Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 374

She couldn’t hold back.

The three chapters for today had already been updated, so there was no new anticipation.

But she still couldn’t hold back.

—She couldn’t resist descending once again into the murky, low-level, and tedious “Unfixed Layer” universe.

Death Planet.

Jade Capital City.

The streets were bustling with traffic and crowds.

Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate walked slowly through the crowd, observing her surroundings.

The crowd instinctively parted for her.

Their gazes occasionally swept past Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate’s position, but they saw nothing.

Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate went straight to a mobile phone store.

After a slight thought, her figure suddenly changed, transforming into an ordinary-looking young girl.

Now people could see her.

“Hello, are you looking for a phone?”

Two sales associates approached and asked.

“Just browsing,” the girl said.

One sales associate looked her up and down, noting her ordinary clothes and appearance, and then went to attend to other customers.

This was a busy commercial street.

As a flagship phone store located here, there were many customers.

Soon.

The second sales associate realized the girl had no intention of buying, so he also ignored her and turned to introduce a phone to another customer.

The girl didn’t mind.

She casually picked up a phone and turned it on.

The screen immediately displayed a video of Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate.

Even though the general public was accustomed to the power and prestige of professionals—

It was still rare for a master of Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate’s caliber to personally appear on the video playback charts.

The girl quietly watched the video.

When one video finished playing, she clicked on the next.

Until all three videos had played—

She started watching the first one from the beginning again.

More than an hour passed.

She was still watching her three videos.

From time to time, she heard exclamations from other customers who had opened their phones.

There were also private compliments and admiration.

This was good.

The girl narrowed her eyes, feeling that this world wasn’t so bad after all.

Suddenly.

A male voice came from behind:

“This Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate is truly beautiful. I wonder if she has a husband.”

Husband—

Did he mean a Dao companion?

That, she did not have.

It didn’t matter.

In any universe, any world, everyone would be curious about this.

This curiosity would lead to more discussion and attention.

It was beneficial for increasing prestige.

The girl didn’t mind and continued watching the video.

Unexpectedly, the male voice spoke again:

“Look at that figure. If only I could spend a night with her, hehe.”

His companion chuckled in agreement.

The girl was still watching the video.

However, above her head, an invisible void opened up, invisible to mortals, revealing terrifying and ferocious faces.

These faces had no skin, with red muscles and bones connecting them, and madness and resentment flashed in their eye sockets.

They all stared at the man opposite.

Drip. Drip.

A blood-covered bony hand extended, tapped the man’s head, and quickly retracted.

A hole appeared in the man’s head.

Blood gushed out.

But the man seemed to feel no pain, completely unaware that he had died.

His companion also didn’t notice.

No one noticed.

The girl put down the phone and walked out of the phone store.

She crossed the busy street at the crosswalk, stood on the opposite side of the street, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.

The next second.

A violent explosion suddenly erupted from the phone store across the street.

All the floor-to-ceiling windows were splattered with blood, a blinding red.

Flesh and blood flew, shattered into pieces.

Upon seeing the situation, the onlookers all vomited loudly on the ground.

More people scrambled away, retreating into the distance.

The piercing sound of sirens filled the air.

Amidst screams, cries, and piercing alarms, transparent souls flew out of the phone store.

It was as if some unseen force was pulling them.

The souls, invisible to mortals, all fell into the bloody water covering the ground, struggling.

Blood.

It surged out from the phone store, spread along the street, and flowed all the way to the girl’s feet.

The souls prostrated themselves on the ground, mouths wide open, issuing silent pleas.

She looked down at the river of blood on the ground.

“Those who harm my reputation shall be devoured. This is an unbreakable rule,” the girl said to one soul.

That soul dared not move.

Other souls frantically begged for mercy on their knees, hoping to be spared.

“You all can only blame yourselves for bad luck.”

The girl smiled and took a step back, as if afraid the blood would stain her shoes.

The next second.

The void opened.

Innumerable bony hands extended, grabbing the souls and, despite their silent struggles, pulling them all into the Dharmakaya.

Creak. Creak.

A chewing sound echoed through the street.

Walking bypassers were somewhat puzzled but didn’t notice anything unusual.

The girl had already vanished.

She appeared directly on another street several kilometers away.

The people here knew nothing yet, each hurrying along, busy with their own livelihoods.

The girl hummed a tune and continued walking forward.

Beep beep beep!

A fruit vendor by the roadside pulled out his phone. Before he could even open it, the phone rang:

“Esteemed sir, please wait where you are!”

“Esteemed sir, please wait where you are!”

The voice repeated continuously.

The vendor’s eyes widened. He tried to end the call, but found he couldn’t.

“It must have a virus,” said the old man next to the fruit stand.

He suddenly felt a vibration in his pocket and couldn’t help but pull out his phone.

The phone automatically turned on and continued to speak:

“A new film requires your personal guidance. Please wait, a shuttle will arrive to pick you up shortly.”

The girl continued walking forward.

She seemed a little disdainful, with a hint of mockery.

“Heh… things of the Unfixed Layer…”

She walked for a while and involuntarily stopped.

The three films she had watched earlier were helpful to her Dharmakaya.

Eating people was actually uninteresting.

Over the long years, she rarely encountered souls that genuinely interested her anymore.

Especially in the last few centuries.

She keenly observed that she had lost interest in devouring people.

Eating.

It was merely to enhance her Dharmakaya.

It was far more interesting and exciting to enhance her reputation.

A roaring sound came from the sky.

A shuttle quickly descended.

The hatch opened.

It was empty.

“Where’s Shen Ye?” the girl asked.

She knew the young man’s name and knew he was a man of ideas.

“It was Shen Ye’s arrangement. Please go personally to watch the film; three versions have been cut so far,” Kunlun responded.

Three versions?

Interesting.

The girl thought for a moment, then finally walked into the shuttle.

The shuttle quickly ascended into the sky and flew off into the distance.

…

On the other side.

Shen Ye sat on the Immortal Kingdom’s stone tablet, his gaze moving up and down across the void.

Lines of battle records transformed into tiny, shimmering characters, appearing fixed:

“Twenty-four professionals ready.”

“As your servants, their combat is recognized.”

“They charged!”

“The giant raised his heavy hammer high—”

“3,”

“2,”

“1!”

“The heavy hammer landed.”

“The battle is over.”

This is too absurd.

Twenty-four professionals turned into minced meat in an instant.

And this was only one of the two giants!

The other giant stood there motionless!

“What kind of fight is this even…” Shen Ye muttered.

A glimmer of light appeared, forming into small characters:

“Those professionals left behind many high-level treasures, armor, and weapons. Do you need to retrieve them?”

“No, just leave them there,” Shen Ye said.

The shimmering characters flashed again:

“Warning, they are ‘Reality Layer’ high-quality items, better than what you are currently using.”

“I understand that, but I need to create a realistic atmosphere now,” Shen Ye said.

He left the Dharma form directly and returned to the nightmare world.

Marquis Manor.

Big Skeleton, Norton, and Eudelia were all there.

“How are things?” Shen Ye asked.

Norton and Eudelia exchanged glances, then spoke:

“The first time, they asked for top-grade healing potions, and it completely healed me.”

“Later, they asked for them several times—our warehouse is full of potions, we have too much stock, so according to the plan, we switched to asking them to find a way to stop the war.”

“News from the front,” Big Skeleton chimed in, “the human army has ceased activity and made no further moves to invade the territory of our Undead Empire.”

All three of them were a little excited.

Things seemed to be turning for the better!

“But these people are too weak, completely useless,” Shen Ye sighed.

He had to come up with a new plan.

He had to pass this test to unlock the inheritance of the Tongtian Art!

“Come, everyone, let’s discuss this,” Shen Ye said.

The discussion lasted until evening.

Everything was settled.

All the new intelligence had also “leaked out.”

Soon.

Several guests arrived at the Rotten Bones Bar in Evernight City.

After ordering drinks, they sat in a corner of the bar, quiet and causing no trouble, only occasionally looking towards the door as if waiting for someone.

After a while.

A zombie and a female dark elf entered the bar.

“Today has been terrible,” the zombie grumbled in a low voice.

“Relax, there’s always a way,” the female dark elf comforted him.

The two came to the bar, ordered drinks, and sat there chatting.

The people in the corner observed them for a while longer, then got up and approached the two.

“Who are you?” the zombie asked.

“Friend, do you wish to restore the glory of your family?” The leader, a necromancer, asked while sizing up the zombie.

“What do you know?” the zombie demanded in a deep voice.

The necromancer casually made a gesture, and immediately, fluctuations of magic radiated, completely isolating the surrounding sounds.

“Actually, it’s nothing much, but I can help you reclaim the throne of the Human Empire,” the necromancer said.

The zombie snorted and said, “To be able to discern my identity, you must have some skill. I can also sense that you are very powerful. Are you a Descendant?”

The Necromancer nodded.

The zombie then asked, “So, what do you want from me?”

“I want to know the truth—I’ve heard of your ‘Liangshan’ fame. I’d like to ask you to recommend me for a meeting with your leader,” the necromancer said.

“This would use up all my connections and favors—why should I take this risk?” the zombie said.

The necromancer looked back at the person beside him.

The person immediately placed a ring on the bar.

The zombie looked at the ring and whispered:

“The Violet Ring…”

The necromancer said, “Yes, it is your kingdom’s heirloom ring. You didn’t have it with you at the time, so you had no chance to resist, and almost didn’t even escape.”

“It is a priceless treasure to you, but I only wish to use it to complete a transaction with you.”

The zombie picked up the ring, quickly inspected it, and put it away, saying rapidly:

“Go to the opera house, find the chief chanteuse’s dressing room at the end of the second-floor corridor, then knock seven times, the password is…”

He whispered the secret code into the necromancer’s ear.

The necromancer was a little surprised and mused:

“It’s actually him…”

“You know him?” the zombie asked.

“We met once. Don’t worry, my relationship with your superiors isn’t bad.”

The necromancer stood up and left with his people.

A few minutes later.

They arrived at the opera house.

Without passing through any guards, they appeared directly on the second floor, standing outside the chief chanteuse’s dressing room.

Knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock!

Seven knocks.

“Who is it?” a voice came from inside the door.

The necromancer smiled the moment he heard it.

It was indeed the chanteuse Baxter!

But now he had to match the secret code first, to avoid any misunderstanding.

“Pure love warrior.”

The necromancer replied.

“Who are you here for?”

“The attention-seeker.”

“What are you doing?”

“Mounting great fortune is upon us, brother.”

“Are you competitive?”

“Lying flat.”

All answers were correct!

The door finally opened.

“It’s you!”

Baxter stood behind the door, startled.

“In Bloodrot Town, I made an appointment with you, saying we would meet in Evernight City, Mr. Baxter,” the necromancer said with a slight smile.

“Please come in,” Shen Ye said.

The necromancer brought several subordinates into the room.

“Norton must be difficult to deal with,” Shen Ye said with a smile.

“It’s fine, just a small matter—what should I call you? Is it ‘Liangshan’s’ Water Phantom Zhang Shun, or the chanteuse Baxter?” the necromancer asked.

“Just call me Baxter,” Shen Ye said.

The necromancer flipped his hand and placed a box on the table, saying:

“This treasure is a gift for our reunion. It happens to be used with what I gave you last time.”

The thing given last time…

Only then did Shen Ye remember that last time in Bloodrot Town, this necromancer had given him a small box.

He also flipped his hand, took out the small box, and placed it on the table.

“You haven’t even opened it?” the necromancer asked in surprise.

—The seal on the box was still intact, proving that the chanteuse had never looked inside.

“Mainly because I’m so busy usually, and I was in a hurry to travel at the time, so I just forgot.”

Shen Ye said.

He noticed that the people behind the necromancer all looked incredulous, as if he had done something completely unfathomable.

Perhaps…

The gift was valuable?

That’s fine, I like honest people.

“Thank you for your gift. Tell me, what did you come to me for?”

Shen Ye went straight to the point.

“I heard that people from the ‘Reality Layer’ entered the Immortal Kingdom?” the necromancer asked.

“Yes, I inadvertently received the Immortal Kingdom’s designation, allowing me to guide people into the Immortal Kingdom. They learned of this and came directly to me,” Shen Ye admitted openly.

Originally, there were a few more steps, even requiring them to find the Big Skeleton.

But at this moment, Shen Ye changed his original plan.

—This necromancer, in order to find Norton, had killed everyone in Bloodrot Town.

But after learning about the Immortal Kingdom, he immediately gave Norton enough benefits, just to achieve his own goal.

This person was calm, and his strength was definitely formidable.

—It was better to get straight to the point without any unnecessary fuss.

The necromancer’s body trembled, and he quickly asked, “Where are those people? Did they successfully find the Chaotic Heaven Technique?”

“No, they couldn’t pass the Immortal Realm’s test, and they all died,” Shen Ye said.

There was a moment of silence.

The several people were all digesting this information.

“To obtain the Chaotic Heaven Technique of the Immortal Kingdom, one must undergo the Immortal Kingdom’s trial… that seems reasonable,” the necromancer mused.

“There’s another matter that needs to be explained to you in advance.”

“What?”

“Entering the Immortal Kingdom requires signing a labor agreement,” Shen Ye said.

“Labor agreement… what is that?”

“It means becoming a servant.”

The several people behind the necromancer involuntarily emitted bursts of killing intent.

Shen Ye, as if unaware, spread his hands and said:

“Rules are rules, and we have no choice.”

The necromancer remained somewhat calm, taking over the conversation: “Aside from the identity stipulation, are there any other terms in the agreement?”

“No,” Shen Ye said decisively.

“If you gain anything in the Immortal Kingdom—”

“It’s yours.”

“What about the Chaotic Heaven Technique?”

“No need to probe, I’ll be direct,” Shen Ye cleared his throat and said seriously, “Your status is that of a servant, but other than that, you can take away any gains you make.”

The necromancer’s expression immediately relaxed.

“As long as there are no issues with the benefits, I don’t care about honorary titles or anything. Besides, the Immortal Kingdom is already a powerful civilization from the topmost layers of the universe.”

He continued with a smile, “As a servant of the Immortal Kingdom, entering a dangerous ruin to search for its nation-founding technique will not tarnish anyone’s reputation.”

“I agree with that,” Shen Ye nodded.

“So, after signing the agreement, can we enter the Immortal Kingdom?” the necromancer asked.

“The Immortal Kingdom will allow you to enter once it confirms you are one of us ‘Liangshan’ people—of course, you must be by our side,” Shen Ye said.

“Then let’s sign it,” the necromancer said.

Shen Ye took out the pre-prepared contract and placed it on the table.

The necromancer read it once, then again, nodded with satisfaction, and handed it to the person behind him.

“You all read it too.”

The several people gathered to examine it carefully, finding that the stipulations were exactly as stated.

“This is fine,” said a subordinate specialized in various contracts and rituals.

The necromancer then signed his name.

“Mr. Baxter, I didn’t get a chance to tell you last time, my name is James.”

“Good name, no less excellent than mine.”

“So, now—”

“You can see for yourself,” Shen Ye said.

A force suddenly descended from the void, enveloping James.

Whoosh—

He disappeared.

Despite knowing what was going on, his subordinates inevitably became anxious.

“Anyone who signs can go to James, without a doubt,” Shen Ye said calmly.

The next second.

Before these subordinates could make a decision, James reappeared with a “whoosh.”

“Sign it, and come see what’s happening,” James said, a trace of ineffable excitement on his face.

The subordinates followed instructions and quickly all signed the contract.

They were all teleported into the Immortal Kingdom, standing in the few square meters of the safe zone.

“Look.”

James pointed to the towering mountain in the distance.

The subordinates immediately saw the magnificent palace complex on the mountain, as well as the two giants standing at the palace gates.

“My lord, they have a unique name: ‘Planet Crushers’,” a subordinate said.

“Can we win?” James asked.

“Barely survive, winning is unlikely,” an older subordinate said.

Everyone looked towards the hillside.

They saw various weapons and treasures scattered all over the hillside.

And, of course, piles of mashed corpses.

Undoubtedly, these were the corpses and remnants of “Reality Layer” experts.

This brought an even deeper shock to everyone.

James sighed emotionally:

“Yes, I also think we can’t beat them—it’s truly amazing, such a place.”

Another subordinate interjected, “Only such a powerful place could hide the Chaotic Heaven Technique.”

Everyone nodded, deeply agreeing.

“Let’s go, go back and gather people, pick out the best of the best, and then come back!” James decided.

“Yes!” the subordinates responded.

They left the Immortal Kingdom in a hurry, bidding farewell to the chanteuse Baxter.

Shen Ye naturally patted his chest, guaranteeing that he would fully support their exploratory activities.

Everyone thought he was stunned by James’s gift, which was why he was so diligent, and didn’t think much of it.

Shen Ye, however, never got a chance to look at those two gifts.

—Because there was no time.

As soon as these people left, he immediately pulled out a card and asked,

“What’s wrong?”

Xiao Mengyu’s appeared on the card, saying, “Kunlun told me to immediately teleport into the nightmare world to find you, saying that Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate is about to lose her temper and needs you to personally intervene.”

Oh no.

This was a matter of life and death!

Shen Ye immediately used the contractual link to the Big Skeleton, sending out a coded message:

“There’s an internal spy, terminate the transaction!”

With that, he teleported back to the Death Planet.

Upon hearing this coded message, Big Skeleton immediately contacted Norton:

“Things are tricky, time to pack up and leave.”

Hearing this coded message, Norton immediately told Eudelia, “There are other circumstances, the mission is temporarily suspended.”

“What do we do now?” Eudelia asked.

“Go back and rest,” Norton said, shaking his head with a sigh, “I’ve never seen such a way to restore a kingdom.”

…

Death Planet.

As soon as Shen Ye appeared on the school’s summoning square, Kunlun’s voice rang on his phone:

“The shooting center is in the suburbs; you must go there immediately.”

Shen Ye strode a few steps to the shuttle that had been waiting for a long time.

The shuttle immediately soared into the sky, flying towards its destination at top speed.

In just a few minutes.

The shuttle had already reached its destination.

Shen Ye, not waiting for it to stabilize, opened the hatch and flew down.

In the void.

Blood-colored long spears shimmered in and out of existence.

—This was the power of the Dharma form.

These countless blood-colored spears seemed to blot out the sky, extending all the way to the skies above Jade Capital City.

They were poised, ready to strike.

Perhaps with just a single thought, they would claim the lives of everyone!

But—

What happened?

Didn’t he arrange for a professional team to follow and film?

Logically, her prestige should only increase, and she wouldn’t be preparing to devour people like this.

Shen Ye searched for the powerful aura of the other party, landed directly at the shooting location, and waved to everyone with a smile:

“Let’s take a break before continuing the shoot.”

“Okay, let’s take a break then.” Perhaps having received instructions from Kunlun, the team leader immediately echoed him.

Only then did Shen Ye walk towards Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate, smiling as he looked her up and down:

“You look truly beautiful today; the film should turn out great later.”

Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate finally showed a hint of expression on her face when she saw him arrive.

“Mortal filming is superficial, they don’t know how to naturally highlight the beauty of higher powers and laws, and I strongly suspect they will mess up my film,” she said straightforwardly.

At this moment.

Numerous thoughts flashed through Shen Ye’s mind, and he finally realized the problem.

Even with the most skilled filming techniques, ordinary people could not understand an existence of Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate’s level.

And although other professionals understood these things, they were nowhere near as good as him—

Firstly, one needed to have witnessed various levels of experts beyond the current world;

Secondly, as a professional, he had continuously trained his video editing skills;

Thirdly, he had decades of aesthetic appreciation from his previous life as a foundation.

Seriously speaking, the chanteuses and dancers of the nightmare world only focused on their professional skills, with a very clear purpose: all artistic presentations were merely to help professionals comprehend their skills.

—Their stage could not present a truly awe-inspiring effect.

And on the Death Planet, although concerts were frequent, Shen Ye also had some understanding.

Due to the constant need to guard against “disasters” and “anomalies,” concerts were generally held in completely enclosed venues, with little in the way of visual or audio effects. Everyone wore headphones, fearing any problems might arise, and were ready to evacuate at any moment.

The Skin-Stripper once massacred a “disobedient” rock concert.

—After killing him, Kunlun occasionally mentioned this incident.

Just thinking about that scene was bloody and tragic.

Therefore—

“They are just the prelude; the main shoot still needs me,” Shen Ye said with a smile, rolling up his sleeves.

“That’s good. Your films always give me peace of mind,” Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Venerate said with a faint expression.

The next second.

The Dharmakaya in the sky gradually disappeared.

She truly seemed to be at ease now.

The shooting was about to begin!