Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 454

Darkness.

In the darkness, a body let out two screams.

The pain of their fusion exceeded all limits, driving both entities into hysterical, frantic struggles.

Every now and then, the body would suddenly split, transforming into two figures.

One of them would immediately try to escape.

But it couldn’t!

The BGM enveloped the surroundings, reaching the seventh level of truth.

With the battle dancer’s blessing—

The Brave Giant’s unique skill, “Costume BGM,” reached the peak of the eighth level of truth!

Such overwhelming suppression made it impossible for the figure to escape!

Then, the other figure pounced, and the two figures merged into one again.

The earth-shattering screams never ceased.

Time seemed to stretch out endlessly.

Even the lines of微光 small characters appearing in the void, Shen Ye couldn’t bring himself to look at them.

“Congratulations.”

“You have mastered the secret of the Primordial Ruin and understood its true mission.”

“The task of the Heavenly Path has been completed.”

“You have grasped the most basic method of casting the Heavenly Path Art.”

Yes!

Su Rong had asked Shen Ye to find her corpse so that it could be integrated into the Primordial Ruin.

The inherently flawed multi-layered universe would gain power.

As for the Primordial Ruin—

It itself existed to accelerate the development of the Sixth Era!

Shen Ye endured all the pain in his body and suddenly activated the Emperor Species bloodline.

All attributes currently reached 3000 points.

Activating the bloodline power of the Emperor Species increased all attributes to 3200 points.

With such abundant attributes, performing the basic Heavenly Path Art—

It should be no problem!

Tiny glowing words popped up:

“You have cast the basic Heavenly Path Art, causing a certain skill to jump to a ‘state’ a thousand years in the future.”

“Currently, ‘Blood-Sucking Grandpa’ has been temporarily upgraded to ‘Blood-Sucking Ancestor’.”

This moment had finally arrived!

Shen Ye suppressed the pain, stretched out his bloody hands, and pressed them firmly on the ground.

“Fuse.”

He growled in a hoarse voice.

The earth shook.

Tiny glowing words continuously emerged:

“You have activated the Primordial trait ‘Blood-Sucking Ancestor’.”

“You have currently chosen to fuse with the ‘Primordial Ruin’!”

“The current fusion has been recognized by the ‘Primordial Ruin’, and will continue!”

Fusion with other multi-layered universes—

This was one of the meanings of the Primordial Ruin’s existence!

Now, using the Heavenly Path Art, this could be achieved!

Shen Ye didn’t know what consequences such a forced fusion would have.

But there was no choice left!

At the very least, Su Rong’s will, her eyeball, and the entire multi-layered universe, including the Primordial Ruin, were on his side.

Even if the opponent was the Corpse Emperor, he had the right time, place, and people, and the BGM of the eighth level of truth.

—There was still hope of winning!

In an instant, an ancient and unadorned stone platform rose from the ground, lifting Shen Ye, and countless flying runes encircled the void, constantly swirling.

The pain suddenly disappeared.

In the darkness, the ancient and profound sound of a horn pierced through the sky, echoing continuously within the Primordial Ruin.

“Invasion!”

“Although this is an extremely rare situation, the Primordial Ruin has judged this event as an ‘invasion’!”

“The ancient devourment ritual has been activated.”

Devourment ritual?

Not fusion?

Shen Ye shivered, then inexplicably let out a sigh of relief.

It seemed he had stumbled upon an unknown domain, causing changes in the multi-layered universe.

Su Rong’s voice quietly sounded:

“By accident, this ancient ritual has been activated.”

“What ritual?” Shen Ye asked, breathing heavily.

He lay on the ground, without the strength to move a muscle.

“The mutual devourment between multi-layered universes—this is different from my original expectation, but we really have no choice.”

Su Rong continued:

“Even my corpse itself is a complete multi-layered universe.”

“Its battle with you will end in devourment.”

“Either it devours you and your multi-layered universe, or your multi-layered universe devours it.”

“The victor gains everything from the loser.”

Shen Ye interjected, “But how do we fight? We’re entangled, equally matched, and I’m affected by some of its spells, so I can’t use some skills.”

“You’ll know soon,” Su Rong said.

The next moment, the darkness vanished.

Shen Ye found himself standing in a blank void.

The eyeball floated before him.

Behind him, Corpse Emperor Su Rong’s complete body appeared, her back fused with his.

She forcefully gouged out her other eyeball and placed it in the void.

“The first devourment ritual begins.”

“The opponent has chosen a combat unit contrast of: three to one.”

“You can choose a participant.”

“The opponent will send out three fighters to duel your one fighter.”

“—Everything starts from scratch.”

“The victor devours all possessions of the loser!”

Shen Ye quickly read it.

Three fighters from the opponent?

I can only choose one?

“Because you triggered the multi-layered universe devourment ritual, and the opponent is merely responding, the opponent will have advantageous conditions at the start,” Su Rong explained.

Shen Ye asked doubtfully, “What exactly am I now—”

“—You are the universe, and now it’s a mutual devourment between two universes,” Su Rong said.

The blank void receded.

An uninhabited island floated in the dark universe.

On one side of the island was an empty village.

The road extended from the village, and the light became dim, reaching a graveyard outside the village.

In the graveyard, the soil loosened, and three coffins emerged.

—This was the territory of the Corpse Demon.

“Come on, didn’t you want to devour me? Let’s have a showdown!”

The Corpse Demon’s resentful and furious voice followed.

It clutched the eyeball tightly and muttered an obscure incantation.

The lids of the three coffins began to tremble.

It looked like something was about to crawl out of the coffins!

“It is a corpse, and the universe it possesses is one after death, while you represent your current universe—”

“From your multi-layered universes, choose a professional—”

“The battle is one against three, and both sides will start as professionals at the initial awakening stage.”

“After one minute, they will advance to the first level of the Dharma Realm.”

“Thereafter, they will advance one level every minute until the enemy is defeated.”

“If your chosen professional loses, we will lose my only eyeball.”

“Be extremely careful!”

Su Rong warned.

Shen Ye couldn’t help but ask, “What about the Primordial and the multi-layered universe? Don’t they interfere with this battle?”

“In fact, this devourment ritual was initiated by them—they, like you, were forced to a dead end, and they handed over command of the battle to you,” Su Rong said.

“So that’s how it is…”

Shen Ye’s heart sank, and he immediately began to select personnel.

The true masters had all left with Xu Xingke.

He was not familiar with the masters in the multi-layered universe who were at the tenth, twentieth, or even higher stages of the Dharma Realm.

But he knew one person.

Perhaps only she—

With her talent, she could win hope in this constantly escalating battle!

“Song Yinchen, lend me a hand.”

Shen Ye whispered.

In the village, a young girl quietly appeared.

Song Yinchen.

She stood there gracefully, letting the invisible ripples surge around her in the void, transmitting information to her mind.

“Does everyone have to start as a newly awakened professional?”

Song Yinchen asked, looking at the three coffins outside the village with some concern.

“That’s right, at the start, you’ll be facing three opponents at the first level of the Dharma Realm, and you’ll have no information about them,” Shen Ye said.

In fact, he was also a bit worried.

After all, it was one against three.

“I understand,” Song Yinchen said.

A grand bell chimed.

The battle began!

The lids of all three coffins opened.

A giant with grayish-white skin crawled out of one coffin.

From the other two coffins emerged a fallen angel with gray wings, and a monster with a spider’s body and a human face.

Corpse Emperor Su Rong’s voice echoed above the world:

“Pale Giant, Fallen Angel, Poison Mist Spider Demon, although you are only at the first level of the Dharma Realm, I believe your wisdom and skill are enough to compensate for everything.”

“Go kill that human girl and win this devourment ritual for me!”

The three monsters all roared, took large strides, and charged towards the village.

Song Yinchen held her breath, adopting a defensive stance.

The monsters charged before her.

She suddenly dodged, slipping behind the side of a house by the road.

A flash of green light barely grazed her body, striking the spot where she had been standing.

The ground sizzled as if splashed with oil.

—It was the poisonous mist spider demon’s venomous吐息!

“Idiot, your attack was seen through by her.”

The Fallen Angel sneered, flapping its wings and pursuing her into the alley beside the street.

Song Yinchen had already left.

She dodged and weaved among the tiered buildings.

The three monsters pursued for a while but found her movements extremely agile, and she often anticipated their intentions.

“She probably has a special talent,” the Fallen Angel said.

“It doesn’t matter. When we reach the first level of the Dharma Realm, our spells and power will greatly increase, and killing her will be easy,” the Pale Giant said.

The Spider Demon said nothing but began to transform into a human form.

—It was advancing to the first level of the Dharma Realm!

Specks of flame also appeared on the Fallen Angel’s wings.

As for the Pale Giant—

It roared, its body growing even larger, and the aura it exuded became even more terrifying.

“She’s about to die, what a pitiful creature.”

The Fallen Angel excitedly drew a slender sword and placed a beautifully ornate shield in front of it.

“I’ll eat her,” the Pale Giant said.

“Her soul belongs to me,” the Fallen Angel said.

They both looked at the Spider Demon.

But the Spider Demon leaped.

A sudden change occurred—

A crimson light swept across the entire world, from far to near.

The Fallen Angel sharply dodged, but its shield was still cut open, and several fingers were severed.

The Spider Demon dodged in advance, narrowly escaping.

As for the Pale Giant—

Its body was cut in two, carried away by the force of the slash, its two halves scattered on either side of the road.

The two surviving monsters were startled and quickly looked at Song Yinchen.

Song Yinchen stood on the opposite rooftop, holding a colorful long whip, her expression cold.

“Damn… that’s the Chaotic Spiritual Light… how did it turn into a whip…”

The Fallen Angel muttered in a daze.

“You couldn’t kill me at the beginning, but now I’ve advanced to the first level of the Dharma Realm, and I can use this whip—you’ve already lost,” Song Yinchen said.

“That’s not necessarily true.” The Fallen Angel threw a stream of light at the giant’s corpse.

Resurrection!

The two halves of the giant’s corpse rejoined, and it crawled back up, standing beside the Fallen Angel.

“I am the most outstanding Fallen Angel in history; even at just the first level of the Dharma Realm, I have grasped the power of resurrection.”

The Fallen Angel spoke proudly.

“I am also the strongest Pale Giant—it seems I cannot hold back anymore,” the Giant rumbled.

A strange light flashed in its eyes, and it stared at Song Yinchen from afar.

Pupil Technique: Crushing Impact!

Almost simultaneously, a hideous dead insect appeared before Song Yinchen.

Boom—

The insect carcass blocked the invisible force from the void and was flung away like a cannonball.

The Spider Demon, seeing this, finally spoke:

“Beware, she possesses that legendary eye—”

“Dharma Eye: Dragon Devouring Eye!”

The Fallen Angel and the Pale Giant both reacted with a shift in expression.

The Dharma Eye: Dragon Devouring Eye, was reputed to “see all futures in all battles,” capable of anticipating an enemy’s actions.

“So that’s it, it’s indeed fitting that they sent her to fight us,” the Fallen Angel said.

The next second, the power fluctuations on the three monsters and Song Yinchen simultaneously grew stronger.

—Dharma Realm Second Level!

Every minute, everyone’s strength would increase by one level of cultivation until a victor was determined!

The Spider Demon let out a low growl:

“It’s finally my turn! At the second level of the Dharma Realm, I can now control this village.”

“What good is the Dragon Devouring Eye then!”

Its body swelled, revealing numerous tiny holes.

Immediately, countless shadows spewed out from the holes in its body, transforming into a billowing black mist that swept across the entire village.

—Demon Poison Young Spiders!

Countless young spiders filled the heavens and earth.

Their venomous spines were loaded with paralyzing toxins, ready to pierce into the enemy’s body at any moment!

A skill of such power could be unleashed at the second level of the Dharma Realm!

And with the Fallen Angel and the Pale Giant still glaring menacingly nearby—

—Any single person fighting alone would have already lost.

“They really underestimate me,” Song Yinchen snorted lightly, placed one hand on her glabella, and her entire body trembled.

An invisible force radiated from her, forming ripples in the void.

The demon poison young spiders fell to the ground in large swaths.

Their bodies were completely stiff.

“Mental impact—her true talent lies in soul and mental power—it’s monstrous, she killed all the young spiders in one go.”

The Fallen Angel said with a grave expression.

She possessed the Dragon Devouring Eye, a whip forged from Chaotic Spiritual Light, and inherently had an extremely powerful mental talent.

“No wonder she was chosen to fight a life-and-death duel with us.”

The Pale Giant said, moved.

It strode forward, blocking its two companions behind it, and formed hand seals.

The minute hand jumped.

The third minute began!

The aura of the four combatants once again surged to a higher level.

Dharma Realm Third Level!

The Pale Giant timed it perfectly.

At the moment its strength increased, its spell was also completed.

“Earth Shatter.”

The Pale Giant roared.

The entire ground began to tremble, shake, and develop dense cracks.

Boom—

The village was completely obliterated.

Lava shot up into the sky like dense columns of light.

The ground temperature instantly exceeded the limits of human endurance.

“It’s quite like hell,” the Fallen Angel let out a triumphant laugh, “This is the perfect place for us to fight.”

“Indeed, this is an environment we can adapt to, but humans are too fragile; even at the third level of the Dharma Realm, they can’t fight us skillfully here.”

The Pale Giant rumbled.

It strode to a gushing lava flow, pulling out a blazing red giant axe from within.

The giant axe was raised high and swung through the air at Song Yinchen on the other side of the street.

Song Yinchen dodged quickly.

Seven or eight axe shadows emanating scalding heat appeared in the void, and she dodged each one.

She suddenly swung her whip backwards with both hands.

Swish—smack—

Two short swords parried the long whip.

The Fallen Angel suddenly appeared, struck by the Chaotic Spiritual Light, not only were its short swords shattered, but it was also forced back seven or eight meters.

Song Yinchen was about to pursue, but she twisted her body, and the long whip swung in a strange arc, tapping a house.

Rumble—

The house collapsed.

The Spider Demon rushed out, opened its maw, and spewed a giant net, directly enveloping Song Yinchen.

The giant net was covered in venom, and even in mid-air, it already emitted a thick green mist, spreading outwards.

Song Yinchen’s expression remained unchanged, and she retreated swiftly, about to escape the net’s range—

“Trying to run?”

The Pale Giant, holding the blazing red giant axe, blocked her only escape route.

At this moment, the giant net came flying at her, the giant blocked her path with the axe, and the Fallen Angel on the side drew a long bow, placing an arrow on the string—

A bewitching light suddenly flashed in Song Yinchen’s watery eyes.

Pupil Technique: Yin-Yang Deification • Young Yang God.

In an instant, a pale giant appeared out of thin air, raising its giant axe high, and clashed with the blocking pale giant.

Taking advantage of the momentary gap—

Song Yinchen dodged past the giant, landed behind it, and swung her whip back!

Swish!

The Chaotic Spiritual Light, from heaven to earth, cut through everything in its path.

The two Pale Giants, along with the Spider Demon’s net, and the entire shattered ground, were all cut apart.

The Fallen Angel quickly dropped its bow and arrows, and threw out a ray of light with both hands.

“Resurrection!”

It low-growled.

The Pale Giant was immediately resurrected again!

Song Yinchen gave the Fallen Angel a deep look and likewise cast a ray of light with both hands.

The light landed on the other Pale Giant that had been cut apart.

The giant was immediately resurrected!

It punched down the other giant in front of it, climbed on top, and pounded with its giant fists like rain.

At this moment, the Fallen Angel couldn’t care about the giant anymore.

“Impossible… This is our sacred skill as Fallen Angels, why can you also cast it? Are you our descendant?”

The Fallen Angel stared at Song Yinchen.

Song Yinchen said indifferently, “What descendant or not, if I can’t master such a simple technique after seeing it twice, wouldn’t I be useless?”

The minute hand jumped again.

Thump—

A muffled thud.

The Spider Demon’s strike separated the two giants.

The bruised Pale Giant returned to Song Yinchen’s side, and after she glanced at it, it vanished into thin air.

The pupil technique was recalled.

But now everyone’s strength had increased by one level.

Her power was replenished.

She must be able to cast that Pupil Technique: Yin-Yang Deification • Young Yang God again!

The three monsters stared at Song Yinchen, their faces no longer showing the initial ease.

—How could such a human exist in the world?

“If you have no objections, let’s decide the winner with the next move. I’m afraid prolonged delays will lead to trouble.”

The Fallen Angel spoke.

The Pale Giant and the Spider Demon both nodded.

Song Yinchen stood on the other side of the street, but a cold sneer appeared on her face.

Decide the winner?

“Do you have some misunderstanding about this battle?”

She spoke.

“What misunderstanding?” the Fallen Angel asked.

Song Yinchen spread her hands, seemingly embracing the void.

“That was just a warm-up.”

“After all, going all out at the very beginning would create an overly fierce power surge—”

“That kind of surge would dull the radiance of my skin, and it would take many facemasks to rescue it.”

“However, now that I’ve warmed up…”

A grand, profound resonance emanated from her, spreading across infinite space and time.

At the same time, lines of faint glowing text suddenly appeared before Shen Ye’s eyes:

“You are currently representing the multi-layered universe in battle with the Primordial, and at this moment, you are the current universe.”

“Your combatant Song Yinchen has completed her resonance.”

“She possesses infinite resonance, allowing for synchronization with you (the universe).”

“She is requesting to draw upon your (the universe’s) great power.”

“Permission granted?”

Even though Shen Ye knew Song Yinchen incredibly well, he couldn’t help but sigh at this moment.

This little girl.

She was too fierce.

“Granted.”

Shen Ye gave the command.