Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 360

Viscount Weiss’s residence.

Armory.

“Four layers of the Law Realm? Not bad, but you haven’t undergone proper undead trials in too long, Feron.”

Mictlantecutli, the Lord of the Underworld, scrutinized her son.

“Mother! I’ve been learning on my own from the Book of the Dead.” The Big Skeleton said respectfully.

“Let me see—you clearly master the divine skill ‘Undead Resurrection’, yet you have no followers. What’s going on?” Mictlantecutli asked.

“I…missed many opportunities. That is my fault.” The Big Skeleton lowered his head and said.

“High-level Undead Resurrection can force the resurrected to serve you, but you’ve never reached that stage.” The Lord of the Underworld said sternly.

Shen Ye sighed.

How was this the Big Skeleton’s problem?

It had been assisting him, almost always ready to jump out and help, with no time to concentrate on its own cultivation.

—This was a truly good brother.

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“Lord of the Underworld—may I interject, it has actually been assisting me all this time, never having time for its own affairs.”

Shen Ye said.

The Lord of the Underworld’s tone grew colder: “Baxter, you don’t need to take all the blame upon yourself.”

“—Even if it’s helping you, according to the cultivation laws of our undead race, it must experience endless perils of death, allowing the laws of death to fully test it, only then can it have the possibility of becoming stronger.”

A profound and abstruse incantation emanated from the Lord of the Underworld’s mouth.

“I will now see how much favor of the laws of death it actually possesses. If it only has a little, then it must go to hell alone and face endless death challenges!”

“If it dies, it dies; only by returning alive is it worthy of receiving the power of our race!”

Shen Ye was stunned.

Are your undead grown in such a cruel way?

He looked at Big Skeleton with concern.

“Then—what if there’s none at all?” Shen Ye asked guiltily.

A light flew from the Lord of the Underworld’s hand and landed on the Big Skeleton’s head.

“If it has no death aura at all, it proves that it has been passively facing everything. According to the ancient rules of our Holy Bone race, I will execute it,” the Lord of the Underworld said.

Shen Ye’s heart sank instantly.

The next moment.

Boom—

An overwhelming dark light erupted from the Big Skeleton’s body, almost condensing into a strange phenomenon.

“Such a great favor from the laws of death? What have you done?”

The Lord of the Underworld asked in surprise.

The Big Skeleton itself was also startled.

Shen Ye was even more surprised.

What did it do…

What?

Shen Ye and the Big Skeleton both fell into confusion, recalling simultaneously.

A scene appeared in their minds—

“Big Skeleton, turn into a warhorse, and run at full speed!!!”

The little girl shouted loudly from the turtle’s back.

“Understood!” The large turtle leaped up, transforming into a skeletal warhorse in mid-air, and galloped forward with all its might.

That was during the Battle of Personalities, where Shen Ye relied on the large turtle to escape the collapsing world.

It seemed…

Every time they had to escape, it was always the one transforming into a ‘king’ and carrying them away.

It must have received a lot of death law contamination.

The Big Skeleton showed a solemn expression and said, “Mother, I always transform into—”

“A powerful skeleton warrior!” Shen Ye leaped up, loudly interrupting it, and continued: “To face the challenges of death with me! It’s always been like this, Lord of the Underworld!”

“I see, that’s more like it.” The Lord of the Underworld revealed a look of relief.

“Yes, Mother!” The Big Skeleton saw Shen Ye’s frantic look, and after a moment’s thought, decided it wasn’t necessary to say everything, so it replied.

“Since you have been so favored by the laws of death, then go and undergo our clan’s advanced trial.”

Mictlantecutli, the Lord of the Underworld, placed her hand on the Big Skeleton’s forehead.

Swish—

The Big Skeleton vanished from their sight without even making a sound.

“How long will it be gone? Is it dangerous?”

Shen Ye asked worriedly.

“Either it advances, or it dies.” The Lord of the Underworld said lightly.

“…It has been through a lot with me, it will definitely make it.” Shen Ye said.

“I hope so, but seeing as it has constantly faced trials on the edge of death, as long as it’s not too shameful, I will lend a hand and push it to the peak,” the Lord of the Underworld said.

From the Lord of the Underworld’s tone, it seemed her attitude had softened.

Shen Ye also silently breathed a sigh of relief.

—When the Big Skeleton returns, he must tell it not to be a king anymore.

Otherwise, the Lord of the Underworld would surely kill it.

At this moment.

The Lord of the Underworld looked at the items in the armory, an expression of disdain appearing on her face. Just as she was about to say something more, she suddenly spoke:

“Quick!”

No sooner had she spoken than a contract appeared before Shen Ye.

The contract was very simple, merely a battle companion contract for mutual support and joint combat.

“Why?”

Shen Ye asked, and at the same time, placed his hand on the contract and quickly signed his name with his will.

The Lord of the Underworld said: “You have triggered too many changes in time and space, which will cause extremely powerful law fluctuations—something is piercing through time and space, attacking us in this direction!”

Pale-white flames ignited around her, and a rapidly flipping black book appeared in her hand.

Her powerful divine energy made all the equipment in the armory float in mid-air, temporarily commandeered by the Lord of the Underworld.

—It had immediately gone into battle mode!

The next second.

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The two of them looked up at the ceiling together.

Only to see a person silently descending, standing before them.

“Mictlantecutli, and Baxter, I was looking for you, and I didn’t expect you to come personally. It’s truly an honor.”

The person revealed a proper smile.

He had brown hair, deep grey eyes, a thin and pale face, dressed in a long black swallow-tailed coat, and held a scepter.

“Who are you?” Shen Ye asked, his hand on his sword.

“Viscount Weiss, at least for now, I am Viscount Weiss,” the person said.

“Are you preparing to defect to us and rebel against the human empire?” Shen Ye asked again.

“Don’t get it wrong,” Viscount Weiss waved his hand and said, “The Nightmare World guards the Immortal Kingdom. I merely want to quickly control the entire world to find a way to enter the Immortal Kingdom.”

An overwhelmingly powerful aura emanated from him.

“Law Realm, Ninefold…”

Mictlantecutli, the Lord of the Underworld, said ponderously.

Shen Ye suddenly relaxed and laughed:

“Look, you want to enter the Immortal Kingdom, which has nothing to do with us. We’re just here for the banquet.”

“Only if you work for me can you attend the banquet,” Viscount Weiss said.

“We’ve already come to the banquet. Isn’t that attitude enough?” Shen Ye raised his voice.

“You mean—” Viscount Weiss mused.

“Yes, if you think about it in reverse, we’re not on the guest list for the banquet, but we travelled a thousand miles to get here. What kind of spirit is that?” Shen Ye said.

“Proactive,” Viscount Weiss stated.

“Exactly, we’re so proactive, yet you’re completely unmoved and even blocking us here. Is that reasonable? It’s not reasonable.” Shen Ye said.

“…If it’s true, don’t move, let me plant the Obedience Curse Mark.” Viscount Weiss said.

Shen Ye shook his head repeatedly:

“You are not Orochimaru, nor are we Sasuke. We have no need for a curse mark to be planted. We hope with a sincere heart—”

Before he finished speaking, Mictlantecutli had already prepared her spell. She stepped forward, holding the book in one hand and placing the other on Shen Ye’s shoulder.

“Activate your dharma form,” she commanded.

The two had fought together before, and Shen Ye knew that this deity could greatly enhance his spells.

Layers of illusory light and shadow immediately appeared behind Shen Ye.

—It wasn’t entirely due to obeying the Lord of the Underworld’s command, but rather that Shen Ye had already seen the phrase above the opposite person’s head:

“World Destroyer Experiencer Clone.”

Had it discovered him because he had traveled through time and space too many times?

It possessed nine layers of power.

The Lord of the Underworld was an eight-layer deity.

With the Lord of the Underworld and his dharma form combined, he wondered if they stood a chance.

…Even if they didn’t, they had to fight now!

However, Viscount Weiss, seeing their actions, remained completely unmoved. He merely said slowly:

“Was all that just idle talk? I had originally planned to meet you in Evernight City, but who knew you would travel through time and space to this moment.”

“Well, resolving the issue at this moment works too.”

Before he finished speaking, Shen Ye had already made a move.

Level five trap—

Incinerating Angel!

The entire world disappeared.

In the endless void, a gigantic black cross emerged in the sky, releasing infinite flames that caused everything in its vicinity to burn.

“Hah… the power of the flames barely reaches the peak of the seventh layer, and the cross’s main body’s power has only just reached the eighth layer.”

“To try and deal with me with this is somewhat foolish.”

Viscount Weiss stood calmly amidst the endless flames.

The flames swirled around him, as if consuming him, emitting faint, crackling sounds.

But a faint glow emanated from around him.

The flames could not breach the faint glow.

At this moment.

The Lord of the Underworld made her move.

As a deity, once she signed a battle contract with Shen Ye, she could bestow her power upon him.

—Deities were inherently weapons of war for high-level cultivators!

“Gate of Hell’s Nightmare, Underworld Law Assimilation.”

Mictlantecutli, the Lord of the Underworld, gently pulled down her burning brim with one hand, and clutched the black book with the other, softly muttering.

In the sky.

The giant cross, as if alive, rapidly descended, charging towards Viscount Weiss.

This time, Viscount Weiss did not underestimate it.

He reached out and blocked the black cross, and with its immense impact pushing him, he kept retreating.

Almost in an instant.

“Come out.”

The Lord of the Underworld let out a soft cry.

The black cross vibrated violently without cease.

In an instant.

The cross transformed into an angel with burning black fiery wings, enveloped in black flames.

—This was the ultimate power of the World-Burning Angel!

Viscount Weiss, upon seeing the Blazing Angel, then chuckled:

“Barely reaching the ninth layer, it can at best stalemate me for a moment. The outcome is still predetermined.”

The blazing angel flew down and embraced him.

Endless flames completely enveloped Viscount Weiss.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

All the firelight extinguished.

The spell ended.

“See, I told you—”

Viscount Weiss’s voice suddenly cut off.

—Mictlantecutli and Baxter had both disappeared.

They ran away!

“Pitiful lambs, deluding yourselves into thinking you can escape my grasp.”

“Little do you know, the ripples you left across time are so obvious, and the Dusk Star teleportation point you once set up, I’ve already memorized.”

“I’m coming to kill you now.”

He stepped into the void and vanished.

On the other side.

Evernight City.

Royal Palace.

Shen Ye and the Lord of the Underworld emerged from the door and stood in the main deliberation hall.

“Now I need to verify something.”

Shen Ye said.

“You want to know if the other party can travel through time and space?” The Lord of the Underworld asked.

“Yes.”

“In fact, that fellow hasn’t used his full power yet, and as the God of the Underworld, I have a vague feeling that he is merely a soul clone, descending into that human body.”

“You mean, the opponent’s true strength is far greater than what we’ve seen?” Shen Ye asked.

“Exactly,” the Lord of the Underworld sighed.

Shen Ye didn’t respond.

The Lord of the Underworld also did not continue speaking.

Both were racking their brains, contemplating how to deal with such a situation.

—If the opponent could truly cross time and space to pursue them to this moment, how should they respond?

“Can’t beat him… only escape.”

Shen Ye mumbled.

But where to escape to?

“Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but that monster has a distinguishing feature,” the Lord of the Underworld suddenly said.

“What is it?” Shen Ye asked.

“It likes to talk during battle,” the Lord of the Underworld said.

Shen Ye recalled and nodded: “It has a strong urge to confide, and wants to see our despair little by little.”

A voice suddenly rang out:

“It’s not an urge to confide, but like when humans are bored, they sometimes squat down to look at busy ants, and then crush them.”

The void opened.

Viscount Weiss walked out and once again stood opposite the two, slowly forming mudras with his hands.

Before the spell was even complete, powerful fluctuations of energy already caused the imperial palace to tremble continuously.

The main hall began to collapse.

“Do you still have that kind of move?” The Lord of the Underworld asked.

“No more,” Shen Ye said.

“Then escape, there’s no point in staying here. While escaping, find a way to make it so it can never find you again.”

The Lord of the Underworld said in a calm tone.

Her entire body emitted powerful pale flames, and she swiftly formed hand seals.

—An eight-layered being against a nine-layered one!

The outcome was already determined.

That’s why she wanted Shen Ye to escape quickly.

Shen Ye knew that this was the most dangerous moment, and finally gave up all other thoughts, sighing:

“Then this is the only way.”

Viscount Weiss stood opposite them, not activating the spell in his hands, but rather listening intently to their conversation.

“Want to escape? Then run quickly. I’ll kill her, then come after you.”

He spoke in a cat-and-mouse tone.

Shen Ye said, “You truly are a good brother. Even like this, you don’t directly rush in to kill us. Aren’t you afraid you’ll regret it?”

The tea-green term “good brother” activated!

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A doll identical to Viscount Weiss appeared beside him.

“Negative Naming!”

Viscount Weiss exclaimed in surprise, seemingly in disbelief:

“In this low-level universe of the Undetermined Layer, the power of the Law Realm can actually condense a Negative Name? This is impossible!”

For the first time, a strong and fierce killing intent surged from him.

“I will kill you… boy, all the secrets of an ignorant human like you should belong to me to control.”

He activated the spell in his hand.

However, at the same instant.

Shen Ye suddenly stepped forward, placing his hand on the back of Mictlantecutli.

Both of them vanished instantly.

Viscount Weiss sneered:

“Traveling through time again?”

“The laws in this universe are so fragile, allowing even insects to come and go as they please. It’s truly a mess.”

His eyes glowed faintly as he gazed at the spot where Shen Ye had disappeared.

—Just by this gaze, he seemed to have already pinpointed Shen Ye’s whereabouts.

…

On the other side.

“Did he catch up?”

“Not yet.”

“…Where is this place?”

“Immortal Kingdom—I passed the Immortal Kingdom’s trial and received permission to enter.”

“You call this place the Immortal Kingdom? Wait, is this really the Immortal Kingdom?”

“Yes,” Shen Ye said.

Mictlantecutli fell silent.

The two were squeezed onto a floating rock, the size of a single sofa.

Beyond the rock.

Endless black torrents filled everything in sight.

An unimaginable destructive force emanated from the torrents, making both of them feel unable to even conceive of anything just by looking at them.

Mictlantecutli was the first to take out a black handkerchief and tie it over her eyes.

“Close your eyes. If you continue to stare, your soul will be destroyed.”

She said.

“What are these black torrents?” Shen Ye asked curiously.

“They are destructive spells beyond our comprehension—everything here is eternally destroying itself, except for the place where you and I stand,” Mictlantecutli said.

Shen Ye sighed with deep emotion.

No wonder the Immortal Kingdom told him that only those who passed the trial could survive there.

“It’s truly terrifying, why does such a place exist in this world?” Mictlantecutli murmured.

“The Immortal Kingdom must have been destroyed by these powers, which is why it fell from the uppermost universe to here,” Shen Ye judged.

“No wonder then, these destructive forces could completely destroy our entire universe, certainly no less than the so-called great calamity,” Mictlantecutli said.

Both of them thought of that matter simultaneously—

“Will that clone pursue us?” Shen Ye asked.

“It should. Time and space cannot constrain it.” Mictlantecutli said.

Shen Ye fell silent.

—That monster didn’t pass the Immortal Kingdom’s trial!

As for Mictlantecutli, he had wrapped her in his dharma form, so she was regarded as an existence within his dharma form, which was why she found a place to stand.

The next second.

“He’s here!”

Mictlantecutli was as if facing a formidable enemy, swiftly forming hand seals, but then quickly dispersed them.

—Her spells were completely useless in this destructive torrent!

Shen Ye, however, had already anticipated this and did nothing, merely looking towards the place where energy fluctuations were abnormal.

He saw Viscount Weiss quietly appearing in the black torrent.

An expression of surprise appeared on his face, and a luminous protective shield suddenly manifested around him. He opened his mouth to say:

“…”

—No, he didn’t utter a single word.

The black torrent pierced through the protective shield, sweeping over him with an irresistible force, reducing everything about him to ashes.

Shen Ye and Mictlantecutli watched this scene for a long time, unable to speak a single word.

A nine-layered existence in the Law Realm.

In an instant.

It was gone.

The Immortal Kingdom was such a terrifying place!

“We’ve shaken him off, but now… how do we get back?”

Mictlantecutli asked softly.

“Wait a moment,” Shen Ye said.

He silently felt the will of the Immortal Kingdom, knelt down, and placed his hand on the ground.

Two lines of faintly glowing text immediately appeared:

“Do you want to connect your Dharma Form ‘Moon Palace’ with the current Immortal Kingdom?”

“Upon connection, your Dharma Form will inherit everything here and become the Supreme Immortal Kingdom!”

Shen Ye was stunned.

His Dharma Form did indeed come from the Immortal Kingdom, that much was true.

But—

“But this place is too terrifying. As soon as my Dharma Form appears, it will be completely destroyed.”

He said.

Another line of faintly glowing text appeared:

“The Immortal Kingdom, in order to survive, will help you as much as possible, at least it won’t destroy everything about you the moment you appear.”

Then what more is there to say?

Try it!

Shen Ye formed hand seals.

—Dharma Form Descends: Moon Palace!