Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 188

Innumerable schemes, a long period of time, and then, as the final moment was about to arrive—

By a strange coincidence, I had arrived and immediately absorbed all the power of the sculpture. The “door” ability formed by the sculpture had become mine.

The evil gods had failed at the final hurdle.

The Lord of the Weeping Purgatory would definitely not let me go!

So, where was the escape route?

Bah.

Let’s get to work!

Shen Ye skillfully allocated his attribute points to Strength, Agility, Spirit, Comprehension, and Resonance.

Once again, he reached the critical point!

Everything around him blurred, and his soul began to ascend towards the sky, crossing the firmament, flying towards that crimson “human-faced” planet.

After a short while.

He had already stopped outside the planet.

A vast power flew out from the “human-faced” planet, swirling around him.

The last time he came, this hadn’t happened.

Could it be—

Shen Ye struggled slightly.

He couldn’t retreat!

A line of faint light appeared:

“You have been caught by an unknown binding technique!”

Not only that, on that planet, the giant human face opened its eyes and stared at him.

“Who are you?”

That magnificent and boundless voice echoed in his ears.

It’s over!

At the critical moment, Shen Ye had some preparations.

The sculpture—

The sculpture that killed Shen Ye came from The Skinner.

The one who wanted to reclaim the sculpture and ultimately found it impossible to reclaim was the Lord of the Weeping Purgatory.

If this planet cared about that sculpture, then what was the identity of the Lord of the Weeping Purgatory?

That answer was not hard to imagine!

“I am the destroyer of the Great Thousand Worlds, the Lord of the Weeping Purgatory, and the servant of the Cursed Spirit King.”

Shen Ye said.

A magnificent and boundless voice quickly rang out:

“Where is the sculpture?”

—It only asked about the statue!

And it didn’t attack!!!

A glimmer of hope appeared in Shen Ye’s heart.

At this moment, his mind raced, countless thoughts flashing through, and then he suddenly remembered something.

The Skinner—

He killed many people, tens of thousands.

All were crammed into the hotel.

The cursed sculpture of the King of Ten Thousand Fallen Evil Spirits had absorbed countless souls and lives.

The sculpture belonged to the Lord of the Weeping Purgatory!

Perhaps—

The Skinner acted according to his deity’s will?

This was simply nonsense!

Even with the most rigorous deduction, the probability of this conclusion was too high!

“There’s one last sacrifice remaining—”

“A sacrifice of approximately 100,000 people has not yet been completed. After it’s done tonight, it will be brought back.”

Shen Ye spoke in a respectful tone.

At this moment.

He had put himself in The Skinner’s shoes!

“Why doesn’t the Lord of the Purgatory return in person?” the magnificent and boundless voice asked.

“It is seizing artifacts from the world,” Shen Ye replied.

—He had to take a gamble!

After all, the Lord of the Weeping Purgatory was truly helping Song Qingyun with this matter.

He wasn’t lying!

“Artifacts… Yes, the artifacts of that world are very troublesome…” said the magnificent and boundless voice.

He had survived.

Until now, he hadn’t been attacked!

As Shen Ye was thinking, lines of faint light began to appear before him:

“You have touched the threshold of the ‘Door’ ability’s advancement, and are about to absorb the power of the Dharma Realm from the current planet to become a True Person.”

“This advancement requires approximately three minutes to complete the absorption of power.”

“After the advancement is complete, you will gain a red (mythic) trait.”

“With this mythic trait, the ‘Door’ ability will achieve a breakthrough advancement.”

“Begin!”

It had come to this point again!

This time…

Could he last three minutes?

“Come into my world, I need to confirm your situation,” said the magnificent voice.

Shen Ye immediately dismissed the thought of acquiring the trait.

Such a powerful being would be impossible to deceive.

He had only managed to temporarily save himself.

Next—

If he were to fall into the other party’s world and be restrained, he wouldn’t even have a chance to escape.

Life was more important than a trait!

“Yes, please guide me to your world,” Shen Ye replied.

The binding force on his body relaxed a little.

An invisible force pulled Shen Ye forward rapidly.

“Door.”

He silently uttered the word in his mind.

—Suddenly, a door appeared in front of him, which he “slammed” through, and then both the door and he vanished.

Nightmare World.

Human encampment.

Secret passage.

The moment Shen Ye appeared, he immediately withdrew all his free attribute points.

The faint light instantly gathered into small characters:

“You have withdrawn all free attribute points.”

“All your current attributes have dropped to 19 points.”

“You have lost this advancement opportunity.”

“You have lost the opportunity to obtain a ‘True Person’ level trait.”

—But that pulling force was still there!

It spanned across vast cosmic space, still tethered to Shen Ye, dragging him backward—

Shen Ye struggled.

The power had become incredibly weak, yet it could still bind him.

“Door.”

Shen Ye put his hand behind his back and uttered the word.

The door reappeared behind him.

In an instant—

He crashed backward with that force, immediately breaking open the door, and returned to his bedroom in the main world.

The door disappeared.

The force on his body weakened.

—At this moment, it was as if it extended from the universe to the Nightmare World, and then from the Nightmare World to the human world of the main world.

No matter how powerful it was, such a long distance further weakened its strength!

“Hah!”

Shen Ye struggled with both hands, and the force immediately dissipated.

When he retracted his hands, the force bound him again.

Compared to before, he could move now.

So, again?

“Door!”

Shen Ye summoned the door, stepped in, and stood in the secret passage of the Nightmare World’s encampment.

This time, he chose to rush out of the secret passage and fly in the night sky.

Against the not-so-strong binding force, he flew all the way to Skeleton Town.

He used the teleportation array to teleport to the most remote city in the Undead Empire.

“Door!”

He summoned the door again and stepped back through it.

This meant that the power extended from the universe to the Nightmare World, then to the main world, then back to the Nightmare World, and finally back to the main world.

It was quite a long way.

Shen Ye struggled gently.

*Snap*.

That power completely dissipated.

—He had successfully broken free!

A sudden change occurred—

In the void, faint lights continuously appeared, quickly gathering into small characters:

“Attention.”

“This is the third time you’ve let a red (mythic) trait slip away.”

“If the first time was random, the second accidental, then the third is inevitable.”

“You stand in the destiny of ‘unable to acquire mythic traits’.”

“However, the power of destiny always causes everything to rebound and return in extremes, just like the ups and downs of life.”

“Congratulations!”

“You have gained the special honorific trait ‘Man who brushed past myth three times’.”

“This honorific trait will trigger a strong resonance force, maximizing the activation of your ‘Door’ ability.”

“Do you wish to consume this trait to launch a grand counterattack and seize the mythic trait you deserve?”

Does that even need asking?!

I took such a big risk precisely for this!

“Consume this trait!”

Shen Ye said.

Before his words faded, he felt something and immediately looked up.

He saw all the faint lights change color, turning entirely blood-red—exactly the same color as a mythic trait!

These blood-red faint lights gathered into small characters, appearing before Shen Ye:

“Mythic Trait Quest ready.”

“Quest activation condition: Quickly complete the advancement of all Hun Tian Gate skills, bringing ‘Frost Moon Quake Heaven’, ‘Moonlit Divine Radiance’, ‘Sudden Rain’, and ‘Demon Slaying Frost Line’ to the first stage of the Dharma Realm.”

Shen Ye reread it several times, feeling a bit confused.

What was this quest about?

Why did all the Hun Tian Gate skills *have* to be raised to the first stage?

—But then again, it seemed many things could only be done once one had the strength.

For example, reaching the first stage of the Dharma Realm with Frost Moon Quake Heaven would grant information about the Hun Tian Gate’s legacy.

If “Sudden Rain” also reached the first stage of the Dharma Realm—

Then the eye technique would advance by one level.

In other words, he couldn’t improve his attribute points right now, but he could improve his combat power!

He needed to improve his combat power as quickly as possible!

—Perhaps the activation conditions of the quest were also hinting at this to him.

The good news was—

Moonlit Divine Radiance and Thunder震掌 had already reached the first stage of the Dharma Realm.

For the rest, he needed to explore and practice.

Just then, his playing card suddenly vibrated.

It was Zhang Xiaoyi.

“Hey, Shen Ye, Guo Yunye and I are together, get online and join us for a game!”

“What? You guys didn’t go home?” Shen Ye asked.

To escape from such a planetary crisis and then be called to play games by his classmates—the contrast between the two events made Shen Ye feel as if he were dreaming.

“We don’t have a home! We’re staying at school!” Zhang Xiaoyi said.

Shen Ye snapped back to reality, a hint of apology welling up in his heart.

He checked the time.

It was almost time to go to the Nightmare World.

There wasn’t enough time to cultivate now.

So he opened his phone and went online to greet Zhang Xiaoyi and Guo Yunye.

Both of them were descendants of martyrs and had no family left, so they didn’t go back home.

At this moment.

In the alley across the street from the World Museum.

Internet cafe.

The two had iced cola on their table, each holding a bowl of instant noodles, eating and playing.

Zhang Xiaoyi’s yellow hair was now dyed red.

Guo Yunye also wore a brand new pair of sneakers.

—Having been admitted to Xirang High School, the Eternal Life Science and Technology Association had also rewarded them.

At this moment, they had “fame,” chosen their mentors, the semester hadn’t even started, and they had money in hand.

It was the most carefree time.

Zhang Xiaoyi suggested they all play a game together.

Guo Yunye, however, hesitated a little.

“Hey, you guys know? There’s a silver coast in Yujing, I want to go see it,” he said over the mic.

“I know, below the Yujing Bridge that spans the river, there’s the famous Yunlan River. When the moonlight shines down, it sparkles like the Milky Way—”

Zhang Xiaoyi chuckled and continued, “Go see it when you have a girlfriend someday, for now, let’s play games.”

“You’re right,” Guo Yunye said.

The room was silent, moonlight spilling onto the bedside.

Shen Ye listened quietly to their conversation.

—Perhaps after a long journey through life, toiling intensely for half a lifetime, only upon looking back at this moment would one realize that this ordinary student life was a fleeting vacation that would never come again.

“You guys play, I can’t take it anymore, I’m going to sleep first,” Shen Ye yawned.

“No way, you’re a Hun Tian Gate disciple, and you’re already tired?” Zhang Xiaoyi exclaimed.

“Don’t go, let’s fight another three hundred rounds,” Guo Yunye also shouted.

Shen Ye’s lips curled slightly, and he replied, “Let me off the hook, brothers, I’ll treat you to a meal when we get back to school.”

“Then it has to be a big meal.”

“Yes, a big meal!”

“No problem.”

Shen Ye said goodnight to the two and logged off.

He took a shower, got dressed, and left a note on the table, saying that the corporation had something for him and he was going there first, and he would talk about it when he returned.

This was to prevent his parents from worrying if he wasn’t back by morning.

Everything was ready.

He stretched his shoulders and neck and placed his hand in the void.

“Let’s go,” he said.

“Mm,” the Big Skeleton responded.

The door opened.

Shen Ye stepped through it, entering the Nightmare World.