Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 455

Across the multi-layered cosmos.

Five epochs.

The First Epoch was the genesis of origins, where ultimate power had not yet fully developed. There was only a wisp of chaotic spiritual light that gained sentience.

The subsequent three epochs saw the emergence of the Heaven-Shaking Art, the Heaven-Merging Art, and the Heaven-Piercing Art.

The power of the Fifth Epoch split into two; one aspect led to the method of art-spirit fusion, and the other gave birth to the Primordial Vestige, preparing for the growth of the Sixth Epoch.

At this moment.

To contend with the Fallen Angel, the Pale Giant, and the Poison Mist Spider Demon, Song Yinchen began to resonate with Shen Ye.

Shen Ye released all his knowledge, allowing her to hungrily perceive and comprehend everything.

Countless insights emerged in her mind.

If it were someone of dull aptitude, they would feel satisfied just by comprehending and learning.

But this was Song Yinchen.

For her, the most crucial aspect was not the power of the three arts, but the breadth of vision.

—This greatly expanded Song Yinchen’s horizons, deeply astonishing her, and sparking countless inspirations in her thoughts.

“The three arts… to possess such power.”

She bit her lip, raising her hand to wield her long whip.

Heaven-Shaking Art.

The whip was enveloped in an invisible ripple, caressing the three monsters opposite her from a distance.

As this whip strike was unleashed—

She also executed an elementary Heaven-Piercing Art, boosting her attributes to those of 20 years later.

20 years.

For Song Yinchen, that was enough.

She was also prepared.

Behind the opponents also stood a will of a multi-layered cosmos.

Therefore, they should also possess several ultimate epoch powers, capable of a struggle against her.

Victory or defeat was still unknown.

So, with this whip strike, she held back some power, and was ready to conjure a new spell in her hand.

But as the long whip flashed like a stream of color in the void.

The entire world turned blank.

White.

The absolute white lasted for several breaths before gradually disintegrating into fragmented black spatial rifts.

—The entire space collapsed!

The powerful Pale Giant, the resourceful Fallen Angel, and the sinister and bizarre Poison Mist Spider Demon all turned to dust with the collapsing space.

They didn’t even have a chance to retaliate!

Song Yinchen was stunned.

Not only her, but Shen Ye also fell into thought.

—Why couldn’t the opponents unleash even one ultimate power?

Now that he thought about it, the “End Lord of All Eras” was the same; it could only attack with the Heaven-Shaking Art—

In fact, it couldn’t fully master this ultimate power, because it wasn’t a life form of the current multi-layered cosmos.

The art spirit of the Heaven-Shaking Art was merely toying with it!

Why was all this happening?

As Shen Ye was thinking, he suddenly saw the eyeball belonging to the Corpse Emperor, Su Rong, slowly float before him.

—He had won just now!

So, he acquired one of the opponent’s eyeballs.

Shen Ye was about to take it, but a cluster of light and shadow emerged from the eyeball and gently knocked his hand away.

The cluster of light and shadow quickly transformed into a black human figure and spoke:

“Everything in this multi-layered cosmos is mine, including this corpse of the world’s will.”

“—Who is so bold as to touch my spoils of war?”

Before Shen Ye could speak, Su Rong’s voice urgently sounded in his ear:

“It’s the shadow of the White Night Spirit King, controlling my corpse and causing it to mutate into a demon.”

“Abandon this devouring ritual, let’s go quickly!”

Shen Ye listened quietly, his gaze sweeping towards the two eyeballs suspended in mid-air.

Originally, there was only one.

Now.

He had finally won another one back.

But as soon as this shadow of the White Night Spirit King appeared, he had to flee?

Wasn’t the White Night Spirit King battling his master?

Was its shadow really that arrogant?

Wait a minute—

If he could tie it up here, would it make things easier for his master?

At least at this moment, he represented the entire multi-layered cosmos and the Primordial Vestige!

This added a layer of confidence.

Plus 3200 points to all attributes, another layer of confidence.

Should he do it?

If he didn’t dare now, how could he expect to fight alongside his master and wreak havoc on the battlefield?

With this thought.

Shen Ye reached out and firmly grasped the two eyeballs, then spoke:

“Remember this—”

“The one who touched your spoils of war is your father.”

The black figure, upon hearing this, did not immediately erupt in anger, but instead sneered:

“Ignorant fool, once I return, the White Night Knights will immediately come and destroy everything here.”

After speaking, it transformed back into a wisp of black mist, ready to vanish into the void.

But the next moment.

The black mist condensed back into a human figure, stopped in mid-air, and looked at Shen Ye with astonishment.

“What did you do?”

It asked.

“Nothing much—just wanted you to eat dirt,” Shen Ye said.

Lines of glowing text quickly appeared:

“You activated the Primordial Term ‘Vampire Grandpa’.”

“The designated target is the shadow of the White Night Spirit King, and the target is about to merge with you.”

“Attention!”

“This time, the world and the Primordial no longer hide secrets from you, so you immediately discerned the truth.”

Shen Ye instinctively looked down.

He saw black conduits插满了 his body.

These conduits connected him to the Primordial Vestige, and even the entire multi-layered cosmos.

—The will of the multi-layered cosmos was using all its power to help him activate the term ability!

It was precisely because of this that he could integrate the Corpse Emperor, Su Rong, in one fell swoop.

Even the shadow of the White Night Spirit King, caught in the term’s fusion, couldn’t escape this place to call for reinforcements!

This also achieved something else.

—The multi-layered cosmos, by connecting with him, could directly understand the power composition of the Corpse Emperor and the Spirit King’s shadow!

He had activated the fusion with the Primordial—

He never expected such an unknown effect!

The black mist completely merged into Shen Ye’s body, converging into the Corpse Emperor’s form on his back.

Both the Corpse Emperor and the black mist spoke in unison:

“Merging again?”

“Do you intend to keep us this way?”

“Laughable. Don’t blame others if you seek death yourself—you and your cosmos shall perish in this ancient devouring ritual!”

As the words fell.

Glowing text appeared in the void:

“The current devouring ritual has undergone an anomaly, transforming from a one-on-one to a three-way battle.”

The world reconstructed itself.

Land appeared out of nowhere, the village was restored, and the three monsters also revived.

But unlike before—

The Pale Giant, the Fallen Angel, and the Poison Mist Spider Demon were all trapped in crimson light cages in mid-air.

Song Yinchen was also trapped in another cage.

The person standing on the main road in the village had changed.

Corpse Demon Su Rong.

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King.

—And Shen Ye!

“I heard humans are particularly sensitive to pain and despair; even their souls are easily destroyed by such emotions.”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King softly said, extending its mist-shrouded arm and slapping the Corpse Demon.

Instantly.

The Pale Giant in the cage immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and knelt on the ground, looking demoralized.

Shen Ye’s expression changed, and he couldn’t help but look up at Song Yinchen.

“It seems you already understand.”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King smiled and slowly said, “This time, we will fight, and any injury you sustain will be doubled upon that human girl.”

“—In the previous battle, she was the first reliable combat candidate you thought of.”

“I guess she must hold special significance to you.”

“We will make her die before your eyes.”

Shen Ye looked towards the cage.

He saw Song Yinchen forming a hand seal, and a phantom suddenly emerged from her body.

That phantom was her soul!

“Brother Shen Ye, I have already severed the link between my soul and body, so physical pain cannot torment me.”

“—You can do it!”

Song Yinchen’s voice rang in Shen Ye’s ears.

At the same time.

Corpse Demon Su Rong forcefully cut open her chest, extracting the beating heart.

“The second round begins!”

She stared at Shen Ye, and the two eyeballs in his hand, with eyes full of venom.

In an instant.

The Corpse Demon and the black shadow vanished together.

Outside the village, in the graveyard, a rustling sound was heard.

Lines of glowing text quickly appeared:

“The second devouring ritual has begun.”

“The rules of this battle have reversed. The professionals sent by both sides will be imprisoned, and the loser will suffer double all damages and pain from the battle.”

“Since the current devouring ritual was initiated by the opponent’s challenge, you can add a rule at any time.”

“The three combatants are: Corpse Demon, Spirit King’s Shadow, Shen Ye.”

“Everything will not start from scratch.”

“The victor will devour all possessions of the loser!”

“—Begin!”

Shen Ye sensed it briefly.

Thousands of points of all attributes were still there.

He maintained his original combat state now—

But he wondered what strength the opponents possessed!

“Crash!”

“Crash!”

Two sounds of coffins breaking were heard in the distance.

In the graveyard outside the village, the Corpse Demon and the Shadow of the White Night Spirit King simultaneously crawled out from underground.

“Master, let’s go together and tear him apart!”

The Corpse Demon growled.

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King, however, spoke slowly: “Fool, can’t you see how powerful that music term is that he used to control you?”

“Even your fusion with him was due to his term gathering the realm-power of the entire multi-layered cosmos.”

“This is his home ground!”

The black shadow slowly extended its hands, clasped them together, and formed a hand seal.

“—He is skilled at fighting with terms, and he must have won many crucial battles with them before.”

“This is an extremely rare fighting style.”

“So, let’s not consider using ordinary fighting methods to defeat him.”

The Corpse Demon felt a chill in its heart and couldn’t help but ask:

“Master, what should we do then?”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King roared: “I will use truth to directly shatter all his confidence, torment his woman, and in his cries and wails, slowly obliterate his consciousness.”

“—Only then will I live up to my name!”

As the words fell.

His spell was complete.

Almost at the same instant—

Shen Ye immediately felt it.

The entire world suddenly disappeared, replaced by a massive castle.

The castle was covered in spikes, impaling grotesque corpses and allowing their flowing blood to stain the entire castle crimson!

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King stood on the castle’s roof.

The Corpse Demon was merely a slave prostrate at its feet.

“The manifesting power of truth only appears when the ultimate creation develops to the Sixth Epoch.”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King softly said:

“Let this City of White Night completely crush everything about you.”

Tens of thousands of monsters erupted in a unified roar.

The castle’s gate opened with a “boom”.

Endless blood surged from the castle, followed by blood-red giant dragons soaring into the sky.

Shen Ye’s pupils contracted.

This was—

This was a world created by truth!

“Die.”

The White Night Spirit King uttered a single word.

At the same instant.

Shen Ye quickly said, “I am the challenged party; I want to add a rule—”

“Truth creations shall not exceed one tier!”

The entire world fell silent.

Booming—

A red lightning bolt streaked across the sky, followed by a muffled thunder.

Blood rained down in torrents.

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King stood on the castle, roaring loudly:

“How dare a mere devouring ritual interfere with my truth creation?”

It pointed a finger.

Several blood-red giant dragons roared and flew towards Shen Ye, their jaws agape, about to unleash a breath attack—

Shen Ye softly said:

“You can choose not to follow the battle rules of the ritual, but in that case, this ritual will end, and you will be forever trapped within my body!”

A fierce wind howled.

Four blood-red giant dragons encircled Shen Ye, emitting low growls filled with murderous intent.

Shen Ye, unafraid, finished the latter half of his sentence:

“—Or rather, are you afraid?”

“Afraid?” The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King squeezed out a word through gritted teeth.

It suddenly regained its usual composure and grace, and shook its head with a chuckle:

“Even now, you still think you can defeat me?”

“Alright—”

The four blood-red giant dragons roared and retracted, returning to the castle.

The entire majestic and terrifying giant castle silently disintegrated, collapsed, and vanished.

The spot where it stood became a bloody swamp.

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King looked at the bloody swamp, a nostalgic expression in its eyes, and spoke:

“My unique truth creation was originally just this bloody swamp.”

“It certainly only possesses a single tier of truth power.”

“But it’s enough to kill you!”

As the words fell.

Hands suddenly emerged from the swamp, one after another.

—Something was awakening from the bloody swamp!

Shen Ye took a deep breath, a grave expression gradually appearing on his face.

Rules.

If set too restrictively, and the opponent refused to fight, the situation would be deadlocked.

Under relatively fair rules, if the opponent dared not fight him, then he wouldn’t be worthy of being called the Shadow of the White Night Spirit King.

Now, he had seized this opportunity.

And after a quick glance just now, he immediately understood what a truth creation was.

—He had one too!

He closed his eyes slightly, sensing carefully.

Through the crisscrossing, endless underground mineshafts, grottoes, and tunnels, a small house appeared before his eyes.

“Come out, Little Western Heaven!”

Shen Ye roared.

Rumbling—

A small house immediately appeared outside the bloody swamp, standing amidst endless black ore.

Truth creation—

Little Western Heaven!

Although the White Night Spirit King’s Shadow was restricted in the level of its truth creation, its discerning eye remained.

With just one glance, it immediately saw through the building.

“A mining creation? How pathetic. My magnificent truth of bloody conquest, to actually have to fight you.”

The White Night Spirit King said, shaking its head in disdain.

The next second.

The sound of horses neighing arose.

From the bloody swamp, a warhorse, its body aflame, leaped out and landed on the ground.

Immediately after, a humanoid figure clad in full blood-red armor crawled out.

He held a pale bone spear and mounted the horse.

Towering blood-red light radiated from his body.

Shen Ye’s pupils contracted.

—This truth creation was so powerful!

Could his Little Western Heaven withstand its attack?

“—Go and dismantle his truth creation.”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King commanded.

The Blood-red Knight urged his warhorse.

The fiery steed immediately galloped, gradually accelerating, and charged straight towards Little Western Heaven.

The battle began!

Shen Ye’s thought moved, but the substitute in the hut did not.

“The substitute is your projection.”

“In the current truth duel, your truth creation and its retainers must fight against the opponent’s truth creation, and your projection can only lead from the center!”

—So the substitute was his projection!

This meant that every time he went mining, it was actually him personally descending into the truth mining area to mine by hand!

Leading from the center—

Shen Ye’s entire body emitted purple Heaven-Piercing spiritual light, then he reached out and patted the bronze man.

“You released Heaven-Piercing Spiritual Light.”

“Currently, it boosts basic attributes, attack power, and defense by 7 times, and you designated one of your retainers, the bronze man, to also receive the same multiplier of strength.”

One of the bronze man’s functions was to guard the house!

“Go defend!”

Shen Ye roared.

The bronze man immediately stood up, walked out the door, and stood guard outside the house with the cat and dog.

The Blood-red Knight charged!

“Open.”

Shen Ye stood inside the hut, controlling the projection, and forcefully clapped the “Fractured Truth” set.

A layer of light emanated from the hut, enveloping its surroundings.

“Glimmer of Suffering Truth”!

The Blood-red Knight instantly rushed within a hundred-meter range, illuminated by the glimmer.

Clang, clang, clang—

The armor on its body emitted a series of striking sounds.

—Any hostile entity entering the ‘Glimmer’ barrier will continuously endure pain beyond limits, steadily lose vitality, develop wounds difficult to heal, and instantly perish.

But the Blood-red Knight’s armor seemed to possess powerful defensive capabilities; illuminated by the glimmer, it merely continued to endure the impacts—

It stubbornly resisted!

The warhorse, entirely composed of flames, was unaffected by the glimmer and instead accelerated its charge.

Seeing the Blood-red Knight level its spear, charging straight towards the hut—

It was going to ram through the entire truth construction in a single charge!

“Stop it.”

Shen Ye commanded.

The bronze man ran at full speed, making “clang,” “clang,” “clang” sounds underfoot, rushing forward and throwing a punch directly at the Blood-red Knight.

Boom—

The Blood-red Knight countered with its spear, sending the bronze man flying into a deep crater.

“Cat and dog.”

Shen Ye called out again.

At this moment, the Blood-red Knight had just repelled the bronze man, and its entire body was still illuminated by the Glimmer of Suffering Truth, so its speed had slowed down slightly.

Taking advantage of this—

The cat and dog leaped high.

Its cat head, full of murderous intent, hissed, raking its claws with full force at the Blood-red Knight’s neck.

The Blood-red Knight plunged its spear into the ground, striking repeatedly with both hands, engaging in several rounds of combat with the cat and dog—

Thump!

The cat and dog were knocked away, hitting the stone steps in front of the hut, and then lay motionless.

—It died.

The Blood-red Knight pulled its spear from the ground and urged its horse once more—

Amidst a rapid “dong,” “dong,” “dong” metallic clang, the bronze man lunged again!

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King, directing the knight, couldn’t help but burst into laughter:

“It’s useless!”

“My truth creation is specifically made for battle, what trash is yours? They’re not even on the same level!”

The Blood-red Knight pierced the bronze man with a spear, lifted it high, and gave a forceful shake.

Clang—

The bronze man shattered into countless scattered steel parts, falling all over the ground.

The Blood-red Knight retrieved its spear and looked down at its armor.

Clang, clang, clang!

The Glimmer of Suffering Truth continuously attacked its armor, which now had cracks appearing all over it.

“Don’t waste any more time, go and dismantle his truth creation!”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King shouted.

The Blood-red Knight once again urged its warhorse, immediately speeding up its charge.

Boom—

A massive bronze fist struck the Blood-red Knight, knocking it off its warhorse.

“Hit it!”

Shen Ye roared.

A line of glowing text appeared before him:

“You activated resurrection.”

“Within the range of the ‘Glimmer of Suffering Truth’, you can activate ‘Resurrection’ once every five minutes.”

The bronze man was resurrected!

Its parts were already scattered around the Blood-red Knight, and this sudden resurrection, taking it by surprise, finally allowed it to land a punch on the Blood-red Knight!

The Blood-red Knight and the bronze man rolled on the ground, exchanging punches, making “clang-clang” sounds.

The White Night Spirit King looked leisurely, casually remarking:

“We have truth abilities—quickly finish it off and dismantle that truth creation.”

Following its command, dense crimson matter suddenly erupted from the Blood-red Knight’s body.

“Judgement!”

The Blood-red Knight said in a dry, stiff voice:

“Strength.”

Thump—

The bronze man froze, knocked away by a single punch.

The Blood-red Knight climbed to its feet, strode towards the bronze man, and continued:

“Combat prowess.”

The bronze man was about to get up, but hearing its judgment word, it paused again.

Thump!

It was slammed to the ground by a punch from the Blood-red Knight, scattering many parts from its body.

“Combat experience.”

The Blood-red Knight shouted again.

The bronze man’s raised fist froze in mid-air once more.

The Blood-red Knight seized its fist and tore off its entire arm in one swift motion.

“Your turn.”

This time, the Blood-red Knight spoke.

A line of glowing text suddenly appeared before Shen Ye:

“For every three judgments made by the opponent, you can make one judgment.”

“Both sides compare in a certain field; the weaker one cannot move and allows the stronger one to attack once.”

“You must declare your judgment word this time.”

He was still hesitating when the Shadow of the White Night Spirit King on the opposite side spoke:

“It’s useless. Even if it’s only level one, my knight can completely overwhelm your bronze man.”

“—No matter what your judgment word is, your bronze man will die!”

Shen Ye fell silent for a moment, then suddenly remembered something.

That’s right—

When he first acquired the bronze man—

The bronze man’s primary abilities were “cultivation technique demonstration and sparring.”

But!

It also possessed other skills!

For example—

“Additionally, it can cook, do laundry, write novels, and guard the house.”

Shen Ye’s mind stirred, and he immediately shouted the judgment word:

“Novel writing!”

Before the words had fully left his mouth.

The bronze man suddenly leaped from the ground, conjuring a display screen and a keyboard from thin air.

Though it only had one hand left, it used that single hand to furiously type on the keyboard, a rapid clatter.

Lines of small text rapidly appeared on the display screen:

“That day.”

“The sun set, then rose again.”

“My melancholic heart filled with sorrow.”

“Do you not love me anymore?”

“Who can understand whose deep love, and who can comprehend whose departure?”

“Crying, no one knows, no one cares, no one worries?”

“Laughing, no one is happy, no one understands, no one misses?”

“…”

The Blood-red Knight stood aside, appearing somewhat bewildered.

It couldn’t write novels!

The bronze man had won!

The bronze man stood up, swung its fist with all its might, and fiercely struck the Blood-red Knight’s chest.

Thump—

The Blood-red Knight was sent flying!