Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 676

The door opened slightly.

After waiting for a few breaths, Shen Ye finally emerged from the door.

“It’s alright.”

He looked around and saw that it was a deserted and remote stone chamber, which made him relieved.

—The last time, he appeared directly on top of a pyramid, attracting countless monsters to besiege him.

This time, he had learned his lesson.

He set the obstacle for the door to “the distance to the most remote corner.”

After arriving, sure enough, there was no one.

Only a statue with a human body and a beast head stood quietly on both sides.

Shen Ye went up to examine it.

Next to the statue, a line of blurred small characters was engraved:

“In the Sealed Tomb, among the natural race protecting ancient rituals, the strongest warrior, capable of rivaling gods, is known as…”

The words that followed were blurred and unreadable.

It didn’t matter.

—Anyway, this was just an ordinary statue, no problem.

Next—

Just as Shen Ye was thinking about how to find the girl, two lines of faint luminous text suddenly appeared before his eyes:

“Connection restored.”

“Locating, please wait.”

Wait?

Wait for what?

Shen Ye was a bit surprised.

The next second.

A strange power quietly emerged from the void, slowly descending and merging into Shen Ye’s body.

He initially wanted to dodge, but this power seemed to have the sequence’s permission—

And he immediately remembered that matter.

Faint luminous text kept appearing:

“Congratulations.”

“You have completed the joint mission:”

“Firekeeper.”

“Xiao Mengyu, the fresh blood of the apocalypse from myriad worlds, has successfully joined the final battle of history.”

“You have received mission rewards:”

“Firekeeper.”

“Apocalyptic keyword.”

“Keyword effect: Your attacks possess the apocalyptic destructive flames, capable of incinerating anomalies and everything, not suppressed by truth, not destroyed by destruction, and capable of severing eternal power.”

“—Those who wish to bind you with rules will all be consumed by the flames.”

Shen Ye raised his hand.

Whoosh!

A layer of black flame appeared on his hand.

The flame burned silently, seemingly without any power, but one’s vision could not penetrate it to see what was behind it.

—It was like complete “darkness.”

This was the apocalyptic destructive flame.

“Xiao Mengyu…”

Shen Ye murmured softly.

Xiao Mengyu remained in history, but her whereabouts were unknown.

His teacher was the same.

Who can tell me—

In the final battle, did the Apocalypse win, or did the High-Dimensional Lord win?

Are they alive or dead?

Shen Ye sighed and reached out to draw his Youhuang Blade.

Dark flames then appeared on the blade, like night descending upon a vast snowy landscape.

How powerful was it?

The blade was raised.

Then it fell, the flames receded, and it returned to its sheath.

—At this moment, he needed to conceal his tracks to find the girl, so it wasn’t a good time to test the power of these apocalyptic flames.

Find the person first!

But it seemed he was wanted by that formless monster.

Even outside the historical fragment, beyond that shore, someone came to assassinate him.

What to do?

Shen Ye stroked his chin, quickly dismissing the idea of having Good Duck Duck appear.

—You always pretend to be a duck, do you really think others can’t tell?

He had to find another way.

Suddenly.

An extremely intense and ominous power erupted violently from the void, like mountains and seas, like gods and demons, instantly causing Shen Ye to grip his blade hilt again.

“This chilling sensation…”

He looked up at the ceiling, as if seeing an incredible entity through layers of hard, thick stone walls.

What happened?

What kind of historical truth was revealed in this historical fragment?

—Can’t wait any longer!

Must go and see!

A flash of blade light.

Shen Ye cut off the head of the human-bodied, deer-headed statue next to him and whispered:

“Fusion.”

In an instant.

The keyword “Mandala: Ouroboros” activated!

The statue’s deer head fused with Shen Ye, undergoing hyper-evolution, instantly transforming him into a deer-headed human.

“They won’t recognize me now, right?”

With a deer head, he placed his hand in the void and activated the “door” ability.

But—

The door failed to appear.

Faint luminous text reminded him:

“You set the obstacle as: ‘the distance to that girl’.”

“However, you do not know her true name, nor her current situation, nor her true identity, so the door cannot form.”

—True.

Even with a search engine or AI, this obstacle setting was too broad.

He still had to find her himself.

Shen Ye reluctantly withdrew his hand and strode out of the stone chamber.

Outside the stone chamber was a deep and long passage.

Through the passage.

He arrived at a spacious hall.

Several humanoid monsters stood on the steps, holding weapons, and looked warily at Shen Ye.

“Who!”

“Oh, it’s one of our own.”

“Why are you standing there? Come over, quickly!”

They shouted.

Shen Ye froze.

Damn it.

These humanoid monsters, like him, had deer heads and human bodies!

But they didn’t have keywords like “Mandala: Ouroboros.”

How did they manage to have deer heads?

—So, were the statues in that stone chamber realistic?

Could it be—

Such creatures really existed!

Shen Ye, accustomed to such situations, quickly trotted over and said:

“Excuse me, I’m a bit late.”

The monsters all scrutinized him.

This made Shen Ye wary again.

“Look at its antlers, how perfect—it’s an ancient arrangement.”

A monster whispered.

The other monsters remained silent, continuing to stare at Shen Ye’s antlers, as if admiring a work of art.

Shen Ye didn’t know what to say for a moment.

My deer head was sculpted, so it’s naturally perfect.

—But do you really care about this?

A monster with flowers in its antlers walked over, pointed to a few monsters, and then said to Shen Ye:

“You came at the right time.”

“This squad will be led by you; we’ll rendezvous later.”

“…Yes,” Shen Ye said cautiously, “then I—”

“Remember,” the other party interrupted him, saying very seriously, “I am the shaman, and you must listen to me in this matter.”

“Okay, but—” Shen Ye said.

“No more talking, Sabe.” The deer-headed shaman patted his shoulder.

“…” Shen Ye.

Sabe?

You are the shaman, and I am Sabe?

I suspect you’re insulting me.

“Let’s go!”

The monster roared and quickly left with a dozen other monsters.

—Only Shen Ye remained.

And the three “kindred” assigned to him.

Shen Ye looked at these three subordinates, who all stood at attention and shouted loudly:

“Greetings, Sabe!”

“…” Shen Ye.

No.

I just wore a statue’s head; you can’t call me that or order me around.

I still need to find someone.

Right.

Find someone!

“Let me ask you, have you seen a human girl?”

Shen Ye cleared his throat and asked. “Yes!” one monster said.

“Huh? You’ve seen her!” Shen Ye asked in surprise.

“Yes, sir!” another monster said.

“The situation has already happened, and I have sensed countless professionals, including human girls!” the third monster explained.

Situation…

“What is this ‘situation’ you speak of?”

Shen Ye really wanted to ask this question.

But he was Sabe among the deer-people!

As a leader, continuing to inquire like this would surely arouse the suspicion of the deer-headed men.

Then—

“You stay here; I’ll go retrieve a treasure and be right back.”

Shen Ye instructed.

“Yes, Lord Sabe!” the deer-headed men shouted in unison.

Shen Ye was speechless, turned, and left.

He passed through the earlier passage and returned to the stone chamber.

Indeed, there was a corpse on the ground.

A headless corpse.

—It was the human-bodied, deer-headed statue from before!

It was no longer a stone body, but a living being of flesh and blood!

“…Come on.”

Shen Ye whispered, pressing his hand to his head, and forcefully plucked it off.

Faint luminous text immediately appeared:

“You have activated the sub-keyword ‘Mandala Chant’ of ‘Mandala: Ouroboros,’还原ing the fused object.”

The deer head was plucked off by Shen Ye and placed back on the headless corpse.

“Sorry, I didn’t know you could come back to life.”

Shen Ye said.

“Whisper of Shadows” activated!

“How do you want me to answer? No problem?”

The deer head opened its eyes, speaking in a resigned tone.

“Why are you alive? I didn’t notice it before,” Shen Ye said.

“Only when extremely important historical events occur do we come alive—we are the natural race guarding the seal.”

“And I am the strongest warrior among them!”

The deer head said.

Shen Ye looked at the small characters engraved beside it.

“In the Sealed Tomb, among the natural race protecting ancient rituals, the strongest warrior, capable of rivaling gods, is known as…”

Sabe.

I know now.

Shen Ye silently sighed and continued to ask:

“Earlier, a powerful force seemed to appear here. Was that the seal?”

“No, that was the coming of the final moment.”

“What is the final moment?”

“The decisive battle between the Apocalypse and the High Dimensions—their battle loosened the seal.”

“If the seal loosens, what will be the result?” Shen Ye asked again.

“The sealed power will descend upon the world, and it can carry this historical fragment, traversing through the Era of Entropy Extinction, creating unforeseen consequences.”

“So you also recognize the loosening of the seal.”

“Yes.”

“What role will you play in this?” Shen Ye asked.

“To maintain everything here—if this place can continue to exist after the Entropy Extinction, then it will become our home,” the deer head said.

“What is your duty as Sabe?” Shen Ye asked again.

“To lead the strongest warriors to stop acts of destruction; if I truly cannot stop them, the shaman will guide the ancient seal to seal away the troublemakers.”

“Understood—lend me your head; I’ll revive you later,” Shen Ye said.

“I hope so,” the deer head said.

A few minutes later.

The extremely powerful warrior among the ancient nature guardians, Officer Sabe, returned to his subordinates.

“Officer, it seems there are some professionals fighting on the upper level.”

A subordinate reported.

“Lead the way—we’ll go see!” Shen Ye said.

“Yes!”

A small squad of deer-people moved swiftly, quickly traversing the complex passages and reaching the battle scene.

Indeed, there were two groups of professionals confronting each other.

They saw Shen Ye and his group but didn’t pay them much mind.

“Guardians? We haven’t damaged anything here, so you can’t control us.”

A professional said with a sneer.

Shen Ye’s gaze searched among the crowd for a moment, didn’t find the girl’s trace, and relaxed.

Control you?

I couldn’t care less!

“Don’t damage the plants and trees here; if there’s even one crack on the wall, I’ll hold you accountable.”

“Retreat!”

Shen Ye warned, and was about to leave with his subordinates.

Suddenly.

A voice came from the crowd:

“So the legend is true—”

“You guardians are utterly uninterested in the future keywords that are about to emerge.”

“How ignorant.”

Shen Ye’s body suddenly stopped.

This was the girl’s voice!

She had disguised her appearance and hidden in the crowd, and just as he was about to turn and leave, she spoke these words.

—She was calling him out.

That’s right.

There was a karma between him and her; she could sense him through this karma.

But what did she want to do?

“We guard this place and make it our home; we don’t care about anything else.”

Shen Ye said coldly, and incidentally glanced into the crowd.

A short, masked man met his gaze.

“You’re here.”

Her voice resonated in Shen Ye’s ears.

“Didn’t you ask me to save you?” Shen Ye asked speechlessly.

“It’s extremely dangerous here; normally, a sane person wouldn’t take this risk,” the girl said.

“It’s nothing,” Shen Ye said.

“But you still came, so—”

“What?”

“Let’s explore this place together.”

“No interest, you do your thing first, I’ll take you back when you’re done.”

Before he finished speaking.

The entire ground began to shake.

Everyone sensed an unprecedented power.

It didn’t belong to the apocalypse, anomaly, or eternity.

—This was a power never before seen!

The girl’s voice quickly rang out:

“The decisive battle between the High-Dimensional Lord and the Apocalypse directly caused the arrival of the Era of Entropy Extinction, but it also created a mechanism.”

“Those on the other shore, in past history, can pursue that ‘future-type’ keyword.”

“The owner of this keyword can go to the future!”

“—Are you interested now?”

Shen Ye was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

“Can’t you claim that keyword yourself?”

“No, I actually have no combat power; my power lies in ‘karma’.”

“If that’s the case—”

He suddenly saw a tall, thin man among the group of professionals draw a weapon and slash at the girl.

“Who allowed you to tell these guards information, die!”

The man roared.

The girl’s expression remained unchanged, and she transmitted her voice:

“I have no way to deal with such direct, frontal attacks.”

“Save me.”

Before she finished speaking.

Shen Ye had already performed a hand seal.

Manifestation of the Dharma Aspect—

In an instant.

Countless white bones constructed and formed, transforming into a massive Dharma Aspect before Shen Ye.

Seventh Uncle suddenly appeared, blocking the attack for the girl with a kitchen knife.

Lines of faint luminous text then appeared:

“You have unleashed a new monstrous shadow:”

“Gatekeeper’s Prison: Offering Sacrifice.”

“A sequence-type Dharma Aspect, an unprecedented, emergent path shadow, a primal power unknown to all.”

“Description: 1. Seventh Uncle bestows the ‘Diner’ keyword upon enemies, forcing all their actions to incur a cost (vitality);”

“2. When the ‘Diner’ is unable to pay for their actions, Seventh Uncle will mark them as ‘Dish,’ sacrificing them to any entity willing to consume them.”

“3. The entity that consumes the ‘Dish’ must pay a ‘Gift’.”

“Furthermore, enemies can only attack you by bypassing the Dharma Aspect if the sacrifice fails.”