Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 413
byChapter 396: Interpreter of Destiny!
“Looking for me?”
Shen Ye asked.
“That’s right, I don’t really believe those rumors, so I have something to ask of you,” Tantai Mingyue said.
“Please speak,” Shen Ye said.
“I really need the Spirit Nurturing Pill – if you can refine a mid-grade pill, I will provide the cultivation method for a high-grade Spirit Nurturing Pill,” Tantai Mingyue said.
Shen Ye was slightly moved, and glanced at the Saintly Venerable.
—Didn’t you say my reputation was already ruined?
The Saintly Venerable remained expressionless, meticulously observing everyone, as if trying to find a spy among them.
No one but Shen Ye could see him.
“Alright, I’ll try again, but you’ll need to provide the materials and the pill furnace,” Shen Ye said.
“They’re all here,” Tantai Mingyue placed a storage bag on the table. “The corresponding remuneration is also all inside, check it.”
Shen Ye checked it; the reward was indeed generous.
“Waiting for your good news,” Tantai Mingyue said and left.
The few people behind her looked at Shen Ye with a mixture of displeasure and disdain, but dared not show it openly.
After everyone had left, the Saintly Venerable picked up the storage bag from the table and examined it carefully.
Inside was indeed a pill furnace, a pile of alchemy materials, and a small pile of spirit stones.
“Are you going to make pills?” the Saintly Venerable asked.
“It’s super easy, and I can earn money — you’re not going to blow up my furnace this time, are you?” Shen Ye asked.
“What if I do?” the Saintly Venerable asked again.
“Then I’ll find another place to experience human life,” Shen Ye said.
“You’ve contributed a lot of resources and wealth to the Grand Taoist Palace; are you willing to just leave like that?” the Saintly Venerable asked.
“Anyway, I haven’t played much of a role here, so let’s just consider it a paid accommodation fee,” Shen Ye said with extreme nonchalance.
The Saintly Venerable had a headache.
This person hadn’t offended him at all, and had contributed so much money and treasure.
And had such a profound background.
There was no conflict of interest between them.
Why make things difficult?
—Anyway, the other party was neither human nor here for the three arts.
“Suit yourself, by the way, if you find any clues, remember to contact me with the bracelet.”
The Saintly Venerable said and disappeared.
Only Shen Ye was left sitting there.
Shen Ye pondered slightly.
—Tantai Mingyue’s actions were a bit strange.
Logically, she had witnessed him blowing up his pill furnace, and he had left the gathering without a word—
She should have a very bad impression of him.
Why would she ask him to refine pills again?
Was there some hidden secret that he didn’t know about?
Shen Ye thought for a moment, then reached out and opened the storage bag.
A small pill furnace immediately floated in mid-air.
The alchemy materials were all complete.
As for the remuneration, the spirit stones were piled into a small mound.
The Spirit Nurturing Pill was indeed difficult to refine…
So.
He would refine a batch of pills.
He wanted to see what the other party’s intentions truly were.
Shen Ye was about to use a hand seal to ignite the flame when the vertical pupil on the back of his left hand flickered.
The Heart of the Swarm sent a message:
“Baxter, I’ve got an unknown peculiar item here, and I’ve tried many methods but can’t figure out what it is.”
Shen Ye saw that this message came from a member marked as level “19”.
How could such a powerful Emperor Species also have things whose origins they couldn’t figure out?
He was currently only level “1”.
With such a big gap, he wondered if his own phrase tags would be up to the task.
“I can’t guarantee it, but I can try.”
Shen Ye replied.
“There’s really no other way, just give it a try,” the level 19 member said.
“Okay.”
The words had barely fallen.
Fluctuations in the Dharma Realm rippled through the void.
A powerful and incomparable wave of energy suddenly erupted from the vertical pupil pattern on his hand.
—This was the power of a level 19 member!
Boom—
A black box appeared in Shen Ye’s hand.
At the same time.
The Saintly Venerable reappeared before Shen Ye.
He asked with suspicion:
“Who was that power just now?”
“A partner from our Heart of the Swarm, asking me to do something,” Shen Ye said.
The Saintly Venerable’s gaze fell on the black box, then on the open vertical pupil on the back of Shen Ye’s hand, his expression somewhat complex.
—No problem.
The connection channel in the Dharma Realm pointed to the Heart of the Swarm.
These were the strongest Emperor Species.
They were handling internal affairs.
The Saintly Venerable shook his head and was about to leave, but a thought suddenly crossed his mind, so he stopped and sat down beside them.
Shen Ye ignored him and focused his attention on the black box.
The next second.
The mythical phrase tag “Tool of Destiny” was activated!
Rows of shimmering small characters quickly appeared in the void:
“The black guardian broke free from its cage, unaware that the shadow of death lay hidden beneath the supreme cosmic zenith;”
“If hope is to be born from destruction, the only way is to procreate;”
“Go into samsara—”
“To transmit the truth, reincarnation is the only path;”
“At this moment, whether the newborn hatchling can return to the sky depends on the decision of the emperors.”
Shen Ye quickly read it.
This side-note seemed full of secrets.
What was this about?
He had no idea.
The vast multiverse was boundless.
Apart from the matters of the Immortal Kingdom, there were endless secrets hidden within, waiting for various powerhouses to explore.
His own vision should also broaden.
“Can you read anything from it?”
The Level 19 Emperor Species’ telepathic message came from afar through the Dharma Realm, with a hint of urgency.
“I’ll read it to you,” Shen Ye replied telepathically.
He read the content of the destiny side draft to the other party.
“It’s just as I guessed,” the level 19 Emperor Species said excitedly. “That’s amazing, your destiny phrase tag must be of a very high level to be able to read it—no other method could detect even a tiny bit of information.”
“Thank you this time, Baxter.”
“You’re welcome, we’re all family,” Shen Ye said.
He placed the black box on the back of his hand and waited for a breath.
The box disappeared.
“I’ve already paid the reward—I am the Crimson Lord, contact me anytime if you need anything, Baxter,” the level 19 Emperor Species said.
The next second.
Shen Ye immediately sensed a stir in the Dharma Realm.
Within the Heart of the Swarm, his level had increased from 1 to 2.
Not only that.
He also gained a Swarm title:
“Interpreter of Destiny (certified by the Crimson Lord).”
Immediately, some Emperor Species noticed this.
“Huh? Baxter’s leveling up pretty fast, already level 2?”
“—Tsk, the Crimson Lord had Baxter interpret something super powerful.”
“Did he succeed?”
“Yes, Baxter said it would be no problem when he joined, and he really did it.”
“Looks like a powerful destiny-type ability user.”
“Little Paige is not bad, he has a great future ahead of him—brothers, help him out more.”
The Emperor Genus discussed in a flurry of words, then went back to their own business.
The Heart of the Swarm regained its quiet.
Shen Ye, however, discovered a strange knowledge emerging from the Dharma Realm, constantly surfacing in his mind.
“Your internal rating within the Heart of the Swarm has been elevated to Level 2.”
“The second tier of the talent tree is now open to you; you may select appropriate Level 2 skills;”
“Alternatively, you may convert this privilege into a racial summons, allowing the Heart of the Swarm to infuse you with power, enhancing your existing talent skills.”
“—From the strongest insects in the universe.”
It seems it’s the same everywhere.
New players level up fast!
Shen Ye began to make choices regarding his talents.
—That “Thorns of Fate” was called a core talent.
It was the reward he received for suggesting and naming the unified consciousness.
The Gate’s description of this talent was also:
“Perhaps with this one talent, you can freely roam the universe.”
So—
This talent is worth strengthening!
Rather than randomly picking a level two talent skill, it’s better to strengthen this core talent!
“I want to upgrade my existing talent skill: Thorns of Fate,” Shen Ye said softly.
The vertical pupil on the back of his hand slightly closed, then reopened abruptly.
A more surging power surged from the Dharma Realm, like rivers returning to their channels, merging into Shen Ye’s bloodline.
This is the super-consciousness collective built by the Emperor Species!
It can actually directly summon the Dharma Realm and enhance the talent abilities of its fellow insects!
The faint light instantly materialized into small characters:
“Your talent skill ‘Thorns of Fate’ has received an enhancement.”
“Its power has been changed as follows:”
“You can envelope yourself and one of your followers with ‘Thorns of Fate’. Any attack launched by any target against you will simultaneously attack that target, with a certain probability of dealing critical damage.”
“Critical Strike: Damage doubled.”
—The description “Critical Strike” appeared!
No wonder this race is called an Emperor-class existence in the vast multiverse.
The name “Emperor Species” itself represents their value!
Shen Ye scanned the crimson thorns of light all over his body, sensed it for a few breaths, then put it away.
By the time he contentedly disconnected from the Heart of the Swarm—
He saw several more lines of small text quietly appear:
“As the former vampire Baxter, your name has gained a widely circulating effect among the strongest Emperor Species in the universe.”
“This is a fantastical, twisted, impossible rise in reputation.”
“Your phrase tag ‘Blood-sucking Child’ has received a reputation boost and has recovered its power, making it usable again!”
Shen Ye was overjoyed.
—Now he could fuse those two blades!
Suddenly, a voice came:
“You’re so young, I didn’t expect you to already be achieving so much in the strongest group.”
Only then did Shen Ye realize that the Saintly Venerable had been sitting not far behind him the whole time.
This old rascal still hadn’t left?
“Your Excellency Saintly Venerable, do you have any further instructions?” Shen Ye asked.
“That was ‘Thorns of Fate’ just now, wasn’t it? It seems to have increased in power,” the Saintly Venerable said thoughtfully.
“You recognize this skill?” Shen Ye asked in surprise.
“Of course, this is one of your Emperor Species’ unique skills, renowned throughout the multiverse. How could I not know it?”
The Saintly Venerable grinned, a hint of unprecedented eagerness in his tone.
This kid’s first talent was “Thorns of Fate”.
In the multilevel universe, the initial talent skills of the strongest Emperor Species were all “Thorns of Fate”.
This was an extremely troublesome war talent.
As enemies, one reason why the Emperor Species were so feared was this “Thorns of Fate.”
But as one of their own—
Such a subordinate was very reassuring.
Would this kid become the strongest Emperor Species in the future?
…It’s not impossible.
After all, he was favored by the Heart of the Swarm and admitted into it.
Just now, he seemed to have fulfilled a request for help issued by a high-ranking Emperor Species.
In other words.
He must have outstanding qualities.
So—
How could this guy be used to the fullest, to even keep him contributing, allowing their own cause to reap greater benefits?
It sounds slow, but countless thoughts raced through the Saintly Venerable’s mind in an instant.
In just a quick breath, he found the answer.
So.
The Saintly Venerable spoke in a gentle tone:
“Nangong Wantu, interested in working for me?”
“Work for you? What’s in it for me?” Shen Ye smiled.
“Power.”
The Saintly Venerable uttered two words, and with his inscrutable expression, he was truly a bit unfathomable.
“Power?” Shen Ye repeated.
—When he said it, it didn’t have the same flavor.
“You, as fresh blood, may not know that in the multiverse, countless cosmic life forms have already reached a consensus.”
The Saintly Venerable patiently continued:
“Any cosmic life form must not go against us, otherwise, they will surely be eliminated.”
“Why?” Shen Ye asked in confusion.
“Because what we are doing concerns the ultimate secret of the entire multiverse, and it is highly likely to change everything—”
“So all cosmic races participated in that contract, vowing not to hinder our work.”
The destruction of the Immortal Kingdom in the Extreme Upper Universe—
Was it a consensus among all cosmic life forms?
Those monsters capable of surviving in the universe had long ago entered into a contract for this purpose?
Shen Ye felt a chill run down his spine.
As the other party spoke, he vaguely felt that he was approaching a terrifying abyss concealing astonishing secrets.
There was no turning back.
He could only jump.
“Is the work hard?” Shen Ye asked with a smile.
“It’s not very hard, and most of the time you’re free, child, have you forgotten what I said about ‘power’?” the Saintly Venerable asked.
“I don’t really understand ‘power’,” Shen Ye said.
The Saintly Venerable smiled slightly.
—This was still a newcomer, like a blank slate.
Even if he had a great future, astonishing talent, deep background, and unparalleled wealth—
He was too young.
At this moment, he was merely an ignorant prey.
And he was about to subdue this prey, making him willingly become his minion.
“Child, a small example can tell you what power is.”
The Saintly Venerable said in a gentle tone:
“In the universe, we often fight for all kinds of rare treasures, or for no reason at all, just because we don’t like the other party and want to eliminate them, isn’t that right?”
“Yes.” Shen Ye nodded.
“When you have power, all you have to do is tell your enemy—”
The Saintly Venerable paused, then said in a solemn and dignified tone: “Go to hell.”
Matching this tone, he quickly formed a hand seal.
The spell was cast!
A dark purple magical emblem quietly appeared in the void.
—Dark purple light condensed into a circle, and within this circle, a three-headed demonic snake hung upside down, flicking its tongue downwards.
This emblem left a deep impression on Shen Ye.
“And then?” he asked.
“The emblem will summon powerful cosmic beings of various races to directly eliminate the enemy in front of you,” the Saintly Venerable said.
“Why is that?” Shen Ye asked in surprise.
“No one can interfere with our work, otherwise the outcome is death—this kind of power to dominate others’ lives is called authority,” the Saintly Venerable said.
“I can have such power?” Shen Ye asked with uncertainty.
“You are too young, to become a master of secrets like me, you still have a long way to go.”
“But as long as you work for me—”
The Saintly Venerable leaned forward, lowered his voice, and whispered in Shen Ye’s ear:
“Just tell me who you want to kill, and it will be simple.”
Shen Ye stood there, his expression somewhat bewildered.
The Saintly Venerable said understandingly:
“I’ll give you time to think about it.”
He got up, preparing to leave.
“Wait a moment!”
Shen Ye spoke.
The Saintly Venerable stopped and looked at him.
“What exactly are you doing?” Shen Ye asked.
The Saintly Venerable walked back and sat across from him, his eyes fixed on him as he said:
“Countless cosmic beings collectively spent thousands of years to destroy the Immortal Kingdom of the Extreme Upper Universe.”
“Only when the Immortal Kingdom is destroyed will its three strongest arts abandon humanity and be mastered by life forms other than humans.”
“You mastered the three arts?” Shen Ye asked.
“No,” the Saintly Venerable said with a grim expression, lowering his voice, “the Immortal Kingdom was not completely destroyed, so the three arts still belong to humanity.”
“Since even the Immortal Kingdom could be defeated, the three arts aren’t really that strong, are they?” Shen Ye said deliberately.
The Saintly Venerable shook his head and said, “We spent thousands of years to sever the inheritance of the Heaven-Reaching Art, one of the three arts of the Immortal Kingdom, and only then did we barely succeed.”
“We have two things to face: first, to find the remaining ‘territory’ of the Immortal Kingdom; second, to find the human inheritor of the Heaven-Reaching Art.”
Shen Ye nodded.
Great, you’ve completed your mission, you just don’t know it.
“What’s the point of all this?”
He asked.
—This was the core of everything.
What exactly were these cosmic monsters doing this for? Just to acquire the Three Arts?
If it was just for three powerful arts, the entire universe uniting to do so seemed a bit… excessive.
There must be some deeper reason.
The Saintly Venerable smiled.
“This is a true secret, known only to a select few Lords of Secrets.”
“Of course, if you join, I will tell you.”
“Think carefully, I await your answer.”
He patted Shen Ye on the shoulder and turned to leave.
Only Shen Ye remained, sitting there, slowly processing what he had heard.
Lord of Secrets?
The multiverse actually had a contract that gave the Saintly Venerable such great power, allowing him to kill whoever he wanted.
Combining his previous words—
The Saintly Venerable collecting the Heaven-Reaching Art in the Ninety-Nine Layers Universe was not just for his own individual advancement.
This organization must have a deeper purpose.
Ultimately—
What exactly could the Heaven-Reaching Art do?
They had already destroyed the Immortal Kingdom of the Extreme Upper Universe for the Heaven-Reaching Art, and set numerous traps in the Ninety-Nine Layers Universe.
So many years had passed, and the traps had never been removed.
And he, the inheritor of the Heaven-Reaching Art, stood right in the center of the trap.
At this moment.
Shen Ye felt as if he was standing on the edge of a bottomless abyss shrouded in thick fog, and one wrong step could send him tumbling to his death.
But—
I’m good at working!
He wanted to know that secret.
So, should he do it?
Shen Ye pondered back and forth, then suddenly slapped his head.
I’m just a little bug fresh out of the nest, there’s a lot I don’t understand.
I should ask for my family’s opinion on this matter.
He raised his hand, gathering his thoughts, activating the vertical pupil on the back of his hand, and sent a message to the Heart of the Swarm in the Dharma Realm:
“The Saintly Venerable of the Ninety-Nine Layer Taoist Palace says he’s a Lord of Secrets and wants me to work for him. The reward is helping me kill people.”
“Family, is this worth doing?”
He waited for a breath.
A majestic voice suddenly rang out in the Heart of the Swarm:
“Ignore him, he has lost his influence.”
Shen Ye’s heart tightened.
—This was the big shot who had invited him into the Heart of the Swarm!
Following that, the level 19 Crimson Lord also spoke:
“The Heaven-Reaching Art is a self-aware art; if it doesn’t want to come out, no one can learn it.”
“This matter has been stuck for tens of thousands of years without a solution.”
“It’s completely not worth joining.”
So that’s how it is.
As expected, the information among the insects was very well-informed!
The majestic voice spoke again: “Baxter, is your phrase tag, the one that makes enemies make mistakes, high-level?”
“I don’t know how everyone categorizes phrase tag levels,” Shen Ye said with a bewildered tone.
A clumsy voice emerged:
“My world also has no knowledge inheritance in this regard. We even call phrase tags ‘names’.”
“Me too!” Shen Ye immediately echoed.
The voice chuckled, patiently explaining:
“Actually, it’s categorized by the color of the light condensed by the Dharma Realm for the phrase tag—”
“Grey for broken, white for common, green for excellent, blue for outstanding, purple for one in a million, gold for legend, dark gold for incomparable, and red for mythical.”
“—That’s the basic hierarchy.”
“Baxter, what color light did your name condense when it appeared?”
Shen Ye said, “Red.”
“Red?”
“It’s red!”
“When did the Dharma Realm become so kind?”
“I don’t even have a red adjective!”
“Unimaginable.”
The insects chattered away.
The majestic voice reappeared, overwhelming all discussion:
“I am also a Lord of Secrets, Baxter.”
“Until the Heaven-Reaching Art emerges, the secret of the Immortal Kingdom will forever remain unrevealed.”
“So just ignore him.”
“—All you need to do is live your life well, strive to improve your strength, and don’t bother with anything else.”
“Understood, but what if they keep bothering me?” Shen Ye said.
That majestic voice exuded a killing intent:
“A new insect of the Heart of the Swarm, and someone wants to just snatch them away to be a subordinate with empty words—”
“Ask us first.”
As the words fell.
The insects erupted in high-pitched wails.
—This indicated that they were very powerful and would not allow others to meddle with the new insects in the swarm.
Seeing their wild shrieks—
Shen Ye’s heart gradually settled.
Very good.
The insects were not afraid of that Saintly Venerable at all.
This was no problem then.
At the same time.
Shen Ye withdrew his consciousness from the Dharma Realm, and suddenly discovered that a circle of golden patterns had appeared in the vertical pupil on the back of his hand.
Shimmering small characters appeared accordingly:
“You have acquired the Swarm Mark.”
“Effect: Your words in the Swarm will be immediately noticed.”
Got it.
This is pinning his chat.
Now, if anything happens on his side, the Swarm will know immediately.
—The Swarm was quite united.
The prerequisite is—
He proved his worth with mythical phrase tags.
But this is also understandable, after all, the law of the jungle is a natural rule applicable everywhere.
Shen Ye fell into deep thought.
The value of the mythical phrase tags even exceeded his expectations.
In fact, he had many phrase tags.
But from now on, he had to be careful to conceal them, not to expose them all at once.
After all, even the insects thought good phrase tags were hard to obtain.
Before his strength became sufficiently strong, it was better to keep a low profile.
He stretched lazily, leaned back comfortably in his chair, and looked towards the tea table.
The pill furnace and alchemy materials were neatly arranged.
These were things Tantai Mingyue had given him.
—Everything else was settled.
Let’s get the money for refining pills first before anything else.
Shen Ye raised the pill furnace, made a hand seal to ignite the flame, and began refining mid-grade Spirit Nurturing Pills.
The entire process was familiar to him.
His movements were smooth and practiced, and in no time, he had refined all the pills.
He counted them, about thirty-odd pills.
He was in a good mood, and the pill yield was quite high.
Shen Ye put the pills in a gourd and then sent a communication talisman to Tantai Mingyue.
In a short while.
Tantai Mingyue arrived.
“The pills you wanted.”
Shen Ye handed over the gourd.
Tantai Mingyue took the gourd, poured out a few pills, and touched them.
The pills were still warm, with faint, subtle fluctuations of magical energy emanating from them.
—They were indeed freshly refined pills.
Looking at the pill furnace again.
The pill furnace exuded a faint fragrance, perfectly consistent with the scent of the pills in her hand.
“You refined it so well.”
Tantai Mingyue complimented, then patted her storage bag, pulled out a jade slip, and placed it before Shen Ye.
“What is this?” Shen Ye asked.
“The formula for high-grade Spirit Nurturing Pills,” Tantai Mingyue said.
“The Spirit-Nurturing Pill can heal physical wounds and nourish the soul, providing a dual replenishment. Its value is extraordinary—are you just giving me the formula so easily?” Shen Ye asked.
“I urgently need a large quantity of high-grade Spirit Nurturing Pills; if you can make them, I won’t charge you a single cent for this formula,” Tantai Mingyue said.
Shen Ye fell into thought.
Even the Grand Taoist Palace did not have the formula for high-grade Spirit Nurturing Pills, so much so that their reserves of Spirit Nurturing Pills had been completely used up.
He heard that they were now urgently purchasing them from other worlds.
As the saying goes, sitting idle means consuming resources; even though he had a lot of treasures, he couldn’t keep spending them.
If he could learn how to refine high-grade Spirit Nurturing Pills, it would be another skill to earn a living.
“Thank you, Senior Sister, I’ll study it first and contact you when I have news.”
Shen Ye smiled.
“Okay, I’ll wait for your news.”
Tantai Mingyue left the jade slip and turned to leave without hesitation.
After she left, Shen Ye reached out and picked up the jade slip, first activating the phrase tag “Tool of Destiny.”
As the faint characters appeared, all hidden messages were revealed before the mythical destiny phrase tag:
“The creation named elixir, originating from ancient human civilization, will bring you a brilliant future;”
“However, this jade slip holds a profound mystery;”
“Be fortunate, both the creator of the jade slip and you who obtained it;”
“Because it only allows the human soul to probe into it;”
“When you accomplish this, the other party will abandon the idea of mutual destruction, and you will embark on a new path.”
“—A turning point, as it should be.”
Shen Ye smiled.
—Didn’t the Saintly Venerable say he was looking for a mole before? Here he is!
So.
What should he do?
Report to the Saintly Venerable? Or something else?
After a brief thought.
Shen Ye held the jade slip in his hand, his divine sense probing into it, and began to study the refining method for high-grade Spirit Nurturing Pills.
—His soul was, of course, human, absolutely genuine.
On the other side.
Within a certain cave dwelling inside the flying ship.
Tantai Mingyue’s eyebrows relaxed.
“How is it?” someone asked.
“It’s our human kin, not a cosmic monster,” Tantai Mingyue said.
“That’s great,” another person said excitedly.
“Yes,” Tantai Mingyue’s eyes flickered with unknown emotions. “We’ve finally found a glimmer of hope after pursuing this for so long.”
She stood up, placing her hand in the void.
“Door.”
A soft cry.
From nothingness, a door quietly appeared.
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