Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 362

The string bean stew noodles in the cafeteria are delicious.

Guo Yunye was engrossed in eating his noodles when his elbow was nudged.

“Hey, look.”

Zhang Xiaoyi said.

Guo Yunye looked up and out the cafeteria window.

Shen Ye was seen crossing the square, heading towards the school gate.

“What are you looking at? Why didn’t you invite Brother Ye to eat with us? Never mind, I’ll go call him—”

Guo Yunye put down his chopsticks, stood up, and was about to run out of the cafeteria, but Zhang Xiaoyi grabbed him.

“Call whom? I just saw Xiao Mengyu went to find him!”

Zhang Xiaoyi whispered into his ear.

“…I didn’t see Xiao Mengyu.” Guo Yunye said.

“Maybe they had a spat,” Zhang Xiaoyi judged.

Guo Yunye was startled and whispered, “What? You mean they both—”

“Shhh!”

The two lowered their voices, about to discuss further, when they suddenly saw another person appear in the square.

A beautiful girl, in a hurry, caught up with Shen Ye in a few steps and grabbed his hand.

Shen Ye was also surprised and turned back to say a few words.

Then the two walked out of the school gate together.

Zhang Xiaoyi and Guo Yunye watched silently until Shen Ye and the girl disappeared from view.

“That wasn’t Xiao Mengyu.”

Guo Yunye murmured.

“Of course not, that’s “Heavenly King” Song Yinchen, the current head of the Jiangnan Song family, her strength is extraordinary, and her reputation has been growing recently,” Zhang Xiaoyi said quickly.

The two fell silent for a moment.

Judging from the situation just now, it seemed that Song Yinchen had actively caught up with Shen Ye, talked to him, and then left the school with him.

“Do girls really take the initiative like that?” Zhang Xiaoyi wondered to himself.

“Of course, if a girl takes the initiative, the way she does it, ordinary people can’t handle it at all,” Guo Yunye said with a deep tone.

“Brother Ye, you seem to know a lot, have you also encountered proactive girls?” Zhang Xiaoyi asked enviously.

“Yes.” Guo Yunye nodded.

It’s true!

Zhang Xiaoyi stopped eating and quickly asked:

“Who is it? How did she take the initiative with you?”

“It happened a few days ago—a female classmate noticed I was interested in her, so she came to me and told me directly that we weren’t suitable,” Guo Yunye said.

A long silence.

“…Yunye, your ‘initiative’ is actually not on the same level as Brother Ye’s ‘initiative’.”

Zhang Xiaoyi said cautiously.

Guo Yunye, however, showed a look of longing: “I’ve never seen a girl talk to me so seriously, so sincerely, and so gently. Honestly, I was very touched at the time.”

Zhang Xiaoyi scratched his head and said cautiously, “Yunye, a girl taking the initiative like that is actually just to reject you better.”

Guo Yunye shook his head and said, “Really? I don’t believe it.”

Zhang Xiaoyi opened his mouth, not knowing what to say next.

“Student Yunye!”

A female voice rang out, interrupting their idle chat.

The two looked back and saw a pretty girl walking over, waving to Guo Yunye.

“Ah, hello, have you eaten?”

Guo Yunye quickly stood up and asked awkwardly.

“Yunye, I heard you passed the test of the Nightmare World and are already connected to the Great Tomb Immortal Kingdom?” the girl asked.

“Yes, today, Shen Ye, Nangong Sirui, Xiao Mengyu, and I passed a life-and-death test in the Nightmare World,” Guo Yunye nodded.

Every name he uttered made the surrounding students look even more envious.

Whether it was Shen Ye, or Nangong Sirui, or Xiao Mengyu—

These were the strongest people in the entire grade!

No.

Perhaps even the older professional practitioners were not as good as them.

After graduation, these few would definitely become big figures!

Guo Yunye being able to pass the Immortal Kingdom’s life-and-death test with them, did that mean he was also about to join that rank?

The girl listened carefully, nodded slightly, and said:

“Sorry about last time, I was a bit flustered then… now I’ve thought it through. How about we go to self-study together tonight?”

“Sure, I’ll come find you after I finish eating,” Guo Yunye said.

“Okay, see you then.”

The girl smiled at him, turned, and left.

Guo Yunye wiped the sweat from his forehead, sat down, exhaled a breath, and after his soul had completely returned, he said with the air of an experienced man:

“A-Yi, you see, when a girl is proactive, she’s always sincere. You’ll understand in time.”

“Okay…”

Zhang Xiaoyi nodded with difficulty, then fell into a long period of self-doubt.

…

Night fell.

The lights came on.

Shen Ye took Song Yinchen for a walk in the alley opposite the school and found the restaurant.

“This is the one, the food is pretty good.”

Shen Ye looked at the restaurant’s sign.

“You really know how to pick, I also think this one is indeed good.” Song Yinchen said with a smile.

A passerby glanced at the restaurant, feeling it was just an ordinary small eatery, seeing nothing particularly good about it.

The two entered the restaurant, found a table, and Shen Ye handed the menu to Song Yinchen.

“By the way, you lost your Chaos Spirit, what happened later? Did you find any new weapons?”

Shen Ye asked.

Song Yinchen looked down at the menu and said casually:

“I refined a Chaos Spirit myself—come on, say hello to Brother Shen Ye.”

A small cat emerged from behind her, waving its paws at Shen Ye.

A line of text appeared above the cat’s head:

“Chaos Spirit (Cat Form).”

Shen Ye asked in surprise, “This one seems stronger than the previous one.”

“That’s right, I raised her very carefully, she’s very well-behaved and sensible.” Song Yinchen said.

The kitten timidly glanced at Shen Ye and suddenly disappeared.

“She’s still quite young, a bit shy.”

Song Yinchen quickly ordered a few dishes, then handed the order to the waitress, and then, staring at Shen Ye, she whispered:

“There are some things I’ve always wanted to ask you.”

“What?” Shen Ye asked.

“Many forces have established relationships with the higher universe, and I hear the Human Martial Arts Group is also engaged in intense negotiations.”

“Brother Shen Ye, will you follow the Human Martial Arts Group’s lead?”

Shen Ye thought of Qian Rushan and Cang Nanyan and said, “The Human Martial Arts Group has helped me a lot. If there’s anything that needs to be done, I’ll do it.”

“What if they ask you to harm your friends?” Song Yinchen quickly asked.

“They’re all quite familiar with me, and our relationship is good, so they probably wouldn’t do that,” Shen Ye said.

“What if?” Song Yinchen pressed.

“My contract with them is an employment contract, not a murder contract,” Shen Ye shrugged.

“Haha, I knew it, you’re definitely not that kind of confused guy.” Song Yinchen cheered up and hummed a few lines of a song.

Shen Ye was puzzled, unsure why she was happy.

Seeing his expression, Song Yinchen volunteered:

“More and more experts from higher universes are descending, and these experts are trying to control various forces in our world. I’m afraid that one day, you and I will stand on opposing sides.”

Standing on opposing sides?

Shen Ye thought for a moment.

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This… is probably unlikely.

No matter which universe the master comes from, as long as their target is the Immortal Kingdom, I welcome them.

—Welcome everyone to work.

“You’re overthinking, I would never go against you,” Shen Ye said.

“You promise?” Song Yinchen asked.

“Promise,” Shen Ye said.

Song Yinchen’s eyes curved into a crescent moon as she smiled.

She personally got up and fetched a large bottle of iced beverages, poured a full glass for Shen Ye, and then filled her own.

Raised her glass.

Clinked glasses.

“I’m not leaving this time, so you won’t have anyone around you—humph.”

Song Yinchen held her cup, took a small sip, and, not knowing what she thought of, rolled her beautiful big eyes.

Shen Ye gulped down the iced drink in his glass, then curiously asked:

“What does ‘humph’ mean?”

Song Yinchen refilled his glass with iced drink and nervously covered up, “Nothing, I was just worried about some clueless guys trying to recruit you.”

“I’m just a student, who would bother trying to recruit me? Besides, more and more people will be able to go to the Immortal Kingdom later, so I won’t be worth much,” Shen Ye said.

Suddenly, a voice rang out:

“What you said is not wrong, everyone will be able to go to the Immortal Kingdom in the future, and a student truly has no value.”

A person suddenly appeared in the empty seat.

She rested her chin in her hand, looking at the man and woman sitting opposite her.

This was a mature woman with long hair draped over her shoulders, wearing an ancient costume much like a theatrical gown, her expression filled with arrogance.

Shen Ye said, “Who are you? Are you looking for me?”

“Just a small matter,” the mature woman said.

“About what?”

“Everyone else came back first, and you stayed the longest, I guess—for the Immortal Kingdom, you are the most important,” the mature woman said.

Not bad.

She guessed right.

“You guessed wrong, we just have different missions,” Shen Ye said.

“Wait a minute, who exactly are you?” Song Yinchen cautiously scrutinized the other party, then looked at Shen Ye.

Still good.

Shen Ye didn’t seem to recognize her.

“‘Realization Layer’ Universe, Xiao Mingming, Dharma Realm Twelfth Layer.”

The mature woman introduced herself.

A powerhouse from the higher universe!

However, neither Shen Ye nor Song Yinchen seemed to react much.

Xiao Mingming was somewhat surprised by this but quickly understood.

—These two youths were still too naive to understand the true significance of her identity.

“Why are you looking for Shen Ye? He’s never met you before.”

Song Yinchen asked again.

“Noisy.” The mature woman glanced at her.

Whoosh—

Song Yinchen vanished.

Shen Ye’s brow furrowed, and he looked around.

In the restaurant, it was bustling with noise.

People were indifferent to what was happening here.

It seemed they couldn’t see this scene at all.

“That was a spatial spell, wasn’t it?” Shen Ye asked.

“In subspace, my clone will properly teach your little girlfriend a lesson—now answer my questions carefully, otherwise, I can’t guarantee what will happen to her,” Xiao Mingming said.

At this moment, the waiter served a dish.

Stir-fried peanuts.

Shen Ye picked up a peanut, put it in his mouth, and chewed it with relish.

This Xiao Mingming, despite having the power of the Twelfth Layer of the Dharma Realm, had her power suppressed to the Ninth Layer of the Dharma Realm in this ‘Unstable Layer’ universe.

Song Yinchen had the power of the Eighth Layer.

But Song Yinchen was much stronger than the Eighth Layer when she fought.

Chaos Spirit made the entire world wary, yet she managed to cultivate one.

To what extent did she understand power and rules?

Plus Song Yinchen’s innate abilities, two types of Dharma Eyes—

Fighting Song Yinchen?

The thought alone was terrifying.

Shen Ye relaxed and picked up his cup to drink.

“To be frank, I have extensive connections in the Nightmare World, so the Immortal Kingdom hopes I can stay there longer to help humanity,” Shen Ye said.

“That’s a lie. I can tell the truth from falsehood,” Xiao Mingming said.

Shen Ye was slightly taken aback.

Suddenly, lines of faint glowing words appeared:

“The Immortal Kingdom has issued a quest for you:”

“Due to your extensive connections in the Nightmare World, the Immortal Kingdom hopes you can stay in the Nightmare World longer to help the spirits there.”

“Quest Reward: None.”

“—This is a real quest issued by the Immortal Kingdom, absolutely no falsehood.”

Shen Ye couldn’t help but scratch the back of his head and said to Xiao Mingming:

“You can tell the truth from falsehood? How come I don’t believe it?”

“I’m not joking around with you.” Xiao Mingming’s face was as cold as ice.

“Okay, actually, none of what I said before was a lie. I just got one small point wrong.”

“Which point?”

“It’s not helping humans, it’s helping spirits.”

Xiao Mingming looked at him silently, then nodded slightly after a while.

“That’s better this time, you’re telling the truth.”

“Of course it’s the truth.”

Shen Ye said.

—As true as you want it to be.

“Alright, I’ll continue to ask, and you continue to answer,” Xiao Mingming said.

Shen Ye smiled, picked up another peanut, and ate it.

At the same time.

In the Dharma Realm, a boundless Dharma Aspect quietly unfolded.

A massive stone tablet stood in the void.

The surrounding void rapidly transformed into endless darkness.

Every strand of that darkness was formed by the condensation of destructive power, emanating a tyrannical and terrifying aura.

Beneath the stone tablet was only a square meter of grass.

This was the safe zone.

—The Supreme Immortal Kingdom is ready!

At this moment, as long as Shen Ye activated “Will Meet Under the Moonlit Jade Terrace,” he could immediately move the enemy into the darkness of the Dharma Aspect.

But there were two problems here.

—If she was killed, would Song Yinchen be able to return?

—There were too many people in the restaurant; if any of her accomplices noticed something, it wouldn’t be good.

Should I wait and see?

If Song Yinchen’s side progressed smoothly…

Shen Ye glanced at Xiao Mingming again, silently calculating in his mind.

Since he became a professional, his mentor has been an Eighth-Layer expert. He has also witnessed Emperor-species, the “Five Desires” powerhouses, the Nine Aspects personalities, and felt the aura of the Black King.

Having seen so many masters, he naturally possessed a certain模糊 judgement.

This Xiao Mingming’s strength was restricted to the ninth layer.

Song Yinchen…

If she fought seriously, she would be much more terrifying than Xiao Mingming.

…

“Noisy.”

The mature woman glanced at Song Yinchen.

The world flickered and disappeared.

Song Yinchen found herself still sitting in the same spot.

However, the entire restaurant was empty.

She looked out at the street.

There was no one on the street either.

The entire city seemed to have become a silent tomb, and in this tomb, only she, a living person, was buried.

Song Yinchen fell silent for a moment, then walked out of the restaurant and along the street.

She reached the main road and stood opposite the World Museum.

“You can detect me? It seems that this lowest-level universe isn’t entirely filled with useless people.”

Xiao Mingming stood in front of the World Museum and said leisurely.

Song Yinchen stared at her in a daze.

“Slap yourself in the face, hit hard, don’t make me do it personally,” Xiao Mingming said.

Song Yinchen remained rooted to the spot.

“Scared stiff? How boring,” Xiao Mingming said with a chuckle.

A small line of text suddenly appeared above Song Yinchen’s head.

“Oh? You, a pure maiden, also have a ‘name’? Let me see—”

Xiao Mingming took out a pair of glasses, put them on, and gazed at the void, reading:

“Universe’s—”

The text suddenly disappeared.

It vanished so quickly that Xiao Mingming didn’t even have time to read the entire entry.

“Sorry.”

Song Yinchen took a deep breath and slightly closed her eyes, saying, “I couldn’t control my emotions a little.”

“Your attitude is acceptable. Continue to slap yourself. I won’t stop you until the other side is done, then you will meet death,” Xiao Mingming said.

Song Yinchen flexed her wrist, took out a long whip, and said with reddened eyes:

“It’s not like that…”

“What I meant just now was that we finally managed to gather for a meal, only to be interrupted by you, which made me almost lose control of myself.”

Xiao Mingming’s smile vanished.

She clasped her hands together, forming a spell seal, and said:

“You talk as if you’re so powerful, it truly disgusts me. How dare people from a low-level universe like you put on airs in front of me?”

*Crack.*

Song Yinchen suddenly appeared in front of her, snapped her whip, and shattered her hands.

Xiao Mingming’s heart inexplicably trembled, but she immediately changed her move, stepped forward, and closed in.

—In close-quarters combat, the advantage of a whip would be completely nullified!

Her movements were as swift as afterimages, her hands continuously wielding daggers, ready to slice Song Yinchen into several pieces in an instant.

Song Yinchen took a step back, turned, and kicked.

A seven-colored light burst from her leg, instantly dodging all attacks, and directly struck Xiao Mingming’s chest.

Whoosh—

Xiao Mingming was cut in half crosswise.

The seven-colored light, however, did not stop, continuing to fly away, carving up the entire world.

A flash.

The seven-colored light flew back again, landing on Song Yinchen’s shoulder, transforming into an adorable little cat.

Chaos Spirit!

——

The earth shook violently.

Song Yinchen still stood there motionless, her expression unhappy, and said:

“More than one clone?”

The void flashed.

Another Xiao Mingming walked out, staring at Song Yinchen and saying:

“You can see through my attacks? Is it some kind of special Dharma Eye?”

Song Yinchen’s gaze shifted slightly, falling on her, and she said:

“You ruined my date.”

Xiao Mingming immediately couldn’t move.

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A flash.

The seven-colored light cut across again.

The corpse was severed in two, blood splattering.

“There’s one more clone.”

Song Yinchen said with certainty.

The void flashed again.

Xiao Mingming suddenly appeared, roaring furiously:

“You think you can beat me? You don’t know the true power of the higher universe, I will use it to kill you!”

Endless starlight unfolded behind Xiao Mingming.

Power beyond the ninth layer of the Dharma Realm appeared on her body—

The price of doing so was that she had to kill Song Yinchen within an extremely short period, otherwise, she would be swiftly banished from this “Unstable Layer” universe.

“I will win!”

Xiao Mingming formed a spell seal with both hands.

She went all out—

But the spell didn’t release.

“What? How is that possible!” Xiao Mingming exclaimed.

She looked back at the vast universe behind her.

Universe—

It was resonating strongly.

But the target of the resonance was not herself, but the girl standing still.

“You were merely born in a higher universe, not that you gained the backing of a higher universe.”

Song Yinchen slowly continued:

“You ruined this wonderful evening.”

She formed a hand seal, exactly identical to Xiao Mingming’s just now!

Xiao Mingming finally showed a hint of fear, screaming:

“This is our universe, why would it pour its power into you!”

Song Yinchen’s aura surged dramatically.

Infinite light gathered and transformed into a torrent of celestial magic in her hand, blasting Xiao Mingming away, her form gradually fading into nothingness.

On the other side.

Restaurant.

“What’s your relationship with the Undead Empire?” Xiao Mingming continued to interrogate Shen Ye.

“How should I put this? If you just investigate, you’ll know. Can you stop being such a ‘reach-out-for-everything’ person?” Shen Ye said with a headache.

“What’s a “reach-out-for-everything” person?”

“It means someone who doesn’t do any research themselves, only expecting to get results from others.”

“Too much nonsense, kid, if you want your little girlfriend to stay alive, cooperate well—”

Whoosh!

A flash of light.

Xiao Mingming disappeared.

In her place was Song Yinchen.

“That hateful woman didn’t trouble you, did she?” she asked Shen Ye.

“No, she just asked some boring questions, and I just answered them. But you were transmitted to another space—how was the fight?” Shen Ye said.

“She shouldn’t have called upon the universe in the end. If she had used other moves, I might have had a much harder time dealing with it, and the outcome would have been unpredictable.”

Song Yinchen said as she looked at the table.

The dishes were all served.

Song Yinchen refilled Shen Ye’s drink and poured one for herself.

“Shall we continue eating?”

She raised her cup, looking at Shen Ye with expectant eyes.

“Okay,” Shen Ye said.

Their cups clinked together.

“Brother Shen Ye, I also want to study at Xirang,” Song Yinchen whispered.

“Come to Xirang to study? Sure, come on over.”

Shen Ye said with a smile, but for some reason, as soon as the words left his mouth, a shadow of death, even more terrifying than facing Xiao Mingming, suddenly arose in his heart.

Is it a premonition?

Shen Ye was startled.

Could it be that I’ve awakened a prophetic ability?

Or, will her coming to Xirang trigger some apocalyptic horror?

“However, Xirang isn’t very interesting,” he changed the subject and continued, “I’m not usually at school, generally staying in the Nightmare World. Later, I’ll also need to have more contact with the Human Martial Arts Group. And you’ll have to attend classes as soon as you arrive, so our schedules will be mismatched, and we won’t be able to have meals outside together like today.”

“Then I won’t come to Xirang!”

Song Yinchen immediately said.

The inexplicable heavy shadow in his heart instantly vanished.

Shen Ye let out a sigh of relief for some unknown reason, feeling that his future had brightened again.

“Brother Shen Ye, I want to go to the Nightmare World—preferably with you.”

She added.

“What’s the problem with that? I’ll take you to see the human territories; there are many beautiful landscapes to behold,” Shen Ye said.

Song Yinchen brightened and asked curiously:

“I haven’t been in yet, I heard there are orcs, elves, and undead?”

“Yes, the undead are strange and wonderful. There’s also an opera house; you can go see it too. I’ll sing a song for you personally.”

“Great! That’s wonderful!”

Song Yinchen cheered.

The two ate and chatted, and the atmosphere was excellent.

On the other side.

Xiao Mingming stood on an empty street.

She looked around and murmured softly:

“This is my spell…”

The void shimmered.

Three Song Yinchens descended.

They said in unison:

“Yes, this is your spell, but it’s too simple. I learned it after seeing it once.”

“Impossible!” Xiao Mingming said.

“What’s impossible about it? You just have more knowledge than me, and you mistakenly believe yourself to be superior, but in reality, you don’t possess any strong convictions yourself.”

The three Song Yinchens began to form hand seals.

Xiao Mingming could no longer hold back, her aura abruptly surged, quickly surpassing the Ninth Layer of the Dharma Realm.

Whoosh—

She was expelled by the current cosmic laws and returned to the ‘Realization Layer’ universe.