Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 675
by“What is the Era of Entropy?”
“The decisive battle has ended, and everything has entered the ‘End.’ This is the Era of Entropy.”
“Then—what is ‘the End’?”
“It means everyone has died, even their souls no longer exist, and there’s no chance to start over.”
This was a bit frightening.
Shen Ye glanced at the girl, who appeared unperturbed.
“Do you think I’m too calm?” the girl asked.
“Yes,” Shen Ye admitted.
“Once you’ve seen the ‘end’ of so many people, you’ll become as numb as I am,” the girl said with a smile.
Shen Ye said nothing more, just gazed into the distance.
This was a grassland.
But the earth seemed too thin; Shen Ye could sense a “hollow” feeling emanating from underground with just a slight perception.
—The entire grassland seemed to be “floating” in endless void.
There was no sense of security.
The village where he and the girl were located had only six or seven extremely crude structures.
There were very few people.
And all of them were mysterious, not a single one came up to greet him.
“Do you just live here like this?” Shen Ye asked.
“Living… that word is too luxurious. You should say struggling.”
“—We are waiting in struggle.” The girl spoke.
“I don’t understand,” Shen Ye said honestly.
“As long as we keep waiting, the Era of Entropy will eventually end, and the future will unfold again.”
The girl further explained:
“Without proof, no one would believe there’s a future after the Era of Entropy.”
“But this has been verified.”
“This can be verified? Also, who won the final war?” Shen Ye asked.
The girl did not answer.
“I want to show you something,” she said, changing the subject.
Shen Ye looked at her.
He saw a small, ethereal shadow quietly emerge behind her.
—A rabbit.
A rabbit with decaying black wings and scarlet eyes.
“This is my bizarre shadow, ‘Fallen Rabbit God.'”
“One of its abilities is ‘Fruit of Good and Evil,’ which is how I discovered you as soon as you arrived.”
As the girl spoke, the rabbit suddenly flew toward Shen Ye, instantly passing through his body, then proudly flew back.
“Baixue! Don’t be mischievous!” the girl chided.
The rabbit stuck out its tongue, looking a bit abashed.
Shen Ye was stunned.
A rabbit!
It was a Dharma Idol!
Having a Dharma Idol pass through one’s body felt like one could perish at any moment.
Yes, this rabbit was threatening him, warning him not to do anything harmful to the little girl.
But—
A Dharma Idol having thoughts?
Shen Ye suddenly remembered.
Yes.
In that fragment of history, the bizarre shadow—
Or rather.
That incredibly terrifying Dharma Idol—
The successor of the Crown of Entropic End, the surging peak of distortion, the unmatched authoritarian ruler.
In its presence, if he hadn’t temporarily elevated his Gate ability to “Pure Land of the Other Shore,” he would have already been finished!
So, in this Era of Entropy, do Dharma Idols have self-awareness?
Then—
Where is my Dharma Idol?
How can I make it advance? How can I give it self-awareness?
“May I ask a question?”
“How can a Dharma Idol acquire self-awareness?” Shen Ye asked directly.
“Dharma Idol? Are you talking about my rabbit?”
“Yes.”
“It’s simple, truly worthless once revealed.”
“Please tell me.”
Just as the girl was about to speak, the rabbit looked up at the sky, then hurriedly flew to the girl’s front, chattering a string of “yiyi yaya” sounds.
—It seemed quite anxious.
The girl’s eyes darted; she squatted down, pressed her hand to the ground, and lit a fire.
The wind picked up.
The firelight flickered in the wind, illuminating Shen Ye and the girl’s faces, casting dancing shadows behind them.
The girl spoke:
“Baixue tells me that in 30 seconds, a fragment of history will pass through our location.”
“We must resist that fragment.”
“If you can survive and remain here until the fire goes out—”
“I will tell you how to make your bizarre shadow conscious.”
Shen Ye looked up at the sky.
In the sky.
A pale gray fragment of light indeed appeared.
It was about seven or eight football fields in size, slowly tumbling in the sky, then covering the entire void.
“History has been completely shattered, why haven’t its fragments disappeared?” Shen Ye asked.
The girl smiled, “Things that are too powerful always die slower, and they will continue to struggle.”
“—They can even hunt us survivors to gain power to continue existing.”
“That doesn’t sound good,” Shen Ye said.
“Of course, this is ‘the End.’ If we can’t resist it, we’ll end up in that historical fragment, unable to return here.”
The girl lamented.
The next second.
That historical fragment covered everything around them.
—It also covered Shen Ye and the girl.
Shen Ye only felt the grassland vanish instantly.
He found himself standing on a pyramid flowing with crimson magma, surrounded by dense, bizarre monsters.
A monstrous figure as vast as a mountain roared:
“By the will of the Twisted Sanctuary, I have found you!”
Twisted Sanctuary?
He remembered Lyuman also mentioning that name.
That Dharma Idol was also called the “Peak of Distortion,” so it must have issued the wanted order?
Shen Ye pondered as he reached out and pressed into the void, opening a door, walking through it, then exiting from another door.
“The Land of the Other Shore.”
This was a temporary two-tier increase for the “Place of Exile.”
It was born from the combined power of the higher dimensions and the apocalypse, capable of something incredibly astonishing—
Faint micro-text quietly emerged:
“You used the Gate ability ‘Land of the Other Shore,’ separating yourself from the current history, unaffected by all events of past eras.”
The small text flashed and disappeared.
Shen Ye pushed open the door and returned to the open space in the village.
No one was around.
—Perhaps everyone had been absorbed into the historical fragment and had not yet returned.
Only the fire still burned.
Wait.
Wait for the girl to emerge, then continue their conversation.
Shen Ye simply sat before the fire, silently contemplating everything he had just seen.
“Tell me, how can a Dharma Idol gain self-awareness?” he whispered to his creations.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
“Thinking for so long?” Shen Ye asked again.
“…Well, perhaps it is quite difficult.”
“But Cassandra should have seen some clues, right, Susu, what about you?”
“You don’t know either?”
He continuously communicated with the Dharma Idol telepathically.
Another seven or eight breaths passed.
Not a single Truth Creation spoke.
Shen Ye finally noticed something was amiss.
“…White Emperor?” he tried to call.
The White Emperor was not a Truth Creation!
He had temporarily acted as one of the seven creations by roping in the cats, dogs, and bronze figures to help him!
But this time.
The White Emperor also gave no response.
Shen Ye’s expression changed.
Just as he was about to form a spell seal and unleash his Dharma Idol, a voice sounded in his ear:
“Don’t release your Dharma Idol here, Shen Ye.”
—It was the Great Skeleton!
Back then, after Charret gave it the power of bizarreness, it fell into slumber.
He hadn’t expected it to be the first to speak now!
Reminded by it, Shen Ye immediately calmed down, raised his gaze slightly, and surveyed his surroundings.
The village.
Utterly silent.
But Shen Ye gradually felt a sense of being spied upon.
—Rather than spying, it was more like surveillance.
What would happen if he unleashed his Dharma Idol?
He released his hand seal.
Yes—
His Dharma Idol did not yet have independent thoughts, so it naturally couldn’t contend with other Dharma Idols.
Once this weakness was exposed—
Perhaps some difficult situations would arise.
“Where are they?” Shen Ye asked.
“They’ve all fallen into slumber,” the Great Skeleton said.
“What happened?” Shen Ye pressed.
“I had just woken up then—it was the first time you crossed the gate and reached the other shore, and all the Truth Creations fell into slumber.”
“Slumber…”
“Yes, I checked, it’s very strange—they have no wounds, their souls are intact, but they just can’t be woken up.”
“How are you doing now?”
“Me? Heh, I’m incredibly strong now, it’s just that none of those guys in your Dharma Idol are making a sound, which is a bit unsettling.”
The Great Skeleton’s voice rose and fell, fully revealing its fragile mind.
Shen Ye was speechless.
—You’re incredibly strong, and yet you’re afraid of a quiet environment?
Just as Shen Ye was about to mock it, his expression suddenly shifted, and he gripped the Ghostly Blade.
Opposite him.
A tall man with a buzz cut and glasses landed gently.
“This drawing of you, it’s correct,” the man muttered, comparing a rectangular scroll in his hand to Shen Ye.
“Who are you?” Shen Ye asked.
“Death,” the man spat out a single word.
Behind him, numerous illusory shadows emerged, rapidly forming a ball of lightning that streaked forward like a meteor.
Shen Ye watched the streaking lightning, and all the hairs on his body stood on end.
First.
This was not an element of lightning.
Second.
This was not a common technique.
Finally—
A pair of luminous eyes emerged from the lightning ball, like a conscious entity, a divine beast, a monster—
It possessed powerful bizarre energy and didn’t even need to empower its master.
It came forward on its own, intent on killing him!
It’s a Dharma Idol!
A bizarre shadow with self-awareness!
The Great Skeleton’s voice suddenly echoed in Shen Ye’s ear:
“I can hold it for five seconds, you quickly think of a countermeasure!”
Before the words finished.
The void behind Shen Ye stirred.
An identical lightning ball emerged, smashing towards the opposing lightning ball.
Boom!!!
A deafening roar resounded.
Lines of faint micro-text swiftly unfolded before Shen Ye:
“Failun released its unique bizarre power ‘Sacred Bone Shadow Transformation,’ perfectly forming some power, equipment, or ability of the enemy, lasting for five seconds.”
“It must increase its strength to make ‘Sacred Bone Shadow Transformation’ stronger!”
—This fellow really has become stronger!
Shen Ye drew the Ghostly Blade, instantly unleashing several cold flashes.
Unexpectedly, the man also drew a staff, blocking the blade’s gleam repeatedly, and even retaliated a few times.
Shen Ye’s heart skipped a beat, and he once again examined the opponent.
This time.
He saw clearly.
The man was wreathed in minute lightning sparks, repelling all the laws of power in the void.
“The enemy is under the protection of a Dharma Idol, immune to all damage from spells, techniques, and force.”
This was quite similar to his “Jailer’s Cage: Provisional Bone Temple”!
Anyone fighting him would first have to defeat his prisoners before they could attack him.
Unfortunately—
Valhalla had been taken away by that twisted Dharma Idol.
He had no prisoners and had to engage personally!
Five seconds were up.
The Great Skeleton shrieked, leaped back, and hid behind Shen Ye.
“You can block me for five seconds? Not bad, now die!” the man roared.
The lightning ball swooped towards Shen Ye again.
At that instant.
The fire on the ground suddenly went out.
The girl’s voice emerged from the embers of the fire:
“If you truly survived until the fire went out, and returned here, you might hear this message from me.”
“Making a bizarre shadow conscious is a very simple thing.”
“—You just need to fuse a Truth Creation with the bizarre shadow.”
“But it’s also very difficult.”
“The difficulty lies in the fact that there are no Truth Creations left now.”
“You must search for them in the historical fragments.”
“Additionally, a Truth Creation fused with a bizarre shadow will become unprecedentedly powerful.”
“However, there are many fusion secrets, and you must find the one that suits you.”
As the words faded.
Shen Ye felt as if he had been enlightened, completely understanding.
Yes.
The power mechanism of the higher dimension world was perfectly fine!
The world of truth, which had once passed through the Aether and landed among the myriad worlds, was filled with Truth Creations.
Truth Creations could not exert their full power.
They had to have their masters!
—This was the information he knew.
But!
However!
He already possessed seven Truth Creations and had used them to construct the most perfect bizarre identity.
But he had never unleashed the true power of the Truth Creations!
For a long time, he simply didn’t know how to wield their power!
—It turned out they needed to be fused with bizarre shadows!
This all clicked into place!
As for the difficulty of finding creations or needing corresponding fusion secrets—
These were not problems for him at all!
Everything instantly became clear in Shen Ye’s mind.
He immediately tried to use “Spirit Net,” “Parasitic Empress,” and “White Emperor,” but found he couldn’t fuse them.
—It seemed his power level wasn’t high enough.
Only one Truth Creation could barely be used to integrate into the Dharma Idol.
“Fuse!” Shen Ye whispered.
Under the power of “Mandala: Ouroboros,” the fusion was completed in an instant.
The Dharma Idol descended—
Jailer’s Cage: Grand Offering!
—Now it was no longer the “Provisional Bone Temple,” this prison-type Dharma Idol had its true name!
Boom, boom, boom!
Amidst deafening rumbles, countless white bones formed, blocking the lightning ball’s attack.
A white bone pagoda temple reappeared before Shen Ye.
Within this temple, a burly, faceless humanoid monster held a sharp bone blade, suspended in mid-air, its eyes locked onto the lightning ball.
“Seventh Uncle!” Shen Ye blurted out.
Seventh Uncle nodded slightly to him, then said in a deep voice, “I feel all my power has been activated and has ascended—”
“Fight with all you’re got.”
Before he finished speaking.
A phrase suddenly appeared above the opposing man’s head:
“Diner.”
The man was already awestruck by the white bone pagoda temple, and now saw a phrase appear above his head, he couldn’t help but hesitate:
“He can actually attack with phrases?”
“But it looks like just a life-category power, killing you will be as easy as—”
A burst of flames suddenly erupted from the campfire.
A massive surge of magical power quietly manifested into the form of a rabbit.
“There’s an ambush!”
The man no longer hesitated; with a wave of his hand, the lightning ball immediately flew back and enveloped him.
Boom—
He shot into the sky, darting away.
He fled.
Shen Ye was stunned.
Seventh Uncle was also stunned.
“That kid ran off, should we pursue him?” Failun asked excitedly.
“No, I’m not yet familiar with this fighting style…” Shen Ye said.
He suddenly looked at the campfire beside him.
At some point.
The campfire had reignited.
The rabbit, however, was just a phantom, and its earlier might had completely vanished.
The girl’s voice emerged from the campfire:
“If you’ve learned, and I haven’t returned, please come and save me.”
“—For teaching you how to use bizarre shadows.”
As her words faded.
Faint micro-text appeared before Shen Ye:
“The other party has formed a ‘karma’ with you, a ‘good cause’ leading to a ‘good result.'”
“If you rescue the other party, you will receive a karmic reward.”
Shen Ye was silent for a breath.
That girl had once said—
“…my bizarre shadow ‘Fallen Rabbit God.'”
“One of its abilities is ‘Fruit of Good and Evil’…”
So she had prepared for this all along.
Perhaps.
She didn’t have confidence in surviving that historical fragment earlier?
Shen Ye shook his head.
Life was vast and uncertain.
Even having reached the era after the decisive battle, he still couldn’t find the answer.
He needed information.
“Let’s go, we have someone to pick up.” Shen Ye said.
—He had so many questions to ask the other party.
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