Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 192

“Yes, from now on, we must be cautious. The next time we go, we must not make a grand show of it. We must blend in with the crowd and slowly look for clues,” Shen Ye said.

“Not only that, but I suddenly feel a little weak…” Big Skeleton said.

Shen Ye nodded in agreement.

“Can I eat Qu Ru’s bones?” Big Skeleton asked.

“You can, but you’d better wait until I’m finished with them before you eat them,” Shen Ye said.

He glanced at his phone.

It was only a little past 2 a.m.

Plenty of time!

Shen Ye pondered for a moment, then gently pushed open the window and looked at the dark street outside.

“What are you doing?” Big Skeleton asked.

“The room is too small. Let’s go out and take out Qu Ru’s bones. I want to ask it something.”

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go!”

Shen Ye jumped onto the windowsill, gently closed the window, and then took flight.

He flew straight up the wall of the apartment building until he reached the roof, where he crouched on a pillar on the twenty-first floor and looked around.

The west side was relatively close to the suburbs, with vast farmland.

There shouldn’t be many people at this time.

He moved his body and flew forward, quickly crossing a large urban area and finally arriving at the farmland.

Crash!

A large pile of bones was released, forming a small mountain on the ground.

Qu Ru’s corpse!

Shen Ye suddenly thought of a question.

“Hey, Big Skeleton.”

“What?”

“Qu Ru appeared in hell, which means it’s already dead, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Then I killed it in hell again—wouldn’t it completely disappear?”

“No, not really. Usually, only when the soul is devoured is it considered to have completely disappeared. Otherwise, if you kill it in hell, its soul will also leave a corpse and then transfer to a deeper netherworld.”

“A deeper netherworld…does that mean a lower level of hell?”

“Souls that die in hell will appear in purgatory.”

Speaking of purgatory, Big Skeleton’s voice became tense:

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“Believe me, no one wants to go to purgatory.”

Shen Ye nodded thoughtfully.

No wonder.

After the upgrade of Dark Whisper, it can allow all living beings or gods to “climb out of hell or purgatory.”

In that case—

Even if it dies in hell, it can still be brought back to answer some questions.

“Hey, speak.”

Shen Ye said.

The pile of bones trembled slightly, automatically piecing itself into Qu Ru’s form, and the three human heads let out painful moans:

“Dark Whisper? I haven’t seen this skill in a very long time—what do you want to ask, hurry up.”

Shen Ye raised an eyebrow.

—He’s an expert!

“Shen Ye, don’t ask about purgatory,” Big Skeleton secretly transmitted.

“Why?” Shen Ye asked.

Big Skeleton’s tone was somewhat uneasy:

“It’s a taboo—the more you discuss purgatory, the closer you get to it—it’s an eternal prison of suffering, it’s best not to mention it, not to think about it, not to speak of it.”

Shen Ye nodded slightly and asked:

“Do you know where the Underworld Lord Mictetikasiwa is?”

“I don’t know—I only know that gods conceal their identities in hell and never easily expose themselves,” the other party said.

“Alright, I’d like to ask, why is the Wind and Fire Hell so crowded?”

Yes!

Crowded!

This was Shen Ye’s first impression of hell!

Qu Ru snorted and said:

“The Wind and Fire Hell is the first layer of hell. All dead souls must report here first, so it’s naturally very crowded.”

“Of course, the most important thing is—”

“The road to the second layer of hell has been blocked.”

“All living beings and gods are forced to remain in the first layer and cannot go to the second layer at all, nor can they leave after their sins are paid.”

“This is the reason for the crowding.”

“Blocked? How could it be blocked?” Shen Ye asked in surprise.

“There’s a tree—its roots extend from the world of the living all the way to hell, blocking all passages to the second layer of hell, and all passages out of hell.”

Qu Ru said.

A tree?

Shen Ye was stunned, not expecting to hear such an answer.

“Can’t you just cut off its roots?” Big Skeleton couldn’t help but interject.

“Yeah, hasn’t anyone cut it down?” Shen Ye asked.

“Anyone who cuts it has their soul absorbed by it and ceases to exist. Even gods and historical heroes are no exception.” A hint of fear flashed in Qu Ru’s eyes.

Shen Ye and Big Skeleton fell silent together.

…Such a thing actually happened.

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Shen Ye.

“Forget it, you go first. We’ll talk later,” he said.

Rattle—

The bones forming Qu Ru’s body slowly collapsed and fell apart.

Shen Ye stood in the night, lost in thought.

“What are you thinking about?”

Big Skeleton asked.

“A very serious question,” Shen Ye said.

“Such as?” Big Skeleton asked.

“Look, the Wind and Fire Hell corresponding to your nightmare world is blocked, right?”

“Right.”

“Then, what’s the situation with the hell corresponding to my world?”

“…Oh, that’s indeed a question.”

“Are hells connected, or does each living world correspond to one hell?” Shen Ye further asked.

A wise soul fire flashed in Big Skeleton’s eyes, and it explained:

“Normally, hell is the death projection of a living world. The hell corresponding to each living world cannot be connected.”

“I want to verify this,” Shen Ye said.

“There’s no need—this has already been verified. The hells of each world are different, just as every life has its own shadow.”

“Just say I’m curious—let’s try it once, and I’ll let you eat all of Qu Ru’s bones.”

“Alright, alright, you’ve really got me there!”

Big Skeleton was a bit helpless, directly gathering Qu Ru’s bones, and then squatted on the ground, starting to arrange the spellcasting materials.

After a while.

The spatial rift to hell opened.

“Let’s go, let’s go in and take a look!”

Shen Ye cheered.

“Okay!” Big Skeleton replied.

The two simultaneously passed through the spatial rift.

Flap, flap, flap—

High altitude.

Gale.

Countless skeletal birds flying and fighting.

Wind and Fire Hell!

“…” Shen Ye.

“…” Big Skeleton.

The two fell together.

They were two different worlds, so why was it the same hell?

“Let’s go!” Shen Ye said.

The door opened.

The two returned to the main world.

“Something’s not right,” Big Skeleton said in a deep voice.

“Does your spell specifically target your hell?” Shen Ye asked.

“Even so, it’s not right—I’m not in our world, so the spell I cast here cannot form a link between ‘nightmare world’ and ‘nightmare world’s hell’.”

Big Skeleton said.

A hint of unease flickered in Shen Ye’s heart, and he whispered, “It seems like something is indeed not right…”

“Do you want to investigate?” Big Skeleton asked.

“Definitely going to check it out.”

“Then wait, I’ll eat Qu Ru’s corpse and then we’ll go.”

“Is it necessary?”

“It’s very necessary—its power is great, and it can restore a lot of my strength, even take me further.”

Shen Ye suddenly remembered that this solitary skeleton was a spell spirit.

But didn’t summoning a spell spirit for battle require reaching the fourth realm of the Law?

…Right.

The contract between him and it was a fair trade, not a battle companion.

But it didn’t matter.

This skeleton was good at fighting, and could be called upon at any time.

“Hey, what’s your actual strength?” Shen Ye asked.

“Law Realm Triple!”

“Huh? You? I can’t tell at all.”

“That’s because you have no eye for it.”

“—It’s because you’ve shattered too many times.”

“I was biding my time!”

“Are you referring to the fish tank when you say biding your time? That’s awesome!”

Big Skeleton fell silent, buried its head, and seriously devoured Qu Ru’s corpse.

It ate quickly.

As it ate, its entire skeletal body began to emanate a different aura.

Shen Ye watched with amazement.

All jokes aside, this skeleton did have one impressive trait.

—It replenished what it ate.

It ate a Qu Ru; would it now turn into a Qu Ru?

“Hey, will you turn into a Qu Ru?” Shen Ye asked.

“Absolutely not.”

“Why?”

“I just didn’t eat these two heads,” Big Skeleton said, pointing to the two skeletal heads on the ground. “Because the daily life of a multi-headed monster is very painful. For example, if you grow two heads, your life will become a mess.”

“How would it be a mess?”

“The simplest example—when you want to sleep, the other two heads want to sing. You don’t know how painful that is.”

“Then just kill them,” Shen Ye said.

“Naive! They want to kill you too!” Big Skeleton scoffed.

“Alright then… Can we go now?”

“Go!”

…

The door opened.

Shen Ye jumped in, and just as he descended a short distance, he suddenly shuddered.

He drew his Night Shade Sword and shouted:

“Hide in the ring!”

Big Skeleton immediately hid, extremely skillfully.

Immediately after—

Shen Ye directly transformed into a shadow, faintly disappearing into the void.

Sky Shadow!

With the “Finger Shadow” on the long sword, this extraordinary technique directly reached the first level of the Law Realm.

“You are like a shadow, unnoticed by anyone, unless the opponent’s strength reaches the fourth level of the Law Realm, only then might they be able to see through your whereabouts.”

—But it wasn’t over yet!

A faint glimmer flashed in Shen Ye’s eyes.

Moonlit Divine Illumination!

Under the influence of “Moonlit Divine Illumination,” the power of Moonlit Secret Arts is forcefully increased by threefold in battle!

This was already quite high.

The next instant.

A gloomy voice sounded in Shen Ye’s ear:

“Strange, it was here just now, where did it go?”

Shen Ye didn’t look back, silently flying forward for a while, until he had put enough distance between them, and then he descended to the ground.

He didn’t need to look to know that it must be the strange singing entity.

Since it couldn’t see him, he didn’t need to bother with it.

—What if he killed it?

What if it attracted an even higher-level entity that could see through him? Wouldn’t that be a huge loss?

This time, Shen Ye learned to be smarter.

Despite the protection of Sky Shadow, he still burrowed into the lively crowd, moving forward with many deceased souls.

“Hey, Big Skeleton, let me ask you something.”

Shen Ye walked while whispering.

“What is it?” Big Skeleton replied.

“Is there such a thing as a shared hell now? Like shared bicycles?”

—This was the most logical explanation.

Otherwise, why would two worlds share the same hell?

“…Never heard of it, don’t talk nonsense,” Big Skeleton immediately said.

“Then it’s troublesome; there must be a secret in this matter.”

Shen Ye sighed.