Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 564
byBottom of the abyss.
The duck was resting.
—Let my other self handle the rest.
As the primal spirit of destruction, I must act like a primal spirit.
The duck yawned.
Resting for too long can cause problems, for example, right now—
It was quite bored.
Its brain still had two and a half days of charging time left.
It could only guard this place.
Was there anything else to do?
Hmm…
The Lord of the Abyss had returned.
To strengthen its defenses and prevent it from launching a sneak attack here, it could actually do one thing.
The duck poked the escape pod with its wing.
A line of faint glowing text immediately appeared:
“The escape pod has become a disguised psychic gate. You can open it at any time to reach the set location.”
Alright!
This counted as a form of defense, right?
As the duck was thinking, it suddenly saw the surroundings darken.
An inexplicable aura permeated the entire bottom of the abyss.
Was it the Lord of the Abyss?
No.
This power resonated with itself.
—It’s the will of the Catastrophe of Destruction!
The duck was somewhat surprised, so much so that the word “Oh, so surprised” appeared above its head.
“Oh, so surprised.”
“Description: Increases insight by a thousand percent, allowing for a deeper resonance with the will of the Catastrophe of Destruction.”
What’s wrong?
Hasn’t the mission already been issued?
The duck squinted, looking at the layers of mist that had just appeared.
It saw them!
Countless decaying tentacles emerged from the mist, spreading around and releasing the aura of destruction.
Tentacles…
What exactly is the true form of destruction?
The duck observed the tentacles carefully. Some were already rotten, while others were covered with eyes, full of black, wriggling things.
Some tentacles constantly changed shape, as if they were living people or some kind of humanoid existence.
Each tentacle emitted power fluctuations almost equivalent to a main god.
What in the world is this!
No.
It couldn’t understand the situation at all.
A cold glint flashed in the duck’s eyes, and it immediately activated the term “Oh, so surprised”.
Its perception sharpened.
It was a very strange feeling.
Like someone with 1000 degrees of nearsightedness, who had lived countless years, suddenly put on suitable glasses one day.
Then the world, which had been stagnant and blurry, suddenly became vivid and lively, even revealing sharp truths.
At this moment.
In the duck’s eyes, those tentacles were no longer tentacles.
It could “see” the essence of those tentacles—
These dense tentacles, carrying the aura of decay and destruction, were a type of fluff.
Each strand of fluff possessed the strength of a main god.
—They were the body hair of some unknown existence.
The fluff had no independent consciousness, but they had a perfect work sequence.
Everything proceeded according to the arrangement of the work sequence.
Smooth and complete.
Absolutely no exceptions.
The duck couldn’t help but sigh.
After realizing all this, a lingering sense of powerlessness welled up in its heart.
The eternal world concealed boundless flesh and blood lands.
The true form of the destruction faction was unknown, but just by looking at these strands of fluff, one could imagine how terrifying it must be.
—If it’s such a monster, I must consider changing my strategy.
Time slowly passed.
No matter what the duck thought, time carried this event forward, allowing it to witness that truth.
In the black mist.
A piggy bank emerged.
Immediately after.
Countless tentacles emitted telepathy, sending a message:
“Primal Spirit of Destruction, your destruction servant has learned the ‘Brain Usage Technique’.”
“This servant is about to become a part of destruction.”
“When this mission ends, you will need to find a new destruction servant.”
“Given that you contributed a fresh outsider—”
“You have obtained this piggy bank. Everything it contains will be forgotten by the world.”
The message ended.
The duck was stunned for a few breaths, then murmured:
“That’s so ruthless?”
On the other side.
Void City, auction house.
Shen Ye already knew everything.
After witnessing the countless fluffs of that existence, he realized that things had exceeded expectations.
He couldn’t fight it head-on!
He jumped up, broke through the door, rushed downstairs, and went straight to the auction house’s treasury.
“My lord—”
The two guards protecting the treasury bowed.
Shen Ye took out the treasury key, casually waved it, and activated the forbidden secret art on it.
The treasury door immediately opened.
“Stand guard outside.”
After a hurried instruction, he entered the treasury.
Here, various rare treasures, weapons, and armor collected by Void City were displayed.
“Quick! Quick! Quick!”
Shen Ye walked along, hands raised above his head, and suddenly activated the term “Mandala Uroboros.”
—Element Extraction!
Using this term, in the name of the Crown of Truth, the unparalleled authority of the dharma realm extracts the essence of all treasures in the entire treasury!
Countless streams of light flew up from various parts of the treasury.
They all merged into Shen Ye’s hands.
“Transform.”
Shen Ye quickly shouted.
Various elements were transformed into specified elements—
Source of Truth.
The term “Mandala Uroboros” could transform any element into another.
This was extremely crucial.
One could even say—
This was the authority of “Mandala Uroboros”, and its most valuable aspect!
For a moment.
In the vast treasury of treasures, all the dazzling treasures lost their luster.
—Their power had been drained.
The mass of Source of Truth in Shen Ye’s hands continuously grew, like a blazing fire, emitting powerful fluctuations.
“Is this enough to awaken Chateau?”
Shen Ye asked.
“Not enough—but barely enough to awaken Su Su—listen to me, why aren’t you running?” Ship of Destruction said.
“If I ran back to the world of truth, I wouldn’t know anything,” Shen Ye said.
“But the other party is already going to completely devour you—although I don’t know how it will devour you, if you don’t run, your life will be gone,” Uncle Seven said.
“I am only eligible to be devoured because I learned the ‘Brain Usage Technique’,” Shen Ye said.
“Yes,” Ship of Destruction said.
“Without this technique, there might still be a chance to avoid danger,” Shen Ye added.
The two大佬 fell into thought.
“To teach someone a technique, and then control them through that technique… this is quite novel,” Uncle Seven said.
“You need to read some wuxia novels,” Shen Ye said.
“Wuxia, huh…” Uncle Seven fell into contemplation.
Shen Ye seized the time, injecting all the Source of Truth into his dharma forms, letting them merge into the parasitic empress, Su Su.
“What exactly is the other party?” Ship of Destruction pondered.
“Aren’t you evolving destruction? What do you think?” Shen Ye retorted.
“I feel like everything just now was a fixed program. It wasn’t targeting you—it was just a corresponding mechanism it used to deal with everything, and it happened to be able to deal with you,” Ship of Destruction said.
“I feel the same,” Uncle Seven said.
Both大佬 had lived countless years.
Shen Ye greatly valued their opinions.
“Since it’s not deliberately targeting me, then perhaps I still have a chance to avoid this crisis.”
Shen Ye said.
“Hmm…”
A soft groan.
Su Su woke up.
At the same time—
A thought suddenly popped into Shen Ye’s mind:
“Life is too hard. Destruction is the ultimate truth.”
“I might as well assimilate with destruction, become a part of it, and then gain its power to rule all realms and beings.”
As he was thinking this, a secret sacrificial technique immediately appeared in his mind.
This was secret knowledge he had never seen or learned.
But at this moment—
Every hand seal, sacrificial ritual, incantation, etc., all appeared clearly in Shen Ye’s mind.
—As long as he completed these steps, he could become the main god of destruction!
Shen Ye was about to think of something else, but another thought popped into his mind, dominating his thoughts:
“Becoming part of destruction is because what I did was recognized by the will of the great tribulation.”
“This is an supreme honor.”
“I should complete this ritual immediately!”
He suddenly sobered up, trembling, and couldn’t help but exclaim:
“What terrifying power.”
“What? What do you say is terrifying power?” Ship of Destruction asked.
Shen Ye was about to reply, but another thought popped into his mind:
“Quickly.”
“I want to become a main god.”
“—I must be the strongest among the main gods!”
This thought occupied all his mind, making him completely unable to think of anything else.
In a short while.
He raised his hand and began to form hand seals.
The first hand seal was formed.
Boundless dark mist quietly appeared around him.
He changed his hand seals, performing the second one—
But his hand stiffened, unable to move.
The hand seal could not be performed for a long time.
“What’s going on?”
Shen Ye asked in surprise.
“Of course, it’s me,” Su Su’s lazy voice sounded.
“Su Su, have you recovered your strength?” Shen Ye asked excitedly.
“Yes, Duck just transmitted a message to me. Don’t worry, I’m parasitic on you now.”
Su Su’s voice carried a hint of solemnity.
Shen Ye, however, was somewhat confused.
She had communicated with the duck.
What did they say?
As Shen Ye was thinking, another thought surged into his mind:
“No matter what they think, or what they said, the urgent matter is to merge with the Catastrophe of Destruction and become the Destruction Main God!”
“Become the Destruction Main God!”
“Become the Destruction Main God Become the Destruction Main God Become the Destruction Main God Become the Destruction Main God Become the Destruction Main God Become the Destruction Main God Become the Destruction Main God…”
The thought lingered.
It was like a surging flood, washing away all of Shen Ye’s thoughts.
At this moment.
Shen Ye only had this one thing in his heart.
“Hey, Su Su, stop controlling my body. I need to do something now.”
Shen Ye said.
He struggled, regaining control of his hands, and began to perform the hand seals again.
The seal was formed.
But no power surged into the seal to activate the spell.
“You’ve suppressed my power?”
Shen Ye asked in surprise.
“Your body is under my control now. Don’t even think about completing that spell,” Su Su said.
“Why!” Shen Ye shouted.
“This is what you asked me for. Your mind is filled with thoughts that aren’t yours, so your duck asked me to relay a message,” Su Su said.
“What?” Shen Ye asked.
“Remember, you have no brain right now!” Su Su said.
Shen Ye trembled all over.
No brain—
That’s right!
The me standing here, at this moment, has no brain!
All my thoughts have to pass through the eternal escape pod before they can be generated and transmitted back to the duck and myself.
—Now these thoughts are not coming from my brain in the escape pod!
These thoughts are not mine!
I only have a body now, no brain!
At this point, seeing through the obstacle of thoughts, countless new thoughts arose in Shen Ye’s mind, but he no longer paid attention to them.
Countless thoughts overwhelmed his reason.
But he ignored those thoughts and only contemplated the current situation.
—The thoughts are not me!
“Su Su, is there any way to make it think it has controlled me?”
Shen Ye asked.
Su Su chuckled and said, “It’s still your usual style, but you’re going to be disappointed—”
“The opponent is too powerful. Misleading it might activate new countermeasures from it, and it might even attract its attention. Do you want to take that gamble?”
“No, I don’t,” Shen Ye said decisively.
—Any mechanism could control his thoughts.
If he were targeted, who knows what the other party would come up with.
He couldn’t fight them!
“Looks like I can only leave then?” Shen Ye asked.
“Yes, even I have no intention of parasitizing it at all, and you are so weak—run away quickly,” Su Su said.
Shen Ye fell into thought.
This trip to the destruction faction had indeed brought sufficient rewards.
He had already learned that the true form of destruction was an existence beyond imagination.
All destruction main gods could contend with the creations of truth.
However, these main gods—
Only possessed the power of a single strand of its body hair.
How strong was its true form?
Simply immeasurable!
But it didn’t directly destroy the world of truth…
Didn’t it want to?
No.
It didn’t even let go of an excellent destruction servant.
—Why was that?
Shen Ye suddenly spoke, “Su Su, release the restriction on my left hand.”
“Okay, but if you try to form a seal, I will stop you,” Su Su said.
His left hand immediately regained its freedom.
The long saber was drawn, and he lightly made a striking motion.
Swish—
Shen Ye died on the spot.
Blood blossomed.
He fell to the ground, his vitality gradually fading.
In the void.
Su Su, Uncle Seven, and Ship of Destruction watched together as the endless dark mist rose from Shen Ye’s body and warped away.
—The spell formed by those thoughts was gone!
Three lines of faint glowing text appeared on the dharma form’s tombstone:
“You are dead.”
“You have lost the ‘Brain Usage Technique’.”
“Time until resurrection: 23 hours 59 minutes.”
On the other side.
The duck already knew everything.
“I thought this would be a safe place…”
It quickly opened its dharma form and stored the escape pod within it.
This way, it could advance or retreat.
At this moment, recalling the past situations—
Back then.
Did the brain of the eternal world feel the horror of the true form of the Catastrophe of Destruction when it tried to escape?
The answer was obvious!
But for so long, this escape pod, and even the escape technique, had blasted open the abyss and continuously destroyed everything in it.
—The true form of destruction hadn’t acted against the escape pod!
Why was that?
The duck was completely bewildered.
The next second.
The piggy bank in its hand disappeared.
The dense tentacles emitted waves of fluctuations, forming new telepathy:
“Your servant died unexpectedly.”
“The reward for this time has been reclaimed.”
“Furthermore.”
“The number of main gods has decreased by one.”
“It’s confirmed to have been devoured.”
“Not only that, two main gods merged into one.”
“Thus—”
“Two main gods have disappeared from the world.”
The duck was stunned.
Which main god was devoured?
The Lord of the Abyss? Or that “Brodie”?
And who merged?
The telepathy continued:
“Your mission is complete.”
“The current reward is the ‘Brain Usage Technique’.”
“As your mission completion level is very high, a new option is now available:”
“Don’t claim the ‘Brain Usage Technique’ for now, and accept a new mission.”
“You can claim a higher-level reward after the new mission is completed.”
“I want the new mission,” the duck immediately said.
What a joke!
The “Brain Usage Technique” was absolutely not to be accepted.
Taking on a new mission at least bought some more time, allowing it to stay in the destruction faction.
This way, it could gather more information.
As soon as the duck made its choice, the new mission was immediately issued:
“Corpse Researcher.”
“Description: You have collected a true corpse. Please conduct a necessary analysis of this created corpse, understand its mysteries and operational sequence, and provide effective intelligence for the next war.”
“Remember.”
“Your research is crucial.”
“—Do you want to start researching this corpse?”
“Start,” the duck said.
Bang.
A soft sound.
A long, lifeless scepter gently fell, lying in the dirt before the duck.
The duck stood still, trying its best to maintain calm.
However, a new phrase suddenly jumped out above its head:
“How could this be, duck!”
Yes!
The scepter on the ground was precisely the Scepter of Decay!
It seemed to have lost all its power, and now only its created body remained.
As for Augustus—
“Does this creation have a user? Is it an isolated entity? Or does it have other partners?”
The duck asked.
Countless tentacles swam around, continuing to emit telepathy:
“The user of the creation has been completely reduced to ashes.”
“Currently, only this one creation remains.”
“Be careful, although it is dead, it still possesses extremely powerful strength.”
The duck decisively said:
“I can research it—just wait for my good news.”
The tentacles did not reply again.
They gradually dispersed into masses of dark mist, vanishing into the void.
The surroundings returned to normal.
The duck took a deep breath, walked forward, and picked up the scepter.
A line of faint glowing text appeared beside the scepter:
“True Creation · Scepter of Decay (dormant).”
Is that so.
It’s dormant.
Is there any way to wake it up?
Wait a minute—
The only thing I need to do right now is gather information about the destruction faction!
This scepter can wait; just stall for a bit of time.
As the duck was thinking this, it suddenly heard a voice in its ear:
“It’s you!”
Augustus’s voice!
Damn it, he was still alive, and his consciousness was in this scepter.
No—
He was actually the consciousness of the scepter, but he had reincarnated as a human!
Now his human body had been completely destroyed.
His consciousness had returned to the scepter.
So he still recognized me!
—It was I who kicked him into the eternal world back then.
Perhaps he had understood?
“You damned bastard, so it was you!”
Augustus—
Or rather, the Scepter of Decay suddenly let out a grittingly angry voice.
Dark mist immediately appeared around it.
The awakening of the scepter attracted some kind of attention from the void!
This was absolutely unacceptable!!!
The duck made a quick decision, directly putting the scepter into its storage ring, and conveniently whistled to cover it up.
No problem.
It’s nothing!
—What kind of storms haven’t we seen?
It’s just another meeting between enemies, why make it so grand?
You should sleep first.
The duck thought silently, and whistled a little louder.
The dark mist, seeing no change here, gradually dispersed again.
Bottom of the abyss.
Only the little black duck remained, standing there alone, continuing to whistle.
It whistled a melancholic “Macchiato Float.”
Gusts of destructive winds occasionally swept in, dancing to the tune, then howling away.
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