Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 428

Chapter 411: Taiyi Yanming Jiuku Mengshen Palace

At the peak of Mount Penglai.

Layers of formations emitted mighty power, shielding everything from the outside world.

Jewels flew back and forth within the formation.

These were all chess pieces formed by the supreme magical power of various cultivators during the most glorious era of the Immortal Kingdom.

They formed that technique—

The Supreme Saint King’s Changing Form and Shifting Spirit Battle Chess Technique!

The original purpose of this technique was to allow people from the end of the world to return to the past and seek hope for the continuation of the Immortal Kingdom when it faced an insurmountable crisis.

This was the Immortal Kingdom’s ultimate self-salvation method.

However.

All the jewels flew continuously in the air, but none were activated consecutively.

The Mount Penglai Master kept changing her hand seals, seemingly performing some kind of spell, and for a moment, she did not bother to control the chess pieces.

After a full half hour.

She finally successfully completed all the spell seals, and whispered,

“Soul Escape!”

A phantom emerged from her body, flying upwards and looking back at her.

“Don’t worry, go quickly.”

The Mount Penglai Master said.

The humanoid phantom then flew away.

Only then did the Mountain Master reshape her hand seal, controlling a jewel to land in front of her, and her gaze pierced through the void.

Just as she was about to release that jewel, a hand suddenly stretched out from the void and grabbed her by the neck.

“Nan Xingman,” a stiff male voice sounded, “you know that my strength is enough to destroy your entire Mount Penglai. Even if Guanghan Palace and Haoyang Heavenly Palace attack together, they cannot withstand one-thousandth of my power—”

The voice suddenly became brutal and full of murderous intent:

“How dare you use the Supreme Saint King’s Changing Form and Shifting Spirit Battle Chess Technique!”

The void opened.

A male cultivator with a gray and stiff face appeared on the mountain peak.

He choked Mount Penglai Master, Nan Xingman, by the neck, holding her high in the air.

The multiple defensive formations protecting the mountain peak showed no reaction to him, as if they were completely unaware of his presence or his actions.

Nan Xingman’s face was calm, and she said,

“You are right, all of us combined cannot defeat you—then come on, kill me, destroy the entire Mount Penglai, and sever the Heavenly Technique forever, preventing it from being passed down.”

The male cultivator let out an angry roar.

Unparalleled power fluctuations emanated from his body, destroying all the defensive formations on the mountain peak.

Dense bloody lightning bolts emerged from the void, covering the entire Mount Penglai.

Amidst the earth-shattering thunder.

Several cultivators attempting to fly to the mountain peak were instantly reduced to ashes by a touch of the bloody lightning.

The male cultivator laughed loudly:

“Do you really think I wouldn’t dare touch your Mount Penglai?”

“Mount Penglai is destroyed,” Nan Xingman said calmly.

The male cultivator was stunned for a moment, then looked around.

The peaks of Mount Penglai trembled non-stop, and a hot current seemed to be surging upwards from beneath the earth.

—That was a super formation hidden deep underground, whose power, once unleashed, would be enough to destroy a small planet.

The male cultivator’s face changed drastically. He tossed Nan Xingman aside and pressed his hands into the air towards the ground.

“I have been preparing for a long time, and the foundation of the mountain has been almost completely destroyed. You are too late, there’s no time.”

Nan Xingman said.

“No!” the male cultivator roared.

The destructive power, which had been surging into the sky, was condensed by him into a single line, instantly cutting Mount Penglai in half, splitting it into two.

This was already the best outcome.

But—

The earth cracked open with a rumble.

The two halves of Mount Penglai immediately began to sink downwards.

The male cultivator’s figure flickered, landing in the abyss, and held his hands upwards.

Mount Penglai, which was originally about to plunge into the depths of the abyss, was suddenly held suspended in mid-air by him.

Nan Xingman stood on the mountain peak, overlooking this scene.

She sighed and said,

“I told you, it’s too late.”

Hundreds of jewels flying in the air landed in front of her, and she touched them with her hand.

Screams immediately echoed from Mount Penglai.

—Those cultivators who had betrayed Penglai died one after another on the spot.

All people died.

How could the inheritance be passed down?

Nan Xingman grabbed an extremely beautiful jewel and gently squeezed it.

Crack.

The jewel shattered.

Nan Xingman also fell to the ground, her breath completely gone.

She died.

“No—”

The male cultivator, holding Mount Penglai with both hands, let out a desperate roar.

His body shook, and he released a phantom, which flew to the top of Mount Penglai and quickly formed a hand seal towards Nan Xingman’s corpse.

“You want your soul to escape? No way!”

On the other side.

During the prosperous era of the Immortal Kingdom.

Haoyang Heavenly Palace.

Shen Ye was sitting in a thatched hut, cross-legged, diligently reading a jade slip.

The void flickered.

Suddenly, lines of faint luminous text appeared:

“You have become the new Mount Penglai Master.”

“You are qualified to use the Battle Chess.”

“The Supreme Saint King’s Changing Form and Shifting Spirit Battle Chess Technique has been instilled into you.”

“Currently, you are both the most important ‘Child of the Past’ among all the chess pieces and the one holding the chess pieces.”

“The previous Mount Penglai Master, Nan Xingman, has given you a choice.”

“You can choose to continue the battle chess, or give up.”

“Nan Xingman believes giving up is better.”

“—Do you wish to continue the current battle chess?”

“Once you choose ‘Yes’, all the power of the previous Mount Penglai Master will be attributed to you, at your disposal, to ensure the battle chess continues.”

“—This was arranged long ago.”

Shen Ye’s expression hardened.

Why did the Mount Penglai Master give him the qualification to play the chess game?

What happened to her?

Shen Ye felt something and, with a wave of his hand, hundreds of chess pieces instantly appeared in the void.

This game of chess was not over yet.

Was he going to play against that End of All Eras?

No!

Actually, the real solution was—

To abandon the game.

And to do it as quickly as possible!

“I abandon this game of battle chess and voluntarily withdraw from the current battle.”

Shen Ye said.

Before his words faded.

Ripples appeared in the void.

It was as if something was trying to pass through endless time and space, following the pull of the chess pieces, to reach this era.

But the game was already over!

Xu Qingfeng—or rather, Shen Ye—was pulled by a powerful force, and his figure instantly vanished from where he stood.

He leaped from the prosperous era of the Immortal Kingdom to the day Mount Penglai was destroyed, and then from that day, he disappeared, returning tens of thousands of years later.

Fourth level of the ruins.

Shen Ye’s figure flashed, appearing silently.

The so-called Supreme Saint King’s Changing Form and Shifting Spirit Battle Chess Technique was over.

Since the spell had ended, the two parties in the game naturally returned to their original positions.

That End Master could no longer follow the fluctuations of the spell to find Shen Ye.

As for Shen Ye—

He immediately activated the “Scandal Protagonist” term.

This was to disrupt all information about himself, preventing the other party from tracking him down through clues.

Then he flipped his hand, and two jewels appeared.

One of them was the “Child of the Past” representing the identity of “Xu Qingfeng”.

As for the other one—

According to the custom of each穿越, a second one would appear immediately after one was used.

This was the new identity.

“Nan Xingman believes giving up is better.”

This sentence was already a clear hint.

Abandoning the chess game was just one of the many tactics she had planned.

What she truly wanted to leave behind was this new jewel.

Or rather—

It was this chess piece hidden after the end of the Supreme Saint King’s Changing Form and Shifting Spirit Battle Chess Technique!

Shen Ye was slightly moved, but quickly calmed down.

The Mount Penglai Master did have many plans.

But the End of All Eras had even more methods!

Now that he thought about it carefully, he had rescued half of the Mount Penglai Master’s soul in the Saintly Venerable’s Heart Devil’s True Form “Tai Shang’s Binding Life and Refining Soul Palace”.

—If tens of thousands of years ago, she only had half of her soul escape, and the other half was in charge of the chess game, leading to her eventual inability to escape—

Then things fell into place.

She.

At the moment Mount Penglai was destroyed tens of thousands of years ago, she was captured.

Even cultivators had the ability of soul-searching.

Did the End of All Eras not have it?

Shen Ye looked at the chess piece in his hand, pondered for a long time, and then put it into his True Form.

The Four Kings caught the jewel.

“Go, throw this jewel into the depths of the Dharma Realm, as far away from us as possible.”

Shen Ye said.

The Four Kings immediately went to carry out the mission.

Shen Ye suddenly felt a lot lighter.

This was a subconscious reaction.

At this moment.

Having escaped the Supreme Saint King’s Changing Form and Shifting Spirit Battle Chess Technique.

And having escaped the Mount Penglai Master’s fallback plan.

He was tens of thousands of years after that battle—

The world had changed drastically.

Everything was different.

Next, no one knew what he would do.

Shen Ye took out a ring made of intertwined branches and placed it on his finger.

“Frost Snow Plum.”

“All abilities or skills currently on cooldown can be immediately cast again with the help of this ring.”

This was tens of thousands of years later!

With this wondrous ring—

Shen Ye transformed into an Emperor Species, his entire body emanating a divine light that increased all his attributes by seven times.

Then he raised his hands and quickly formed a spell seal.

Supreme Saint King’s Changing Form and Shifting Spirit Battle Chess Technique!

In an instant.

Beautiful jewels once again appeared in the void.

Using the jewels had one advantage.

Each time he went to the ancient era, he used the identity, appearance, memory, and everything else of ancient figures.

This time, having escaped the era of Penglai’s destruction, and with the mythical term “Scandal Protagonist” for information—

No one would know who he was when he went to that era again!

Shen Ye urged the spell seal with all his might.

A jewel landed in his hand.

Faint light appeared as small characters:

“You have activated the ‘Supreme Saint King’s Changing Form and Shifting Spirit Battle Chess Technique’.”

“This time, you will cross the historical event of Mount Penglai’s destruction, going against the current, and return to the most prosperous era of the Immortal Kingdom.”

“Under the influence of the wondrous item ‘Frost Snow Plum’, although you have used the ‘Child of the Past’ chess piece, you have one more chance to activate this chess piece in the battle chess technique.”

“You have activated this chess piece!”

The door opened.

Shen Ye stepped over.

He became the thirteen-year-old Xu Qingfeng again.

Sitting in a thatched cottage.

At the same time.

Within the Haoyang Heavenly Palace, several lines of text appeared before all the cultivators, live-streaming:

“Xu Qingfeng has gone offline.”

“Xu Qingfeng has gone online again.”

Everyone was full of questions.

—From the reaction of the Haoyang Stone, this new talent wasn’t bad.

But what did this going offline and online mean?

How could his thinking be so unconventional?

Shen Ye sat still, glancing at the void.

Several lines of faint luminous text had already appeared:

“The Supreme Saint King’s Changing Form and Shifting Spirit Battle Chess Technique has ended, and all negative effects you were afflicted with have also dissipated.”

“All your attributes have been liberated.”

“Your summoning restrictions have been removed.”

Indeed.

All those negative effects from the game had disappeared!

Now, just waiting for the last thing—

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

Time passed.

A full fifteen minutes passed.

Nothing unusual.

—It could basically be confirmed.

In the battle of Mount Penglai’s destruction tens of thousands of years later, the End of All Eras won the battle chess.

In such a situation, would it just wait there?

It would wait at Mount Penglai for tens of thousands of years until a young man named Shen Ye appeared in the uncertain layers of the universe.

Waiting for this man to activate the battle chess again?

No!

It did not know that all this would happen again!

And it would not wait in Mount Penglai!

The evidence was—

At that future moment, the End Master’s seal was no longer in the sacred relics of Mount Penglai.

It had gone into the depths of the Dharma Realm Sea!

Shen Ye’s heart slowly settled.

So…

Maybe the live broadcast could be turned off?

Shen Ye refocused his gaze on the introductory jade slip in front of him.

The introductory jade slip contained four cultivation techniques: “Mountain King Art”, “Chain Blade”, “Caressing Wind Sword”, and “Lianshan Cannon Fist”.

Among them, “Mountain King Art” was the introductory Taoist scripture, while the blade, sword, and cannon fist were all basic moves.

These were indeed enough for children just starting their cultivation.

But for him…

It was far from enough.

Shen Ye pondered in his heart.

Although the End Master didn’t know what was happening here, he couldn’t waste time either.

He had to find a way to stand out quickly.

—To strive to qualify for cultivating the Heaven-shaker Art as soon as possible!

Then—

He certainly needed a little trick.

After a few breaths.

The sectarian cultivators suddenly found several lines of small text appearing before their eyes:

“Xu Qingfeng picked up the jade slip and read ‘Chain Blade’.”

“He learned ‘Chain Blade’.”

“Xu Qingfeng picked up the jade slip again and read ‘Mountain King Art’.”

“He learned ‘Mountain King Art’.”

“With a ‘bang’, the jade slip was thrown to the ground.”

“Xu Qingfeng’s lips curled into a slight smile, saying with a disdainful expression:”

“‘That’s it?'”

The cultivators stared blankly at these live-streamed words.

Soon, someone got annoyed.

Deep within the floating island, an exasperated voice rang out:

“Ignorant child, how dare you look down on the various methods of my Haoyang Heavenly Palace?”

Before the words faded.

A jade slip broke through the air, instantly sweeping into the thatched hut and landing in front of Shen Ye.

After a few breaths.

Everyone saw new live broadcast text appear:

“Xu Qingfeng picked up the new jade slip.”

“He read ‘Demon Subduing Mountain God Art’ once and couldn’t help but exclaim, ‘Wow, what a great technique!'”

“Xu Qingfeng learned ‘Demon Subduing Mountain God Art’.”

“He patted you and asked, ‘Anything else?'”

Learned it?

Really?

If everyone considered the Mountain King Art as a joke before, the Demon Subduing Mountain God Art was different.

This was the authentic inherited cultivation technique for sect disciples!

Although you, Xu Qingfeng, were recognized by the Haoyang Stone as an otherworldly genius, to understand the Demon Subduing Mountain God Art so quickly—

How was that possible?

All the cultivators simultaneously thought about it and flew to Shen Ye’s thatched hut.

They saw an old white-bearded Taoist priest in a yellow robe who had already rushed ahead, standing in front of Shen Ye and pondering:

“You’ve only just joined the sect, and you’ve already mastered the Demon Subduing Mountain God Art? That’s a bit too fast.”

“Yes,” Shen Ye said with clasped hands.

This great master cultivates the most difficult Taoist scripture in the world—

The Supreme Forgetfulness and Ascension to Immortality Scripture!

I have thoroughly comprehended this Taoist scripture, and all kinds of cultivation terms and meanings are clear in my mind.

—Am I still afraid of your incredibly normal sectarian Taoist scripture?

“According to our sect’s rules, disciples who master the Demon Subduing Mountain God Art must go down the mountain to gain experience and slay demons. Do you know why?” the old Taoist asked.

“The Demon Subduing Mountain God Art is extremely easy to practice; one only needs to condense the method to master it. However, to bring its power to the ninth level, one must slay nine types of demons, each type at least twice as strong as the previous one,” Shen Ye said.

As he spoke, he circulated his cultivation technique.

The next second.

A character for “mountain” appeared above his head.

Everyone exchanged glances.

—Cultivating this character proved that the Demon Subduing Mountain God Art was complete.

This kid wasn’t lying!

“Go forth and slay demons. When your Mountain God Art can condense into the term ‘Demon Subduing Mountain God’, then you may return.”

The old Taoist looked at him and said meaningfully:

“Within three months, if you cultivate the term, I will allow you to study a higher-level Daoist scripture.”

“Disciple obeys!” Shen Ye said.

“You may go,” the old Taoist said faintly, his hands behind his back.

“Disciple cannot fly,” Shen Ye said.

The old Taoist was stunned, then realized.

—The current Xu Qingfeng had just begun his cultivation, and his spiritual power had only just formed; he was merely a beginner.

“I will send you!” The old Taoist clapped him on the shoulder.

The world spun.

Shen Ye disappeared in an instant.

The old Taoist stood in place, let out a sigh of relief, and murmured:

“That’s better, no more of those small words disturbing everyone’s cultivation.”

The onlookers nodded in agreement.

—Haoyang Heavenly Palace was a civilized holy land for cultivation, and everyone was busy as hell. How could they have time to watch a little kid’s cultivation live stream all day?

It was even granted to him by the sacred Haoyang Stone, so it was hard to fault him.

Now that he had left the sect.

Everyone was happy.

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Just as everyone was thinking, several lines of small text appeared in the void again.

“Xu Qingfeng was sent into the teleportation array and teleported away randomly.”

“Before leaving, he ‘hmph-ed’ and said with displeasure on his face: ‘You guys are just insecure around me, that’s why you’re driving me away, hahahaha, truly useless.'”

“‘—I, Xu Qingfeng, will be back!'”

“Narration:”

“He is only thirteen years old this year.”

“He thinks everyone present is trash.”

“With a ‘whoosh’, he was teleported away.”

Everyone was speechless.

—Your live text broadcast sentences are a bit too many!

However, it was a good thing that the sect had a talented disciple.

And since he was only thirteen, and had just begun his cultivation, a little arrogance only made him seem playful and simple-minded.

It wasn’t worth getting angry about.

“Confidence is good, but too much confidence leads to arrogance. All of you, remember this.”

The old Taoist admonished the cultivators around him.

“We humbly follow the Sect Master’s teachings!” everyone said in unison.

On the other side.

Shen Ye was teleported to a small village.

A special formation power lingered around him for a while, then slowly disappeared.

Faint light appeared as small characters:

“All teleportation fluctuations and traces have been erased.”

“—This is the usual treatment for Haoyang Heavenly Palace disciples going out for solo trials.”

“Now no one knows your identity, you can begin.”

Begin what?

Shen Ye looked up.

There was a “mountain” character above his head.

Now he had to slay demons and monsters outside to transform it into a term called “Demon Subduing Mountain God.”

Suddenly.

For some reason, a wave of sleepiness washed over him.

So tired.

People said long journeys were tiring.

He had traveled back and forth tens of thousands of years, the Frost Snow Plum in his hand was somewhat withered, and he himself was extremely exhausted.

Rest first?

Shen Ye found a hidden large tree, jumped onto it, and hid deep within its dense leaves.

At the very last moment.

He unleashed the Invisible Heavenly Devil Saint King to guard him.

Then he fell into a deep sleep.

Time slowly passed.

This was just an ordinary mountain forest, protected by the Invisible Heavenly Devil Saint King and Failun.

Shen Ye slept peacefully.

Until it was almost dark—

He had a very long dream.

In the dream, he killed various demons along the way, and was attracted by many techniques and moves of this era. He stopped and stayed, and it took him two months to return to the sect.

This was already one month shorter than the time required by the sect master!

However.

The sect master and elders gathered, shaking their heads and saying:

“It seems this child doesn’t have that destiny.”

“Only by successfully cultivating the title of ‘Demon Subduing Mountain God’ within one month can one be qualified to access the Heaven-shaker Art.”

“Oh well, oh well.”

Shen Ye suddenly opened his eyes.

Oh well, my ass!

I’ll start slaying demons now, striving to cultivate the term earlier and return to the sect.

Besides, I still have some convenient methods.

Devouring terms is the fastest…

Within a month, if I devour a few more terms, I will definitely catch up.

Shen Ye silently thought in his heart.

He jumped up, rubbing his hands together, ready to act immediately.

But the next second.

He suddenly realized.

No…

It was just a dream, why did he take it seriously?

Still not right!

Why was that dream so vivid?

Suddenly, lines of faint luminous text appeared before him:

“You are at the ninth realm of the Dharma Realm.”

“Your True Form’s fusion and transformation require 24 hours to complete.”

“Time is up. Your ‘Blood Moon’ and ‘Soul Palace’ have completed their fusion, completing the transformation of your True Form.”

His True Form was complete?

Shen Ye’s mind stirred, and he was about to activate his True Form.

But then, several more lines of text appeared:

“In reality, the Heaven-shaker Art was inherited by you through the Heaven-shaker Gate, tracing all the way to the Great Earth Golden Chapter, and was eventually activated by you to save Shattele.”

“You are one of the two recognized masters of the Heaven-shaker Art.”

“The fusion of the Blood Moon of Heaven-shaker and the Soul Palace of the Heavens has yielded the following Immortal Kingdom True Form:”

“Taiyi Yanming Jiuku Mengshen Palace.”

“Description: Impending suffering, calamities, regrets, and misfortunes will appear as dreams in your mind, with nowhere to hide.”

“Additionally: The power of this True Form is incredible, far beyond this; you need to further enhance your strength to unleash its greater might.”