Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 367

Norton lay on the stretcher, his breathing somewhat steadier.

A pure white bead floated in mid-air, occasionally emitting a sacred glow that

shone upon him.

“We have to leave quickly!”

Norton struggled to get up but was held down by Eudelia.

“Your Majesty is so badly injured, leave for what? At least wait until you’ve

recovered for a while.”

Eudelia said calmly.

“No, that’s not it,” Norton sighed, “You don’t know who that guy is.”

“Hey, what do you mean? Did I make a mistake saving you?” Shen Ye said in a bad

mood.

“It’s not wrong, but now we have to run! The farther the better!” Norton said

loudly.

Shen Ye understood.

Dark Gold tag lines.

People with such tag lines might be prodigies even in the “realization layer”

universe.

Killing the opponent might invite retaliation.

—Waiting to be beaten in place?

No.

“Let’s go.” Shen Ye said.

“Listen to me, don’t go to Rothenburg, go to the border near the Undead Empire,

northwest direction—depart!” Norton said.

Eudelia was surprised: “Is Your Majesty going to that place?”

“Things have come to this, surviving is the most important thing.” Norton

nodded solemnly.

“What place?” Shen Ye asked.

“A secret place specifically designed to deal with this situation, where we

flee from various disasters to preserve the royal bloodline,” Norton said.

“Then let’s go!”

Eudelia waved her staff, creating a deep pit in the ground and burying all the

professionals.

She mourned for a few minutes, then went to prepare the carriage.

Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu carried the stretcher together and placed Norton in the

carriage.

“Pe’a Suo.”

Norton called out.

Xiao Mengyu tactfully went to help Eudelia pack all sorts of luggage.

Shen Ye jumped onto the carriage and asked:

“What’s wrong?”

“Those people are using extremely powerful names to deal with us, and they even

have ways to search for specific names. You must be careful from now on.”

Norton said with a worried expression, lowering his voice.

Shen Ye immediately became interested and eagerly asked:

“They can also search for specific names?”

“We had a devoted elder who also won their name, but they used a spell to

target that name and trace it back to the specific person,” Norton said.

“Then wouldn’t anyone who obtains a name be tracked down, have the lost name

retrieved, and then be killed?” Shen Ye asked.

“Several great elders of the royal family died this way.” Norton sighed with a

pale face.

He struggled to reach out and grab Shen Ye’s arm.

“Don’t die, too many people have died saving me, Pe’a Suo, you must not be

killed by them.”

Desperate and painful voices echoed in the carriage.

Shen Ye fell silent for a few breaths, then patted his hand and said:

“Don’t worry, Your Majesty.”

“I am the legendary Saint Pe’a Suo, I will not die.”

Norton’s hand released, his arm fell onto the stretcher, and he tilted his

head, closing his eyes.

Shen Ye was startled:

“Your Majesty, you must not sleep!”

He hurriedly patted Norton’s face with his hand.

The two women outside heard this and were both startled, quickly opening the

carriage door and jumping in.

As soon as they entered, they saw Shen Ye slapping Norton’s face.

“Don’t sleep!” Shen Ye shouted loudly.

“Norton… what’s wrong?”

Eudelia’s eyes were red, and her voice was hoarse.

Suddenly.

Shen Ye’s hand stopped.

Only because Norton had opened his eyes.

“Hang in there!” Shen Ye shouted.

Norton’s face twitched, and he said resentfully:

“I’m too badly injured, I need to sleep for a while… Dammit, Pe’a Suo, how

much do you want me to die?”

An awkward silence.

The two women looked at Norton, only to see that he was so sleepy he could

barely keep his eyes open, but his face had several red slap marks from Shen Ye.

—Who knows if he’ll be able to sleep now.

Shen Ye scratched his head and said, “No, I just thought that’s what people

usually do.”

“You little rascal, get out! I really need to sleep for a while!” Norton roared.

“Still able to roar, that’s good spirit—Alright, alright! I’m going out now!”

Shen Ye jumped out of the carriage.

The two women followed him out of the carriage, both rolling their eyes at him.

They thought the human king had actually died!

Shen Ye sheepishly went to lead the horses.

As his mind moved, lines of faint glowing text appeared:

“You have activated the ‘Child’ grade Dark Gold tag line ‘Vampire Child’,

preparing to merge tag lines.”

“Please select a tag line!”

What tag line should I merge?

Merge [Fun Seeker] with [King of the Ocean]?

“Fun Seeker is a victorious title in duels, currently disdaining fusion with

King of the Ocean.”

“King of the Ocean and Fun Seeker have a blood feud; their compatibility is too

poor, and fusion might not achieve super-evolution.”

They’re even at odds with each other!

Shen Ye shook his head.

Actually, he was reluctant to merge [Fun Seeker].

Because it is a “buff” type Dark Gold tag line that specifically affects his

profession.

—As his profession improves, this tag line will become more and more powerful!

As for [King of the Ocean]—

To escape the pursuit, [King of the Ocean] must be merged.

It just depends on who it will merge with.

…Thinking about it carefully, what other hidden dangers do I have?

Got it.

If the other party investigates and finds out that the Human King was saved, then

everyone on the King’s side could be the one who took the King of the Ocean.

Pe’a Suo!

This keyword could also be traced!

“Merge ‘Pe’a Suo’ with ‘King of the Ocean’.”

Shen Ye chanted silently.

“The two tag lines you specified are merging.”

“Due to ‘Pe’a Suo’ being a grey tag line (damaged), its level is too low. This

fusion cannot result in super-evolution, only barely preserving the Dark Gold

rank.”

“However, ‘Pe’a Suo’ is the name of a powerful being that has spanned the

long history of the nightmare world. In another timeline, it once defeated the

Demon of Fear with Charlotte, saving the entire ‘Unfixed Layer’ universe.”

“As a result, the new tag line has gained extraordinary support from the

Heavenly Dao.”

“Congratulations.”

“You have obtained a brand new tag line:”

“Pe’a Suo’s Ship.”

“Dark Gold tag line (uncomparable).”

“Description: The wooden ship is loaded with various weapons. They

automatically drop into the ocean, and each drop causes strange things to happen.

It’s just too strange to explain in detail.”

“Special Reminder: If the wooden ship is damaged, the enemies on board will

die.”

“—The weapons worn are so strange, that’s why it’s called Pe’a Suo.”

It worked!

Now, enemies can no longer track him through “Pe’a Suo” and “King of the Ocean”.

Shen Ye felt relieved.

Looking back, the carriage was ready.

Eudelia was in the carriage taking care of Norton, while Xiao Mengyu walked to

the front and sat beside Shen Ye.

“Let’s go.”

Shen Ye waved the whip.

The rain was still falling steadily.

Occasionally, muffled thunder rolled across the sky.

The horses, all fine royal steeds, heard a whip crack and immediately broke

into a trot, moving rhythmically towards the border.

They gradually accelerated.

As they ran quickly, one glowing rune after another appeared on the outside of

the carriage.

When all the runes lit up, the power of the Heavenly Dao was complete.

The carriage broke through the void, immediately transferring into the blank

Heavenly Dao, and continued its journey within it.

—Heavenly Dao Shuttle!

This was for quickly reaching distant places in reality.

“Remember? After the exam, we traveled from Yunshan Port to Xirang Middle

School, also shuttling through the Heavenly Dao.”

Xiao Mengyu whispered.

“Yes,” Shen Ye sighed.

Charlotte fell in love with him.

But at first, he just wanted to defeat the Demon of Fear.

He first met Xiao Mengyu.

No.

If one counted the soul devoured by this body—

The first person this identity met was Song Yinchen.

It was too chaotic.

But it didn’t matter; time would reveal their original intentions and true

forms.

Perhaps now was not the time to think about these things, for living was the

most important.

To live.

To become stronger.

—To tirelessly advance on the path to becoming stronger.

This was the foundation of everything.

“Thank you for your Simple and Pure Dan; it instantly helped me advance a

realm,” Xiao Mengyu said.

“How many layers of the Heavenly Dao now?” Shen Ye asked.

“It forcibly upgraded from the third to the fourth layer. I feel my attributes

increased too quickly, and I’m a bit unaccustomed to it, so I need to loosen

up,” Xiao Mengyu said.

“To the top of the carriage—I’ll drive, you go loosen up.” Shen Ye said.

“Okay!”

Xiao Mengyu got up and went to the roof of the carriage, standing still,

assuming the starting stance of a boxing technique.

This was to feel the flow of blood throughout her body.

“Drive!”

Shen Ye waved the whip.

The horses ran even faster.

…

Incandescent lamp.

The incandescent lamp was a bit dazzling.

Xu Xingke squinted, put down his legs propped on the table, and stretched his

body.

The door was pushed open.

“The cooperation agreement is almost drafted.”

Jian Ji walked in, speaking quickly:

“Representatives from the strongest worlds of the ‘realization layer’ are

already here. We’ve reviewed the contract content again, and it’s basically

fine.”

Xu Xingke “hmm”-ed, pulled out a lighter, lit a cigarette for himself, and then

asked:

“Do you really think we should cooperate with them?”

“They offer cultivation methods above the Ninth Layer of the Heavenly Dao,

which will greatly help us improve our strength,” Jian Ji said.

“They want a lot too,” Xu Xingke said.

“If they want to rule this world, let them rule it. Anyway, they want to

explore the Great Tomb Immortal Kingdom and search for the Grand Heaven

Technique, which has nothing to do with us,” Jian Ji said.

“That’s true. The Grand Heaven Technique is too terrifying. It’s said that if

the ‘realization layer’ gets it, the entire universe layer can immediately

ascend,” Xu Xingke said.

“We each get what we need from them, it should be fine,” Jian Ji said.

A brief silence.

Xu Xingke exhaled a puff of smoke, letting it slowly rise and swirl under the

incandescent light.

“What if something goes wrong?”

he asked.

“Nothing will go wrong. We are pursuing strength, and they are pursuing that

technique. What could go wrong?” Jian Ji said.

“You have a point,” Xu Xingke said.

He finally stood up and followed Jian Ji out of the smoking room.

A few minutes later.

Meeting room.

In the “realization layer” universe, the world called “Glorious Empire” sent

five representatives, all seated on the left.

The Death Star, and the strong individuals of the World Arbitration

Committee, sat on the right.

The signing ceremony officially began.

Two identical documents were placed on the table.

The pens were placed on the side.

Of course.

This was merely a ceremony; all the actual details had long been agreed upon.

“Since we each have our goals, I hope we can all achieve what we wish for.” Xu

Xingke said.

He picked up the pen, ready to sign his name.

Suddenly.

“Wait a moment.”

The signing representative of the Glorious Empire waved his hand, signaling to

wait.

Xu Xingke and the others looked over, only to see the representatives raise

their hands, pressing them behind their ears, as if receiving some message.

After a while.

The leading representative said, “We need to add a clause to this contract.”

Xu Xingke smiled, and gently asked:

“Adding a clause temporarily? What do you want to add?”

The representative spoke: “Anyone who harms a citizen of the Glorious Empire

will be tracked, apprehended, interrogated, and then publicly executed. You

must not object to this.”

“If someone commits a crime against you, we naturally will not cover for

them,” Xu Xingke said.

“I commend your statement,” the other party said.

“However,” Xu Xingke’s tone shifted, and he continued, “what if a citizen

of the Glorious Empire made a mistake first? And our people, acting in

legitimate self-defense, killed your citizen? How do you explain that?”

“There are no ‘buts.’ Anyone who attacks us will be executed without

exception,” the Glorious Empire representative said.

“Why?” Xu Xingke asked.

“Because our goal is the Grand Heaven Technique. Anything that hinders this

goal must die.”

The representative of the Glorious Empire thought for a moment and added:

“You should support this, just as we will provide excellent cultivation methods

and knowledge for you to improve your strength.”

“—We each get what we need.”

Xu Xingke looked back at the people behind him.

The five major families, three major institutions, various academies, and other

strong individuals of the World Policy Committee whispered among themselves,

discussing animatedly.

“As you can see, a clause was suddenly added to the originally agreed-upon

matter. This may require some discussion.”

Xu Xingke said.

“That’s fine. You can discuss it first. We’ll wait here in the venue. I hope

it won’t take too long,” the Glorious Empire representative said.

“It shouldn’t take too long—everyone, let’s go to another room to discuss

this matter,” Xu Xingke said to the crowd.

A few minutes later.

Another meeting room.

“All restrictions have been activated; the other party should not be able to

eavesdrop on our conversation here.”

Kunlun’s voice sounded.

“All right, what do you all think about that clause just now?” Xu Xingke

asked.

The room immediately became noisy.

All sorts of views, opinions, and statements.

Everyone started talking.

Xu Xingke listened for a while, then yawned and said:

“You all discuss first, I’m going out for a smoke.”

Everyone knew he was an old smoker, so they didn’t take it to heart and

continued their heated discussion.

Xu Xingke walked out of the meeting room, lit a cigarette, leisuredly walked

back to the smoking room, closed the door, propped his legs up, and enjoyed a

few puffs.

A book quietly appeared before him.

“Isolation.”

He uttered the word.

The book trembled, emitting waves of energy.

Several figures emerged from the void in a hurry, quickly piercing into the

Heavenly Dao and disappearing.

Immediately after.

The dazzling incandescent light also went out.

A certain peeping spell attached to the incandescent light was destroyed.

Xu Xingke sat alone in the darkness, his eyes slightly cold, a sneer playing

at the corner of his mouth.

He held a cigarette between his lips and opened the Book of Tarot, turning

page after page.

Most of the pages in this card book were blank.

Only a few scattered pages held either complete or damaged cards.

Finally.

Xu Xingke’s hand stopped.

On this page, there was a strange card.

—This card was like a display window, and through the window, one could see

scenes from other worlds.

“Card: Window to Connect with Informants.”

“Description: If you know the full name of other cards, you can invite them

here to discuss any information.”

Xu Xingke pulled out the card, placed it on the table, and read aloud:

“Combat Guidance Master.”

After a few breaths.

A man with a full beard appeared in the display window.

“Hey, Xu Xingke, your student has been too busy to come see me,”

the man said enthusiastically.

“Speaking of my student, how has he been doing recently?” Xu Xingke asked.

“I was a bit annoyed because he hadn’t contacted me, but he just finished a

Dark Gold name battle, and it was brilliant! So I’m not mad anymore!” the man

said.

“Tell me the specifics.” Xu Xingke said.

“All right.”

The man then recounted the entire incident.

Xu Xingke listened quietly.

Not until the man finished speaking did he dismiss the card and place it back

in the card album.

“Legitimate self-defense… is also not allowed.”

Xu Xingke murmured.

The smoking room became quiet.

In the dark space, one could only see the glowing tip of the cigarette

brighten and dim occasionally.

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The method to break through the Ninth Layer of the Heavenly Dao was within

reach.

Even breaking through to the tenth, eleventh, or even higher realms, or

ascending to a higher dimension of the cosmos.

Just by agreeing with those representatives of the Glorious Empire!

In the darkness.

A sudden “clatter” echoed.

Xu Xingke clenched his fists, letting the bones grind between his flesh,

emitting a series of sounds.

A suffocating aura of killing intent silently permeated, quickly filling the

entire room.

In an instant.

All the killing intent vanished completely, as if it had never existed.

Click.

The door opened.

“Still smoking, and not even turning on the light,” Jian Ji said

displeased.

“Haha, they’re too noisy, I need a little space to myself to enjoy a few

minutes of peace.”

Xu Xingke nonchalantly blew out smoke.

“Stop smoking, come here. Everyone has a few opinions now, you should listen,”

Jian Ji said.

“I’m merely a nominal leader; they only follow my orders on the surface. In

reality, everyone has their own plans.” Xu Xingke remained seated.

“This matter must have a result, right?” Jian Ji said.

“What’s your opinion?” Xu Xingke asked.

“Speaking of which, I learned swordsmanship initially to kill a hooligan who

pushed an innocent old man off a dam, causing him to drown,” Jian Ji said.

“Then you mastered swordsmanship and went back to kill him?” Xu Xingke asked.

“Not really,” Jian Ji said.

“Did you eventually spare him?”

“No, that wasn’t it either.”

“So you didn’t kill him?”

“—I kept getting angrier for days, and one night I couldn’t hold back and went

straight to kill him. The next day, I happily went to learn swordsmanship,”

Jian Ji said.

Xu Xingke silently chuckled and said,

“Since you’ve already killed him, there’s no need to learn swordsmanship

anymore.”

Jian Ji recalled, “I thought so too at first, but then I felt that if I

encountered someone even stronger than a hooligan, I’d still need to learn

swordsmanship to kill them, so I went to learn.”

“Tuition was really expensive.”

“Ah, I worked many odd jobs just to learn entry-level swordsmanship.”

After Jian Ji finished speaking, she shrugged, seemingly finding the past too

painful to recall.

Xu Xingke finally stood up and said,

“Come on, let’s go see.”

The two walked one after another, through the corridor, into the meeting room.

The originally bustling conference room immediately fell silent.

“Tell me, what is your stance?”

Xu Xingke said.

The crowd looked at each other, no one daring to be the first to speak.

After a long while.

A clear female voice suddenly rang out:

“Why should we tolerate them?”

The crowd looked over.

Song Yinchen was squatting on a chair, her head down, playing a shooting game.

—Last time Shen Ye played so well.

She had to work harder too.

“Tolerate whom?” Xu Xingke asked, tilting his head.

“Why should we tolerate those guys from the Glorious Empire who want to kill

without consequence?” Song Yinchen said.

“You managed to drive one away, aren’t you afraid of retaliation?” Xu Xingke

chuckled.

“Kunlun.” Song Yinchen shouted.

Kunlun’s voice suddenly rang out:

“Everyone, Miss Song Yinchen has uploaded the combat skills and cultivation

methods of the ‘realization layer’ expert Xiao Mingming to me. You are free to

download them.”

A stir went through the crowd.

Many immediately pulled out their phones and started connecting to Kunlun.

“It’s true! The cultivation method for the twelfth layer of the Heavenly

Dao—but how is this possible!”

The first expert to finish downloading shouted.

Song Yinchen said:

“I had a fight with that Xiao Mingming. I had a clear understanding of her

cultivation method, and then through cosmic resonance, I made the cosmic laws

follow me to run the technique and complete it.”

“—It’s that simple.”

Dead silence.

Widespread dead silence.

Song Yinchen continued to play on her phone, taking a moment to raise a hand

and wave it:

“Next time anyone needs someone killed, just call me to take a look. Even if

they’ve been cultivating since the womb, I’ll figure it out for everyone.”

“—That Xiao Mingming won’t get away next time.”

Complete, utter dead silence.

Until Xu Xingke’s laughter suddenly rang out.

“Hahahaha.”

He laughed, as if a very difficult problem had been solved, his voice full of

relief.

The crowd suddenly sensed something was wrong—

A colossal, indescribable entity manifested from the void, slowly ascending

along the walls of the conference room.

“It’s a mouth!”

Someone shouted.

Even Song Yinchen paused her game and looked up at the air.

—It was a giant mouth filled with the power of the Heavenly Dao, bristling

with sharp fangs.

It emitted a great aura that made people submissive, always maintaining an

open posture, cautiously ascending, constantly ascending, gradually leaving the

conference room and disappearing into the Heavenly Dao, its whereabouts

unknown.

“Xu Xingke, what’s going on?”

Nangong Family Head asked.

Xu Xingke seemed a little embarrassed, with a faint smile, he said:

“That, ah, was the Tarot Card King that could kill all of you. I set it up in

the venue, originally planning to kill one for every question asked.”

“Who knew Song Yinchen could decipher higher-level cosmic cultivation

methods.”

“This way, betraying the Death Star for higher cosmic inheritance becomes

unnecessary.”

“Everyone should understand this point: instead of being someone’s dog, it’s

better to kill them and seize their treasures.”

“Since no one will betray, I’ve deactivated that card.”

Absolute silence.

The number of times the conference room fell silent today was excessively high.

Everyone listened to his entire speech, then looked back and repeatedly chewed

on the first sentence, “kill one for every question asked.”

“Damn.”

The Nangong Family Head uttered a single word.

This single word expressed everyone’s shared sentiment.

They knew he was ruthless, but they didn’t know he was this ruthless!

“Exhausting.”

Jian Ji said, covering her face with her hand.

Xu Xingke, however, seemed to be in a good mood, beckoning to Song Yinchen:

“Follow me, we’re going to kill that representative in a bit.”

“Ah? Teacher, are we going to attack first?” Song Yinchen played with her

phone.

“They want to kill people from our world casually, and we shouldn’t act?” Xu

Xingke retorted.

Song Yinchen hesitated: “But they only thought about it, maybe it was just a

temporary increase in demands—”

“Thinking about it is enough to die for.” Xu Xingke said.

He quietly whispered to Song Yinchen:

“They want to kill Shen Ye.”

Crack.

Song Yinchen’s phone was instantly crushed to dust.

“Teacher, can I make the first move? I don’t want them to escape.”

Her voice sent chills down everyone’s spines.