Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 341

A line of faint text quietly emerged:

“The Tomb-guarding General has stayed for 12 hours. Send him back?”

Shen Ye glanced at Xiao Mengyu.

Ever since returning to the magic cabin, she had been holding her sword with both hands, sitting cross-legged, with her eyes slightly closed, completely lost in a state of profound comprehension.

Interrupting her at this moment would be a great pity.

Shen Ye’s mind stirred, and faint light appeared:

“For every hour the Tomb-guarding General stays, you need to pay energy units: 2 points.”

“Remaining energy: 500.”

Just now, the immortal puppet and the earth demon beast dealt with the demon army, allowing the magic form to absorb a lot of energy.

Earlier, that nuclear bomb also released a considerable amount of powerful energy.

Okay.

Can afford it.

As his will moved, faint text continued to appear:

“Currently, 2 energy points have been paid, and the Tomb-guarding General will stay for one hour.”

“Energy will continue to be paid after one hour until you terminate this summoning.”

Shen Ye withdrew his gaze.

Bronte walked over, his face full of gratitude:

“Brother Paige, thank you so much for saving my life this time. It’s truly wonderful that reclusive masters like you are willing to emerge at such a time.”

“It’s nothing, we need to survive too,” Shen Ye said.

“I just reported this matter using the magic hut’s communication array. Someone will probably come to confirm the situation here soon,” Bronte said.

“Alright, understood,” Shen Ye said.

Bronte bowed respectfully and retreated to where the soldiers were.

In a short while.

A bird brought a note.

Bronte read the note and immediately led the soldiers to patrol the nearby forest.

Only Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu remained in the cabin.

Shen Ye continued to guard her.

Suddenly.

The Big Skeleton’s voice echoed in his ear:

“It’s assembled.”

“Oh? Good, let’s ask it then,” Shen Ye said.

The Big Skeleton said, “You should take a look first; I think it’s… very strange…”

“Strange? Bring it out. I need to guard Xiao Mengyu, so it’s not convenient for me to enter the magic form.”

“No problem.”

With a flicker, the Big Skeleton gently placed a fully assembled corpse on the floor of the cabin.

It was indeed the demon’s corpse.

The two horns on the corpse’s head had disappeared, replaced by numerous slender arms.

Behind its body, which was covered in eerie runes, was a long, barbed tail.

It was all too familiar.

Isn’t this an Emperor Species?

However, this corpse was smaller than an Emperor Species and its figure was more slender.

The Big Skeleton remained silent.

Shen Ye also fell into silence.

Both of them sensed an unspeakable strangeness.

It was as if a shadow of death lingered around them, ready to pounce and devour them at any moment.

“Should we ask?”

The Big Skeleton’s voice carried a hint of tension.

Shen Ye pondered, “Because I also have the blood of an Emperor Species and have taken on the ‘Dark Devourer’ profession, I can vaguely sense that the Emperor Species seems to be under some restriction and cannot reveal the secrets of the Tomb.”

“That’s why I asked you to eat it.”

The Big Skeleton continued:

“But now another Emperor Species has arrived—look, it’s so thin and fragile, and its carapace is still soft, clearly a juvenile.”

Shen Ye said, “There must be more to this than meets the eye. What if I ask, and it refuses to answer again? Wouldn’t we be back to square one?”

“I have a plan,” the Big Skeleton said.

Its form shifted, and it also transformed into the appearance of an Emperor Species.

“Look, I’m exactly like it now. How about I approach it while you hide and ask questions?” the Big Skeleton said proudly.

Shen Ye observed for a moment, then hesitated, “Can you get rid of that shell on your back?”

“There’s still a shell?” the Big Skeleton asked in surprise.

“…Yes,” Shen Ye said.

“Maybe it’s a naturally formed shell because I lack a sense of security,” the Big Skeleton explained.

“No, it’s because you’re too good at this,” Shen Ye said blankly.

“Okay, I’ll try.”

After a while, the shell on the Big Skeleton’s back finally disappeared.

It became a complete Emperor Species cosmic worm.

—But it didn’t possess the powerful strength of an Emperor Species.

“Something still feels off…”

Shen Ye said.

“Now that you mention it, I feel the same way. Maybe I don’t have the inheritance of the insect race?” the Big Skeleton pondered.

Both fell into deep thought.

Shen Ye thought for a while and slowly said:

“Although you can transform into an Emperor Species, you haven’t taken on the ‘Dark Devourer’ profession.”

“Exactly!” the Big Skeleton realized, “I only know some basic cosmic insect race skills, no professional skills.”

“It will be exposed,” Shen Ye said.

“Right,” the Big Skeleton sighed.

The two stared at each other again.

“No, I must know the truth behind this,” Shen Ye suddenly said.

“But there’s no way,” the Big Skeleton squatted on the ground, poking the corpse with its finger, “The secret that the Emperor Species couldn’t reveal even after tens of thousands of years of torment, how would it tell us?”

“I have a plan,” Shen Ye said.

“What?”

“We combine!”

“Wait, what did you say?” The Big Skeleton cautiously jumped back a step.

“Be serious. I mean, you need to be able to hold a person inside you, like last time when you entered the City of Ten Thousand Shadows and Lamentations.”

“That’s easy enough,” the Big Skeleton said with a sigh of relief.

It shrugged casually, and soon, a series of “creak-creak-crack” sounds came from within its body.

A long crack appeared on its left side, and with a gentle flick, it pried open the entire ribcage, revealing a hollow interior.

“Wait for me,” Shen Ye said.

He painstakingly squeezed into the Big Skeleton’s body, grasping the ribs, and closed himself in.

Then—

Following the method he remembered, he released the power fluctuations specific to the “Dark Devourer.”

Though weak, this was a pure Emperor Species profession skill!

At this moment.

With the bloodline, professional skill, and body of an Emperor Species, he should be able to deceive a corpse, right?

“I’m starting.”

Shen Ye said.

“Hmm, be careful,” the Big Skeleton said.

It walked forward, looking down at the corpse, getting ready.

Shen Ye maintained the power fluctuations around him, took a deep breath, and said:

“Ridiculous! You can’t even defeat humans, and you died just like that?”

His voice came from within the “Emperor Species” body, as if the “Emperor Species” itself was speaking.

At the same time, “Dark Whisper” was activated!

The corpse on the ground stirred.

The corpse slowly opened its eyes, looked at its kin in front of it, and explained:

“I underestimated them; that sword was too powerful.”

“So you’re finished, aren’t you?” Shen Ye said mockingly.

The corpse paused, then immediately said with disdain:

“How can a low-grade like you, who hasn’t even awakened the Four Forbidden Arts, penetrate the Seal of Fate or link with the Mother Body, have any right to judge me?”

In the silence, it was as if a thunderclap exploded in his ears.

Shen Ye struggled to keep calm and maintain a steady tone:

“That seal can’t stop me. Besides, you’re dead now, so who’s the true inferior species?”

—This was the true situation of the Emperor species drilling through the seal back then, so it shouldn’t be wrong.

Coupled with the continuous activation of “Dark Whisper,” as long as the other party wasn’t wary, they would definitely answer his question!

The young Emperor Species on the ground indeed replied:

“Even if you enter the seal, you will be cast out by the Mother Body, because you are a rejected inferior species that hasn’t even awakened the Forbidden Arts.”

Mother Body…

Isn’t it the Immortal Kingdom?

Shen Ye immediately responded: “Hmph, aren’t you also outside the Mother Body? What right do you have to speak of me? You are the true inferior species!”

The young Emperor Species roared:

“I came here because the Chaos Art appeared.”

“Next, as soon as the other companions find the core of the Chaos Art and offer it to the Mother Body—”

“The Mother Body will guide my soul and allow me to return to the nest to regain my body!”

What is Chaos Art…?

“Give me a clue, and I’ll find The Chaos Art, then we’ll share the credit equally, how about that?” Shen Ye asked.

“Are you sure you want to share it equally with me?” the young Emperor Species asked.

“That’s right, what do you say if you cooperate with me?” Shen Ye said.

—Children are easy to deceive.

“Since you have such thoughts, I will truthfully report everything after I return to the Mother Body. You cannot lie,” the young Emperor Species said.

So there’s a Mother Body to testify, it seems it’s not so easy to deceive.

“No problem! My only desire is to pass through the seal and return to the Mother Body,” Shen Ye said.

—The Emperor Species had drilled through the seal for countless years; this cannot be faked.

“Listen well,” the young Emperor Species said, “This entire world is a nightmare-type world, constructed by the Chaos Art.”

“If you master the Chaos Art, you can turn dreams into reality, or reality into dreams.”

“The Mother Body wants this art!”

Shen Ye somewhat understood.

The Chaos Art… wasn’t it the Nightmare Art!

The Mother Body in the Tomb wanted the Nightmare Art, and he wanted this art too.

“How do I obtain the core of this art?”

Shen Ye asked.

“It is said that in the human world’s imperial palace, if you find an item called the Earth Golden Chapter, you can control this art,” the young Emperor Species said.

“So simple?” Shen Ye asked.

“That Earth Golden Chapter has self-defense capabilities. Any being trying to obtain it, if they don’t find it within three minutes, will never be able to approach it again,” the young Emperor Species said.

Earth Golden Chapter…

It’s in the royal treasury.

In later generations, he personally retrieved this item.

It was the core of the Nightmare Art?

It didn’t have such power in later generations!

Shen Ye felt as if he was enveloped in countless mists.

“Why are you at the border?” Shen Ye asked.

“To attract attention, the Mother Body sent those skilled in finding treasures—”

Boom!

Before the young Emperor Species could finish speaking, Anne, who was sitting at the other end of the cabin, suddenly moved.

Under Shen Ye’s control, she crashed through the house, her figure a blur, and soared into the sky, rushing towards the interior of human territory.

She would fly at full speed, reaching the imperial palace as quickly as possible.

Only then did the young Emperor Species finish its sentence:

“Several teams are heading to the imperial palace together to find the Earth Golden Chapter.”

As soon as the words fell.

It suddenly let out a painful groan and shrieked, “Why am I defying the Mother Body’s curse! You—you are not of our race!”

Thump thump thump thump thump—

A series of violent shaking sounds erupted.

The entire corpse seemed to have been struck by something, exploding repeatedly until it turned into powder.

“What are you?!”

The young Emperor Species’ soul rose from the corpse, and just as it uttered a question, it vanished amidst continuous, high-pitched screams.

“What’s going on?” the Big Skeleton shrieked.

“I tricked it into revealing the secret, and its Mother Body has a pre-set punishment mechanism,” Shen Ye quickly explained.

He jumped out of the Big Skeleton’s body and shouted at Xiao Mengyu, who had just opened her eyes:

“Disband!”

Xiao Mengyu was sent back before she could even speak.

Almost at the same moment, Shen Ye quickly walked to the door of the magic cabin and touched the door.

“The Unambiguous Path” was instantly activated!

This door was imbued with world link capabilities, and the other side it transmitted to was Twilight Star.

“We need to get ready to go too, quickly! Big Skeleton, get into your magic form!”

Shen Ye spoke hastily.

“Why? Wait—why is your face so pale?” the Big Skeleton asked confusedly.

“Once the curse is triggered, it will definitely attract the Mother Body’s attention. It might be on its way here,” Shen Ye said.

“Then why aren’t you running! Run!” the Big Skeleton grew anxious.

“The curse being triggered proves that this intel is true—they are close to finding the Earth Golden Chapter. We came for this very reason; we must get to the Golden Chapter before them!”

Shen Ye said.

The Big Skeleton paused, then slowly understood.

—If Shen Ye left now, the Earth Golden Chapter would fall into the hands of the “Mother Body.”

He had to remain in this world to control the soul puppet Anne and snatch that golden chapter.

Now it was a race to see whether Shen Ye would get the Golden Chapter first, or if the “Mother Body” would come to kill him first!

“Life is more important than the Golden Chapter, hurry and go!” the Big Skeleton urged.

“No, we’ve worked so hard for this; we must fight for it,” Shen Ye insisted.

“Faster… faster…”

He gazed into the void, muttering softly.

Suddenly.

He tossed the Big Skeleton into the magic form, then immediately turned to look.

He saw a “person” appear in the magic cabin.

This “person” floated in mid-air, and everything around it seemed to be distorted by some interference, becoming blurry.

Shen Ye couldn’t see any specific details of this “person”—only that its face was completely black, devoid of features.

“Child, by what means did you acquire the profession of ‘Dark Devourer’?”

The “person” asked with an intrigued tone.

Shen Ye looked at the other party.

He saw a line of small text suddenly appear above its head:

“Devourer of Ten Thousand Stars, Master who upholds the laws of the universe, the ultimate hunter, Mother of the Swarm.”

Each term was a dazzling red.

Red signified mythological level.

—So powerful!!!

“Because I killed an Emperor Species.”

Shen Ye said.

At this moment, he clearly perceived two things.

First, he seemed to be completely suppressed by the opponent’s power; his body was utterly unable to move, and all his spells were useless.

Second, he could still sense and control the puppet Anne!

Anne had unleashed the full power of the Nine Aspect’s multiple negative personalities, crossing the long sky at extreme speed and landing in the imperial palace of the human capital.

The imperial palace was surrounded by demons.

Fierce battles were underway, and the human defenders were retreating steadily.

Those demons naturally noticed her.

They rushed forward, wanting to fight her and test her abilities.

But Anne ignored them completely, rushing straight down, accelerating towards the royal treasury.

All demons in her path were directly crushed into minced meat.

—Simply the strength of her body was enough to kill, no skills whatsoever were needed!

“Forbidden Charge!”

A demon roared.

Anne glanced back at it.

Boom—

The demon’s entire body exploded into a bloody mist.

The Forbidden Art was completely ineffective and immediately backfired on the demon!

This was like an ant roaring at a lion, but due to the overwhelming disparity in power, the ant was shaken to death by its own roar.

The door was smashed open.

Anne rushed into the royal treasury and immediately began searching for the Earth Golden Chapter.

On the other side.

Magic Cabin.

“Is that so? You killed that offspring outside the Seal of Fate? I thought it was still alive,” the Swarm Mother said.

It quickly added, “But I can understand. Any duel between two civilizations usually falls into clichés.”

“What kind of cliché?” Shen Ye asked.

A spike suddenly appeared, piercing through his shoulder, pinning him to the ceiling.

Drip.

Drip.

Blood dripped.

“You are about to die, yet you still show interest in the conflicts between civilizations?”

The Swarm Mother lifted its black face, asking indifferently.

“There’s a saying in my hometown: learning the truth in the morning, one can die in the evening. So I still want to know the answer,” Shen Ye said with difficulty.

Stall for time!

It’s almost successful; he must buy a little more time.

Even if it’s only one minute—

Half a minute would work!

Imperial Palace.

Shen Ye’s will controlled Anne, who rushed into the royal treasury, skillfully navigating past layers of treasures.

There was a demon here, whose head she directly crushed with her hand.

—They were close to finding the Earth Golden Chapter!

Anne went around the corridor and came to the other side of the treasury.

She immediately spotted the book suspended above a pile of sparkling gems.

Epoch Prophecy!

It had been there for so many years!

“Quick! Quick!”

Anne cried out urgently, grabbed the book, and flipped it open.

Indeed, a golden leaf was夹 inside the book’s cover.

The Earth Golden Chapter.

But in this era, its description was completely different from later generations.

“Earth Golden Chapter.”

“The core law of the Chaos Art made manifest.”

“Description: Hold it and provide sufficient energy, and you can turn a world into a dream, or turn a dream into reality.”

“Current magic power is scarce.”

Shen Ye’s will descended upon the Anne puppet, clutching the Earth Golden Chapter, and continuously channeling the attributes of this soul puppet into it.

Then came the most important part—

She said:

“In those two parallel worlds, let the world of the Demon of Fear become a dream, and let the world of Charlotte become real!”

The Earth Golden Chapter emitted a slight hum.

Waves of golden ripples emanated from the leaf, spreading rapidly into the deep void.

Magic Cabin.

“Learning the truth in the morning, one can die in the evening? This saying reflects the awareness of the strong… it doesn’t sound like something an ordinary person like you would say.”

The Swarm Mother said.

Spikes erupted from its body, slowly, one after another, stabbing into Shen Ye’s body.

Blood flowed freely.

“Of course not me,” Shen Ye said in a casual tone, “There was a scholar in my hometown, with a treasured sword, extraordinary martial prowess, 72 disciples, thousands of followers, who traveled among various states, winning over people with courtesy wherever he went—those were his exact words.”

The Swarm Mother withdrew a spike, sniffed it in front of itself, and laughed, “Indeed, you have the blood of our kin. Logically speaking, you could certainly take on the ‘Dark Devourer’ profession.”

“—But you are merely an ant.”

The sharp, long tail spikes flung Shen Ye.

He immediately flew out, crashed against the wall, and then rolled onto the ground.

“Die.”

The Swarm Mother said lightly.

“Wait a moment, I still have something to tell you,” Shen Ye said.

“Speak,” the Swarm Mother looked at him.

“You, as the Swarm Mother, personally coming to kill an ant like me, the caliber is too high.”

Shen Ye continued, gasping for breath, “You should also send an ant to kill me. That way, my status would be equal to its, and my death wouldn’t seem too noble.”

The Swarm Mother’s expression was calm, and it said with an all-knowing tone:

“Are you stalling for time? Or are you feigning composure? It’s a pity, many have done this in front of me, and none have ever survived—everything about you, before true power, is just a ridiculous performance.”

“Now die.”

A spike emerged from its back, thrusting towards Shen Ye’s head.

An unexpected change occurred—

*Clatter.*

A fair and delicate hand caught that spike.

Immediately after, the familiar voice spoke:

“I guarantee, Baxter will be the first person to talk back to you and still walk away safely.”

A mature and beautiful woman in a vibrant red dress walked out of the void.

Charlotte!

The real Charlotte!

Before her words had even finished, Shen Ye seemed to suddenly gain some protection; his body could move again.

“How’s the situation?” he asked with effort.

“Thanks to you.”

Charlotte looked at him deeply, her gaze lingering on his blood-soaked wounds, and continued softly:

“All negative experiences have become dreams; once the dream breaks, the pain is gone;”

“All memories of love and happiness have become reality. This reality can nurture me, but it cannot produce personalities like the Demon of Fear.”

Charlotte smiled slightly and continued, “We won.”

Shen Ye immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

In this battle of personalities of the Nine Aspects, Charlotte achieved the final victory!

It was truly not easy.

He suddenly grimaced.

Only then, finally relaxed, did he feel the terrifying extent of his injuries.

Charlotte naturally saw it.

“Heal.”

She waved her hand.

Shen Ye’s injuries immediately healed.

Then—

Charlotte shielded Shen Ye behind her, facing the Swarm Mother, her face filled with displeasure:

“I’ve heard of you, you weak and self-important piece of trash.”

“—Do you want to die by my hand?”