard!!!!”

…

Five Desires World.

A bad feeling emerged in Mogakou’s heart.

What’s wrong?

He hadn’t done anything.

Why did he feel such an unprecedented sense of crisis?

He became nervous.

Just then, everyone felt a “hissing” sound coming from their bodies.

Shen Ye was no exception.

He identified the source of the sound and pulled a bottle of Calamity Essence from his waist.

The essence in the bottle continuously made sounds, and visibly, it rapidly diminished to nothing.

—What’s going on?

“Everyone, look closely, which world does the essence correspond to?”

Mogakou asked.

“Lord, it’s the Nightmare World.”

“Mine too.”

“Me too.”

“The Nightmare World’s essence has been destroyed!”

Everyone spoke at once.

Normally, essence was extracted from the world’s primeval energy and arranged by special laws. It was inextricably linked to the world’s survival.

The destruction of the essence meant that the world no longer existed.

But—

“Impossible… we just teleported from the Nightmare World, and there was nothing wrong with the Nightmare World!”

Mogakou said.

At this moment, even he looked bewildered.

Without Calamity Essence, they couldn’t enter the Nightmare World, and they couldn’t know the truth right now!

Shen Ye, however, knew perfectly well.

The Nightmare World was merging with the Death Planet.

In the past, after the entire Hun Tian Sect was annihilated and the human race was killed by the Emperor Species, humans from various other worlds came to the Death Planet one after another.

They brought the lands of their own worlds and merged them with the Death Planet.

Now.

The Nightmare World was also going through this process!

“There’s a way for us to know the truth,” Mogakou’s head showed text.

He clasped his hands together, forming a mudra.

“Come back… Nine Aspects… you certainly wouldn’t be destroyed with the world, come back and tell me everything!”

The mudra emitted waves of power, spreading out into the void in all directions.

In a moment.

A figure descended from the void.

Marquise Chatelet!

As soon as she appeared, her eyes locked onto Mogakou, and she angrily cried out:

“How annoying! Mogakou, you’re so mean! I don’t even talk like I used to now, it’s all your fault!”

Those subordinates didn’t know Chatelet’s true identity, and thought she had some unclear relationship with their lord, so their expressions were still alright.

The ones who were truly shocked were Mogakou and Shen Ye.

Both stared at Chatelet in surprise.

This was—

This was—

—Nine Aspects?

Thinking of her having countless heads, a monster imprisoned for countless years, now turning into a woman and speaking like this—

Shen Ye instinctively took a few steps back.

Mogakou, however, was too shocked to retreat, and couldn’t help but say:

“You multi-headed animal, you crazy person no one dares to marry, has a million donkeys been kicking your hundreds and thousands of heads non-stop in an automated way, making you stupid enough to talk to me like that, right?”

Chatelet was furious and shouted:

“You’re so mean, Mogakou! I’m not talking to you anymore!”

A fierce killing intent erupted from Chatelet.

Seeing that the situation was going to be bad, Shen Ye’s mind raced through a thousand thoughts, and he jumped back another seventy or eighty meters, shouting:

“Lord Mogakou! Stop talking, use the subtitles above your head! Use the subtitles!”

Mogakou, reminded by this, slapped his head and came back to his senses.

Right.

He was too surprised just now and spoke, and all that came out of his mouth was profanity.

This would make Nine Aspects misunderstand!

He quickly typed with his mind:

“What’s wrong? I didn’t offend you, nor did I target you!”

Chatelet also had enough of that way of speaking and typed on her head:

“That pill you gave me! It made me unable to speak normally!”

Mogakou was stunned for a moment, his lips curling into a smile, but he quickly forced it down.

Good.

I’m not alone!

—Now I have a fellow patient!

“But it’s still effective for your mind, isn’t it?” Mogakou typed.

Chatelet thought for a moment and agreed.

She had stabilized the situation and prevented other personalities from replacing her.

But—

“How am I supposed to talk in the future?” Chatelet typed.

“It’ll be fine, it’ll get better after a while,” Mogakou said perfunctorily.

“Fine my ass!” Chatelet glared.

Her peripheral vision glanced at Shen Ye.

Shen Ye looked away.

Two bosses arguing, what did it have to do with him?

Should he applaud and praise them, one for being loud, the other for being adorably reasonable?

Besides.

You were the one who told me to infiltrate Mogakou.

Now, don’t blame me.

Mogakou followed Chatelet’s gaze to Shen Ye.

“This is Long Wu Baxter, he is my subordinate now, working for me.”

He typed, his body intentionally or unintentionally blocking Shen Ye.

Chatelet snorted disdainfully.

Who knew this snort would also come out in a cute voice.

Mogakou and Shen Ye both got goosebumps.

But for their own safety, they managed to remain calm.

“Let’s get serious, what happened to the Nightmare World?”

Mogakou asked.

“Nothing,” Chatelet said.

“But look at my Calamity Essence – it’s completely dried up, which proves something big must have happened to the Nightmare World,” Mogakou showed his bottle.

Chatelet was then surprised.

She formed a mudra with both hands, releasing a surge of magical power.

But there was no response in the void.

“The Nightmare World… has left its original position, otherwise my spell would surely return, this is truly strange.”

“Use that spell, we can definitely see what’s happening in the universe,” Mogakou immediately typed.

“But at least three authorities are needed to activate that spell of the world,” Chatelet typed back.

—Tian Luo and Tai Yan are dead, there aren’t enough people.

Mogakou thought for a moment and typed:

“My subordinate, Long Wu Baxter, once followed you, and you should know his ability to get things done. Why not let him be an authority?”

“Him?” Chatelet was surprised.

“Yes, his strength is a bit weak… but we don’t have any other options now, do we?” Mogakou said.

Chatelet fell into contemplation.

A slightly weaker strength, inversely, posed no threat.

He was indeed capable.

And in truth—

He was on her side!

If she hadn’t forced him back to Mogakou’s side then, Mogakou wouldn’t have even gotten to see him.

A strange sense of satisfaction and accomplishment filled Chatelet’s heart.

“No,” she said impatiently, “he’s only at the third level of the Dharma Realm, too weak.”

“…There’s really no other way,” Mogakou sighed.

For a practitioner at the third level of the Dharma Realm to sit in the third most important position in the “Five Desires” world, it truly didn’t make sense.

That would be a disgrace to the entire “Five Desires” world.

Chatelet then said:

“Considering we need to investigate the truth, we can only grant him this authority, but we cannot acknowledge him as one of the world’s powerhouses.”

“I think that works, it’s the only way,” Mogakou agreed.

“You go first, or me?”

“Whatever.”

Chatelet slapped Shen Ye’s left shoulder.

Mogakou then slapped his right shoulder.

“Remember, until your strength reaches the seventh level of the Dharma Realm, you must not tell anyone that you possess the authority of ‘Five Desires’.”

Mogakou instructed.

“Otherwise, I’ll kill you,” Chatelet said.

Shen Ye nodded blankly.

—So what just happened?

He suddenly realized he had connected with the earth.

It was an indescribable feeling, as if his feet had grown roots, constantly drawing power from deep within the earth.

The world was like a computer, connecting to him through the earth, sending inquiries to his mind.

The content of the query was—

“Given that two Jailers have been lost, you have received a recommendation from one Jailer and can now assume the position of Jailer.”

“Do you agree?”

Shen Ye looked at Mogakou and Chatelet.

Both were looking at him.

But the world said he had received a recommendation from “one” Jailer.

This aligned with what the Earth Mother had said.

—Nine Aspects wasn’t a Jailer!

But at this moment, it thought it was a Jailer too!

He absolutely couldn’t expose this.

Otherwise, it might wake up.

“Agree.”

Shen Ye thought to himself.

Mogakou and Nine Aspects instantly sensed it.

“Another Jailer has been added,” Mogakou said.

“Yes, although his strength is a bit weak, we finally have three Jailers, so we can now cast that spell to observe the universe,” Chatelet said.

“I’ll make the request,” Mogakou said.

He squatted down and placed his hand on the ground.

No!

Shen Ye’s heart suddenly pounded.

If the spell to observe the world required three Jailers to cast—

Nine Aspects didn’t count at all!

That meant there were only Mogakou and himself.

A total of two Jailers.

—It simply couldn’t be cast!

Once it couldn’t be cast, the truth of the matter would immediately be known by Mogakou and Nine Aspects.

Maybe they would come to their senses?

But it was too late to stop it.

“Pursue.”

Mogakou whispered.

A dazzling light rose from the ground, flew before everyone, and gradually formed a mirror.

In the mirror, the scene of the Nightmare World appeared.

The Nightmare World was as usual.

“Strange… everything seems normal, why can’t we reach the Nightmare World?”

Chatelet typed a line of text.

“It’s not normal,” Mogakou’s head showed text.

The scene of the Nightmare World kept changing.

Earth Mother and Underworld Lord appeared on the screen.

The two, in conjunction with Xu Xingke, were performing some kind of super large spell.

Surrounded by practitioners.

“It’s world fusion.”

Mogakou said.

“That’s right, it seems the Nightmare World and Death Planet are about to merge,” Chatelet also said.

The two stared intently at the goings-on on the screen, not missing a single detail.

—This kind of world fusion requires high skill, needing top experts to control the entire process, and it’s not that common.

By observing the entire process, one can gauge the true strength of those enemies.

Shen Ye stood aside, not caring at all about what was displayed on the screen.

How did this spell succeed?

…Something was wrong.

It was completely wrong.

If it required three Jailers—

Wait a minute!

The “Five Desires” world’s inquiry to him was “given that two Jailers have been lost.”

But careful calculation shows that there were four: Tai Yan, Tian Luo, Lilith, and Mogakou.

Three people clearly died!

Only Mogakou remained!

…Or, who didn’t die?

Tai Yan was eaten by Nine Aspects, and Tian Luo was killed by him personally.

One name surfaced in Shen Ye’s mind.

Lilith!

Yes!

In the great tomb, she was made into a nest banner.

He remembered that at that time, that nest banner had sunk deep into the underground of the great tomb, sealed by the Emperor Species, ready to be eaten and enjoyed at any time.

But—

The Emperor Species’ soul was now sealed in him, and its body should be in Song Yinchen’s hands.

With its spirit and body split, it probably couldn’t go and eat the nest banner in the great tomb.

—Lilith was still alive!!!

Shen Ye’s heart trembled.

No, he had to go check the situation.

The earth transmitted complex psychic communications.

But Shen Ye couldn’t pay attention at this time.

“Lord,” he walked to Mogakou, whispering.

“Speak.”

A flashing word appeared above Mogakou’s head.

Shen Ye said, “My strength is too low. Next, I want to go to the great tomb to further enhance my status and cultivate properly.”

Mogakou pondered slightly.

Looking at the optical image, it was full of the top experts from the Nightmare World and Death Planet.

Baxter, a guy at the third level of the Dharma Realm, although capable and efficient, truly couldn’t be of much use in front of these top experts.

Let him go improve his strength.

The third level of the Dharma Realm was also a bit too weak, it would be embarrassing to mention.

—Being strong was better for doing more things.

“Go, be careful—I might also go later.”

Mogakou said.

Shen Ye secretly glanced at Chatelet.

Chatelet showed no reaction, merely staring intently at the gods and powerful beings in the light and shadow, her eyes revealing overt greed.

—It seemed she wanted to feed again.

Since she didn’t care about his affairs either—

Should I leave?

Shen Ye took out a bottle of Calamity Essence labeled “Death Planet”, took a sip, and then handed the essence to Karla and Rosalia.

In an instant.

He disappeared from the “Five Desires” world, appearing directly in a tunnel beneath the great tomb.

—This was the Calamity Essence made by Mogakou, originally designated for the great tomb, but the transmission location was not precise enough, often only reaching a general area.

Shen Ye, however, didn’t care about these.

“Finally left that company… now let me relax a bit…”

He stretched his limbs, removed his death disguise cloak, and reverted to his original appearance.

Karla and Rosalia came over from the other end of the tunnel together.

“This is Death Planet, and now the Earth Mother and Underworld Lord are in this world, Karla, do you want to go back to the Earth Mother?” Shen Ye asked.

“I sense the powerful fluctuations of the Earth Mother,” Karla was overjoyed, “I’ll go see her first, and contact you later.”

“Okay, go ahead,” Shen Ye said.

Karla’s figure flashed, and she climbed up the cliff face above.

Her speed was swift as wind, as if walking on flat ground.

Only Rosalia remained standing before Shen Ye.

“My lord, I await your command.”

She said earnestly.

Shen Ye, however, fell into thought.

“Rosalia, did you have family when you were alive? Anyone or anything you cared about?”

“…Yes.”

“Family?”

“It was my assassin master, he was old, injured, and had no money. He worked at an assassin training ground in Evernight City, and I don’t know how he’s doing now.”

“Now that the Nightmare World has merged with Death Planet, you need to go back and check.”

Shen Ye said, taking out a small bag and tossing it to Rosalia.

“Lord… so many bone coins…”

“This is your reward for doing so much for me.”

“But you already resurrected me.”

“Resurrection is a small matter—working for me must be rewarded. Take this, go see your teacher, and after everything is settled, if you still wish to follow me, then come find me.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“Go.”

Rosalia bowed respectfully, her figure leaping up and swiftly climbing the steep rock face, quickly disappearing.

Shen Ye retracted his gaze.

Now, it was time to attend to his own matters.

He identified the direction and proceeded along the tunnel, soon arriving at a cliff.

This was it.

Going down from here was the place where the larvae were bred.

It was also where Lilith was made into a nest banner!

Just as Shen Ye was about to move, he saw a figure fly up from below and stop in front of him.

—The three-meter-tall black woman!

“Larva… you’re back?”

The black woman looked him up and down.

—This was a monster created by the Emperor Species, mimicking the principles of the Fate Seal术灵 (Spirit of Magic).

Shen Ye was about to speak, but the female Spirit of Magic’s voice had already sounded:

“Shen Ye, I cannot tolerate a monster that imitates me. Would you mind handing it over to me?”

“Of course,” Shen Ye said.

The next second.

A glowing giant hand reached out from the darkness, grabbed the three-meter-tall black woman, and dragged her into the depths of darkness, quickly disappearing.

—Just kidding, the female Spirit of Magic’s true body is hundreds of meters long!

This deep underground great tomb is actually her home ground!

“Come on, hurry up.”

Shen Ye jumped down.

—He needed to immediately check Lilith’s situation.

Mogakou said he would also arrive soon.

If he arrived and couldn’t find him, that would be another trouble.

After a dozen breaths.

Shen Ye landed on a shrunken and dried flesh-and-blood ground.

It seemed that after being separated from the Emperor Species’ power, this place had also gradually decayed.

Shen Ye closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, then activated the insect’s power with both hands, directly manifesting his pháp tướng (dharma body)!

—Destiny’s End!

A rapidly rotating red eye appeared behind him.

His gaze seemed to penetrate the obstruction of flesh and earth, seeing the secrets hidden deep underground.

“Nest Banner… found it!”

Shen Ye kept one hand in a mudra, while the other gestured as if grabbing something in the air.

In an instant.

The ground rumbled.

A sharp tentacle slowly rose from deep underground.

On this tentacle, a woman’s head was skewered, still breathing.

Lilith!

Her body had been eaten up by the insects, leaving only her head, but she was not yet completely dead!

“Shen Ye… I… don’t want… to die… save… me…”

The woman’s head spoke intermittently.

Shen Ye couldn’t help but click his tongue.

—Her vitality was too strong!

Actually, it was mainly because the Emperor Species was sealed, so the feeding was interrupted.

Otherwise, how could she still be alive?

So the correct answer was already there—

Among the four Jailers, the twin stars Tai Yan and Tian Luo were dead.

Lilith and Mogakou were still alive!

Shen Ye sighed, feeling a bit troubled.

Kill her?

But she was made into a nest banner by the insects. If she died, she would be directly absorbed by the tentacles and passed to the insects.

The insects might try to break the seal after such a replenishment?

Well, even if he ignored all that and just killed her—

Then Nine Aspects and Mogakou would not be able to successfully cast that spell to observe other planets again.

Because it required all three Jailers to be present to cast that spell.

What if Nine Aspects recovered its memories…

He had no idea how terrifying its true strength was.

If it was too powerful, the Death Planet might enter a new round of extinction.

Shen Ye was in a dilemma.

Mogakou would arrive at the great tomb again at any time.

—No more hesitation!

“Guang Han Palace · Four Kings under the Moon.”

Shen Ye whispered.

Behind him, within the Guang Han Palace -Four Kings suddenly looked up.

Shen Ye’s voice quietly sounded:

“No need to destroy anything—you secretly go and see if there are any valuable treasures in that human head’s dharma body, and bring them back.”

The Four Kings understood, and together they jumped out of the palace, flipped over the city wall, and carried a wooden plank boat from the bamboo grove by the roadside.

They held the boat above their heads, tiptoed, and quickly left Shen Ye’s Dharma form.

At the same time.

A faint light appeared in the void:

“Your ‘Guang Han Palace · Four Kings Under the Moon’ has gained a new effect: ”

“Acquisition.”

“Description: Besides causing destruction, we are also very interested in valuable things.”

Shen Ye nodded secretly as he watched.

That’s right.

The abilities of the next epoch shouldn’t be so rigid.

Sometimes, we can actually retrieve some loot.

While waiting for the Four Kings to return, he said to Lilith:

“Your methods are too numerous and cruel, I dare not save you.”

Lilith, impaled on the sharp tentacles, had been in immense pain, but now she laughed:

“Shen Ye, do you know I am the Lord of the World?”

“That’s correct, indeed you are,” Shen Ye admitted.

“I remember now… Shen Ye, I am actually the world will’s main body of the ‘Five Desires’ world, and one of the four Jailers.”

“Save me.”

“Otherwise, once I die, that monster will surely be released!”

“Impossible,” Shen Ye said calmly, “‘Five Desires’ is very stable, I just dealt with it.”

“Hahahaha,” Lilith laughed wildly.

“What are you laughing at?” Shen Ye asked.

“I am the ‘Five Desires’ world! The one impersonating me is the monster’s true body!” Lilith shrieked.

Shen Ye was stunned for a moment.

So—

Nine Aspects was just a clone released by that monster?

Even a clone was this strong!

This was too terrifying!

As Shen Ye was thinking, he sensed an unprecedented scene occurring within his Dharma form.

A wooden boat drifted from the Dharma Realm.

The Four Kings jumped out of the boat, carried a heavy wooden box on their shoulders, and quickly moved stealthily towards the Guang Han Palace.