Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 300

To be honest.

Lilith is completely untrustworthy.

Shen Ye didn’t believe a word she said.

Of course.

What she said seemed very close to the truth.

But the closer something is to the truth, the more likely it is to be fake.

—Shen Ye usually did the same things himself.

He slowly shook his head, ignoring Lilith’s screams from the sharp tentacles, and stood there lost in thought.

“Hey, what’s in the box?”

He observed the movements within the pháp thân and asked.

The Four Kings, seeing him ask, stopped, put down the box, and carefully opened it.

Inside the box lay a woman with shackles on her wrists and ankles.

The woman looked around, seemingly unable to comprehend her current situation.

—Lilith!

How could there be another Lilith?

Shen Ye looked at her, then at Lilith, who was only a head in the real world.

They looked very similar!

But the Lilith in the box looked more dignified, with a serene expression and bright eyes.

And her hair was very long.

—The entire box was filled with her long hair.

What exactly was going on?

Suddenly, a faint light gradually appeared above this “Lilith’s” head:

“World Lord blessed by all realms, World Soul whose world was stolen, Cursed Holy Prison Lord, Holy Angel who saves all souls.”

Shen Ye read it carefully and couldn’t help but blurt out, “Damn it! How could it be!”

—This was a deity!

And a very powerful one!

At this moment, Shen Ye suddenly remembered the Lilith he had once seen.

At that time, Lilith’s entry was:

“Destroyer of the Great Thousand Worlds, Lord of the Weeping Demon Prison, Cursed Spirit King, Star commanding all souls to fall!”

There must be some connection between the two.

But now he didn’t have many clues.

“Four Kings, please make another trip and bring back some of those suspicious things from her pháp thân.”

Shen Ye said silently to his pháp thân.

The Four Kings climbed onto the city wall, looked at Shen Ye together, and kept waving their hands, as if they wanted to say something.

Shen Ye watched for a while before he understood.

—They had acted twice in a row and were now a bit tired, needing him to provide some energy.

Indeed.

How could one make others work without giving them food?

“How do you replenish your energy?”

Shen Ye asked.

The Four Kings gestured again.

It was actually simple.

It was psychic power needed to perform magical skills.

Shen Ye unhesitatingly activated his psychic power and injected it into his pháp thân.

A moment later.

The Four Kings cheered and jumped for a while, then energetically jumped off the wall, moved a wooden boat from the bamboo forest, and quickly left.

“Lilith!”

Shen Ye spoke to attract Lilith’s attention and buy time for the Four Kings.

“You’re lying to me. I can actually feel that the earth of that world is normal, definitely not a monster’s body.”

“Hmph, you don’t believe me, I know that,” Lilith said, “How about we make a deal? You wouldn’t refuse a reasonable deal, would you?”

“That depends on what kind of deal it is- after all, you’re in this state, and if the deal isn’t valuable, I’m not interested,” Shen Ye said.

“I can tell you the dungeon structure of the Five Desires world.”

“Not interested.”

“The weaknesses of a few prison guards.”

“Not interested.”

“The origin of the monsters.”

“Not interested.”

—Actually, he was a little interested.

But the value of this information wasn’t very high, and he was mainly stalling for time right now.

There was no need to make a deal with her.

Otherwise, he would have to save her.

“Wake up, Lilith, given your current situation, what right do you have to bargain with me? Don’t try to probe me with irrelevant matters.”

Shen Ye said slowly.

Lilith was about to say something more, but at this moment, a buzzing sound suddenly came from Shen Ye’s body.

—Emperor Species!

It had been continuously hit by the Nightmare Technique and had to desperately fight back, already falling into a weakened state of deep sleep.

Perhaps it sensed the Nest Banner outside at this moment.

It let out a cry full of desire in its sleep.

This buzzing sound, coupled with Shen Ye’s previous words, made the whole situation extremely convincing.

A trace of fear flashed in Lilith’s eyes.

Yes.

At this moment.

At least on the surface, she had no more bargaining chips.

Shen Ye noticed that a small boat had quietly docked in the blank area at the edge of his pháp thân.

The Four Kings disembarked one by one.

However, their hands were empty.

—Was there nothing worth moving?

Shen Ye was a little puzzled.

Perhaps knowing Shen Ye’s confusion, the Four Kings looked at each other, walked together to the main entrance of the Guanghan Palace, and each took out their storage vessels.

They were holding a magic ring, a summoning box, a marching bag, and a dimensional storage box, activating them simultaneously.

—Boom boom boom!!!

The towering, flaming black city wall continuously extended around the Guanghan Palace, closing behind the palace and enclosing the entire palace complex.

City wall!

A faint light quickly appeared:

“The Four Kings moved all the harmless defensive city walls from the opponent’s pháp thân.”

“Congratulations.”

“You have obtained the Weeping Demon Prison City Walls.”

“Special defensive pháp thân.”

“After integration, this city wall will grant you the ‘Weeping Demon Prison Fire’ effect.”

“This fire has been integrated into the pháp thân’s frost fire.”

“Your pháp thân’s damage has mutated into ‘Frost Prison Flowing Fire’.”

“Description: Being burned by this fire will instantly freeze the enemy, implant a fire seed, creating a strong clash of ice and fire, resulting in a violent explosion, and the wound will not heal within seven days.”

“This is a brand new mutated pháp thân power.”

Shen Ye quickly read it, his mouth twitching.

He looked at the Four Kings.

The Four Kings were already standing on the city wall, chests out, all saluting Shen Ye, looking as if they were waiting for praise.

—My big brothers.

You’ve moved the opponent’s pháp thân over!

Never heard of such a thing!

“Lilith!”

Lilith shrieked, pulling Shen Ye’s attention back.

“I have extremely important information that you will definitely be interested in!”

“Oh? About what?” Shen Ye asked somewhat guiltily.

He even took someone else’s city wall, what was he still doing here?

Why wasn’t he leaving quickly?

—Let her live for now; after all, if she dies, the Five Desires world would be in huge chaos.

The Nightmare World was merging with the main world and couldn’t be disturbed.

He would consider her fate after this critical juncture passed.

Shen Ye thought everything through and, after understanding, turned to leave.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, Lilith became even more anxious—

She screamed loudly:

“As long as you save my life, I will tell you the secret of the Cursed Sculpture of the King of Ten Thousand Fallen Evil Spirits!”

Shen Ye’s foot, which he had just stepped out, paused.

His “door” ability was awakened by the cursed statue.

The secret of the cursed statue…

It was indeed something he truly cared about.

To a large extent, his staying with Mogakou and Nine Aspects was to uncover the secret of this matter.

Lilith was also the first enemy to discover his awakened “door” ability.

She always wanted his soul.

What did she want to do?

Now she had no other choice but to exchange this secret for her life.

“You know the secret of the cursed statue? You’re not lying again, are you?”

Shen Ye smiled and said.

“To show my sincerity, I can tell you a piece of information, and you decide whether to complete the transaction with me,” Lilith said.

“Okay, you speak.”

Shen Ye stood still, looking at the head on the sharp tentacles.

The head also looked at him and said:

“Do you remember that the ‘Five Desires’ world originally had five powerful beings?”

“You’ve mentioned that,” Shen Ye nodded.

“I told you then that one of the powerful beings died in battle.”

“Yes, you said that too.”

“I lied to you.”

“…I’m not too surprised.”

“She didn’t die, she just lost all her power—she was the strongest among us,” Lilith said.

“What does this have to do with the cursed statue?” Shen Ye asked.

“As long as you save me, I will give her to you. She knows all the secrets of what happened in the Five Desires!” Lilith said.

“Really? I don’t believe it.” Shen Ye said.

“It’s true, the defenses of the Five Desires world were very strict back then, and there would never be any problems, but too much time has passed… The Five Desires world encountered something, and from that time on, the cursed statues appeared in our world, and even spread to your world.”

Lilith explained patiently.

Shen Ye said, “Why should I believe you? And this person you’re talking about, she should at least have a certain ‘name,’ right? I’ve collected the names of some of your prison guards here…”

He recalled and recited the names of Mogakou, Tian Luo, Tai Yan, and even Lilith.

“You know all that?” Lilith asked in surprise.

“Exactly, I know all this, but I’ve never heard of another prison guard—at least in terms of ‘name,’ there’s no information about it.”

Shen Ye said in a discerning tone, “So you’re lying, Lilith!”

He stepped back, his tone becoming increasingly deep:

“Do you think I’ll fall for it again? No… I’ll never have anything to do with you again.”

Seeing Shen Ye about to leave, Lilith finally became anxious.

—This was her last hope.

Otherwise, she would be perpetually hung on this Nest Banner.

Or wait until the Emperor Species was free again, and then it would immediately devour her to replenish its strength.

“You can check in the ‘Five Desires’ world!”

Lilith shouted:

“She has a ‘name’ acknowledged by the Dharma Realm, her ‘name’ is—”

“World Lord blessed by all realms, World Soul whose world was stolen, Cursed Holy Prison Lord, Holy Angel who saves all souls.”

“She knows everything!”

“—Only I know her whereabouts! No one else can find her!”

Shen Ye’s heart slowly settled.

Alright.

The person was already lying in his pháp thân, and the secret would be revealed sooner or later.

“Sister Spirit of Magic.”

Shen Ye called out.

“I’m here.” The female Spirit of Magic of the Fate Seal quietly appeared.

“Can you hide this area so that others can’t approach?”

“Of course—then move it to the great tomb,” the female Spirit of Magic said.

In an instant.

Lilith and the entire Nest Banner that held her disappeared.

The spot was empty.

Shen Ye then opened his pháp thân.

“Don’t be afraid.”

He said to the woman in the wooden box.

The woman nodded calmly and spoke, her voice completely different from Lilith’s.

Lilith’s voice was fast and urgent, sharp and clipped.

The woman’s voice was slightly hoarse, calm and serene:

“I heard your conversation just now. I do know the secret of the cursed statue. Are you pursuing this secret?”

Shen Ye’s heart pounded.

The secret of the cursed statue was so close to him!

“Let’s talk later, I must go to the great tomb first—we’ll talk again in a while.”

He said.

The woman nodded.

Shen Ye put away his pháp thân and immediately took out the “Tomb Soldier” waist tag, activating it with his psychic power.

In an instant.

He passed through the hard and thick ground, directly teleporting to the true interior of the great tomb.

The world spun—

His feet touched solid ground.

Shen Ye didn’t stand firm and stumbled, but fortunately, he caught himself on a wall, preventing a fall.

He looked up.

Around him were metallic, ancient, and weathered metal walls.

Rows of closed doors lined both sides of the corridor.

The first level of the great tomb!

He had finally returned here!

He had been delayed for too long just now, and he didn’t know if Mogakou had arrived.

It was not yet time to turn hostile.

He would get through this first—

“Sister Spirit of Magic, I want to train now.”

Shen Ye did some warm-up exercises.

The female Spirit of Magic’s voice echoed in the darkness:

“You have passed through the Three Calamities, inherited swordsmanship, and are a formal tomb soldier.”

“—I can activate a tomb soldier training mission. Do you want to try?”

“Training? What’s the content?” Shen Ye asked.

“You must practice swordsmanship with all your might, at least reaching the second realm of the Dharma Realm, to complete the entire process of inheriting swordsmanship, and then you can move freely,” the female Spirit of Magic explained.

“Will there be any danger?”

Shen Ye asked cautiously.

“For training missions, the danger level is minimal,” the female Spirit of Magic said.

“Alright then,” Shen Ye relaxed, “Let’s start. I’ll practice swordsmanship for a bit and wait for Mogakou to arrive.”

“Then I’ll activate the mission,” the female Spirit of Magic said.

The next second.

Shen Ye suddenly saw a piece of metal floor glowing not far ahead.

“Step on it,” the female Spirit of Magic said.

Shen Ye really went up and stepped on it.

Rumble jungle—

The ground slowly rose.

A metal figurine holding a long saber appeared opposite Shen Ye.

“You have the understanding of swordsmanship, but your hands are too rusty and need practice.”

The metal figurine said in a stiff, strange tone.

It raised its saber.

Shen Ye also quickly raised his saber.

“Do as I do—three thousand slashes, begin!” the metal figurine said.

After speaking, it swung its saber.

Shen Ye had no choice but to follow suit and swing his long saber.

He practiced like this.

Practicing while waiting for Mogakou, and talking to the woman in his pháp thân.

Actually, the closer he looked, the easier it was to notice her difference from Lilith.

“Hello, I don’t know how to address you yet.”

Shen Ye said.

“I am Delia, and I also know you are Shen Ye,” the woman said.

“Have you seen me?” Shen Ye asked while swinging his saber.

“I saw everything Lilith experienced—I was imprisoned in her pháp thân and witnessed everything,” Delia said.

“Can you tell me about the cursed statue?” Shen Ye asked.

“I’d be happy to tell you, but I dare not speak,” Delia said.

Dare not speak…

Shen Ye’s saber stopped.

“Practice seriously!” the metal figurine shouted.

Shen Ye immediately swung his saber again.

“Why don’t you dare to speak? There’s no one else here, and you’re hiding in my pháp thân, so you should be relatively safe.”

He said silently.

Delia shook her head and whispered, “You can kill me, but I can’t speak—in fact, this is to protect your life.”

Shen Ye froze for a moment, then continued to swing his saber.

Can’t speak…

Could it be that matter?

“Is it very dangerous?” Shen Ye probed.

“The entire prison world almost collapsed because of it, and we all lost our power, so what do you say?” Delia said.

“Let me guess—is it a secret of the universe?”

“It is.”

“Is it a particularly powerful enemy, even stronger than the Emperor Species’ cosmic insect?”

“Completely incomparable,” Delia seemed nervous and flustered, “Don’t say any more, otherwise both you and I will be completely destroyed.”

Shen Ye had a rough idea.

—Actually, if it were anyone else, Shen Ye might not believe it.

But this woman had two entries: “World Lord blessed by all realms,” and “Holy Angel who saves all souls.”

Acknowledging the Dharma Realm was difficult.

As his teacher once said, “When you are worthy of a certain ‘name,’ the Dharma Realm will acknowledge you and give you the corresponding ‘name’.”

So, initially, Shen Ye was inclined to talk to the other party properly.

“Then let’s talk about something else—for example, I once saw a giant whirlpool appear on a river and lake, and everything around it was pulled in without resistance.”

Shen Ye continued:

“Perhaps you have experienced something similar?”

Delia got up in surprise, almost falling out of the box.

She shouted:

“How do you know about this!”

Shen Ye was silent.

Yes—

Even he had encountered something that couldn’t be discussed before.

In the collection room of the Human Imperial Palace in the Nightmare World, the sound emitted from the book “The End of All Worlds Online”:

“What I am about to speak of is the irresistible Black King…”

At that time, he was in an extremely reckless and dangerous situation.

Fortunately, Underworld Lord Mictetikasiwa was there to protect him, allowing him to start over and turn the danger into safety.

This was just hearing about it.

— If Delia and her companions had encountered the “Black King”, it would be a miracle if they survived.

This also explained why there was a problem with the “Five Desires” prison.

But how was the cursed statue related to the “Black King”?

Let’s hear what Delia has to say.

“You can use ‘that incident’ to replace the unspeakable part and tell me what you can, how about it?”

Shen Ye asked.

“Shen Ye, you must understand one thing.”

“What?”

“When you pursue secrets, secrets will immediately begin to pursue you; you understand the truth through secrets, and secrets fulfill their mission through you—”

“In fact, you can pretend you know nothing and stay away from certain dangers.”

As soon as Delia finished speaking, Shen Ye immediately laughed.

“What are you laughing at?” Delia asked.

“In my hometown, there’s an animal that, when danger comes, buries its head in the sand, thinking it can avoid danger this way.”

“I don’t approve of that. I want to know everything about the danger—because what’s coming will come eventually, and burying your head in the sand isn’t a solution.”

“The cursed statue is the beginning of everything.”

“Please tell me.”

Shen Ye said seriously.

“Since you insist, there’s no other way…” Delia pondered for a moment, then continued:

“The ‘Five Desires’ world is actually a very powerful prison world.”

“Entrusted by many worlds, it is responsible for imprisoning a terrifying monster and has received powerful blessings.”

“Originally, everything was fine.”

“But as time passed, one day, just as you said—”

“Even a giant ship will have its day of entering the ‘whirlpool’, but the people on the giant ship don’t know this.”

“All defensive measures were destroyed.”

“We were also severely injured.”

“—And this was merely from being near the ‘whirlpool’.”

“Just as everything was about to be destroyed, the imprisoned monster awakened.”

“It sensed the situation outside.”

“At that moment, it could no longer escape alone, because in that whirlpool, it would be even more dangerous to leave the world alone.”

“It controlled the entire world, bringing the world and us with it, breaking free from the whirlpool and returning to the universe.”

Shen Ye listened, his heart fluttering.

It was an imprisoned entity, yet it could lead the entire planet to escape?

What kind of power was that!

However—

“What does all this have to do with the cursed statue?” Shen Ye asked.

Delia closed her eyes, slowly regulated her breathing, and after thoroughly calming down, she spoke:

“After the imprisoned monster escaped, it was originally going to kill us all, but the whirlpool caught up.”

“Chase?”

“Yes, the entity we refer to as the whirlpool appeared directly in front of the imprisoned monster.”

“The whirlpool stepped on it, and just as it was about to kill it, it changed its mind.”

“The whirlpool gave it a cursed statue.”

“The original words were, ‘This statue represents me. You shall carve more statues in its likeness and take them to all the realms, letting them devour souls.'”

“‘The more souls they devour, the more satisfied I will be, and the safer you will be.'”

Shen Ye listened intently, and after a moment he said:

“But… since there are many statues, destroying one in my possession shouldn’t have much impact on the overall situation, should it?”

“The one that was destroyed is the true body of the statue,” Delia said.

Very good.

Absolutely excellent.

The cursed statue came from the most powerful, wicked, and unspeakable being in the universe.

It was a remote soul-devouring Meituan delivery app.

But—

I killed this delivery app and awakened the door ability.

“Is there a way to fix it?”

Shen Ye asked.

“Actually, the whirlpool mentioned this situation,” Delia said.

“Mentioned it?” Shen Ye asked in surprise.

“Yes, the exact words were, ‘You have the chance to receive my reward, which is an ability of the next epoch. If anyone truly achieves this, then use that ability. You only need to silently recite my name at the same time.'”

Shen Ye listened silently, and for a moment he just continued practicing his saber, making no response.

Delia continued:

“You have already chosen to listen to the secret. Now, please choose again.”

“Shen Ye, you can choose not to obey that entity, pretend you know nothing and strengthen yourself quickly; or you can follow its instructions and complete this task.”

“—If you have made your decision, please tell me.”

Shen Ye didn’t hesitate for too long.

“I will complete this task.”

“Are you sure? That’s an entity no one can deal with. Are you sure you want to do as it says?”

Delia showed a perplexed expression:

“Why are you walking step by step into the abyss? You could clearly avoid it!”

“No, actually, it’s unavoidable,” Shen Ye said.

Delia froze, looking at him with a different gaze for the first time.

This young man had done many outstanding things.

But when it came to this secret, he was so stubborn, even a little crazy.

Was he pursuing that terrifying entity?

Why?

Do geniuses all have a tendency to self-destruct?

Shen Ye was still practicing his saber, his expression calm and composed, as if he wasn’t feeling bewildered, nervous, or fearful about his decision.

“Excellent, let’s continue slashing.” The figurine made a move.

Shen Ye followed.

Saber light cut a graceful arc in the void.

Actually—

The entire matter was very clear.

—Everyone was working for that “whirlpool.”

One day, the working mechanism was disrupted by your group, rendering it inoperable.

As the boss, the “whirlpool” had long provided a solution.

Yet, you didn’t implement it, wildly fantasizing about washing your hands of it and fleeing.

Did you really think the boss knew nothing?

Or rather—

Did you think the boss was easy to bully?

That’s not how you survive in society, buddy!

Besides, if the other party could provide a contingency plan in advance, it probably had a corresponding plan for that contingency’s escape.

—What reason is there to underestimate an entity that has seen “all things in this epoch bow before it for thirty thousand years”?

“You’ll die, Shen Ye,” Delia warned heavily.

Shen Ye raised his hand, pressed it into the void, and softly recited:

“What I am about to speak of is the irresistible Black King.”

As the first sentence was spoken, everything around immediately stilled.

The figurine stopped moving.

Delia in the pháp thân covered her mouth with both hands, appearing terrified and flustered, maintaining her original posture.

Stillness.

As if some other invisible entity had permeated the surrounding void, encircling Shen Ye.

Shen Ye put away his saber and continued to recite:

“It perches atop the Crown of Stars, picking out prosperous and powerful planets, devouring everything clean.”

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

“There is no escaping.”

“The universe contracts around it; all existence must face it, and it plucks everything, enjoys everything, destroys everything.”

“—Door.”

He stretched out his hand and pressed it against the void.

A door immediately appeared.

Shen Ye placed his hand on the door and gently pushed.

—If nothing went wrong, pushing open the door should reveal the secret passage to the human camp in the Nightmare World.

But would it really be like that?

He pushed open the door with force.

Beyond the door was a vast and magnificent cosmic nebula.

In the endless darkness, a deafening voice echoed from all directions:

“Too many sentient beings, due to arrogance and ignorance, have long lost the reverence they should have for the universe and truth.”

“Fear drives them to ignore and turn a deaf ear to great power, seeking their own demise.”

“You are not bad.”

A phantom figure streaked through the endless nebula, passed through the door, and gently hovered before Shen Ye.

Shen Ye looked down.

He saw that it was a black invitation.

The invitation emanated an endless dark light, and on its surface, countless planets emerged, forming a vast and complex star map.

“Take it, you will use it.”

The voice continued.