Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 319

Shah Telai no longer paid attention to these people.

She closed her eyes, adjusted her breathing evenly, and simply lay there to rest.

Twenty minutes later.

The aircraft returned to the flying fortress.

This time.

Shah Telai’s treatment was completely different.

Strict detection procedures were carried out on her.

Shen Ye still did not make a move, just stood aside and observed silently.

Until she was pushed onto the operating table.

A total of twelve chips were placed on the equipment tray.

—These were the latest model chips to be implanted into the girl’s body.

Shen Ye was waiting for this moment.

If the new chips were implanted first, he would act immediately.

But if the old ones were removed first—

He could wait a bit longer.

Under his gaze, a man referred to as “Dr.” personally picked up a scalpel and began to remove the chip implanted in the girl’s arm.

“Remember, to avoid interference from the old chips, the old chips must be removed first.”

The man skillfully removed the chip while explaining to the people around him.

Clang!

The old chip was removed and thrown onto a metal tray.

Hemostasis, medication, bandaging.

Everything went smoothly.

The girl still seemed to be in a deep sleep.

The doctor waved his hand, signaling for the tray to be taken away and for the tray containing twelve chips to be brought over.

It was time to implant the new chips.

The doctor raised the scalpel.

At the same time.

Shen Ye moved.

He flew forward and merged into the little girl’s body.

2.9 seconds.

Time was too short.

No killing moves could be used.

Otherwise, if the flying fortress exploded, Nancy and Shah Telai would both die.

There was only one way.

On the operating table.

The little girl suddenly opened her eyes.

Almost at the same moment.

A mirror made entirely of ice shards appeared before her.

The little girl shook slightly, instantly jumped up, and flew into the mirror.

Crash!

The ice mirror fell, crashed onto the operating table, and shattered into ice shards.

—The little girl was gone!

Two seconds had passed.

0.9 seconds left!

In the mirror world, the little girl opened a door and instantly crossed through it.

—She had returned to the icy forest.

This was the teleportation coordinate she had set a few centimeters from the ground when she fell from the sky last time.

Pfft.

The little girl landed softly on the thick snow, making a slight sound.

Finally, she was free.

The original plan was to stay in the mirror world, but upon entering the mirror, Shen Ye suddenly realized a problem.

—Neither Nancy nor Shah Telai had yet been promoted to “Lifeless Soul Master.”

They couldn’t control the mirror world.

So.

Staying in the mirror as ordinary people would certainly lead to major problems.

So, at the last moment, he still opened the door and directly teleported away, returning to this icy forest.

At this moment, the chip on her body had been removed, and the new chips had not been installed.

It couldn’t be said to be absolutely safe—

But the enemy couldn’t track them immediately, which was true and credible.

Shen Ye observed his surroundings.

“Baxter, are we free?” Shah Telai asked hesitantly.

“Yes.”

As soon as the words fell, the world fell silent.

Shen Ye only felt a blur before his eyes.

All the scenes scattered and faded.

The ice, the night, the forest, and the little girl all disappeared.

All around were endless fragments of light and shadow.

Various events from the girl’s life formed a series of rapidly flashing images.

Violence, conspiracy, heartbreak, killing, madness, anger…

All sorts of encounters kept coming.

Shen Ye watched the flashing images, gradually realizing that everything except where he stood had turned into darkness.

In this boundless darkness, where top and bottom were indistinguishable, a deafening voice resonated:

“Baxter, right?”

“Abandon her, and I will spare you.”

As the voice spoke, the five-year-old Shah Telai quietly appeared.

She hid behind Shen Ye, her gaze fixed on the endless darkness ahead, her expression somewhat bewildered.

Shen Ye looked back.

—Only the area around his body had a faint glow, while everything else was devouring darkness.

“Who are you?”

Shen Ye asked.

The voice said, “You are not worthy to hear, but you have one last chance to give her up, to exchange for your life.”

“My life is my own to begin with,” Shen Ye said.

“Baxter,” the voice in the darkness grew profound, “you have received too many gifts of fate, and I happen to be skilled in the laws of fate. I can see everything about you, and I can take it all back.”

“For example?” Shen Ye asked.

“You have a habit of moving among influential people, adept at finding advantages in great dangers.”

“You believe reality is chaotic, and when your strength is weak, you seek out those super-strong experts beyond your level.”

“You always find strong individuals to rely on, gaining rewards far beyond your own strength.”

“—I can make you lose this destiny.”

“Sorry, I don’t understand,” Shen Ye said.

“I have a spell that can change your destiny—those strong individuals who stand by your side will, due to various coincidences, be unable to offer you any more help.”

“—You will only have your pitiful strength to rely on.”

“Conversely, all your enemies will be extremely powerful beings.”

“You will face them with only your Tier 4 Law Realm strength.”

“You will die in despair.”

Shen Ye looked back at the little girl Shah Telai.

Shah Telai actually nodded and said, “It does have such an ability. It makes me constantly re-experience past memories, reliving all the bad things, almost making me dissolve.”

“—Fortunately, you caught me.”

“Now.”

“Baxter, make your own decision.”

The little girl Shah Telai voluntarily stepped back.

She stood on the edge of darkness.

If Shen Ye left her, she would truly fall into complete darkness.

Then everything would end.

But Shen Ye didn’t move.

He just said, “Your personality is really annoying.”

“It’s very powerful, it almost beat me already,” Shah Telai said.

“Can we shake hands and make peace?” Shen Ye asked.

The voice from the depths of the darkness responded: “Impossible! I must integrate all personalities and gather all power.”

“I have never lost in my life; the incident with the Black King last time was an accident, a personality issue, not because my strength was inferior to it.”

“Once I absorb Shah Telai—”

“I will win again!”

Shen Ye listened in silence.

Shah Telai looked at him somewhat nervously.

—The surrounding darkness was like boiling water, and she was not as calm as she had been at first.

Shen Ye thought for a moment, then whispered in her ear:

“I heard a saying.”

“What?” Shah Telai asked.

“People who have to win everything are actually quite low in mental fortitude,” Shen Ye said.

“No one wants to lose,” Shah Telai said.

“But you are one person, why can’t you be a little kinder to yourself?” Shen Ye shrugged, somewhat unable to understand.

Shah Telai couldn’t help but smile.

This person was truly interesting.

What he said actually indicated that he had already made his choice.

“Be careful after you get out, Baxter,” the little girl said.

“Get out? Aren’t we still fighting?” Shen Ye asked.

“Delia is about to transform, and the match will be paused—listen, what it said is true, your destiny has changed, from now on you cannot rely on others, you must face everything with your own strength.”

The little girl Shah Telai added:

“Don’t die.”

As soon as the words fell.

Everything disappeared.

Shen Ye found himself still standing in Song Yinchen’s house.

Everything around him was normal.

Song Yinchen was chanting the names of gods and Buddhas.

He stood there holding the Nine Aspects’ tooth, with nothing else around him.

The ground suddenly shook violently.

Immediately after, Kunlun’s voice sounded from the phone:

“Attention all.”

“A pure power burst just erupted.”

“It is confirmed that the power originated from the riverbed.”

“The intensity of this power is sufficient to shatter a planet, but fortunately, its trajectory was directed outwards into space, and it has now left the planet.”

“The Holy Angel Delia has appeared.”

“She has returned to her residence.”

Delia!

“How could she appear? Has the struggle between the two Nine Aspects ended?”

Song Yinchen couldn’t help but say.

Shen Ye checked the time on his phone.

It was 6 AM.

No news of Shah Telai.

The other Nine Aspects also didn’t show up, nor did they continue to hunt him down.

Instead, Delia’s personality had appeared.

Could it be…

The struggle between personalities had temporarily come to an end?

Kunlun’s voice sounded again:

“Delia has been comprehensively tracked, and no anomalies have been found.”

“The only difference from before is—”

“The power fluctuations emanating from her body are even stronger than before, initially estimated to have surpassed Law Realm Tier 9.”

“Currently, the power within her is still continuously rising.”

Shen Ye couldn’t help but look at the tooth in his hand.

A faint light appeared next to the tooth, gathering into lines of small text:

“Evidence: Tooth.”

“Synchronization rate: 1.9%.”

“No rejection observed.”

“Synchronization time increased to: 2.9 seconds.”

“This round of confrontation has ended, both sides are temporarily in slumber, awaiting the next activation of the personality war.”

So, Shah Telai won a round.

Shen Ye breathed a sigh of relief and put away the tooth.

—She’d better not die.

Otherwise, after the other Nine Aspects took control of the body, how would they care about the fate of a dying planet?

If it casually unleashed a move, this planet would be done for.

“Shen Ye, we have a way.”

The Female Spirit-master’s voice suddenly rang out.

“You mean, a way to deal with the Nine Aspects?” Shen Ye asked.

“That’s right. You need to go deeper into the Great Tomb. If you can retrieve that Nightmare Art, and then continuously strengthen it with the power of the Great Tomb, you can at least protect yourselves,” the Female Spirit-master said.

“Really?”

“I would never lie to you. If that art obtains sufficient power, it can turn everything into a nightmare, and then you just need to wake up from the dream—what do you think will happen?”

“Sister Spirit-master, please tell me directly,” Shen Ye said.

“When you wake up, the nightmare ends, which means the enemies you left in the nightmare also vanish with the dream,” the Female Spirit-master said.

“…Can it deal with the Nine Aspects?” Shen Ye asked.

“Dealing with one of its personalities shouldn’t be a problem—its other personalities are all on good terms with you, no need to fear them, right?” the Female Spirit-master said.

That’s right.

Shen Ye fell into deep thought.

Whether it was Shah Telai, Delia, or Nancy, none of them should want to deal with him.

He just needed to eliminate the personality hiding behind the scenes, orchestrating everything.

—He needed to tell his teacher about going to the Great Tomb quickly.

With so many strong people, everyone going down to the Great Tomb together to accumulate power for the arts, wouldn’t that be faster?

No sooner said than done!

“Kunlun, please connect me to my teacher and everyone on the World Policy Committee. I have something to discuss with everyone.”

Shen Ye finished speaking into his phone, then added: “Sister Spirit-master, how about you introduce the situation of the Great Tomb?”

“Of course,” the Female Spirit-master said.

Twenty minutes later.

In the suburbs of Yujing City.

Shen Ye and Song Yinchen, along with all members of the World Policy Committee, held a meeting.

The 300-meter-long Female Spirit-master revealed her true form and introduced the situation of the Great Tomb.

Like Shen Ye—

Everyone had to first pass the test of the Great Tomb to obtain the qualification of a “Tomb Guardian.”

Only then could they descend layer by layer.

“What’s in it for you if they do this?”

Clan Head Nangong asked.

“If you can obtain high-level Great Tomb professions, the power of guarding the Great Tomb will become stronger, and the Great Tomb will feedback to me, allowing me to continue evolving,” the Female Spirit-master said.

“What exactly is in the Great Tomb?” Cang Nanyan asked.

“I am only the Soul Art of the Great Tomb’s fate seal, and do not know about the master’s affairs,” the Female Spirit-master replied.

She bowed to the crowd, then flew back to Shen Ye, transforming into the long seal lines, continuing to suppress the Emperor Seed.

“What’s the situation with Delia now?” Xu Xingke asked.

“Just woke up, everything’s normal,” Sword Maiden said.

Everyone had a headache.

“Look on the bright side—last night, the Nine Aspects helped us resolve a hidden planet. I bet from then on, no other planet will covet us,” Xu Xingke said.

“Indeed, with two powers exceeding Law Realm Tier Nine on our planet, who would dare to come?” Clan Head Nangong said with emotion.

One was the Great Tomb.

The other was the Nine Aspects.

They were incredibly powerful.

—Perhaps only the Black King, high above amidst the crown of stars, could rival them?

At this moment—

Everyone realized one thing.

“If we don’t fight desperately now, it will be too late, everyone,” Xu Xingke said.

After a pause.

He continued, “Let’s all go down to the Great Tomb and strive to master that Nightmare Art to protect ourselves.”

“We will now vote.”

“Hands up if you disagree.”

No one raised a hand.

It passed unanimously.

Xu Xingke immediately began to organize:

“Starting at 8 AM, notify all organizations and give everyone half a day to prepare everything.”

“Starting at 2 PM, mobilize all professionals in the world to gather at the Xirang Middle School, and use the fate seal art on Shen Ye to send everyone into the Great Tomb.”

“Of course, sufficient personnel must be left to maintain the operation of ground agencies.”

“At the same time, experts must be left on the ground to protect the world—”

“Song Yinchen.”

“I’m here,” Song Yinchen raised her hand.

“You are responsible for protecting the surface world, which will also benefit your cultivation—you need to grow up quickly,” Xu Xingke said.

“Teacher, I’m already Law Realm Tier Eight… can’t I go down to the Great Tomb?” Song Yinchen was somewhat unwilling.

“With your talent, you have the most hope of reaching Law Realm Tier Nine,” Xu Xingke said.

Song Yinchen was full of displeasure and was about to speak, but Sword Maiden interjected:

“Yinchen, if you grow strong, what can’t you have?”

She subtly winked at Song Yinchen and then subtly tilted her chin towards Shen Ye.

Song Yinchen immediately understood.

“Teacher! I will resolutely complete the mission! The love and peace on Earth are entrusted to me to protect!”

She raised her hand and said in a declarative tone.

“…” Shen Ye.

“…” Xu Xingke.

Once the matter was settled, the entire world began to operate rapidly according to the will of the powerful.

The Holy Angel Delia received an important task.

—To compile the history, knowledge, and skills of the Holy Heaven, adding a new heritage to this world.

This task was vast and complex, requiring a lot of time and effort.

Delia gladly accepted the command.

This was on the surface.

In fact, the entire world had tightened, entering a state of complete survival.

At 2 PM.

The 300-meter-long Fate Seal Spirit coiled on the playground of the Xirang High School, guiding professionals one by one into the Great Tomb.

As for Shen Ye—

He had already reached the second level of the Great Tomb.

The Tomb Chamber.

He began to carefully check his belongings.

From his personal long knife, to the food he carried, and then to the hydrogen bomb.

Everything was in order.

At this moment.

Fate seemed to have truly changed completely.

What lay ahead, he couldn’t possibly know.

Those powerful individuals around him—

Song Yinchen was in charge of the world government.

Xu Xingke and the others were fully assaulting the Great Tomb.

The Female Spirit-master was guiding professionals from all over the world.

For her own safety, she temporarily sealed off the Emperor Seed.

—The power of the Emperor Seed was also unusable.

There was no other help.

From now on—

Shen Ye could truly only rely on himself.

“Are we going to fight?”

A deep voice rang out.

Shen Ye was startled, then asked in surprise, “Why are you still here?”

“Why can’t I be here?” The voice sounded somewhat puzzled.

“Oh, right… you’re my spirit-master… a strength of around Law Realm Tier Four doesn’t count as a top-tier expert.” Shen Ye seemed to understand.

Whoosh—

The Big Skeleton leaped out from the pháp tướng and said, “Your strength has stabilized at Law Realm Tier Four. This way, as a spirit-master, I can borrow the power of your pháp tướng to form a stronger combat force.”

“Like what?” Shen Ye asked.

“I’ve become good buddies with the Four Kings, and I can now use their legendary power to form new skills,” the Big Skeleton said.

“For example?” Shen Ye asked, crossing his arms.

“There are four moves in total, listen carefully: they are ‘Block!’, ‘I Block!’, ‘I Block Again!’, and ‘I Block Once More!’,” the Big Skeleton said.

The Four Kings transformed into phantoms, appearing behind it, all giving a thumbs-up.

“…That’s amazing,” Shen Ye applauded.

“Shen Ye, don’t underestimate these four moves. This is the combined power of me and the Four Kings. We focus all our efforts on defense, allowing you to attack without reservation!” the Big Skeleton said.

Shen Ye’s applause became much more sincere.

When it said that, it was actually right—

The Four Kings were originally from defensive armor, plus the ever-changing Big Skeleton, providing full defense.

He could focus on attacking!

“Let’s go, we need to find a way to the next level,” Shen Ye said.

“How do we get there?” the Big Skeleton asked.

“I don’t know. The Female Spirit-master is casting a large spell and has no time to tell us. We have to figure it out ourselves,” Shen Ye said.

Actually, the Female Spirit-master could have told him first.

But she didn’t.

—This must be the so-called fate intervention.

Shen Ye walked out of the room and proceeded along the broken, narrow corridor.

Two human figurines appeared ahead.

As soon as they saw Shen Ye, they immediately raised their spears and charged at him.

“Will it work?”

Shen Ye asked.

“Trust me, it will!” the Big Skeleton said.

“Good!”

Shen Ye drew his Guanghan Bow and shot with a raised hand.

A wisp of ice flew from the bowstring, automatically splitting into twelve curved trajectories, and in a flash, struck the two human figurines.

Dark Gold Arrow Art, Star Edge!

The two human figurines were knocked back repeatedly, then suddenly vanished from their original spots.

The arrow contained the long-range attack power of “A Dragon to Heaven,” which was actually also a self-inherited skill of the Great Tomb.

Targets hit were directly teleported to purgatory, equivalent to death.

—A quite outrageous skill.

With the two human figurines gone, the torches on the walls along the path, which had been silent for countless years, ignited.

The blazing torches illuminated the path ahead.

“It seems that defeating these two human figurines triggered some kind of mechanism.”

The Big Skeleton said.

“Keep moving,” Shen Ye said.

He ran forward along the torch-lit path.

Seven or eight minutes later.

The path ahead gradually widened.

Finally.

A massive metal gate appeared before Shen Ye’s eyes.

Standing in front of this metal gate was a seven or eight-meter tall metal human figurine.

Seeing Shen Ye approach, it spoke in a muffled voice:

“Challenger, if you wish to enter the third level of the Great Tomb, you must first defeat me.”

“How can I defeat you?” Shen Ye asked.

“No need to say more, come and fight me!” the giant metal human figurine said.

Shen Ye sighed.

The opponent was not an undead creature, so it was understandable for it to refuse to answer his question.

The giant metal human figurine drew a long knife and boomed:

“You’re truly unlucky. Know that among all the guardians on the second level, I am the strongest, so this time next year will be your death anniversary!”

It strode towards Shen Ye.

Shen Ye recalled the words spoken by that personality of the Nine Aspects.

—He would encounter the strongest enemies, while the strong individuals around him would be unable to help for various reasons.

But—

So what?

He stepped forward, drew his knife, and slashed.

—Great Tomb Secret Blade Art: Longing for You!

The giant metal figurine attacked at the same time.

In an instant.

Time solidified.

In Shen Ye’s eyes, the giant metal figurine’s long knife slowly rose and swung down towards his neck.

Too slow!

Shen Ye was about to slice open the opponent’s body with all his might, but found his own movements also became incredibly slow.

The Vast Cold Blade slowly lifted, each movement taking several seconds.

This is…

Blade Art, Longing for You.

So this giant metal figurine also knew this move!

No wonder it dared to say it was the strongest on this level!

Shen Ye looked at the giant metal figurine, its face showing a look of surprise.

Clearly, it too had noticed the fact that its movements had become slow.

Longing for You versus Longing for You!

In the frozen time, Shen Ye slowly moved his body with the human figurine, dodging each other while trying to stab the opponent with the knife.

—It looked like two old men practicing Tai Chi sword in the park.

This can’t go on!

Blade arts consume a lot of stamina; he didn’t have time to slowly wear it down like this!

Shen Ye’s thought moved.

Behind Shen Ye, layers of pagoda-like illusions emerged.

Phased manifestation!

As soon as the phased manifestation appeared, frost-white flames immediately roared on the long blade.

“The power of the pháp tướng is infused into the long blade, transforming its power completely.”

Still not enough—

Shen Ye continued to play slow-motion sword with the human figurine, slowly vocalizing:

“You—”

“Are—”

“Sick—”

“Ah—”

The mythical term “Wicked Real Person” activated!

A grinding sound suddenly came from the giant metal human figurine.

Its arm seemed to lack lubrication and jammed slightly.

It was just this moment!

The Vast Cold Blade knocked away the opponent’s blade and thrust towards its chest.

The Vast Cold Blade’s power ‘Lonely Sandbar Cold’ activated!

—”Attacks that can kill will surely kill!”

The human figurine trembled all over and was split in two by the long knife.

Time abruptly returned to normal.

Clang!

The metal body broke into two halves and fell to the ground, making a loud noise.

Shen Ye won!

Something rolled out from within the body.

It was a small, square box.

Shen Ye scooped up the box with his hand.

This was the power of the mythical term “Wicked Real Person.”

The enemy would always drop valuable items!

“Actually, I’m quite strong too, aren’t I, Big Skeleton.”

Shen Ye said.

“Mediocre, really. Actually, it’s mainly because I’m backing you up—Brother, my strength is amazing. I almost wish you’d get stabbed twice right now, so I could test my unparalleled defense!” the Big Skeleton said.

“…I hope that opportunity never comes,” Shen Ye murmured.

“Are you looking down on me?” the Big Skeleton was displeased.

“It has nothing to do with that, I just don’t want to get stabbed,” Shen Ye said truthfully.

“So, you don’t trust me then?” The Big Skeleton was still displeased.

“You’ve shattered too many times, brother, I really don’t have much confidence.”

Shen Ye continued forward while talking to it.

Ahead.

The stairs leading to the third level had already entered Shen Ye’s sight.