Gatekeeper Of All Realms Chapter 131

A three-meter-tall fat man!

Completely patched together from skin!

This thing would give you nightmares if you saw it at night!

“May I ask your identity?”

Shen Ye instinctively stepped back a pace, asking.

“I am the Nightmare Demon. After being killed by the Ghoul King, Miktotikasiwa, I have slept in death for countless ages,” the giant fat man rumbled.

“Why did Miktotikasiwa cut your skin into so many pieces?” Shen Ye asked.

“Haha,” the fat man’s eyes showed a hint of disdain, “She is my enemy, and there is one among you who inherited her bloodline—do you think I would tell you?”

Shen Ye snapped his fingers: “Take him to warm up.”

The fat man’s face showed confusion, but the next second, a group of black skeletons suddenly appeared, grabbed him, and dragged him towards the depths of darkness.

“Hey, what are you doing?” the big fat man couldn’t help but ask.

But no one answered.

The seconds ticked by.

A black Skeleton emerged and said to Shen Ye, “Boring. It ended just as it began.”

“That fast? Bring him back,” Shen Ye said.

“Okay,” the black Skeleton replied and disappeared.

The next moment.

The grayish-black big fat man reappeared, bowing and scraping:

“Brother, actually, I don’t know what Miktotikasiwa used my skin to sew, since I was already dead by then.”

“If you really want to know, you must travel through time and ask her in that era.”

Shen Ye and the Big Skeleton exchanged glances.

—Who can travel through time!

If we could travel through time, would we still be asking you?

“Is there no other way?” Shen Ye asked.

“Actually, there’s another way—I can feel that there’s some kind of seal of hers on my skin.”

“If you search slowly, piecing it together piece by piece, you’ll eventually figure out what the sealing technique is, and then find specific methods to unseal it.”

“Of course, this requires patience and a little luck, and also the ability to unseal it.”

The big fat man explained.

Shen Ye and the Big Skeleton were speechless again.

If we had that kind of power, would we still be asking you?

“Go on,” Shen Ye said.

The big fat man’s body instantly disintegrated, turning back into sheets of “parchment” and falling to the ground.

“It seems we’ll need a long time to unravel the secrets here.”

The Big Skeleton sighed.

Just as Shen Ye was about to respond, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him.

No!

There was actually another way!

Although he couldn’t truly travel through time, he could see what had happened to this item in the past.

The prerequisite was—

This item must be a object from the Dharma Realm.

Could these “parchments” made by Miktotikasiwa be considered objects from the Dharma Realm?

Let’s try!

Shen Ye took two steps back and focused his gaze on the “parchments” once more.

At the same time.

Two faint dragon patterns quietly appeared behind him, and an eye emerged above his head.

First Layer Dharma Realm’s “Moonlight Divine Illumination,” activate!

Faint light gathered into small characters, then appeared in mid-air:

“You have activated the Dharma Eye: Moonlight Divine Illumination.”

“Through this, you can sense objects from the Dharma Realm. Under divine observation, the past of the current Dharma Realm object becomes clear, but it will consume a large amount of your mental energy.”

Almost instantly.

He saw an endless stream of light and shadows rising from the “parchments,” like a movie playing in fast reverse, flowing upstream along the river of time, tracing back to a distant past era.

After a full seven or eight breaths.

The long, furiously reversing scenes finally slowed down.

Shen Ye saw a small humanoid figure, enveloped in grayish-white light, floating in mid-air.

The figure held a bone blade, dissecting the Nightmare Demon.

In fact, she had already mostly completed the dissection work and was meticulously sewing up the demon skin.

—No need to guess, this was the legendary Mother of Gloomy Skeletons, the Ghoul King, the Underworld Lord Miktotikasiwa.

She was also the blood mother of Feilun, the Big Skeleton.

Shen Ye was about to observe more closely when something he had never expected happened.

Underworld Lord Miktotikasiwa suddenly stopped her movements.

She slowly raised her head and looked in the direction where Shen Ye was.

“Who?”

“Across the vast expanse of time, who is observing my actions at this moment with a divine eye technique from the Dharma Realm?”

Underworld Lord Miktotikasiwa asked.

Shen Ye’s pupils contracted.

How could this be!

This was clearly history from countless years ago—

Why could this Underworld Lord sense his gaze across such a long span of time?

Underworld Lord Miktotikasiwa pondered for a moment, then spoke:

“The time between us is too vast, so much so that even I cannot see the future.”

“But since you can observe the situation here, you must possess an extremely special Dharma Eye.”

“My only way of communicating with you is this—”

Miktotikasiwa waved the bone blade in her hand, cut off a piece of demon skin, and made a diamond-shaped mark on it.

“Find this demon skin. I will leave a special curse mark on it, which only my bloodline offspring can unlock.”

“In fact, if the future has nothing to do with my bloodline, then I have no interest in saying anything more to you.”

As she spoke, she released a spell on the demon skin.

Shen Ye immediately looked down and indeed found a piece of demon skin with a diamond-shaped mark.

“Big Skeleton, come, this piece of demon skin is for routine blood tests. Check your physical condition.”

“How do you know that?” the Big Skeleton asked, puzzled.

—It couldn’t see any anomalies at all.

“Don’t ask so many questions, I just know,” Shen Ye said.

The Big Skeleton then placed its palm on that piece of demon skin.

Instantly.

All the demon skins floated in mid-air, forming a wall.

“What’s going on?”

The Big Skeleton asked in surprise.

Shen Ye stepped back a few paces, examining the wall while also looking towards the historical phantom.

He saw that Miktotikasiwa had already cast spells on every piece of demon skin, then met Shen Ye’s gaze again.

“I have hidden the secrets of this world in the demon skin. If you are my bloodline offspring, you can activate the demon skin, at which point you have two choices.”

“One is to directly absorb the power I left behind, immediately elevating to the Fifth Layer Dharma Realm, becoming invincible, and re-establishing imperial power.”

“The second is to seek out the true enemy of our undead race, the one who will surely kill me in the future—you must uncover the truth of the matter, and then find a way to kill it.”

“This is all I can do for you, child.”

Shen Ye withdrew his gaze and looked at the demon skins.

All the demon skins were divided into two piles. One pile gathered to form the undead numeral “1,” and the other pile formed the numeral “2.”

“What’s going on?” the Big Skeleton asked.

“I want to know what kind of being your mother was back then,” Shen Ye said.

“My mother… all my lazy brothers and sisters were killed by her.”

“You’re the most diligent?”

“No, I was the last one, and when I was born, she was already severely injured.”

Shen Ye pondered for a moment, then said:

“Listen to me, go touch that ‘2’.”

“Why?” the Big Skeleton was bewildered.

“To survive.”

“So mysterious…”

The Big Skeleton stretched out a hand and touched the number “2.”

Instantly.

All the light and shadows of the past era disappeared.

All the demon skins unfolded again, releasing an endless stream of undead runes, which pierced through the void and converged into the likeness of Miktotikasiwa.

“Mother!”

The Big Skeleton knelt down.

Shen Ye looked at Miktotikasiwa, then at the undead runes releasing power one by one, and immediately understood.

This was merely a pre-set light and shadow spell, not Miktotikasiwa’s rebirth.

Could it be…

Miktotikasiwa floated in mid-air, looking down with lowered eyes, and said softly:

“A wise choice.”

“—My descendant must never be a slacker, unmotivated, only thinking of inheriting power.”

“Once you choose 1, the spell I hid in the demon skin will activate, instantly killing you.”

“But since you chose 2…”

“Then come to hell.”

“—Only in hell will you be safe when you know the truth.”

“My bloodline child, since you have chosen revenge, then come to the depths of hell, seek the truth and the enemy’s weakness, and let its head crown you—”

“Only then will you be considered a true Skeleton King!”

As her words faded.

The deity disappeared.

All the demon skins reassembled, and after a rapid squirming, they suddenly opened.

Within this demon skin lay a dazzling golden gem, with streams of liquid flowing back and forth inside it.

Nightmare Crystal!

A line of faint glowing text quietly appeared next to the Nightmare Crystal:

“???”

“Undead Race Inheritance Crystal.”

“Upon use, acquire special spells left by the Undead Deity.”

“Please be cautious, this crystal can only be used by the undead, because only the undead can construct a relatively safe path directly to the depths of hell.”

Shen Ye and the Big Skeleton both stared at the glowing Nightmare Crystal, somewhat speechless.

After a long while.

“Hey, are you really going?” Shen Ye asked.

“I’m not sure… Although I am undead, going to hell while ‘alive’ still carries great risks… unless you can help me,” the Big Skeleton said.

“How can I help you?” Shen Ye asked.

“If things go south, we need to retreat at any time, brother. In times like these, only your Two Realms Gate technique can pull me out,” the Big Skeleton said.

Just as Shen Ye was about to speak, a scene from not long ago suddenly flashed through his mind.

“Explore the secrets of this world—your friends will help you, but first, you must help them.”

“If you learn the true secrets of this world, there might be a glimmer of hope!”

“…Whether it’s to save me, or to save your world.”

So.

That voice knew everything all along?

Damn it, if he knew, why didn’t he just tell me?

“Hell… must it be hell…”

Shen Ye murmured.

He had already realized.

Perhaps that voice also dared not speak that “secret” directly.

Underworld Lord Miktotikasiwa said that only hell was safe.

It seems…

If he wanted to know the secrets of this world, he really had to go to hell!