Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 394
byChapter 377: Reunion with Her!
Panlong Town.
Cultivator’s Courtyard.
Shen Ye suddenly lowered his head, his gaze falling upon his fingers.
On the gray-white lizard ring, two faint lights arose, like two thin threads, constantly reflecting ever-changing runes, truly beautiful to behold.
—This was the Immortal Kingdom’s secret guardian ring.
He had acquired this ring only after defeating the lizard.
It guarded the Path to Heaven!
“What are these two lights?” Shen Ye asked.
The lizard’s eyes moved, and it spoke, “That’s the good deed of the Penglai Mountain Master just now. She secretly verified your identity, then left a spell, manifesting these two rather representative lights, wanting to tell you something.”
“What do the two lights represent?” Shen Ye asked.
“They represent that you have come into contact with two of the Immortal Kingdom’s three arts, namely the Art of Heaven and the Path to Heaven. Through this, the Penglai Mountain Master confirms that you are a trustworthy successor from later generations,” the lizard said.
Shen Ye fell silent.
The other party was truly too cautious.
Not only did she confirm that he could control Heart Devil, cultivated the “Scripture of Grand Oblivion for Ascension,” and had obtained the transformation rules of that relic.
—She also confirmed his connection to the Art of Heaven and the Path to Heaven.
Only then did she take out that jade slip and place it in the alchemy furnace.
That alchemy furnace was likely the strongest item in the entire Penglai Immortal Mountain, enough to ensure the jade slip would be passed down to future generations.
If any of these links were missing, the Mountain Master would probably have continued her act, never revealing her true intentions.
“So what was that jade slip?” Shen Ye asked.
“A part of the Path to Heaven,” the lizard said.
“A part?” Shen Ye found it a bit hard to understand.
—Wasn’t that a part of the “Scripture of Grand Oblivion for Ascension”?
The lizard explained, “Penglai is the immortal mountain that enshrines the Path to Heaven, a part of the supreme Immortal Kingdom; as for the ‘Scripture of Grand Oblivion for Ascension,’ it is also actually a part of the Path to Heaven.”
Shen Ye was stunned.
The lizard’s voice became stern and full of majesty:
“The three arts are sentient; they are absolutely not inanimate objects.”
“If you pass the initial test, the Path to Heaven will continuously guide opportunities to you, leading you step by step towards it, to acquire everything about it.”
“—If you fail midway, it will naturally no longer give you any opportunities.”
“But if you keep winning, you will get closer to it.”
A thought flashed through Shen Ye’s mind.
It seemed—
At the very beginning, he had passed the entrance test of the Art of Heaven Sect.
Later, he had moved step by step towards the legacy of the Art of Heaven, gaining knowledge and skills related to the Art of Heaven bit by bit.
Until finally—
The Art of Heaven emerged.
So, was the Path to Heaven also constantly attracting him closer to it?
“The ‘Scripture of Grand Oblivion for Ascension’ is connected to the Path to Heaven? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Shen Ye couldn’t help but say.
The lizard sheepishly replied, “Now that the Penglai Mountain Master has recognized you, I can reveal these secrets. Otherwise, if I were to speak out of turn, the Path to Heaven would eliminate me.”
“That fierce?” Shen Ye asked.
“The three arts are indestructible; they will always find a way to perpetuate themselves. If you’re not strong enough, never try to block their path,” the lizard said.
As soon as its voice fell.
The two lights on the lizard ring suddenly flared up, intertwining in mid-air to form an illusion of light, transforming into a human figure.
“What!”
Shen Ye couldn’t help but blurt out.
The human figure formed by the gathering lights was a young girl—
Peipei!
The graceful voice of the Penglai Mountain Master resounded:
“The one who initiated the Heart Devil duel against you was this one.”
“She did not acquire the transformation rules of the sacred relic, but her cultivation realm in the ‘Scripture of Grand Oblivion for Ascension’ is higher than yours.”
“—She is her, and yet not her. I do not know the full story, so I cannot say more.”
“You must not act recklessly, lest you cause a great disaster.”
“Remember, remember.”
The voice gradually faded.
The ring also returned to normal.
Everything felt like an age ago, like an unreal dream.
—So this was the message the Penglai Mountain Master left for him across time and space.
Shen Ye was very grateful for this.
If he hadn’t known about this and had relaxed his guard against Peipei, the outcome was already foreseeable.
This simply saved his life.
However—
How did he remember that only Saint and Yun Ni in the sect had successfully cultivated this Daoist scripture?
An extra Peipei?
Peipei was just a little girl.
Wait!
Shen Ye’s heart suddenly tightened.
Yun Ni’s Heart Devil was in his seal door.
Saint’s Heart Devil guarded the Grand Dao Palace.
So.
Where were Yun Ni and Saint?
Yun Ni was sealed in the idol.
So Peipei was Saint?
A rustling sound suddenly came from outside the courtyard.
Peipei’s joyful voice rang out:
“I bought the array plate, and also some food! They’re all so delicious!”
The little girl pushed open the door, walked in carrying a large satchel, and came up to Shen Ye, opening the satchel.
Inside were various pastries, dried meats, candied fruits, and spirit fruits.
“This is delicious, Young Master, try some!”
Peipei handed a spirit fruit to Shen Ye.
Shen Ye looked at her innocent and lovely expression, then at the spirit fruit in her hand.
—Saint wouldn’t be this cute, would she?
An old monster who had lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years, if she could still be so cute and stay by a teenager’s side, doing chores for him—
This shouldn’t be the style of a great figure.
If it really was Saint—
“Peipei, can you clean the toilet?” Shen Ye asked.
“Leave it to me, Young Master, I’m very efficient,” Peipei said, licking a sugar-coated hawthorn.
“Cook?”
“No problem!”
“Wash clothes?”
“Leave it to me!”
Shen Ye looked at her.
Alright.
If Saint disguised herself as a little girl and did these things by his side, then he would accept it.
So.
“She is her, and yet not her…”
This comprehension question was too difficult, and he couldn’t act rashly.
—What was the truth?
“Peipei, set up the array, we still need some privacy.”
“Yes, Young Master!”
Peipei took out the array plate and deftly arranged the array.
Soon.
A spiritual light emerged from the array plate, quickly spreading and enveloping the entire courtyard.
“Can this block prying eyes?” Shen Ye asked.
“Of course, any prying will be immediately detected, and the array also provides defensive effects, isolating general attacks,” Peipei said.
“That’s great,” Shen Ye said.
A streak of firelight swept over the courtyard wall, rushed into the courtyard, and landed in front of Shen Ye.
“…A message talisman, of course, can enter,” Peipei added.
Shen Ye released his spiritual power and gently flicked the message talisman.
A voice immediately rang from the talisman:
“All disciples who receive this message, assemble immediately at the Demon Abyss front-line guard camp!”
After listening, Shen Ye pondered, “Peipei, what is the Demon Abyss?”
“You don’t know? Oh, right, you’re a newly initiated disciple—”
Peipei explained:
“It’s said that many years ago, the legendary immortal mountain Penglai fell from a very high universe, causing a direct impact in our current universe.”
“Penglai Immortal Mountain instantly shattered into countless specks of dust, never to exist again.”
“The Demon Abyss is the bottomless pit left by that impact.”
Shen Ye said, “But why is it called the Demon Abyss?”
“I knew you’d ask that—”
Peipei quickly continued:
“Legend has it that Penglai Immortal Mountain resisted a great catastrophe during its time, and could have continued to exist, but it was entangled by unknown terrifying monsters, leading to its complete destruction, with only its remnants piercing through multiple universes and falling down.”
“In that bottomless pit created by the impact, there are not only the remnants of the immortal mountain but also various terrifying monsters.”
“So it’s called the Demon Abyss.”
“—You can see the guard camp if you fly west for a while.”
As the two were talking, another message talisman flew in.
A voice rang from the talisman:
“Come quickly, do not delay the mission!”
The tone had become stern.
Shen Ye stood up, gathered his belongings, and walked out.
“Does Young Master want me to follow?”
Peipei asked.
“No, you’ve been busy for a while, rest now. I’ll be back when I’m done,” Shen Ye said.
“Young Master is so kind,” Peipei smiled sweetly.
A few minutes later.
Outside the small town.
A plain to the west.
Shen Ye landed at the Demon Abyss front-line guard camp.
A few hundred meters in front of the camp, the earth looked as if it had been perfectly sliced off, leaving only a bottomless abyss.
At the edge of the cliff, cultivators from the Grand Dao Palace already stood in abundance.
As soon as Shen Ye arrived, someone immediately stepped forward to verify his token, then whispered:
“Only a seventh-level cultivation realm…”
The others quickly averted their gaze.
Shen Ye didn’t mind, simply stood at the edge of the crowd, observing the situation quietly.
Not long after.
In the center of the field.
A middle-aged man in black Daoist robes began to speak:
“The Grand Elder entered the Demon Abyss to investigate the anomaly and has not returned.”
“Now, the search mission will be assigned.”
“Those above the eighteenth level of the realm will follow me.”
“Disciples from the twelfth to seventeenth level will all operate in the shallow layers of the Demon Abyss, searching for all suspicious information.”
“Disciples below the twelfth level will guard the camp and transmit messages.”
“Action!”
Everyone quickly divided into three groups.
The first group followed the black-robed man, leaping high into the air, transforming into streaks of light, and plummeting towards the black Demon Abyss beneath the cliff.
After they left, the second group of cultivators then began to fly towards the Demon Abyss.
They were not in a hurry, carefully observing the cliff and the cultivators entering and exiting the Demon Abyss, hoping to find clues.
The third group of cultivators all looked very young.
They retreated to the camp and began to set up arrays, lay traps, release battle pets, and don battle armor, making all sorts of preparations.
Although the atmosphere was grim and tense when the first two groups of cultivators acted.
Once they left, the young cultivators relaxed.
—Guarding the camp was the easiest part of the entire mission.
The young cultivators were highly efficient.
Soon.
Defense, vigilance, garrisoning, and various other tasks were all completed.
—And then there was nothing left to do.
“Hey!”
Someone called out.
Shen Ye looked over, only to see several young disciples waving at him.
“Senior brothers, what’s wrong?”
Shen Ye went forward and asked.
A plump cultivator pointed at an array plate not far away and said, “The vigilance and investigation are handled by the array. Come and have something to eat with us.”
Shen Ye rubbed his stomach, remembering that he hadn’t eaten much all day, so he gladly cupped his hands and said:
“Thank you for your care, senior brother.”
He walked over and sat down beside the plump cultivator.
Seeing that he was young and polite, the others had a better impression of him.
A tall, thin cultivator stood up, holding a gourd, and extended it towards Shen Ye.
“These are the Fresh Flower Grain-Abstaining Pills I managed to get my hands on. They have a faint orchid fragrance when chewed. Here, take a few.”
Several pills bounced out of the gourd and landed in Shen Ye’s hand.
Shen Ye curiously squeezed a pill and looked at the other cultivators around him, only to see them all roasting their grain-abstaining pills on skewers over a fire.
The plump cultivator skillfully sprinkled seasonings.
Cultivation world version of barbecue.
Nice.
“The Grand Elder probably found some treasure again, so he forgot the time to return.”
A cultivator said.
“Isn’t that right? Last time when he discovered the gold mine, the Grand Elder stayed down there for two days and two nights, only returning after he had mined all the ore,” another cultivator said.
“Don’t discuss the affairs of important people. Come eat,” the tall, thin cultivator said.
The group closed their mouths and quietly ate their food.
Shen Ye also roasted two skewers of pills, bit into one, and chewed it while blowing on it.
…It still tasted like medicine.
“You didn’t put enough chili on your pills, they’re not well roasted,”
the plump cultivator said without raising his head.
The others chuckled.
Shen Ye chuckled along.
He was about to ask for the secret to grilling when an anomaly suddenly occurred—
A towering dark pillar of light erupted from the Demon Abyss, hundreds of meters away, piercing through the clouds and spreading towards the boundless universe.
Boom!
Boundless, frantic demonic energy surged forth, sweeping across the land like a gale.
Wherever the demonic energy passed, all vegetation withered, mountain springs dried up, and soil turned into a lifeless gray desert.
Cultivators frantically fled from beneath the cliff, scattering in all directions.
“Quick! Report it!”
The plump cultivator jumped up, fumbling for a message talisman, muttering incantations.
After a long string of words, he tossed the message talisman.
The talisman transformed into a red light and flew away.
“What do we do now?”
A cultivator asked.
“Guard the camp, we have to wait for everyone to come up, what else can we do!” the slim cultivator said with a mournful face.
Shen Ye looked towards the Demon Abyss, and an extreme sense of unease welled up in his heart.
He raised a hand.
His hand was trembling.
Damn it, what’s wrong with me?
I know nothing about the Demon Abyss, why am I so scared?
Shen Ye’s heart chilled, and he pressed his finger on the ring, gently wiping it.
A magnificent rooster appeared on his hand.
“Insulting someone?”
The rooster asked excitedly.
“No, we need a carrot now,” Shen Ye said.
“Alright, a carrot it is—I’ve actually always been quite low-key.”
The rooster stretched out its beak, lightly pecked at the empty space, and then pulled out a carrot.
In the void.
Lines of faint micro-text silently appeared:
“The Benevolent God Rooster used the special wondrous item ‘Carrot (Hidden)’ and transformed into a Carrot Rooster.”
“With this special enhancement, you have gained the effect of being ‘ignored’ by others.”
Shen Ye felt a little relieved.
But then he heard the plump cultivator groan:
“Oh my god, what is that monstrous thing…”
Looking back.
He saw an earthworm emerging from the Demon Abyss.
It was called an earthworm, yet it wasn’t.
It was too immense, its body girth alone was as thick as three train cars parked side by side, and just as long.
Its soft body surface was covered in vertical pupils, and along its sides were hundreds of centipede-like legs, rapidly crawling across the ground.
When Shen Ye saw it, it had already climbed up from beneath the cliff and was observing its surroundings.
Several cultivators flew past not far away.
The “earthworm’s” eyes on its back all opened, staring at them, releasing crimson rays.
Screams rose and fell.
Every cultivator struck by a ray immediately turned to dust.
There was absolutely no possibility of resistance!
This monster was too strong!
“Activate the stealth array, at maximum power, don’t spare the magic!”
The thin cultivator almost roared out these words.
Several cultivators simultaneously formed hand seals, casting spells towards the array plate.
The array plate hummed.
The array covering the entire camp began to change, shifting from vigilance and defense to invisibility.
But it was too late!
The “earthworm” seemed to have noticed the commotion here and rushed directly towards the group.
At the crucial moment—
Shen Ye picked up the rooster and gently placed it on the array plate.
The rooster was a wondrous item, the carrot was a wondrous item, and the array plate was an artifact.
Could it affect artifacts?
The rooster, holding the carrot, nodded at Shen Ye.
The next instant.
The light on the array plate suddenly dimmed silently.
The enormous “earthworm” suddenly paused, adjusted its direction slightly, and chased after the fleeing cultivators.
Seeing its swaggering departure, it seemed to have utterly disdained the camp.
They were saved!
“Junior brother, are you from the Xuanmen sect?”
“Is this your wondrous item?”
“Thank you, junior brother, for saving our lives!”
“Thanks, thanks!”
The cultivators chattered.
“Everyone, wait a moment,” Shen Ye waved at the crowd, “Let’s not rush to say thanks. What do we do now?”
Everyone fell silent.
The thin cultivator said, “We are still on mission. The situation has been reported. We have to wait for orders from the sect higher-ups.”
The plump cultivator said, “However, I heard that a big event happened in the sect. Someone challenged the Sect Master, causing many casualties. It will probably not be easy to get rescue.”
A firelight flew overhead, landed in the center of the camp, and hovered motionlessly.
The plump cultivator flicked the fire talisman with his finger.
A voice immediately rang from the talisman:
“Guard the camp in place, and await the cultivators returning from the Demon Abyss. There must be no mistakes!”
Everyone looked at each other.
Shen Ye saw that several people’s faces had turned pale.
We, cultivators who haven’t even reached the twelfth level of the realm, are supposed to guard this place?
“Hey, did you make it clear in your report?”
Someone couldn’t help but yell at the plump cultivator.
The plump cultivator’s forehead was covered in cold sweat, his face full of innocence, saying, “I specifically said that only us low-level cultivators were left in the camp, who knew it would turn out like this!”
Shen Ye remained silent, his mind clear as day.
Saint’s Heart Devil governed the sect, and its fate setting was “those who can promote the sect’s progress and strength can live, others are best devoured, or it doesn’t matter if they die.”
This command perfectly fit its setting.
Shen Ye looked up at the Demon Abyss, at the towering column of dark demonic light.
“Before the eighth level of the realm… one cannot fight with others…”
“But these monsters shouldn’t count as people, right?”
He thought to himself.
“Look!” someone cried out.
Everyone looked towards the Demon Abyss.
A hand larger than the entire camp appeared at the edge of the cliff.
Immediately after, another giant hand also climbed up.
Immense demonic energy emanated from beneath the cliff, obscuring all probing divine senses, making it impossible to see the full appearance of the monster.
Everyone held their breath, waiting for the monster to climb up the cliff.
—What kind of monster could be so enormous?
There was no way to run now.
They could only hope that this monster would also be affected by the wondrous item and the array, and not trouble them.
However, the monster still did not show itself.
The two giant hands, however, clasped together and raised high—
“It’s going to attack!”
Everyone suddenly realized.
“Quick! Activate another array plate, fully unleash the defensive array!”
“Reinforce the camp!”
“Bring out all defensive magical treasures!”
“Activate all defensive spells!”
Everyone couldn’t help but shout.
The crowd scrambled, desperately using all sorts of methods, trying to withstand the impending blow.
The pair of colossal hands, under everyone’s watchful eyes, finally descended.
It slammed heavily onto the ground.
The entire world fell silent.
Cracks in the earth, like living snakes, rapidly snaked away, sweeping across the entire camp, then passing through it, continuing to spread forward.
The protective array of Panlong Town held for a moment before completely collapsing.
Rumble—
The ground shattered into dust.
Everything sank into the earth.
Shen Ye and the others’ camp naturally did not withstand this attack either.
Everyone plunged into the bottomless chasm.
Suddenly.
Faint light shimmered into small characters, appearing before Shen Ye’s eyes:
“A dream has been born.”
“In the dream, a being close to you has come from a distant place, wishing to see you.”
A dream?
What kind of hint was this?
As Shen Ye was wondering, a familiar female voice sounded in his ear:
“In those years, to destroy the Immortal Kingdom, they exhausted all schemes and means, allowing the Path to Heaven to not appear for several generations, only then did they narrowly succeed.”
“Now, you have embarked on the Path to Heaven, wishing for it to appear in this world—”
“They have sensed it.”
“Next, they will surely frantically search for you, kill you, and ensure that the Path to Heaven does not appear in the myriad realms of the universe.”
“You must protect yourself.”
Shen Ye shivered, and blurted out, “Charlotte!”
He looked in one direction.
Only to see a blurred figure appear in the void darkness.
A familiar and beautiful face gradually became clear.
Charlotte.
She had actually appeared here!
The next instant.
Faint micro-text appeared again:
“The opponent has activated the Art of Heaven, transforming the dream into reality.”
The ethereal dream vanished.
Charlotte appeared before Shen Ye in reality.
Without another word, she flew forward and embraced Shen Ye tightly.
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