Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 351
byA muffled thunder rumbled from above the clouds.
The pouring rain beat a dense, continuous rhythm on the rooftop.
Shen Ye closed the window, and the room grew much quieter.
He walked up to the two elf corpses, about to activate “Whispers of the Dark,” when he saw the bodies rapidly squirming and swelling.
“Beware of the corpse explosion!”
Brontë yelled, already diving towards the other side of the room.
Several soldiers also hurried to dodge.
Corpse explosion?
Shen Ye’s eyes narrowed.
—We shall meet under the moon on Jade Terrace!
In an instant.
The two elf corpses appeared within his Dharmakaya.
Boom!
Boom!
A gruesome explosion of flesh and blood rang out on the high mountain.
“Energy +30.”
That explosion was quite powerful, giving him 30 points of energy.
“Where are the corpses?” Xiao Mengyu asked.
“I transferred them, so they won’t explode here,” Shen Ye said.
Xiao Mengyu walked to the door, quietly listening to the sounds outside, her expression shifting as she said:
“There are five people picking things up—”
“They are my people,” Shen Ye said.
“Thirty li away, there’s a strong energy fluctuation,” Xiao Mengyu said.
“Not my people,” Shen Ye replied.
Xiao Mengyu looked at Brontë.
Brontë shook his head and said, “It should be real demons—real demons are not many. They convert living beings into their slaves, also called familiars, and drive a large number of familiars to attack.”
Xiao Mengyu was a little surprised and asked:
“So, those guys outside just now don’t count as demons yet?”
“They should all be familiars converted from various races—alas, pitiful. Their souls and bodies are controlled, completely without autonomy,” Brontë sighed.
Demons.
Shen Ye fell into thought.
Where did these things come from?
Why were there no demons in later generations?
Xiao Mengyu walked to the window, opened it, and whispered:
“Go.”
The Luoshui Divine Sword flew from her waist, instantly disappearing into the night rain, its whereabouts unknown.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Boom—
A thunderous roar echoed in the distance, followed by a voice filled with shock and anger:
“Damn swordsman, I will kill you!”
Clang!
The longsword flew back and returned to its sheath.
Xiao Mengyu said with some regret, “The opponent’s Dharmakaya level was too high. Even with my divine sword, I only injured it, couldn’t kill it.”
She paused, then added, “I suddenly forgot that move just now, Pe’a Suo, how long do you think this suppression will last?”
“About ten minutes,” Brontë interjected.
Everyone’s mood was a bit low.
A battle could be decided in just a few breaths.
Ten minutes.
The yellow cauliflower would be cold by then.
Shen Ye looked at the twin swords at her waist and couldn’t help but ask:
“Are you still using twin swords?”
“Actually, the Luoshui Sword is a divine artifact, it’s enough,” Xiao Mengyu said.
“Then why still carry the Remnant Snow Sword?”
“It’s a habit.”
“…Mengyu, I have an idea.”
“What?”
“To merge the two swords into one.”
“Are you saying to reforge and merge them? I’d like to, but that forging secret art has been lost,” Xiao Mengyu sighed.
“Let me see your swords,” Shen Ye said.
“A sword is a swordsman’s life. Do you want my life?” Xiao Mengyu gave him a side-eye.
“Sorry, if it’s inconvenient, then forget it,” Shen Ye scratched his head.
“I didn’t say it was inconvenient,” Xiao Mengyu said leisurely.
Her expression became serious. She first unfastened the Remnant Snow Sword and declared:
“This sword is forged from ten-thousand-year-old cold iron from the peaks of the Thousand Mountains in the sword and saber world. It’s a mother-son sword, inherently imbued with a cold attribute. Its sword light is as fine as silk, continuous and unending.”
She placed the Remnant Snow Sword in Shen Ye’s hand.
Xiao Mengyu then took out the Luoshui Sword and said softly:
“This sword is a divine artifact held by the master of the Sword Palace in the Thirty-Three Cultivation Worlds. It possesses the abilities of ‘formlessness’ and ‘spirit-shaking.’ For thousands of years, many worlds have been destroyed, yet our Sword Palace lineage and the divine sword, belonging to the ‘Luo’ surname, have been passed down to this day, until my grandfather entrusted it to me.”
The Luoshui Sword was also placed in Shen Ye’s hand.
Xiao Mengyu stepped back, hands clasped behind her, and smiled:
“Both swords are now entrusted to you. If you wish to kill me now, I have no way to fight back.”
“What’s that talk?”
Shen Ye unfolded his Dharmakaya, protecting Xiao Mengyu, then continued, “Since I invited you here, I can’t let you come for nothing—please wait a moment.”
He held the twin swords, weighed them lightly, and immediately saw their levels.
The Remnant Snow Sword was a blue (Excellent) grade sword.
The Luoshui Sword was a purple (One in Ten Thousand) grade sword.
From the perspective of fusion and forging, the Remnant Snow Sword might drag down the quality of this advancement.
But it still depended on the specific situation.
“Fuse!”
Shen Ye suddenly activated his mind.
Lines of faint glowing text quietly appeared in the void:
“You used the golden keyword ‘Blood-sucking Child,’ wanting to fuse the ‘Luoshui’ and ‘Remnant Snow’ swords.”
“This fusion produced a super-evolution effect.”
“Congratulations.”
“You have obtained a brand new sword: ”
“Goddess of Luo (Luoshen).”
“Mother-son sword, golden grade (Legendary).”
“This sword possesses the following powers:”
“Beauty: Cleaves from a distance, with no reduction in power.”
“White Hair: If it hits an enemy, it drains their life force, converting it into sword light, erupting with at least one, and up to twelve hundred, continuous sword lights of attack.”
“Where to find a kindred spirit: When attacking, the sword transforms into an ethereal, formless body, elusive and imperceptible, guaranteed to hit the target.”
“—It was all vague back then.”
Shen Ye gasped.
This power was extremely terrifying, capable of killing enemies across ranks.
Because it was a guaranteed hit from a distance!
After hitting, it would use the enemy’s life force to attack the enemy themselves.
Who could withstand that?
Even if he faced this sword himself, he would have to be careful to survive.
It seemed that the Remnant Snow Sword was considered high-grade even among blue-grade weapons, allowing the fusion to succeed and the longsword to advance to golden grade in one fell swoop.
“Catch.”
Shen Ye tossed the longsword to Xiao Mengyu.
Xiao Mengyu was a connoisseur, taking the sword in hand and examining it closely, immediately holding her breath.
She brandished the sword with a shake.
The blade fanned out, swirling endlessly around her, and within the blade, there was another smaller sword.
—It was still a mother-son sword, but its power was now incomparable.
“I owe you a favor.”
Xiao Mengyu said in a low voice.
“Don’t talk about favors. I just happened to have this ‘reputation’ that allowed me to help you forge this sword,” Shen Ye waved his hand.
At this moment, a strange cry came from outside, like a woman’s shriek in despair.
The sound grew closer.
Brontë and his subordinates became tense, gripping their long spears and pointing them towards the door, forming a combat formation.
Xiao Mengyu, however, seemed oblivious, waving her longsword and quietly sensing the power emanating from it.
Shen Ye reached out for the Guanghan Bow, cautiously on guard.
Suddenly.
The Big Skeleton’s voice sounded in his ear:
“The ones you just killed were all enslaved, low-level monsters.”
“Their original flesh and blood were converted into inferior bodies, with neither value nor anything valuable.”
“A wasted trip?” Shen Ye asked.
“Yes, a wasted trip,” the Big Skeleton said.
Shen Ye was immediately annoyed.
On the battlefield, every move consumed his various attributes.
And it turned out they were playing a farce?
He jumped out the window, flew onto the eaves, and shouted into the silent mountain forest amidst the night rain:
“You have a sickness, finding a bunch of trash underlings to fight us!”
—Danger Real Person activated!
On a hillside a few hundred meters away, a large, bright red “Danger” character suddenly appeared.
Shen Ye was angry, he gave a middle finger towards that direction, and added:
“All your good brothers are dead. Do you have the guts to come?!”
—Teal keyword, “Good Brother”!
“Generate a ‘Good Brother’ for the target that is unaffected by anything. The ‘Good Brother’ resembles the target in appearance and will always follow the target, engaging in taunting, insulting, provoking, secretly photographing, ambushing, stealing, and other behaviors towards the target.”
As soon as Shen Ye closed the window, he saw a glowing image appear before him.
—This was a peeping screen!
He saw a demon with two horns on its head and purple skin all over, standing on a rock, giving orders.
On the hillside below it, countless familiars stood densely packed.
There were simply too many familiars, like a complete army.
Something was wrong!
Shen Ye strode to Brontë and demanded, “What exactly do you do? Why are so many enemies coming to kill you?”
Brontë forced a smile and said, “Every demon is an extremely powerful being. Often, just one can slaughter an entire city.”
“Those familiars are humans it killed and converted—so its followers often number in the hundreds of thousands, or even millions.”
“We have no hope of surviving.”
“Has no one ever defeated a demon?” Shen Ye asked.
“Yes, but the casualties were extremely heavy,” Brontë said.
Shen Ye looked back.
He saw in the image that thousands of familiars had set out.
They were charging towards the magical hut.
Too many!
“Let’s break out. We can’t defend here,” Xiao Mengyu gripped the Luoshen Sword.
“I want to try,” Shen Ye said.
He stood in place, forming mudras with both hands.
Dharmakaya Descends: Guanghan Palace!
Future keyword—
We shall meet under the moon on Jade Terrace!
The earth shook violently, and the magic hut rose from the ground, soaring into the clouds.
It was lifted by a towering peak, completely relocating from its original position.
Beneath the peak.
There was a barracks.
Not far from the barracks, on flat ground, there was another outdoor lair.
The entire Dharmakaya had been placed within the world by Shen Ye!
This was an unprecedented event.
“You… this is your Dharmakaya? Why can it appear in reality?”
Xiao Mengyu looked at the lair, then at the barracks, unable to comprehend.
“The power of the future—I’ve released it all. Now it’s too late to suppress my Dharmakaya,” Shen Ye said.
On the hillside.
The familiar army had already charged over.
“Then what? What do we do now? Just hide on this isolated peak?” Xiao Mengyu asked.
“Do you know what tower defense is?” Shen Ye said.
“Tower defense?”
“Yes, we are at the peak now. As long as we kill them all before they reach here, we win.”
“It seems to be true.”
“That’s right, the enemy will arrive at the battlefield in ten seconds,” Shen Ye murmured, feeling nostalgic.
He made a gesture.
Booming—
A metal giant, dozens of meters tall, appeared before the mountain peak.
“I’ll defend!”
The Big Skeleton shrieked, manipulating the immortal puppet to smash its fist into the ground.
This strike instantly killed dozens of demon familiars.
“Earthquake Attack, Energy +10.”
However, even more familiars surged forward, launching a volley of spells at it.
The immortal puppet was about to punch, but suddenly stopped.
“Shen Ye, I forgot how to control the immortal puppet! I’m suppressed!”
The Big Skeleton shrieked.
“It’s fine, just roll around. If you really can’t roll anymore, let me know,” Shen Ye said.
“I can do that!” the Big Skeleton said gleefully.
The metal giant, dozens of meters tall, crashed to the ground, rolling back and forth on the hillside, crushing wave after wave of familiars.
However, it also suffered too many attacks.
“Earth Demon Beast, go!” Shen Ye said.
The Earth Demon Beast flew out of its lair, unleashing a sky-filling, wide-area frost attack.
The hillside instantly became chaotic.
But soon, the Earth Demon Beast could no longer cast frost spells.
It roared angrily a few times, switched its spells to a meteor fire rain, and annihilated another swath of familiars.
However, the flames in its hands also quickly extinguished.
It was suppressed again!
The Earth Demon Beast shrieked and fled back to its lair.
“It’s time,” Shen Ye said.
“To attack?” Xiao Mengyu asked.
Shen Ye leaned close to Xiao Mengyu’s ear and whispered, “Can you fly now?”
“Not yet,” Xiao Mengyu said somewhat ashamed.
“I’ll carry you—we’ll go kill that monster,” Shen Ye said.
“You can’t go alone?” Xiao Mengyu asked calmly.
“It suppressed my ‘Immortal Puppet,’ and the Earth Demon Beast’s ‘Ice and Fire Arts.’ It can suppress me one more time, so I’m not sure if I can kill it,” Shen Ye said.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Mengyu was quite graceful, jumping onto his back and saying, “Alright!”
Shen Ye handed her a jade pendant.
—Glazed Moon.
“What’s the effect?” Xiao Mengyu asked.
“If you don’t see yours, you won’t be seen,” Shen Ye said.
“Good stuff.” Xiao Mengyu tied the jade pendant to her waist.
Shen Ye carried her, leaped out of the magic hut, and soared into the sky.
On top of the mountain peak.
The clouds obscured their tracks.
Xiao Mengyu asked in his ear, “How do you know the demon’s position?”
“I sent a good brother to pester it. The good brother and I have a connection,” Shen Ye said.
“Strange, why didn’t it suppress that move of yours?” Xiao Mengyu asked.
“A good brother is unaffected by anything,” Shen Ye said.
Xiao Mengyu gently stroked her wind-blown hair and sighed with emotion:
“You’ve grown so fast, Shen Ye.”
“It’s fine, you should be able to fly soon too,” Shen Ye said.
“I’m still a little short. For now, I’ll have to trouble you to carry me,” Xiao Mengyu sighed softly.
“What’s there to it?”
Shen Ye didn’t care at all.
Xiao Mengyu’s eyes sparkled, and she quietly pursed her lips.
—Although I know sword manipulation, that’s controlling a sword to fly.
I myself can’t fly.
So I still need you to carry me.
“Speaking of which, it has been a while since we last met,” Shen Ye recalled their first meeting and said casually.
“…Mm,” Xiao Mengyu leaned her head against his shoulder and murmured softly.
At this moment, the rain stopped.
The night wind, like frost, swept past them both.
They flew above the clouds.
“Here we are, hide well.”
Shen Ye said.
Xiao Mengyu huddled up, resting her head against his back, carefully hiding herself.
Shen Ye drew his Hongying Blade, and with a flick of his wrist.
Frost-white flames ignited on the blade.
—Lonely Sandbank Cold.
He charged downwards—
“Die!”
A thunderous roar, like a spring thunderclap, burst from his lips.
Below the clouds.
The demon with two horns on its head was trying to attack a palm-sized doll next to it.
However, no matter how it attacked, the doll remained unaffected.
The moment Shen Ye spoke, the demon suddenly looked up and immediately saw the burning longsword in his hand.
Seeing the young man raise his longsword, seemingly about to unleash some extremely powerful sword technique—
The demon suddenly uttered a strange incantation.
In an instant.
Shen Ye’s mind went blank, forgetting how to perform “Thoughtful Lord.”
He instinctively paused all over.
This pause was immediately noticed by Xiao Mengyu.
“Rise.”
The Luoshen Sword leaped out of its sheath, she seized it in her hand, and slashed downwards.
—Beauty, White Hair, Where to find a kindred spirit!
The demon only saw her in the sky, waving her hand from afar—
“What!”
Thirty-six streaks of sword light erupted, dismembering the demon back and forth, scattering it into shattered remains everywhere.
The demon’s head rolled to the ground, its face still etched with an expression of disbelief.
—How could it have imagined that in this remote border mountain forest, there would be such swordsmanship, such a divine sword!
From afar.
Several cheers came from the direction of the mountain peak.
The two looked back.
They saw all the familiars covering the mountains and valleys lying on the ground, dead.
It turned out that once the demon controlling them died, their souls left their bodies and were no longer enslaved.
Shen Ye retracted his Dharmakaya, and also collected the demon’s shattered remains, throwing them into his Dharmakaya.
The Big Skeleton bounced forward, rubbing its hands and saying:
“Piecing together corpses? I’m good at this. I completed all twenty-one sets of corpse puzzles sold in Evernight City before.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you,” Shen Ye said.
“Don’t disturb me, this game requires quiet. I’ll be done in a few minutes,” the Big Skeleton said without looking up, having already picked out the nose and teeth.
“Okay, I won’t disturb you,” Shen Ye was a little speechless.
He pulled his attention back from the Dharmakaya, about to continue talking to Xiao Mengyu, but saw faint lights constantly appearing in the void:
“At this critical moment, you and your escort killed a demon.”
“Your reputation as ‘Pe’a Suo’ has initially manifested in the Human Empire and is spreading to the other three races.”
“Currently obtained keyword: Pe’a Suo.”
“Growth-type keyword, gray keyword (damaged).”
“Description: Upon hearing this name, enemies will subconsciously shiver.”
“—Impressive, isn’t it?”
“You can retain this evaluation keyword and upgrade it in the future; or you can devour this evaluation keyword to gain basic attribute points.”
Shen Ye’s brow twitched.
It actually created a “Pe’a Suo” keyword.
This name was widely praised in later generations.
Perhaps there was some secret or special power within it.
Although it was gray, he would keep it.
See if there was a chance to make it grow like “Blood-sucking Child” in the future.
Shen Ye slowly retracted his Dharmakaya.
The magic hut then slowly descended from the mountain peak, steadily returning to its original position.
“Tonight should be uneventful. Are you staying a while longer, or returning to the great tomb?”
Shen Ye asked.
“The great tomb isn’t as spacious and comfortable as here. I’ll stay here for a while,” Xiao Mengyu said.
She drew her sword, slashed a few times, and frowned.
“What’s wrong?” Shen Ye asked.
“That demon reacted really fast earlier; my sword moves were suppressed,” Xiao Mengyu said.
Shen Ye stopped.
Xiao Mengyu could only stay for twelve hours.
He didn’t know what the situation was like deep inside the great tomb.
“I feel like you’re at the second level of the Dharma Realm right now, correct?” he asked.
“Yes, if I can comprehend new professional skills and awaken my Heavenly Eye, I can advance to the third level of the Dharma Realm,” Xiao Mengyu said.
“I can’t help you with swordsmanship,” Shen Ye sighed.
“Indeed, this must be found slowly through inspiration and accumulated over time to have a chance at breakthrough,” Xiao Mengyu said.
A flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Shen Ye’s mind.
No.
Back in Evernight City, he had helped the Viscount find inspiration.
But…
That required Miss Daisy to bestow others’ skills upon him, so he could use the Diva skill.
Without Miss Daisy, this couldn’t be done.
But when he was in hell, the Nine Aspects directly used his body to unleash a dragon-slaying move. What about that?
“Mengyu.”
“Huh?”
“Do you have any way for me to use your body to perform your sword moves?”
“…It’s not difficult, but what’s the point?”
“I want to learn swordsmanship.”
Learn swordsmanship?
This guy just acts on whims.
Xiao Mengyu laughed, shaking her head, “I can’t do anything with you. Wait ten minutes, I’ll teach you that move when I remember it.”
Shen Ye stood still, quietly waiting.
Ten minutes passed quickly.
Xiao Mengyu handed him the Luoshen Sword, but the divine sword, like a swimming fish, slipped from Shen Ye’s hand and flew back into its sheath.
“The sword spirit is very proud; it doesn’t want to cooperate,” Xiao Mengyu said somewhat helplessly.
“Hmph, I forged it myself, and it’s disobedient?” Shen Ye was displeased.
“Alright,” Xiao Mengyu handed him a twig and said softly, “Don’t blame it, I’ll guide you.”
She gripped Shen Ye’s hands with both of hers, slowly guiding him to perform the sword technique.
“The sword moves with my will; you must move with the sword.”
She slowly shifted her body, leading Shen Ye in movements.
“Come, swing the sword—”
“I will control your fingers to perform the sword-holding techniques; you must pay attention to the feeling.”
“You need to step forward here.”
“Excellent, let your hands follow my rhythm, let the sword tip draw an arc, tremble continuously, and weave a curtain of swords…”
“Someone might be around, so sword formulas cannot be easily passed on. I will impart it to you silently.”
“Yes, just like that.”
“Finally, sheathe the sword.”
“Whoosh—”
Simultaneously wielding the longsword, performing sword techniques, imparting sword formulas, and guiding Shen Ye’s movements with both hands seemed quite challenging. Xiao Mengyu took a few deep breaths to recover.
Lines of faint glowing text appeared before Shen Ye’s eyes:
“Xiao Mengyu forcibly performed the sword skill ‘Flowing Cloud Pursuit Slash’ using your body.”
“You have been temporarily granted the Grand Swordsman’s skill:”
“Flowing Cloud Pursuit Slash!”
“You can temporarily use this skill, or attempt to start a Swordsman-class profession!”
“To embark on a Swordsman-class profession, the required race is: Human, or your personal attribute points must meet the following requirements:”
“Strength: 30; Agility: 60; Spirituality: 20.”
“Do you wish to embark on this profession?”
Shen Ye carefully read the instructions.
His attributes already far exceeded these requirements, so there was no need to panic as before.
To help Xiao Mengyu deduce the sword technique—
“Embark.”
Shen Ye silently said in his mind.
“You have embarked on the Swordsman profession.”
“You can now use the sword technique: Flowing Cloud Pursuit Slash.”
Shen Ye walked to an open space and said,
“I have an auxiliary profession that specializes in helping others refine skills.”
“What is it?” Xiao Mengyu asked.
“Diva.”
“Diva? You?”
“…What? Is there a problem?”
“It’s nothing, please continue.”
“Ahem… I can use Diva skills to extend your swordsmanship in various ways. You can try to gain some insight.”
“Okay.”
Xiao Mengyu replied, but her gaze was still scrutinizing Shen Ye up and down.
—When did this guy get involved in the entertainment industry?
He wouldn’t be attracting little girls outside, would he?
Shen Ye, however, was unaware of her thoughts, standing there secretly adjusting his breathing, then stepping forward and singing:
“Come—”
Diva Skill: Dazzling Opening!
The longsword in Xiao Mengyu’s sheath stirred but did not come out.
Xiao Mengyu gave him an apologetic look.
Shen Ye, however, didn’t care at all.
He held a twig in his hand, his thoughts flashing.
What should he sing?
This was to help Xiao Mengyu comprehend the sword, not some theatrical stage trick.
He had to do his best.
He glanced at Xiao Mengyu and suddenly blurted out:
“In the north, there is a fair lady, peerless and solitary.”
Boom—
Sword energy emanated from him, sweeping around like a fierce wind.
Wind and Clouds Descending.
The clouds condensed into colorful auroras, forming twelve humanoid figures, floating behind Shen Ye like celestial maidens.
“A glance topple a city, another glance topple a nation.”
Shen Ye spoke again.
In the void, faint female voices echoed, harmonizing with him.
Now the sword movement was to begin!
Shen Ye raised his hand—
Clang!
The Luoshen Sword suddenly flew out of its sheath, arced through the air, tumbling as it fell into Shen Ye’s hand.
Xiao Mengyu watched, breathless, completely oblivious to the sword.
She only saw Shen Ye release the twig and grasp the sword.
Now was the moment to strike!
“Rather unknown is the fall of cities and nations, a fair lady hard to find again.”
Shen Ye sang with a melancholy voice.
This sense of regret, emanating from the Luoshen Sword, immediately triggered an outburst of anomalies.
The twelve celestial maidens formed from clouds flew closer, lining up behind him, and sang in unison:
“A fair lady hard to find again.”
The sword moved.
In an instant.
A fierce wind raged, celestial music filled the air, and heavenly maidens fluttered.
Shen Ye and the immortals ascended on clouds, cutting through the moon with their swords, performing dozens of strikes like a song and dance.
Only to see the sky filled with ethereal sword light, sword energy crisscrossing the heavens and earth, splitting the clouds above and allowing moonlight to fall upon the earth.
The longsword suddenly shot towards the clouds, erupting with resounding echoes, then flew down, and with a “clang,” returned to its sheath.
In a flash.
The anomaly vanished like smoke.
Shen Ye landed, stood beside Xiao Mengyu, and asked:
“Any inspiration?”
Xiao Mengyu stared at him blankly, her eyes unblinking, and after a long while, she murmured:
“Indeed, very much so.”
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