Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 365

dorm.

Shen Ye’s strength surged throughout his body, and veins popped out on his forehead.

Not only that.

Veins also protruded from his hands, almost bursting out of his skin.

Although he temporarily suppressed it with willpower, it was finally on the verge of losing control.

“Damn it… I’m a human, how can a human body hold so much power at once…”

Shen Ye muttered to himself.

Just now, his whole body’s blood vessels and meridians were protruding, almost exposing him in the cafeteria.

In that case, someone with a keen eye might notice something.

“I thought you were in heat, emotional, or practicing some kind of martial art, but now it seems the situation is more serious than I thought.”

Nangong Sirui said seriously.

Since waking up in the morning, Shen Ye had been covered in protruding veins.

When he entered the cafeteria, he found Shen Ye was even more abnormal.

So he cooperated with Shen Ye in a fight and escaped back.

Shen Ye looked at the faint small words in front of him:

“Given that you have reached your limit, the Immortal Kingdom will compress and store the power of those seven or eight super-strong individuals in stages within your body. Although it will be painful, it is the only way.”

“From now on, the Nightmare World will no longer accept any new power infusions.”

“Special note: This is the result of an accident caused by you sleeping and not dealing with the incident in time.”

“It’s all your fault.”

Shen Ye was speechless for a while.

Is this my fault too?

I can’t just not sleep every day.

I’d die suddenly.

“Can we interfere with what happens in the Nightmare World?”

He asked.

“Only by interfering with thresholds like the strength of the entrants,” the Immortal Kingdom replied.

“All those in the eighth and ninth realms of the Dharma should not enter the Immortal Kingdom!” Shen Ye gritted his teeth.

“Done!” the Immortal Kingdom said.

Shen Ye breathed a slight sigh of relief.

—If those people couldn’t get in at all, then there would be no more trouble.

In this way, the Nightmare World would be safe.

More faint small words appeared:

“Under the intervention of the Immortal Kingdom, the Nightmare World will return to its original state.”

“But there are also sequelae:”

“The powerful beings in the Nightmare World have experienced power beyond the ninth realm, and perhaps they will no longer be content.”

“The outsiders have given up injecting power and seem to be discussing a change in their subsequent plans.”

“This will affect the entire world’s situation.”

All the small words flashed by.

Shen Ye groaned, feeling his whole body filled with power and unbearable pain.

A figure flashed by.

Xiao Mengyu.

She looked at Shen Ye’s protruding blood vessels and veins, and said in surprise, “I thought you were emotional, but it seems there’s a problem with your cultivation?”

“It’s not cultivation,” Shen Ye grunted.

“Hey, our Nangong family’s medicine for injuries is very effective. Do you want to try it?”

Nangong Sirui asked.

“No need… I actually gained too much power at once through some secret method, and it’s unbearable,” Shen Ye confessed directly to the two.

“Power? Why didn’t you say so earlier!”

Nangong Sirui waved her hand.

A large shield appeared beside him.

“This ancient shield of mine is very lacking in power and can only be maintained by absorbing the true fire of the sun every day. If you are willing—”

“Of course! I’m in so much pain!” Shen Ye said.

“Then come on, you press your hand on the surface of the shield, and with a flick of my spell, you can inject power,” Nangong Sirui said.

“Come on!”

Shen Ye pressed the shield.

Nangong Sirui’s spell moved, and patterns of flying celestial maidens immediately appeared on the shield.

Shen Ye immediately injected all his power into the shield.

The shield emitted a faint light.

As he injected, some slight cracks on the shield slowly disappeared, and various runes became brighter and more powerful.

Nangong Sirui muttered incantations and shouted:

“Contract, rise!”

“Hey! What contract! I didn’t agree to anything!” Shen Ye shouted.

Xiao Mengyu also looked at Nangong Sirui.

“Idiot! You provide power to the divine shield, and the divine shield signs a contract with you to shield you in times of crisis—as long as I’m nearby,” Nangong Sirui said.

“This is good for both of you,” Xiao Mengyu commented.

“Alright,” Shen Ye said.

At a certain moment.

Shen Ye suddenly let go.

“My meridians have reached their limit,” he said.

“Does it still hurt?” Nangong Sirui asked.

The two looked at Shen Ye’s body together, only to see his blood vessels and veins gradually receding beneath his skin, and his external appearance returning to normal.

“…It doesn’t hurt for now, but there’s still a lot of stored power, all compressed together, so it might hurt again at any time,” Shen Ye said.

Nangong Sirui flicked the shield with his finger, listened to the long resonating sound it made, and said with satisfaction:

“That’s easy. If there’s a problem, you can always recharge my shield.”

Shen Ye gasped for a while.

His whole body’s meridians and blood vessels were painfully throbbing, indicating minor injuries that would require some time to recover.

As for the increased power, it wasn’t overly exaggerated.

It was still at the sixth realm of the Dharma world.

After all, the human body isn’t a machine, and it can’t undergo too drastic changes at once.

“I brought you buns and soy milk. Want some?”

Xiao Mengyu asked.

“Yes!” the two said in unison.

Xiao Mengyu placed the food on the table and said, “The school gave us a day off today, saying it’s best to rest. What do you think?”

Nangong Sirui picked up a bun and ate it, not speaking for a moment.

Shen Ye, however, was concerned about the changes in the Nightmare World.

There was nothing he could do.

Many of his friends were there.

Whether it was the Shadow Brotherhood he met by chance, or the singing and dancing troupe, he hoped everyone was safe and sound.

“I want to go take a look.”

Shen Ye said.

“Then use the tarot cards to apply. I’ll go too,” Xiao Mengyu said.

“You’re going too?”

“Yes, I’ve had some insights in swordsmanship and need to test them in actual combat.”

“Alright, let’s apply together.”

Shen Ye took out his card and submitted the application.

The card at this time was completely different from before.

Shen Ye’s card had an asterisk, labeled “Tarot Bearer.”

—Meaning he held an original “Tarot of the Tower Deck.”

With this identity, when he did anything with the card, he received faster responses and better treatment than others.

As soon as the application was submitted, a voice immediately rang out from the card:

“Application approved, please wait in the plaza for transfer.”

A voice also rang out from Nangong Sirui’s side:

“Your family forbids you from entering the Nightmare World today. Please note that your father will arrive at the school soon.”

“What? He’s coming?” Nangong Sirui was a little surprised.

The Nangong family is one of the five great families. If the family head came in person, even the school would have to specially receive him.

Even out of courtesy, Nangong Sirui had to wait for his father to arrive before making any plans.

He grudgingly put away his card and continued to eat his bun with his head down.

A voice came from Xiao Mengyu’s card:

“Your family has communicated with the school and believes your safety is more important at this time. Please contact your family, or consider carefully before reapplying.”

“Apply again.” Xiao Mengyu said.

“Application failed, please contact your family.”

Xiao Mengyu took out her phone and dialed a number.

“Grandpa, I want to go.”

She said.

An old voice sounded from the receiver:

“Haha, are you too eager, child? Your strength still needs to settle down.”

Xiao Mengyu insisted, “I’ve had some fortuitous encounters, and my swordsmanship has just entered a new realm. I need to be honed, so please fulfill my wish, Grandpa.”

“A new realm?” The old voice was steady and powerful. “Then, will you take a sword strike from me?”

“Okay,” Xiao Mengyu said.

“Granddaughter, sometimes, I really have to give you some setbacks. This is to help you understand yourself and the world better.”

“—I hope you don’t get disheartened.”

Before the words finished.

A streak of sword light broke through the window and pierced directly at Xiao Mengyu’s glabella.

Clang!

Xiao Mengyu moved somehow, and the streak of sword light disappeared.

Shen Ye and Nangong Sirui couldn’t help but exclaim simultaneously:

“Beautiful!”

Xiao Mengyu was holding a drawn longsword in her hand, which was her “Luo Shen”.

She held the scabbard in her backhand.

—Another sword was inserted in the scabbard.

It turned out that in that instant, she didn’t block at all. Instead, she met the flying longsword with the scabbard, inserting the flying sword into the scabbard with flawless precision.

What kind of eyesight was this, and what kind of skill!

Her enemy’s sword was subdued.

Her sword was still in her hand.

Victory and defeat were decided!

The old man’s voice sounded from the phone:

“What kind of swordsmanship is that?”

“Basic swordsmanship,” Xiao Mengyu said.

“How did you know the position of my sword strike?” the old man asked.

“Because you are a master,” Xiao Mengyu said.

Master.

Every sword strike is absolutely ruthless, accurate, and steady, and it is impossible to miss.

If I say I’ll stab your glabella, I won’t stab your nose.

So Xiao Mengyu only needed to know that the other party’s sword was aimed at her glabella to retrieve her sword.

“Too clever, it can only be called a thoughtful plan against an unsuspecting opponent—if I were to stab one inch to the left of your glabella, what would you do?”

The old man asked again.

“It was agreed I’d only take one sword strike,” Xiao Mengyu said.

“Is this the result of your calculation? But this kind of opportunism can only be used once, what will you do in the future?” the old man asked.

Xiao Mengyu casually swung the Luoshen sword and said:

“Grandpa, if you were here just now, you would not only lose your flying sword, but I would also cut off your head.”

“—When it comes to life, I only need to win by one move, and that’s enough.”

The old man was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing:

“So you only made half a move, and that was a defensive half-move, and the attacking half-move hasn’t been shown yet?”

“Yes,” Xiao Mengyu said.

The old man said, “Your swordsmanship—”

“My swordsmanship hasn’t changed,” Xiao Mengyu said, “but my heart has.”

“What a profound change in the heart of the sword! Go, hone your swordsmanship, and when you’re done, come back and see Grandpa. Grandpa wants to hear your story,” the old man said.

“Thank you, Grandpa.” Xiao Mengyu said.

The call ended.

A voice came from the card:

“Application approved, please wait in the plaza for transfer.”

She looked at Shen Ye.

“Shall we go?”

“Let’s go!”

The two left the dormitory building.

Only Nangong Sirui remained, sitting at the table, continuing to eat his bun.

“How boring. A master like me, yet I’m stuck here, unable to play in the Nightmare World. Tsk.”

He grumbled discontentedly, then pulled out his card again, took a deep breath, and began to contact people in his address book.

After a few breaths.

A deep, low male voice sounded from the card:

“I’m almost at your school. Something wrong?”

“How much longer?” Nangong Sirui asked.

“A few minutes.”

“Alright then, hurry up and meet me, I want to go to the Nightmare World.”

“Not today.”

“Why!”

“The Nightmare World… is very dangerous today. You stay honestly in school,” the male voice said in an unquestionable tone.

Nangong Sirui’s brows furrowed, then quickly smoothed out. He lowered his voice and said:

“What exactly happened in the Nightmare World?”

The deep male voice sounded again: “I’ll tell you when I get there, but in short, it’s extremely dangerous over there, and you absolutely mustn’t go today—this is top secret, and you mustn’t tell anyone.”

“Don’t worry, Dad, I’m very tight-lipped.”

“Good, that’s right. You are the one who will inherit the position of Nangong family head in the future. Remember to be cautious in words and deeds.”

“Yes!”

In the plaza.

Shen Ye took out his card and looked at it, muttering:

“The Nightmare World is very dangerous today. This is top secret, and you mustn’t tell anyone. Remember to be cautious in words and deeds.”

“Who said that?” Xiao Mengyu asked.

“Nangong Sirui said it,” Shen Ye replied.

“Then it might be true. Are we still going?” Xiao Mengyu asked.

“I suggest you rest at school. I’ll be back soon,” Shen Ye said.

Xiao Mengyu pouted, disdainfully saying:

“Are you afraid I’ll die? I’m afraid you’ll die too.”

This statement seemed a bit petulant, but upon careful thought, it made her blush slightly.

Xiao Mengyu lowered her head, not looking at him, and just said softly:

“Shall we go?”

“Let’s go!” Shen Ye said.

The two simultaneously activated the teleportation command on their cards.

A surge of spatial fluctuation immediately rose in the plaza.

In an instant.

The two disappeared.

Nightmare World.

Cold Stone River.

Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu appeared simultaneously.

It was still morning, but the sky was covered with leaden clouds, like night.

The wind howled.

“It’s going to rain soon,” Xiao Mengyu said.

Before she finished speaking, large raindrops rapidly splashed onto the ground.

It was a downpour!

“Let’s find a place to shelter first, then contact Archmage Eudelia,” Shen Ye said.

“Okay!”

The two walked along the river for a while but couldn’t find a suitable place to shelter from the rain.

“Forget it, let’s just keep going to Rottenburg!”

Xiao Mengyu suggested.

“If Little Three were here, his big shield could at least serve as an umbrella,” Shen Ye said.

Xiao Mengyu gave him a dismissive glance.

The two then crossed the river and walked through the rain.

After speeding along at full force for a while, a small wooden hut appeared in the mountains ahead.

“Let’s go shelter from the rain!” Shen Ye suggested.

“Alright!” Xiao Mengyu said.

—It wasn’t anything else, but in this world, unexpected things could happen at any moment, and they needed to maintain enough physical strength to deal with them.

The two arrived at the wooden house and knocked on the door.

No response.

Xiao Mengyu drew her longsword, cut a line in the door crack, and then pushed.

The door opened.

No one was in the house, only piled firewood, a few hoes, a hunting rifle, and a few bottles of seasonings on the stove.

“It should be a temporary rest hut for locals going into the mountains to hunt and farm. There are similar places in the mountains of my hometown.”

Xiao Mengyu said.

“I’m not going back this time. I’ll contact a friend first,” Shen Ye said.

“Who?” Xiao Mengyu asked curiously.

“The king of the human empire,” Shen Ye said.

“You’re bragging again.” Xiao Mengyu ignored him, going about searching for things on her own, and indeed found some potatoes and sweet potatoes in the storage room.

Shen Ye, meanwhile, unfolded a magical letter paper and began writing to Norton:

“Your Majesty Norton, I am here at Cold Stone River. Where are you? How have you been lately? How is your eating?”

He read it once he finished.

So verbose.

Revise!

“I’m by the Cold Stone River.”

Send!

After a few breaths, a few lines of small words appeared on the magic letter paper:

“I have seen Eudelia and learned about what happened to you. Report your detailed location quickly.”

“Also, the meeting password is: Glory to Our Emperor!”

Shen Ye instinctively sat up straight.

Norton met Eudelia?

He was now the king of the human empire, why wasn’t he staying in the imperial capital, what was he doing out here?

Shen Ye quickly wrote: “The password is too simple and easy to guess, Your Majesty.”

“Then what should we do? You suggest one?” Norton replied.

“Uppercase and lowercase letters plus numbers are more reliable, and also a facial recognition spell,” Shen Ye said.

“Very good, that’s settled. And report your detailed location,” Norton replied.

“I’m in the mountains east of Cold Water River. There’s a wooden hut there for people to rest, about seventy or eighty miles from the river.”

Shen Ye quickly wrote.

“Wait a moment, I’ll have the mages check the coordinates,” Norton replied.

There were no new messages on the magic letter paper.

After about seven or eight breaths.

The air vibrated slightly, imperceptibly.

“It’s the fluctuation of teleportation, someone’s coming!”

Xiao Mengyu said, while quickly walking to the window with her sword and looking out.

“It should be one of us,” Shen Ye said.

He saw a team of over twenty people outside the window, accompanied by carriages, tents, military fanfare, and a whole host of other things.

A mage walked to the door and shouted, “Listen, those inside, do you know the password?”

Xiao Mengyu looked at Shen Ye.

Shen Ye was stunned.

After he made his suggestion, Norton didn’t give a new password.

Wait!

Could it be that the new password was the very sentence he just said!

Shen Ye was speechless.

But there was nothing else to say now.

He yelled at the top of his lungs:

“Uppercase and lowercase letters plus numbers are more reliable, and also a facial recognition spell!”

Xiao Mengyu looked at him with an expression that said, “What are you doing?”

Shen Ye drooped his eyelids and shook his head helplessly.

“Saint Pe’a Suo, we’ve finally found you.”

The mage outside said joyfully.

The mage turned around and gestured to the team, and the professionals in the team cheered.

Shen Ye sensed something was amiss and asked in a low voice:

“What exactly happened?”

“Minister Pe’a Suo, please wait.”

Two mages walked forward, pushed open the door, and came directly in front of Shen Ye, then looked at Xiao Mengyu.

“She’s with me.”

Shen Ye said.

The two nodded and then inspected the entire wooden house.

Immediately after.

A stretcher was carried down from the carriage and quickly transported into the small wooden hut.

“Norton!”

Shen Ye cried out in alarm.

Norton lay on the stretcher, his face pale and his breath faint.

Norton said nothing, just made a gesture.

Except for one mage standing by the stretcher, everyone else exited the small wooden house and began tidying up the carriages and luggage, loading them one by one into spatial storage equipment, and then setting up a perimeter.

The mage removed her hood, revealing a stunningly beautiful female elf.

Eudelia!

“What happened?” Shen Ye asked.

“Last night, the world’s rules suddenly changed, and some extremely powerful strangers appeared in the imperial capital, demanding that His Majesty obey their orders from now on.”

“His Majesty refused and was injured.”

“The other party chose one of His Majesty’s nephews, saying they would elect him as the new king.”

“After a night’s time, the coup d’état was complete, and they replaced everyone in key positions in the kingdom.”

“They were preparing to publicly execute His Majesty this morning when I arrived.”

“You’re not their match either,” Shen Ye said.

“But those people suddenly all disappeared, and the execution ground immediately fell into chaos. I took advantage of the confusion to rescue His Majesty.”

Eudelia glanced at the busy professionals outside:

“There are still some loyal people, so we took His Majesty and began our escape.”

Shen Ye pressed his forehead in frustration.

I just slept.

One night of not managing things, and the Nightmare World turned upside down?

I can’t just never sleep.

“Those overly powerful guys probably won’t appear again in the future.”

Shen Ye wanted to say this, but didn’t.

—How would you, a Pe’a Suo, know about beings whose strength transcends the ninth realm?

“After they disappeared, new, younger, unfamiliar professionals have been appearing, claiming to represent them and continuing to take over the human kingdom.”

Eudelia said nervously.

“We must find a way to reclaim the country—Norton, how are you feeling?” Shen Ye looked at Norton on the stretcher.

“Not so good, just barely hanging on. By the way, who is this?” Norton looked at Xiao Mengyu.

Shen Ye simply pulled Xiao Mengyu in front of Norton and introduced her:

“Don’t worry, she’s a swordswoman and has been through life and death with me. She’s trustworthy.”

It was the truth.

Norton’s heart relaxed a little. His gaze returned to Shen Ye, and he said:

“You must be careful. We’ve suffered heavy casualties and are completely unable to deal with the enemy.”

“Didn’t you say all the enemies disappeared?” Shen Ye asked.

Norton caught his breath for a few moments, then said:

“The new batch of professionals are also very strong—not strong in combat, but they possess various powerful ‘names’ that can activate powerful rules of the Dharma Realm to fight, leaving people helpless!”

Before the words finished.

A panicked voice suddenly sounded outside the small wooden hut:

“Enemy attack—”

A clattering of weapons.

Then all sounds ceased.

Dead silence.

Eudelia’s and Norton’s faces showed despair.

The two couldn’t move.

Xiao Mengyu was the same.

A playful voice suddenly rang out from outside:

“What if you know I’m coming?”

“A bunch of country bumpkins, all your resistance is meaningless in the face of the boundless power of the Dharma Realm.”

One after another, screams rang out.

The professionals standing outside seemed to be undergoing a massacre.

Shen Ye also couldn’t move.

But he realized something and quickly looked towards the void.

Lines of faint small words were rapidly appearing:

“You are a ‘door’ ability user with appended term capabilities. You have an innate insight into terms.”

“Currently acquired terms of the opponent:”

“Wooden puppet.”

Wooden puppet?

Is it “one, two, three, wooden puppet”?

I don’t know what level of term it is, but it can freeze everyone.

“Terms.”

Shen Ye silently called out in his heart.

A faint light appeared before his eyes:

“Vampire Baby, Scourge, Terrifying True Immortal, Good Brother, Songstress, Fun-Seeker, The Boy Who Lived, We shall meet again under the moonlit terrace.”

Among them, “Scourge” and “The Boy Who Lived” were displayed in grey.

Grey…

A realization surged in Shen Ye’s heart.

Grey meant that these two terms were not qualified in this exchange of “names” in the Dharma Realm.

Interesting.

This was the first time he encountered an enemy who directly used terms to fight.

Just like himself.

How to fight?

The screams outside continued, finally subsiding into silence.

Shen Ye frantically pondered a countermeasure.

The opponent might have accomplices ambushing in the dark. If he used “We shall meet again under the moonlit terrace,” he would expose himself.

And he didn’t know what other trump cards the opponent had.

It would be best to kill them in one blow!

Even if he couldn’t, he had to control the opponent tightly so that he couldn’t use any other trump cards.

—The opponent already had the perception that these fleeing people couldn’t resist at all.

Maybe it would work!

If he wanted to achieve this effect, then there was only…

Norton had already started to speak his last words:

“Ancestors of the Saint Violet Empire, I bid farewell to this world today…”

Bang!

The door was kicked open.

A middle-aged man walked into the wooden house leisurely, and immediately saw Eudelia and Xiao Mengyu.

“Oh? There’s still such good stuff?”

He laughed loudly and walked towards the two women.

“Are you doing business, or looking for fun?” Shen Ye suddenly said.

As soon as the words fell.

Two lines of faint words immediately appeared:

“Your term ‘Fun-Seeker’ is of the dark gold (unparalleled) rarity, and has suppressed the enemy’s term ‘Wooden Puppet’ of purple (one in ten thousand) rarity!”

“You have broken the effect of ‘Wooden Puppet’ and can act freely!”