Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 281

In the palace.

A series of chewing sounds kept ringing out.

Dozens of heads bulging from behind Nine Aspects opened their mouths and chewed in unison, eating something unknown.

A chilling, frantic power emanated from Nine Aspects.

Shen Ye even had the illusion that—

He was not in the human world at this moment, but in hell.

…It has indeed become stronger.

And more wildly violent!

“My lord, now we can properly analyze this matter.” Shen Ye said.

“You speak.” Nine Aspects asked.

“The person in charge of the nightmare world is Tian Luo, right?” Shen Ye asked.

“That’s right, the Death Planet is managed by Tai Yan, and I’m in charge of hell. Normally, we don’t interfere with each other’s affairs—of course, at least on the surface.” Nine Aspects said.

“Then that’s right!” Shen Ye clapped his hands.

“What do you mean?”

“Tian Luo was beaten out of the Death Planet by someone and didn’t dare to return to ‘Five Desires’. This is because you can return to the ‘Five Desires’ world at any time.” Shen Ye said.

Nine Aspects’ eyes narrowed: “You mean he’s avoiding me?”

“Apparently—you have the possibility of returning to the ‘Five Desires’ world, so he must be avoiding you now.” Shen Ye said.

“That’s right… that’s right… he’s a bit more cunning than Tai Yan.” Nine Aspects muttered in a low voice.

“I guess he might be in hell, my lord!” Shen Ye said.

“Why?”

“Look, he was just beaten out of the Death Planet. If he doesn’t return to the Five Desires world, it’s generally believed that he would come to the nightmare world, after all, he’s in charge here.”

“That’s right!” Nine Aspects agreed.

Shen Ye clapped his hands and said loudly:

“If you want to find him, you will definitely go to Five Desires, or come to the nightmare world.”

“That’s right.”

“In your mind, hell is your territory, so you never thought of going to hell to hunt him down!”

“…That’s right.”

A moment of silence.

After a while, Nine Aspects’ voice rang out again:

“That makes sense.”

“Congratulations, my lord, there’s only Tian Luo left now—do you need me to do anything?” Shen Ye asked.

“Baxter, your mind is fine, but your strength is simply not enough.” Nine Aspects glanced at him with some pity.

“Yes, my lord.” Shen Ye also felt a little regretful.

—What crap am I regretting?

If I were a little stronger, maybe you would have eaten me.

“If Tian Luo is in hell, where do you think he would hide?” Nine Aspects asked.

“—Hell is vast and boundless, I haven’t explored its end yet, but I guess he would hide in a place you haven’t been to, or a place beyond your control.” Shen Ye said.

Beyond control.

Giants are beyond control.

Would Nine Aspects go?

Shen Ye stared at Nine Aspects openly.

Nine Aspects pondered.

Baxter’s mind was very useful. Listening to his advice would help him further analyze Tian Luo’s whereabouts.

Places he hadn’t been to…

There were indeed some.

It wouldn’t hurt to check them out. If he caught him, he could settle old and new scores.

“My lord, there’s one more thing.” Shen Ye said.

“What is it?” Nine Aspects asked.

Shen Ye said in a calm tone:

“What if Lord Mo Jiahui senses Tai Yan’s matter and comes to me to find you, how would you answer him?”

Nine Aspects was stunned.

Yes!

After analyzing so much, it was only at this moment that Shen Ye said what he really wanted to say!

Do you dare to turn against Mo Jiahui now?

If you dare, then I need to prepare and notify my teachers and them to prepare to pick up the pieces when you two start fighting.

If you don’t dare to turn against him—

Should the foreman head here stay to face Mo Jiahui, or should it be taken away now?

“That is indeed a problem.”

Nine Aspects mused.

When this question was brought up, it wasn’t even in a hurry to leave, but slowly paced the hall.

The dozens of heads on his back argued amongst themselves.

The entire hall buzzed with their noise.

Shen Ye just listened from the side and felt a little overwhelmed.

He couldn’t help but feel a little fortunate.

It was good that he chose “Lord of No Life” instead of “Lord of Living Souls” back then.

Forget about a bunch of noisy heads—

Even if there was only another head chattering next to him, he would find a way to kill it.

After a while.

Nine Aspects suddenly stopped.

“Baxter, you did well. I’ll leave this matter to you.”

“Me?” Shen Ye pointed at himself.

—You thought for a long time and that’s all you came up with?

“Yes, you deal with Mo Jiahui.” Nine Aspects said with some guilt.

The dozens of heads on his back all shut their mouths and turned away, not daring to look at Shen Ye.

For such a matter, making a diligent subordinate take the blame was really…

“Baxter!”

Nine Aspects took a step forward, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered:

“My current strength is not enough to completely defeat Mo Jiahui, and I ate Tai Yan, so I’m in the wrong.”

“I must hurry to find Tian Luo.”

“If I eat Tian Luo, I will no longer be afraid of Mo Jiahui.”

“So only you can help me block Mo Jiahui!”

“I don’t have a problem with that, but if my strength is so weak that Lord Mo Jiahui ignores me, what then?” Shen Ye asked calmly.

“If it’s you, of course, it won’t work, but if you were me, it would be easy.” Nine Aspects said.

“?” Shen Ye.

One of the heads behind Nine Aspects opened its mouth and spat out a small ornament.

It was a thumb-sized glass bottle.

The bottle was filled with a red liquid that looked like blood, but clearer, and even faintly glowing.

Nine Aspects stuffed the glass bottle into Shen Ye’s hand.

“This is the Blood Source Curse Seal Bottle. It’s filled with my power, and my profession is unique.”

“As long as you open this bottle, you’ll temporarily become me.”

“Deal with him carefully.”

“—As long as you don’t fight, he won’t see your true face!”

Shen Ye took the Blood Source Curse Seal Bottle and nodded:

“My lord, rest assured, I will try my best to appease him.”

“Good! Appesase him! That’s it! Then I’m off to hell. As long as I become the strongest, you’ll get your share of benefits, Baxter.”

After Nine Aspects finished speaking, he hurriedly drilled into the void and disappeared in front of Shen Ye.

The Invisibility Sorcerer’s head was also taken away.

—After all, its main body was frantically searching for prey, and it had nothing to do, so it could only follow Shen Ye to deal with some boring human national affairs.

Staying behind would also be discovered by Mo Jiahui.

It was better to take it away.

Only Shen Ye remained in the hall.

Not until then.

He relaxed and let out a light breath.

There are gains and losses.

The place where the giant Ymir died was full of strangeness and danger.

Even the sect leader Baocai said that he should not stay there for long.

If Nine Aspects went to explore…

What would happen?

He needed information about this.

As for facing Mo Jiahui—

He would act according to circumstances.

“Someone!”

Shen Ye called out.

Several personal attendants and armed guards entered from outside the hall.

“Let’s go to the Royal Collection Room.”

“As you command, Your Majesty.”

Shen Ye led a group of people and grandly arrived at the Royal Collection Room.

The door was already open.

The royal archivist stood respectfully to the side.

“All of you, guard outside!”

“Yes!”

Shen Ye entered the collection room alone and began to search for the book the Underworld Lord mentioned.

Soon he saw his goal—

A dusty book with a tattered cover.

The cover read, “Epoch Prediction, Author: Yan—”.

Is this it?

Shen Ye hesitated, reaching out and picking up the book.

But as soon as the book touched his hand, it instantly turned to dust, accompanied by several shrill screams, and quickly disappeared.

Shen Ye froze.

What was going on!

It seemed best to ask the Underworld Lord.

“Dharma form, Guanghan Palace.”

Shen Ye’s mind moved, and the vast and magnificent dharma form immediately unfolded.

He saw Mictetikasiwa, the Underworld Lord, sitting on the wall of the palace, holding a glass of red wine, leisurely enjoying the wine under the illumination of the Frostfire Moon.

“…” Shen Ye.

Right.

She was a goddess, and who knew how many good things she possessed.

What was a glass of wine to her?

“Seeing my mom doing so well, I’m relieved.” Big Skeleton’s voice suddenly rang out.

“Fei Lun! You’re cultivating too slowly. The next time I see you, if your strength hasn’t improved by a level, I’ll burn your head with the frostfire here!”

Mictetikasiwa said sternly.

Big Skeleton dared not speak again.

“Anything?” Mictetikasiwa turned to Shen Ye and asked.

“Lord Underworld Lord, I found that book, but it completely disintegrated as soon as I picked it up.” Shen Ye said.

“Was it also accompanied by screams?” Mictetikasiwa asked.

“Precisely!”

“Then that’s right. The one you found was a pirated copy. It was suppressed and cursed by the original, and the soul of the pirate shattered and perished. That’s the phenomenon.”

“Then the original—”

“It’s here, look carefully.”

“Thank you.”

Shen Ye rummaged through the Royal Collection Room, and suddenly saw a book floating above a pile of sparkling gems.

The cover of this book read, “Epoch Prediction, Author: Yanhuochengcheng.”

This must be it!

Shen Ye took the book in his hand, opened the cover, and saw another title written on the inner page of the book:

Online Extinction of All Worlds.

A golden leaf was also夹in the cover.

A faint glow quickly appeared, condensing into words:

“Great Earth Golden Scroll.”

“Token.”

“Description: Only those recognized by the Earth Mother know where the Golden Scroll is, and only those who have never harmed a nightmare spirit can use the Golden Scroll.”

Shen Ye picked up the golden leaf, and it suddenly transformed into a golden halo, enveloping him.

“You’re all set. The emissary of the earth will sense the ripples emanating from you and will arrive soon.”

Mictetikasiwa said.

Shen Ye quietly felt, only realizing that the power was indeed constantly sending out some signal.

—This was a spell that already contained ample power.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

The spell’s fluctuations subsided.

But the golden leaf still had power, and it continued to rise into the air.

Perhaps having nowhere else to go—

The remaining golden light all fell on the book in Shen Ye’s hand.

The book suddenly vibrated.

“Your Excellency, what’s going on?” Shen Ye couldn’t help but ask.

“I’m not too sure… I only thought it would be safer to put it on the ‘unique copy’ of the predicted epoch, who knew something like this would happen?” Mictetikasiwa mused.

Under their gaze, the book suddenly rose into the air, transforming into specks of golden light.

A faint female voice then rang out:

“What I want to say is about the irresistible Black King.”

“It is entrenched at the pinnacle of the Starry Crown, picking out prosperous and powerful planets, devouring everything clean.”

“For thirty thousand years, everything in this epoch has bowed before it.”

“There’s no escape.”

“The universe contracts around it, everything that exists must face it, and it harvests everything, enjoys everything, destroys everything.”

“—Seek out those inconspicuous death planets.”

“That way, perhaps you can avoid its selection and prolong your existence until the next epoch arrives.”

“The next epoch—”

The voice did not continue, but grew softer and softer, gradually becoming inaudible, and finally disappeared completely.

A shiver inexplicably ran down Shen Ye’s spine.

A vague power, coming from the depths of the sky, even from the endless universe, subtly descended.

Shen Ye instinctively realized something.

An ominous and crazed event was about to happen.

It was an absolutely hopeless and evil curse, an abyss from which no one could escape.

He could only watch helplessly—

Mictetikasiwa suddenly leaped from the palace wall, forming hand seals and crying out:

“Element Seal! Reversal!”

Everything in the space was frozen.

Immediately after.

Shen Ye found everything reversing rapidly, like a rewind.

In the void, the scattered golden light reconverged into the book and flew back into his hand.

All the golden light reappeared on his body, retracting the emitted fluctuations, and then flowed back into the golden leaf.

He involuntarily placed the book back in its original place, walking backward.

—Until he stood again before the ashes of the pirated books.

“Release!”

Mictetikasiwa whispered.

Shen Ye immediately felt his freedom of action restored.

“That was just now—”

He asked hesitantly.

“I didn’t change anything around. Only the spacetime elements near you reversed.”

“Shen Ye, this is the only way we can deceive reality.”

Mictetikasiwa’s voice was filled with exhaustion and despair: “Now go and get that book again.”

“Remember, after getting the Great Earth Golden Scroll, do not touch that book again, and immediately walk out of the room.”

“If you can’t do it, I will kill you here, then send you to hell, and find a way for you to cross the barrier to the deepest layer of hell.”

“—At least there, you can preserve yourself.”

“If one day you feel like you’re going crazy, then don’t even stay at the bottom of hell, kill yourself and go to purgatory.”

“Purgatory… it’s not necessarily safe, I don’t know, it’s just luck.”

“Let’s start now, we can’t delay.”

Shen Ye felt as if his legs were filled with lead, unable to move a single step.

A voice roared wildly in his ear, telling him never to touch that book again, and it would be best to turn around and flee this place now.

He immediately realized that this thought was correct.

Stay away from that book.

Stay away from everything it said.

This was his instinctive consciousness born of fear!

Time seemed to stretch endlessly.

But Shen Ye knew that Mictetikasiwa had already begun to prepare to kill him.

She even believed that doing so was the only way to save herself.

Shen Ye took a deep breath, suddenly cast aside all thoughts, took a step, walked directly to the book, took out the golden leaf from the cover, turned and left.

Blank.

Blank.

Blank.

His mind was blank.

Everything around him changed rapidly.

The Dharma Realm had arrived.

The Dharma Realm seemed to be alive, with consciousness, examining him.

No.

He thought it was the Dharma Realm, so vast and irresistible.

But it wasn’t.

What was it? Why did it come? Why was it staring at me?

Blank.

Blank.

Blank.

Shen Ye thought nothing, just walked.

One step, two steps, three steps, all the way through the long corridor, out the door.

Bang!

The heavy door of the Royal Collection Room closed behind him.

After this sound, all the strange phenomena vanished completely.

“All withdraw.”

Shen Ye heard himself say.

Everyone retreated, leaving only him standing there.

He picked up the golden leaf and used it again.

Light.

The message radiated smoothly and perfectly.

This time, the excess light did not dissipate but returned to the golden leaf.

After doing all this, he was almost unable to stand.

That strange, endlessly great power howled away, as if disdainful of lingering here for another second.

Along with the illusion of leaving the Dharma Realm, something dangerous and insane seemed to have moved away from him.

A faint light appeared, forming small words:

“You have escaped from a fatal danger.”

“The keyword ‘The Boy Who Lived’ has been activated once, increasing all your attribute points by 2.”

“Current Attributes:”

“Strength: 54;”

“Agility: 54;”

“Spirit: 44;”

“Insight: 54;”

“Resonance: 214; (Moon-Gore lineage resonance +20);”

“Available Free Attribute Points: 0.”

“Cannot use the keyword ‘The Boy Who Lived’ again today.”

Shen Ye glanced over, only feeling a subtly imperceptible improvement in his body.

—He had already used the power of the Emperor Species, so using his own power now felt uneventful.

“Well done.”

Mictetikasiwa’s voice sounded.

“Did I succeed?” Shen Ye asked.

“You succeeded. I didn’t expect you to have such talent—when you acted, you had no distractions, just like completing a masterpiece, burning all your power—has anyone appreciated you before?” Mictetikasiwa asked.

“…It seems there was a senior who used a sword. After watching me kill, he recommended an elemental teacher to me.” Shen Ye said.

His unfocused eyes moved, and he took a sharp breath, finally feeling himself breathe, feeling the damp wind on his face, the solid ground beneath his feet, and the deepening night across the land.

His clothes clung to his back, soaked with cold sweat.

He was alive.

Damn it, this world.

No.

This universe.

Shen Ye didn’t want to move at all, so he sat on the steps and rested for almost an hour, only then feeling some strength return.

Let’s go.

Just sitting here wasn’t going to cut it; everyone would say the king had gone crazy.

Shen Ye walked through the corridor and arrived at the entrance of the passage guarded by soldiers.

…The king should have some places where he can move around.

Nine Aspects didn’t tell him anything.

He had to figure it out himself.

“Your Majesty, would you like to have dinner?”

The personal guard asked respectfully from the side.

“No,” Shen Ye stretched his arms, “I want to move around a bit—I haven’t practiced with weapons for a long time.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” The personal guard then led the way forward.

Two rows of Royal Guards followed behind.

Shen Ye was in the center.

The procession moved slowly.

Before long.

Shen Ye arrived at a small gladiatorial arena.

—There’s actually a gladiatorial arena in the imperial palace!

Not only that.

In the emperor’s private lounge, various armors and weapons hung.

By the spacious and comfortable chairs, tea, wine, and snacks were already prepared.

“Your Majesty, do you need me to call in some court mages and royal knights?”

The attendant asked.

“No, I’ll be alone for a while.” Shen Ye said.

“Yes.”

The attendant bowed, led everyone out of the room, closed the door, and guarded outside.

“I’m going to tell you a simple secret. Prepare yourself mentally first.” Mictetikasiwa said.

“Thank you for saving me just now, Your Excellency.” Shen Ye then remembered to thank the other party.

If it weren’t for that spell, which caused everything to reverse.

Who knew what fate would await him.

—That book was too terrifying.

Shen Ye gasped a few times, striking a posture that eased his fatigue. As soon as he settled down, Mictetikasiwa’s voice rang out:

“We’re moving.”

“Our world and your world are not far apart, and they have been moving in the same direction—I mean, moving in space.”

“This is a conclusion I drew from observing changes in the stars.”

Shen Ye said, “So—”

“No questions allowed,” Mictetikasiwa’s voice became stern, “How much do you think I know? If that specific ‘name’ is called again, and it causes unforeseen trouble, I won’t be able to protect you.”

Shen Ye sensibly shut his mouth.

He didn’t care about that terrifying secret at all.

Living was already hard enough.

Mictetikasiwa’s voice rang out again:

“According to my猜测, our world is far weaker than any other world, which is why it has attracted the covetousness of other worlds.”

“—They are constantly entering this planet.”

“Because this world’s power is very weak?” Shen Ye asked.

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“Yes.” Mictetikasiwa said.

Shen Ye recalled the words he had just heard.

The universe was contracting.

Everything would face “it”.

—Everyone was hiding on planets with low strength?

Unfathomable.

Shen Ye thought of the cosmic species that annihilated world wills, the great tomb deep within the world, and the invasion of the “Five Desires” world.

So everyone longed to reach the Death Planet?

“This is the secret I want to tell you. Just keep it in your heart, and never mention what just happened again.”

Mictetikasiwa’s voice grew weaker:

“I’ve exhausted my strength and need to sleep for a while. Wake me up if anything happens.”

“Please rest well.” Shen Ye said.

“Hmm, the Golden Scroll is in hand, now just wait quietly for the emissary of the earth to arrive.”

The voice disappeared.

The lounge became quiet again.

Shen Ye silently pondered the Underworld Lord’s words, sat up, and ate something.

His physical strength had recovered somewhat.

But the mental exhaustion made him just sit there, unwilling to move at all.

…Preserving his life was the top priority.

But how to preserve his life?

The door.

Ah, yes, the door that could jump between worlds.

If a planet were to be annihilated, opening a door to another planet would surely enable one to escape disaster, wouldn’t it?

Besides that, in everyday combat—

Defense is also very important.

Defense, huh?

Shen Ye’s gaze swept across the room, landing on the several armors hanging there.

These were the personal armors of the King of the Holy Violet Empire.

To save his life, Shen Ye stood up from the soft couch and walked to the exquisite and majestic armors.

—To be honest, these were even stronger than the undead armors collected by Prince Norton.

There were five sets of armor in total.

Three of them were chainmail, one was leather armor, and one was luminous steel plate armor.

They were all of purple (one in a million) grade.

It was fitting for a human king.

Shen Ye pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered something.

His keyword “Voodoo Boy” had reached the purple level. In addition to merging keywords, it could also merge items of the same category, up to four pieces.

Why not use this keyword?

Anyway, these armors hanging here were meaningless, I might as well wear them into battle.

—I am saving this country!

With that thought, Shen Ye pulled out a magic parchment and quickly wrote a few lines.

Waited for a while.

News came back from there.

Good!

Now it could be used!

Shen Ye stepped forward for a quick look, took out the three sets of chainmail, and placed them with the leather armor.

Alright, fuse them!

As his mind moved, a faint glow immediately formed into small words:

“Cannot fuse.”

“Must fuse items of the same category, such as four sets of chainmail, or an equivalent number of leather armors.”

So strict?

But there were only three sets of purple-grade chainmail here.

Hmm…

Shen Ye rummaged through his ring, picked through the undead armors issued by Prince Norton, and finally found a purple chainmail.

—This was worn by the undead, it shouldn’t be a problem, right?

“Fuse.”

Shen Ye chanted silently.

“Cannot fuse. One set is exclusive to the undead.”

Still not possible!

Shen Ye was furious. He pulled out a magic parchment, wrote a bunch of words, and then waited in the lounge.

…

On the other side.

Prince Norton held the list of commendations, carefully checking it with the ministers, and then it was to be announced.

He looked at each item one by one.

Every warrior, mage, assassin, archer, as well as knights, warlocks, priestly teams, scouts, and soldiers he had fought alongside…

This list had been prepared a long time ago.

It had even been submitted to the Imperial Military Department right after the victory.

And today, his father finally brought it out and began to ask for the opinions of the ministers.

After a full day of discussion, the list was already perfect.

Norton kept looking, then suddenly jumped back, shifting his gaze to a line he had already seen:

“Saint Paige, conferred as Count Gua Wa, granted the fiefdoms of East Wasteland Village, West Wasteland Village, and South Wasteland Village.”

His father had promoted Paige to a Viscount.

Strange.

It hadn’t been changed before.

Norton recalled for a moment, then suddenly remembered that just as the list was about to be finalized, his father rose from his throne, hurriedly took the commendation list, and casually modified a few people.

“It’s settled. Take it to be stamped and released directly.”

His father said, and dismissed everyone.

Count Gua Wa…

Historically, there was Count Guajia, Count Guayun. What did Count Gua Wa mean?

Suddenly.

Norton’s heart shook violently, and he blurted out, “Impossible!”

Everyone looked at him.

“It’s nothing, I’m sorry, I just remembered something from the past.” He quickly said.

Count Gua Wa.

Damn it.

Only Paige had told him that phrase, and he had only told Paige.

I knew there was something off about my father today!

Could it be…

No.

Impossible.

Absolutely impossible!

Norton hesitated for a moment, put down the paper, turned and left the room, got into his carriage, and headed home.

He went all the way back to his residence.

Entered the secret chamber.

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He ordered his subordinates to guard the door well, and everyone entered a state of strict vigilance.

Only then did he carefully unfold the magic parchment.

“Damn it.”

A voice of incomprehensible meaning echoed in the secret chamber.

The parchment was thrown onto the table by Prince Norton, who didn’t even bother to look at it again.

On the magic parchment were clearly written two lines of text:

“Your dad was killed by a monster.”

“Venmo me a set of armor to avenge your dad, and by the way, save your life. Reply ‘1’ for yes, ‘2’ for no.”

“Left by Guawazi.”

—Count Gua Wa!

It was really him!