Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 435
byAbandoned exchange.
Shen Ye looked at the figure that suddenly appeared and said leisurely:
“Join you? But the name White Horse Society sounds awful.”
“Don’t be constrained by this, there are great benefits to joining us,” the man said.
“What benefits?” Shen Ye asked, following his lead.
“Two reasons.”
The man’s expression was dull, his voice slow and devoid of emotion:
“First, you will have eternal life; ”
“Second, I can leave the Primordial Wilderness at any time.”
Shen Ye’s expression stirred.
“You can leave the Primordial Wilderness directly?” he asked.
“That’s right, this is a life-saving method. If you join us, you can do it too.”
As the man spoke, he flashed backward, and instantly his entire figure became blurry.
He spoke his last few words:
“Let’s have a competition.”
“It shouldn’t be difficult with your strength—”
“If you can defeat five monsters before me, then you’ve qualified to join us.”
The words fell.
The blurry figure vanished.
He went to trouble the monsters!
Only Shen Ye remained in the room of the abandoned exchange.
“No!”
Shen Ye suddenly clapped his hands, “This instant movement is definitely not a ‘Door’ ability!”
Only ‘Door’ abilities can link worlds.
And because ‘Door’ abilities are the power of the Sixth Epoch, capable of suppressing the Fifth Epoch, they can move freely within the Primordial Wilderness.
What kind of power did that fellow use?
—to be able to move at will within this Primordial Wilderness?
I’m going to report him!
I’m going to report him to the Multiverse!
Shen Ye closed his eyes slightly and linked to the core of the ultimate Primordial Wilderness of the Fifth Epoch with “Intelligence.”
A few breaths later.
Lines of small text quietly appeared:
“This loophole has been found.”
“The other party used a barrier jump, first leaving the ‘Multiverse’, then entering the ‘Multiverse’ from outside, and then was no longer subject to the spatial restrictions of the ‘Primordial Wilderness’.”
“The loophole is being patched, expected to take effect in three minutes.”
All the small text disappeared, and then, new small text appeared:
“Your feedback is crucial and has changed the course of events.”
“The Multiverse has awarded a prize for this.”
“—From now on, your ‘Book of Intelligence’ will contain more detailed information of all kinds.”
This reward was quite good.
Shen Ye retracted his gaze and began to consider his next actions.
Teleport directly back?
Or perhaps—
Fight a battle here?
No.
No rush to go back.
That man seemed a bit strange, and he also mentioned the ‘white horse’ as the blood person said.
The mystery still needed further exploration.
Unlike before—
Whether it was joining “Five Desires” or “Heart of the Swarm”, he had never hesitated.
But this time, Shen Ye inexplicably felt uneasy.
It was an intuition.
Might as well follow this intuition and take a break for now, no need to rush out.
—After all, the other party could break through the barrier.
“Can you fight?”
Shen Ye asked the large skeleton.
The large skeleton possessed a divine dagger, extremely useful for fighting people.
“No, I am neutral here.”
The great skeleton shrugged.
“Then you rest, I’ll go kill some monsters,” Shen Ye said.
He drew his upgraded Spring Rain Blade and quietly walked out of the room.
Outside.
On the ridge.
The huge, bizarre figure with a human torso was still moving slowly.
Shen Ye gazed at it, and a notification instantly popped up in his mind:
“Manifestation of Despair.”
“Possesses ocular technique: Naihe.”
“Description: Death upon sight.”
“Other unknown.”
Great, the intelligence is indeed much more detailed.
—Before, I could only see a name, now I can at least see one skill.
Fortunately, I can see skills!
Damn it!
This monster is so gigantic, so enormous, even its eyes are as big as a soccer goal—
Couldn’t such massive eyes, when cast upon the ground, unleash a full-screen instant death attack?
Can’t play with this.
Possessing an ocular technique named “Naihe” would simply kill people upon sight and ghosts upon sight!
Shen Ye was incredibly glad he had made a report earlier.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t know how dangerous it would be right now.
While the monster was looking elsewhere, he directly opened a Heaven-Reaching Door and teleported behind a haystack far behind the monster—
Once hidden, he didn’t move.
—If he were to be glanced at when the other party turned around, that would truly be an undeserved death!
Next.
Should I repel this large fellow?
Or perhaps—
Should I repel a less dangerous one first?
As Shen Ye was thinking, he suddenly saw lines of prompts appear on the map:
“‘Demon-Slaying Mage’ used the Heaven-Shaking Art to repel a monster.”
Now there are battle notification messages!
Furthermore—
That fellow actually knew the Heaven-Shaking Art?
How did he learn it?
If he is the descendant of the Haoyang Heavenly Palace—
Let’s test him!
Shen Ye’s mind stirred, and he activated the Haoyang Sect’s text broadcast:
“Xu Qingfeng patted you and whispered, ‘I have a movie here, want to watch?'”
After waiting for a few breaths.
The “Demon-Slaying Mage” marker on the map continued to move in another direction.
He didn’t see it!
Did he truly not see it, or did he choose to ignore me?
Shen Ye sent another text broadcast:
“Xu Qingfeng discovered the biggest gossip of the current epoch; his brother’s reputation is about to collapse!”
On the map.
Despite such astonishing live broadcast events, the Demon-Slaying Mage still went his own way, fighting another monster.
—He couldn’t see it!
Not a disciple of the Haoyang Heavenly Palace, yet he possessed the Heaven-Shaking Art.
Shen Ye twitched the corner of his mouth.
He suddenly put away his Spring Rain Blade and sat leaning against the haystack, resting quietly.
A few minutes later.
The Demon-Slaying Mage flashed over and said in a deep voice:
“You lost.”
“There’s just one thing I don’t understand,” Shen Ye said.
“What is it?” the Demon-Slaying Mage asked.
“Why are you competing with me on repelling, instead of killing?” Shen Ye asked.
The expression on the Demon-Slaying Mage’s face became somewhat strange, and he explained:
“All the beings here are actually skilled, and they can become our servants.”
“I see,” Shen Ye said.
“I’ll give you one last chance. Repel three noble beings, and I’ll let you join,” the Demon-Slaying Mage said.
Shen Ye opened his mouth and said, “Good brother, you’re really something, but you’re sick and need treatment, otherwise you’ll drop the ball.”
Good brother activated!
Dangerous person activated!
One who drops the ball activated!
Shen Ye also moved.
The moment his words fell.
He did two things simultaneously.
First, he summoned the Formless Heavenly Demon Saint King and used the Heavenly Demon Manifestation Technique to borrow its formless and undefiled power, entering an invisible state.
Second—
He activated the term “Meeting under the Yao Terrace Moonlight,” absorbing the haystack into his Dharma Form.
The Formless Heavenly Demon Saint King also did one thing—
It blew a whistle with all its might, and as the whistle began, it quickly hid in Shen Ye’s Dharma Form.
In the distance.
On the other side of the ridge.
The huge “Manifestation of Despair,” towering dozens of stories high, suddenly turned around and looked this way.
—Ocular Technique: Naihe!
The haystack had been put away, and its gaze swept directly over the Demon-Slaying Mage!
And Shen Ye at this moment possessed the concealment ability of the Formless Heavenly Demon Saint King—
The “Manifestation of Despair” couldn’t see him!
Not being seen meant not being affected by the “death upon sight” effect of the ocular technique.
The Demon-Slaying Mage roared, quickly forming a seal with both hands.
The Dharma Form unfolded—
In an instant.
A colossal tree, hundreds of meters long, appeared before Shen Ye’s eyes.
Shen Ye looked at the tree and felt a chill rise from his back, making him shiver.
He had never seen a Dharma Form like this!
That was not a tree!
That was a pale spine.
Dense blood vessels clung to the spine, spreading in all directions, forming the “branches” of the “great tree.”
The blood vessels constantly wriggled.
At each of its ends, an endlessly wailing soul hung upside down.
The number of blood vessels was vast and uncountable.
The countless souls hanging upside down were also impossible to count.
As the Dharma Form fully unfolded.
All the hanging souls simultaneously ceased their wailing and looked towards Shen Ye.
Look at my sister!
Why are you all looking at me?
Shen Ye reached out and yanked the large skeleton wearing thick armor out of thin air, placing it in front of him.
The large skeleton provocatively raised its middle finger at the Demon-Slaying Mage, spat, and said:
“You want to deal with my brother? Ask my opinion first!”
Crimson thorny light emanated from his body.
—Thorns of Destiny!
Three terms: Ocular Technique: Naihe, plus the core talent of the Emperor Species.
How is he not dead yet?
Overwhelming light swept in from the distant sky.
The Demon-Slaying Mage had nowhere to hide and was directly struck by this ocular technique’s light.
Naihe!
—Completely helpless!
In an instant.
The Demon-Slaying Mage turned into a pulp of flesh and blood.
However, his voice lingered in the void:
“This isn’t right—who exactly are you?”
Shen Ye was about to take a breath when goosebumps suddenly appeared all over his body.
—The other party actually understood everything at once?
That’s right.
Normally, even if recruitment failed, there wouldn’t be a sudden killing strike.
Yet, he had leveraged favorable timing, location, and human relations, using all his power to slay it!
“You’re already dead, so what use is it even if you react?”
Shen Ye said coldly.
The next second, an unexpected change occurred—
Although the Demon-Slaying Mage was dead, all the hanging souls within his Dharma Form burst into intense incantations.
With this spell, Shen Ye suddenly disappeared from his original spot.
A battle notification from “Intelligence” quickly appeared in his mind:
“Attention!”
“Your mythical intelligence term ‘Gossip Protagonist’ has been suppressed by the enemy!”
“The enemy, under the empowerment of the Dharma Form, used a Primordial level mental skill:”
“Three Souls Pursuing Soul Art.”
“Grabs the target’s soul within range.”
“Though invisible, you were within the opponent’s spell range, hence you were hit.”
“This art will release the three souls collected by the opponent, which will follow your soul into the depths of your memory.”
“They will each occupy three segments of your memory, becoming a certain existence within them, and obtaining their destiny!”
“Intervening in your destiny through the destiny of an existence in your memory, perceiving everything about you, acquiring your information, and transmitting it back to the Dharma Form.”
“And you can only choose your memories!”
The sky spun and the earth rotated.
Shen Ye saw three hanging souls following him closely in the dark vortex.
One of the souls even emitted a mental ripple:
“Destroying a mere fleshly body cannot defeat us.”
Another soul also spoke:
“Everything about you will be seen through, mortal. This is the path you’ve brought upon yourself!”
Shen Ye continued to sink into the darkness.
Three souls relentlessly pursued.
—Am I going to be seen through?
Seen through as the inheritor of the Heaven-Reaching Art?
Seen through all that happened in ancient times?
…No.
Shen Ye suddenly vanished.
In his place appeared a scene from a memory.
The first soul rushed up and plunged into that scene.
It was human in its lifetime; now it entered the scene and instantly replaced the person lying on the bed.
…
My whole body aches.
It hurts so much.
I can’t move at all.
What’s wrong with this memory?
The first spirit silently endured the pain in its body, opening its eyes to observe its surroundings.
This was a very simple room—
The candlelight was dim.
Nothing could be seen clearly.
A strange smell permeated the room.
The first spirit felt that this couldn’t go on and couldn’t help but shout:
“Is anyone there?”
The door opened.
A beautiful woman walked in.
The first spirit carefully sized up the other party.
—This woman is quite ordinary, she has no power at all, not even a professional.
So what information could this memory bring?
As the first spirit was thinking, the woman walked to the bed, helped him up, and then held a bowl in front of him.
“My dear husband, it’s time to drink your medicine,” the woman said softly.
Drink medicine…
Yes, I’m covered in injuries, I should take medicine.
Once my injuries have recovered a bit, I’ll go out and investigate that boy’s background.
The first spirit opened its mouth and gulped down the medicine.
The screen suddenly went blank.
In the dark.
The second and third spirits roared in anger.
“You dare to use stories from memory to kill our people? You’re the first!”
The second spirit bellowed.
“Too bad,” the third spirit sneered, “We can set magical boundaries and no longer allow you to use any stories from memory to set traps!”
Shen Ye did not respond.
In the darkness, a scene suddenly appeared.
The second spirit looked it over carefully, confirmed it wasn’t a memory, and then dived in.
The sky spun and the earth rotated.
It opened its eyes and surveyed its surroundings.
What—in—the—world—is—going—on—
Dozens of people stood before it.
The swords on their backs were as thick as washbasins and glowed.
Some even cast spells to attack themselves, their bodies pierced by magic, yet they laughed wildly while chugging potions.
Some wore heavy metal armor that was on fire.
Some wore bikinis.
Noisy and chaotic.
The person standing at the very front of the line suddenly spoke:
“Alright, everyone remembered how to fight, right?”
“I’m going to pull the aggro!”
That person ran through a long tunnel, turned a corner, and disappeared.
Pull aggro—
What does that mean?
As the second spirit was pondering, the person reappeared, desperately running towards them.
“Tanks, prepare!”
He shouted.
Behind him, a group of three-meter-tall demonic monsters charged over.
The second spirit was baffled, but someone pushed it.
“Go, tank!”
Someone said.
I’m the tank?
The second spirit looked at the shield in its hand, then at the menacing monsters ahead.
—First, preserve my life, then gather intelligence!
I absolutely cannot be tricked by that person again!
The second spirit made up its mind and turned to run.
After running for a short while, shouts and gasps erupted from behind.
“You pulled the BOSS!”
Someone cursed.
BOSS—
What is that again?
“Come back, healer is too far from you!”
“No saving, just go back to town.”
“This tank is useless.”
Someone else yelled continuously.
The second spirit subconsciously looked up.
It saw a giant monster with three heads.
The giant monster looked at it too.
“Die, mortal, die in your ignorance.”
The giant monster announced in an exaggerated tone, and raised its six hands, pointing them at the second spirit.
Boom—
The scene instantly plunged into darkness.
The third spirit hovered in the darkness, chanting a long incantation.
An invisible force was born with it.
“From now on, only reality! Show me the reality you remember!”
The third spirit announced.
In the dark.
The picture reappeared.
This time it was indeed a scene from reality memory, not a story, nor a game.
The third spirit struggled to enter the picture.
After a long time.
The third memory vision also extinguished.
Shen Ye maintained his formless Heavenly Demon body, standing on the open ground beside the ridge.
He raised his eyes and watched the “Manifestation of Despair” running around like mad.
Just now, the “Manifestation of Despair” endured a Thorn of Destiny.
It was struck by its own ocular technique.
At this moment, it was emitting sizzling sounds all over its body, and blood flowed down its limbs.
However, Shen Ye did not want to act.
Killing monsters was not important.
Was the Demon-Slaying Mage really dead?
The void flickered.
The pale bones, hundreds of meters tall, reappeared between heaven and earth.
Thousands upon thousands of hanging souls spoke in unison, as if one person was speaking with countless mouths:
“I have recognized your power.”
“Come, join us—”
“I will bestow upon you true power, letting you know what truth is!”
Shen Ye silently retreated, then made a wide detour, hiding far behind the abandoned exchange.
The “Three Souls Pursuing Soul Art” could capture targets within its range, which was why he was hit once.
He must learn his lesson.
Stay far away from it, and never go near it again.
—Anyway, it couldn’t see him now.
Shen Ye hid behind the abandoned exchange and looked at the Dharma Form.
He saw that the myriad souls within the Dharma Form were still chattering to an empty space:
“The power of the Multiverse is all in our hands.”
“If you wish to obtain immense strength, I can directly infuse power into you.”
“Do not hesitate any longer.”
There was no response from the empty space.
Only Shen Ye, hidden in the distance, silently adjusted the screens of various phones.
—This must be publicized when he returns!
Otherwise, the more people it manipulates, the more troublesome things will become.
The Dharma Form waited for a few more breaths.
Suddenly.
Its tone changed, and it roared in anger:
“I have memorized your face; wait and see, you will know what despair is.”
The words fell.
The vast and terrifying Dharma Form plunged into the void and disappeared.
Filming complete!
Shen Ye breathed a sigh of relief, putting away all his phones.
He walked back to the abandoned exchange, step by step, and closed the door.
The resurrected great skeleton immediately appeared.
“How did you win?”
It asked excitedly.
“It’s nothing, I just let it experience the power of capitalists, and it succumbed to overwork because it couldn’t bear it,” Shen Ye said.
“996?”
“No, 007.”
“Hiss—what a misery,” the great skeleton shook its head, sighing, “Even we undead dare not directly confront capitalists.”
Shen Ye held up four fingers and said:
“Only four souls were eliminated; that guy isn’t dead—it has a whole tree’s worth of souls.”
“What exactly is it?” the great skeleton asked curiously.
Shen Ye didn’t speak.
He closed his eyes slightly, opened “Intelligence,” and linked to the core of the ultimate Primordial Wilderness of the Fifth Epoch.
Hurry up.
Strike while the iron is hot—
Collect the corpse fragments of that Demon-Slaying Mage from earlier.
To see what it truly is.
—It’s very dangerous!
Shen Ye silently sent a warning to the Multiverse, then turned to look out the window.
He saw the ground suddenly become like a swamp, gradually swallowing the puddle of flesh and blood.
—There shouldn’t be any more tricks.
If the will of the entire Multiverse and the ultimate power of the Fifth Epoch it possesses cannot deal with the opponent’s corpse—
Then there’s no need to analyze the intelligence.
Just wait to die.
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One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
Lines of faint small text quietly appeared:
“Through the residual power of the Dharma Form, it can be traced back to the Epoch Seal.”
“The Epoch Seal enacted back then was not completely perfect, eventually leaving a sliver of a rule loophole, allowing the ‘Terminator of All Epochs’ to release one-thousandth of its will and power.”
“This corpse contains the power left by the other party.”
Shen Ye’s mind suddenly cleared.
For countless years.
The blood person had been in the seal, naturally aware of the monster’s plans and methods.
That’s why the warning “a white horse is not a horse” was left behind.
This human was clearly not a normal human.
“Is the corpse human, or a monster’s illusion?” Shen Ye asked the most crucial point.
A line of small text appeared:
“It’s human.”
Shen Ye’s heart sank.
Troublesome.
If it was human, it proved that the monster was controlling the strong among all beings.
It seemed it planned to both search for the Heaven-Reaching Art and harvest the ultimate power of the Multiverse’s Fifth Epoch.
It was like a botfly larva.
It burrowed into the host’s flesh and blood, drawing nutrients to ensure its growth and reproduction.
Truly a tricky fellow.
“Will killing the humans it controls weaken it?” Shen Ye asked.
“Currently unknown, more corpse samples are needed for in-depth analysis.”
Shen Ye fell silent.
Currently.
His only advantage was that the other party only knew he was powerful, but hadn’t investigated his true origins.
Fortunately, he had memories from another life.
So, it couldn’t know that he was the inheritor of the Heaven-Reaching Art!
Perhaps it would still come looking for him after he left.
No.
It would definitely do so.
Such a hassle.
However—
After experiencing the Primordial Wilderness and obtaining this information, there was one thing he could decide.
Shen Ye’s mind stirred.
Lines of faint small text instantly appeared:
“You can choose to upgrade ‘Seal of the Door’ to Level 1, or abandon your existing ‘Seal’ type Door ability to gain a new, unknown Door ability (also Level 1).”
“Do you want to start choosing?”
The Seal of the Door often seals various vicious characters.
But—
Now that the Primordial Wilderness has descended, there are unknown terrifying monsters everywhere in the ruins.
From now on, he had to focus on dealing with the Primordial Wilderness.
No time to deal with those sealed individuals.
Door ability—
Ideally, it could improve his response level in combat.
“Abandon the current ‘Seal’ type Door ability.”
Shen Ye muttered silently in his heart.
Two lines of small text jumped out:
“Level 0 Seal of the Door has been abandoned.”
“You have obtained a new Level 1 Door ability.”
It was quiet for a breath.
Shen Ye tentatively reached out his hand, pressing it against the void, and whispered:
“Door.”
A new door appeared before Shen Ye.
However, this door was somewhat different from the previous Level 0 doors.
When the old doors appeared, they were just a single door that would open with a push.
This time.
The new door, however, resembled the main entrance of an ancient noble family’s mansion, with two panels on the left and right, tightly shut.
The left panel read “Ghost,” and the right panel read “God.”
An eerie and terrifying aura emanated from the door, merging with the desolation and solitude of the abandoned exchange.
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