Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 440

Wind.

It swept across everything on the earth.

Shen Ye’s voice rose in the wind:

“I never knew your name.”

At this moment, he was himself a thousand years later.

His long hair even dragged to his ankles, his expression was weathered and melancholic, wearing a broken armor, with many shocking scars on his body.

He had completely changed.

—He even looked a little dark and eerie.

“You don’t deserve to know my name.”

The man opposite said.

Shen Ye sighed:

“Is that so? What a pity…”

“No need to be sorry, you will die now.” The man raised his hand.

World-Shaking Technique.

This time, it was different from what the six people used.

A black sun suddenly appeared, taking away all the light from heaven and earth.

“Truth?”

Shen Ye murmured.

A black light cascade silently and instantly enveloped him.

But he flashed into the void, hiding in an identical primeval ruin.

—Parallel world!

The black light cascade coiled into a giant dragon, piercing through the world barrier, and rushed forward.

The void, heaven and earth, and laws along the way shattered.

So strong!

It pursued him into the parallel world, determined not to stop until Shen Ye was killed.

—This was the true level of the World-Shaking Technique!

Shen Ye ran at full speed, and at the moment the black dragon pounced, he abruptly switched into another parallel world.

Everything behind him was hit by the black dragon and instantly turned into nothingness.

Fortunately, there was still a path ahead.

Shen Ye continuously flashed, traversing seven or eight parallel worlds, but still couldn’t shake off the black dragon behind him.

The man’s voice sounded from within the black dragon’s body:

“Just die like this, inheritor of the Heaven-Reaching Technique, your strength is so disappointing.”

“That technique was blind to—”

*Slap.*

The man froze.

A burning pain suddenly spread across his face.

This was—

He was slapped?

But the power of the World-Shaking Technique, and that fleeing kid, were still in the parallel world.

Who could it be?

The man quickly raised his hand, about to perform a technique—

*Slap.*

Another slap.

“Someone just said they wanted to kill me.”

Shen Ye still stood in front of him, saying with a calm expression.

At some point, all parallel worlds had disappeared.

Everything was as if nothing had happened.

The man flew into a rage, his whole body shaking with power—

*Slap.*

Another slap.

The man was beaten unable to move.

“Do you think you still have a chance to win? Then wouldn’t my thousand years have been wasted?”

Shen Ye asked patiently.

Two lines of faint glowing text appeared in mid-air:

“You from a thousand years later released the Heaven-Reaching Technique.”

“The enemy is in a fixed ‘state’ until you release them.”

*Slap.*

Another sound.

The man stood in mid-air, slapped again.

Only this time, Shen Ye did not make a move.

Because the man was in a “being slapped” state, he stood in mid-air, continuously repeating the process.

He had no power to resist whatsoever.

“Of course, if you had cast the World-Encompassing Technique first, turning everything into a dream, then at least you wouldn’t be killed by my first move.”

Meeting the other’s gaze, Shen Ye explained:

“But you chose the World-Shaking Technique, and you didn’t practice it very well. I lost interest after just seeing the beginning—”

“Then there’s nothing to be done.”

He no longer looked at the other party, turning his gaze instead to the earth.

A thousand years.

—He, a thousand years later, knew everything here.

In fact.

The multi-layered universe had taken a gamble.

It did not give birth to a complete Fifth Era, but retained the majority of its power, and at the same time, activated the core ability of the Sixth Era:

The Door.

So the current Fifth Era was actually a powerless and weak era.

If he wanted to change all this—

Shen Ye formed a hand seal.

He didn’t know what he did, but the entire primeval ruin began to transform again.

Not only that.

“Taking this opportunity… perhaps…”

Shen Ye’s gaze pierced through the void, as if he could see through the primeval barrier, seeing the death planet outside, the nightmare world, and even all the worlds of the multi-layered universe.

He folded his hands, continuously performing the technique.

The void, the earth, and the universe all trembled.

The power of the entire primeval ruin grew stronger and stronger.

Yet beside him.

The man, who hadn’t even revealed his name, was still being slapped.

His face was slapped to one side, then straightened, and then—

“Slap!”

The state of being slapped repeated again.

He always remained in the state of “the technique hadn’t been cast yet, caught off guard and slapped in the face.”

A red light descended from the sky, entering the man’s body.

He flew out like a cannonball, crashing into the earth, leaving a deep crater.

“Is this the Heaven-Reaching Technique? Nothing special.”

A voice sounded from the crater.

The man flew up, a sneer on his face as he continued:

“Humans are limited by their own horizons and cannot see the true meaning of techniques.”

“In fact, when you attacked me with the Heaven-Reaching Technique, I had already escaped.”

“—I absorbed a trace of your Heaven-Reaching Technique, plus the original World-Shaking and World-Encompassing techniques, precisely to unlock the Era Seal!”

His voice suddenly stopped.

Opposite.

Shen Ye acted as if he hadn’t heard, his hands rapidly forming hand seals, then activating all his power and pouring it into the seals.

The technique was complete!

It was then that Shen Ye spoke:

“Have you ever considered how you were sealed?”

The man’s expression changed.

Yes.

When he was sealed back then, it was because the three techniques were gathered.

But fortunately, at the last moment, humanity made a mistake, leaving a flaw that allowed a slight gap in the seal.

But—

The person opposite had once again acquired the three techniques!

“No.”

As soon as the man uttered the word, countless threads of rules, materialized in the void, immediately appeared.

A cocoon!

—The Era Seal.

This time.

There would be no more mistakes.

The invisible threads of law were impenetrable and unbreakable.

—A perfect seal was about to be created!

The End Lord of All Eras suddenly let out a roar of despair:

“No.”

“I would rather die than be sealed again!”

“By my destruction, I shall transform into three thousand avatars shining in the void, to slaughter all of the multi-layered universe!”

“Despair, you cannot save those living beings.”

*Boom—*

Its body completely disintegrated, like a rain of a thousand starlight, scattering into the universe.

Shen Ye merely raised his hand, pressing down across the void, and said calmly:

“Merge.”

Lines of faint glowing text immediately appeared:

“You activated the trait ‘Vampire Ancestor’, targeting all of the enemy’s current avatars.”

“Merge complete.”

“According to your will, this merge did not result in super evolution.”

All the scattered starlight, like fireworks, flew back, regrouping into that body.

Shen Ye didn’t even use a knife, stepping forward and viciously kicking the other’s face.

*Thump—*

The man’s face was almost deformed from the kick.

Accompanied by a series of fine bone-cracking sounds, he was sent flying, floating deep into the sky.

The man reached out to perform a technique, but found that all his limbs had vanished.

“This is—”

His expression changed, and he looked towards the direction of the earth.

Shen Ye held a technique in his hand.

World-Shaking Technique!

—A thousand years later, he was already capable of performing this ultimate technique!

But unlike the imposing might of the other party—

His World-Shaking Technique was silent, affecting nothing extraneous, precisely erasing the other’s hands and feet.

“Kill him!”

Big Skeleton leaped out from Shen Ye’s dharma manifestation, shouting loudly.

But Shen Ye once again activated the Era Seal, sealing the enemy, who had lost both hands and feet, within it.

This time.

There were finally no more accidents.

“He’s still useful.”

Shen Ye replied, pointing one finger to the sky and one to the earth, saying:

“Merge.”

In an instant.

The Era Seal in the sky and the primeval ruin on the earth merged.

“What’s going on!”

Big Skeleton gasped.

“This is something that must be done,” Shen Ye said.

He pushed open a door and walked in.

Directly arriving at a small island.

Xu Xingke, smoking a cigarette, held a bottle of mineral water, cleaning the blood off his hands.

“Hmm? Why is your hair so long?”

He asked Shen Ye casually.

But the next second.

He suddenly looked up, scrutinizing Shen Ye.

“Teacher.”

Shen Ye grinned.

“What… happened to you?” Xu Xingke asked.

“My technique power is fading quickly, Teacher, don’t rush to ask, listen carefully to what I have to say,” Shen Ye said.

“Understood, speak,” Xu Xingke said.

“Only one year—”

“After this year, one of the twenty-one ultimate creations representing truth will launch a major attack, completely devouring our multi-layered universe.”

“People have no experience or ability to deal with the ‘Giant Ghost Seed’.”

“Very few people escaped, to be honest…”

“Only me.”

Shen Ye grinned, as if he wasn’t talking about something sad.

“After that incident, I thought for several hundred years before coming up with a method.”

“That is to plant a ‘Giant Ghost Seed’ in the primeval ruin—”

“The primeval ruin is the seed of the Sixth Era of the multi-layered universe. Once fully grown, it will become the future era. It must be strong enough for everyone to have a chance to survive.”

“My method is—”

“To embed a defenseless ghost seed within the primeval ruin, which can stimulate it to generate targeted resistance laws.”

“—Just like vaccinating humans.”

“This way… one year’s time will give you a little more preparation.”

Xu Xingke’s expression was solemn as he spoke:

“The ‘Giant Ghost Seed’ you mentioned, is it that ‘End Lord’ who broke into the multi-layered universe, attempting to devour everything?”

“Precisely,” Shen Ye said.

“Won’t there be a problem burying it in the primeval ruin? I remember its abilities are quite unique,” Xu Xingke asked.

“Indeed, it specializes in control and bewitchment… so my power must also be injected into the ruin.”

As Shen Ye spoke, he suddenly transformed into a shadowy figure.

A pair of wings, covered in gray mist, unfurled from his back, a blood-red crown appeared above his head, and his eyes resembled fiery pits burning with flames.

“I, a thousand years from now, am no longer human—”

His voice was heavy and calm, and he continued:

“My thousand years of dark blood power shall suppress it, turning it into a stable ‘medicine’ that continuously stimulates the primeval ruin’s evolution.”

A hand seal formed in Shen Ye’s hand.

His entire body’s dark light suddenly transformed into a black-red pillar that shot up into the sky, piercing through the primeval ruin’s barrier and submerging deep into the earth.

That cocoon was wrapped up.

“Teacher, you must change that future, at least—”

“None of you should die.”

As the words fell.

Shen Ye withdrew from that “state.”

The him from a thousand years later had returned.

This was him at this moment.

“Alas, that future was truly tragic…”

Shen Ye shook his head and sighed.

“You inherited the Heaven-Reaching Technique?” Xu Xingke asked.

“Teacher knows? Actually, it’s not really an inheritance. The Spirit of Technique held a big promotion, letting me experience it ahead of time. I haven’t completely learned it yet,” Shen Ye said with a resentful look.

Xu Xingke looked at him.

Good.

This was indeed him at this moment.

Only one year left, huh…

“Have you finished saying everything?” Xu Xingke asked.

“Actually, no—our era is just too weak, the so-called connection between the Spirit of Technique and practitioners isn’t like that at all.”

“The me from a thousand years later has made the laws of the Spirit of Technique powerful, so that—”

“The Spirit of Technique can truly bestow its power upon practitioners.”

“—This is an important condition for the overall strength of the Fifth Era to increase.”

Shen Ye said.

Xu Xingke pondered for a moment, then asked, “From the perspective of you a thousand years later, is the current alliance between the Spirit of Technique and practitioners not close enough?”

Shen Ye snapped his fingers:

“Teacher, look.”

Big Skeleton suddenly jumped out and stood beside him.

“My Spirit of Technique, Failun, has a unique skill, which is to transform into whatever it eats.”

“Now, when it fights alongside me—”

Big Skeleton emitted an eerie soul flame, took a step forward, and merged with Shen Ye’s dharma manifestation.

Shen Ye, meanwhile, pulled out a bag of spicy beef and started eating it.

The next second.

*Thump—*

Shen Ye turned into an ox!

—It was precisely the unique ability of transforming into whatever it eats!

Xu Xingke was moved, saying:

“Your Spirit of Technique… provides an additional spell slot that can be used at any time? And it’s its most proficient spell?”

Xu Xingke asked.

“Precisely,” the ox said, speaking human words.

*Thump!*

It transformed back into Shen Ye.

Xu Xingke raised an eyebrow, his expression turning serious.

“This is the true value of the Spirit of Technique, not simply as a helper in battle.”

From now on.

All practitioners would have at least one more spell.

This was no small matter!

“Are you sure there’s only one year left?” Xu Xingke asked.

“Yes—but the future forks. Different decisions by people create different pasts and futures—that is the power of the present,” Shen Ye said.

He suddenly yawned, and his body swayed violently.

“What’s wrong with you?” Xu Xingke immediately asked.

“The aftereffects of the battle—the me from a thousand years later has disappeared, and the me now is still somewhat affected, I’m very tired.”

“So, do you need medical treatment?” Xu Xingke asked.

“No, I need to sleep.”

Shen Ye closed his eyes, his body falling to the side.

Xu Xingke threw out a card.

The card transformed into a burly man who caught Shen Ye.

The sea breeze blew.

Xu Xingke lit another cigarette.

He gazed towards the sea, a deep pang of sorrow flashing in his eyes.

The card book unfolded beside him.

The pages continuously flipped.

—Most of the card slots were already empty.

Only one year.

What could be done?

“Leave him to me.”

Accompanying this figure, Big Skeleton appeared from the void.

“You are—”

“Failun, his contracted Spirit of Technique.”

“Where are you taking him?” Xu Xingke asked.

“The Nightmare World—he actually has a prominent reputation in the Nightmare World, a good friend of the Human Emperor, known as Paige,” Big Skeleton said.

“The Nightmare Humans’ healing abilities are quite good,” Xu Xingke said.

“Precisely, he needs to go back and see all of us,” Big Skeleton said.

“Go.”

“Yes.”

Big Skeleton helped Shen Ye, took a few steps back, and stood still.

“?” Xu Xingke.

“Sorry… I forgot, I don’t have a way to get back.”

Big Skeleton scratched the back of its head.

—This was too awkward.

It couldn’t help but want to find a hole to crawl into.

Xu Xingke glanced at it, then at the sleeping Shen Ye, and said:

“He’ll probably be asleep for several days this time—but we only have one year left, so every minute and every second counts.”

“That’s what I thought too, but I don’t have the Door ability. He’s usually the one who opens the door to connect the two realms,” Big Skeleton explained.

“The Door?” Xu Xingke asked.

“Yes,” Big Skeleton’s heart instinctively skipped a beat.

Could it be—

Shen Ye’s teacher also had the Door ability?

Xu Xingke looked around and said in a low voice:

“I remember it should be in this direction…”

He stretched out his hand, clenched his fist, and unleashed a full-strength punch into the void.

*Boom—*

In the deafening roar, a passage cracked open in the void.

On the other side, a city of the undead was faintly visible.

“Although it’s not the Door ability, at least the two realms are connected, it’ll have to do.”

Xu Xingke said.

“…Yes,” Big Skeleton said.

Shattering the void with a punch?

You’re way too fierce; no wonder you can be Shen Ye’s teacher!

Big Skeleton carried Shen Ye and jumped into the passage, swiftly disappearing.

The spatial passage slowly closed.

Only Xu Xingke remained.

He stomped out his cigarette and placed his hand on the card book, saying:

“All those who possess Tarot cards, regardless of your card’s level, listen to me, there is an extremely important matter here.”

“One year from now, the entire multi-layered universe will be destroyed.”

“If you don’t want to die, go to the primeval ruin. You must fight desperately to increase your strength. Only then will there be a sliver of hope for the future.”

“I am Xu Xingke, and that is all I have to say.”

The call ended.

He pulled out another card from the card book.

On this card, there was nothing else but a tattered wooden boat.

This wooden boat seemed to have weathered countless storms and hardships, with even its oars on both sides long broken and gone.

Xu Xingke held the card with two fingers and said:

“Since the last multi-layered universe was defeated… there are few left of those who escaped.”

“Everyone, we need to have another meeting.”

“—This is for survival.”