Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 492
byIn the dark room.
A hideous figure suddenly appeared.
It bowed respectfully to the young girl and said:
“Respected Empress, I come on behalf of the collective will of the council to offer a suggestion for the current situation.”
“Oh? You want to stop me? But I’m already awake. If you still try to stop me, I’ll devour all of you.” The young girl said with a half-smile.
“Not at all, we’ve thought of a better solution—allow me to explain it to you, may I?” said the hideous figure.
“I’ll give you one chance.” The young girl said.
“I sincerely thank Your Majesty the Empress,” the hideous figure praised, “We have come with the utmost sincerity.”
It casually set up a barrier of isolation.
With this barrier, anyone from the outside attempting to peek would first trigger this barrier.
Thus.
The environment within the barrier was sealed, temporarily separated from the outside world.
The young girl watched quietly, her eyebrows slightly raised, but in the end, she said nothing.
Meanwhile.
In the contestant lounge.
Shen Ye suddenly stood up, walked into the restroom, and closed the door.
A barrier expanded from his hand, isolating the outside world, preventing anyone from detecting the situation inside.
On his left hand.
The vertical pupil of the Swarm Heart opened, making a sound:
“We don’t have much time, we have to speak quickly—”
This was Wanshen’s voice.
It was the leader of the Emperor Species!
“Baxter Paige, we might need your strength now.” Wanshen said.
“What do you need me to do?” Shen Ye asked.
Wanshen spoke quickly: “The Parasitic Empress won’t trust us, these races, after all, we come from other ultimate creations, she only wishes to find a suitable master among humans.”
“And you successfully obtained a human identity—”
“We tested it, and she didn’t suspect you were human in the slightest!”
Shen Ye opened his mouth, then closed it, shaking his head.
It’s better not to explain this matter.
Although his soul was human, his body contained the blood of an Emperor Species.
It was too difficult to explain.
“But I was chosen to participate in the arena battle—as a human, can you believe it?” Shen Ye said in the tone of an Emperor Species.
“Your identity is very well arranged, that’s the most crucial point.” Wanshen praised.
“Did our Emperor Species also participate in the arena battle?” Shen Ye asked.
“The arena battle was forced upon us by her. If we don’t obey, she will kill everything in the wilderness.”
Wanshen’s tone was filled with anger:
“Baxter, wait. For now, just wait quietly.”
“Wait?” Shen Ye asked.
“Yes, the Parasitic Empress is meeting with our envoy, and our envoy is covered in the strongest kind of runic secret art—from the ultimate creation we belong to.”
“This secret art is specifically designed to counter other ultimate creations, which means—”
“We have a chance to kill the Parasitic Empress!”
Shen Ye was stunned, his heart pounding.
Kill the Parasitic Empress.
If it could really be done, how wonderful that would be.
At least he would gain more time to train and cultivate, and strive to improve his strength.
Later, when he faced Baiye Lingwang, he would have more confidence.
Can it really be done?
“Understood, this is an assassination attempt against her, but do we just need to wait?” Shen Ye asked.
“You are our backup plan.” Wanshen said.
“What do you mean by backup?” Shen Ye asked.
Wanshen sighed:
“If this assassination fails, the Parasitic Empress will slaughter all monsters in the wilderness.”
“Everything will die, devoured by her.”
“Rather than that, it’s better to gamble on the backup plan.”
“Now we just need to wait—if our assassination succeeds, the entire multi-layered universe will be ours!”
Shen Ye narrowed his eyes, saying nothing more.
What if it failed?
He suddenly had a feeling and looked down.
He saw the Swarm Heart on his left hand begin to change its form.
The entire vertical pupil transformed into a black dot, appearing on Shen Ye’s palm.
Tiny glowing words then appeared:
“You can now use the special truth artifact:”
“Spear that pierces the cerulean sky (shadow).”
“Description: You are not qualified to know all its secrets, but you have been granted permission to temporarily house its shadow, for one time only.”
“Usage: You are merely its storage point. It will not respond to your call, nor will it fight for you.”
Shen Ye moved his wrist, clenched his fist, then opened it.
His movements were free.
But he had a vague sense.
A terrifying power, completely beyond his comprehension, lay dormant in his palm.
As long as some force summoned it, it would appear in his hand.
It could destroy any designated object!
“Do you think this weapon is terrifying? Don’t worry, its concealment ability is even stronger than mine.”
Wanshen’s voice sounded again.
“If I need to act, what should I do?” Shen Ye asked.
“You don’t need to do anything—neither you nor the spear will be exposed. Instead, I need to find an opportunity to get close to her.” Wanshen said.
“Understood,” Shen Ye said.
He clenched his fist, waiting quietly.
Everything became still.
Only waiting.
Waiting—
For the success of this assassination.
Or its failure.
Time passed by second by second.
There was no movement.
But Shen Ye became involuntarily nervous.
After all, this was an assassination that concerned the fate of the entire multi-layered universe!
Time seemed to stretch endlessly.
Until—
The entire skyscraper shook.
The barrier covering the surroundings trembled and then suddenly disappeared.
“Are you still there?”
Shen Ye whispered.
No response.
Wanshen’s voice no longer sounded.
—The call ended.
Did something go wrong?
Or had the assassination of the Parasitic Empress already concluded?
A clamor of noise sounded from outside.
Shen Ye pushed open the restroom door.
No one was outside anymore.
What happened?
Shen Ye quickly walked out of the restroom and saw professionals constantly appearing outside, flying upwards.
He then flew out through an open glass window, following the crowd as they flew upwards.
He kept flying.
He flew to the top floor of the skyscraper.
The roof of this floor had been completely torn off.
A secret room was exposed before everyone’s eyes.
In this secret room, a young girl was impaled through the head by a black, glowing, sharp spear, hanging on the wall, motionless.
Su Su!
She was killed here!
So—
The assassination succeeded?
“It succeeded.”
A series of joyful voices came from the Swarm Heart.
The Parasitic Empress was killed?
A feeling of disbelief surfaced in Shen Ye’s heart, and he relaxed.
Although—
The monsters of the Cosmic Council came from another ultimate creation.
They were pursuers targeting the multi-layered universe.
But—
They were always individual entities, and each one was merely a sentient being.
The pressure they exerted was limited.
In that case, the situation had completely changed.
He had to find a way—
“Heh.”
The voice sounded as if it was mocking something.
Shen Ye’s entire body stiffened.
In the midst of a deathly silence.
This voice made the scene clamorous.
“Quick, find a way to save her!”
“This is impossible—she’s still alive! Who’s a healer? Try to save her!”
“But how do we save her? That spear went right through her head!”
The surrounding voices were chaotic and boisterous.
Shen Ye’s heart slowly sank to the bottom, and he instinctively looked at the young girl.
The young girl, who should have been dead, opened her eyes.
The spear that had pierced her head seemed to sense a change and began to tremble violently.
The young girl.
Reached out.
And tightly clutched the spear.
She stared at the spearhead on her forehead, her eyes filled with hysterical madness, yet her tone was remarkably calm:
“A secret art of destruction meant to deal with the multi-layered universe, used on me, no less.”
“Truly—”
“Overwhelming.”
Clang.
The black spear was pulled out by her and, with a forceful squeeze, shattered into tiny pieces.
The spear dissipated like boundless shadows!
The blood hole on the young girl’s head gradually healed.
At this very moment—
“She’s not dead, but she should be seriously wounded. Now it’s our turn!”
Wanshen said resolutely.
Its voice echoed in Shen Ye’s mind.
Shen Ye immediately realized something.
Yes.
He was the storage point for the weapon.
So.
The one using the weapon was Wanshen.
Where was it?
It was about to act!
Shen Ye felt a slight tremor in the black dot on his hand, as if it was sensing something.
However, in the next instant—
The young girl raised her hand and grabbed at the void.
A humanoid monster was snatched out, trembling uncontrollably, yet unable to move a single inch.
It was Wanshen!
Shen Ye felt his hand lighten.
Wanshen’s hand instantly gained a black shadow of a long spear!
“Die!”
“Go to hell!”
Both the young girl and Wanshen cried out in unison.
A purple light erupted from her hand, turning into a fierce beam of light sweeping across the sky.
Within this beam, countless sharp black shadows moved against the light, piercing through the young girl’s body in an instant.
Light and shadow both vanished into nothingness.
However, the destructive fissures they carved in the void lingered, unable to heal for a long time.
Shen Ye suddenly heard mournful cries in his ears.
It was the Emperor Species weeping for Wanshen.
In that last strike, Wanshen was thoroughly destroyed, not even leaving behind a corpse!
As for the Parasitic Empress—
Shen Ye looked at the young girl, only to see her chest pierced by a black spear.
The spear continuously emitted twisting black shadows, like mutated lightning, constantly destroying the young girl’s body.
“Mmmmmm—”
The young girl let out a painful groan, her body covered in countless紋 patterns, as if resisting the spear with all her might.
“Watch out!” someone cried.
Several professionals closer to the young girl were affected by the black shadows and instantly turned to ash.
The other professionals quickly retreated.
Shen Ye narrowed his eyes at the radiating black shadows, clenched his fist, then quickly released it.
—He did have a Truth Tier 12 battle armor.
But he didn’t have such high-level offensive methods!
In this kind of battle, even if he charged forward, he wouldn’t be able to inflict decisive damage on the young girl!
So, it was better to retreat.
As he was about to retreat with the others, a cold voice suddenly sounded in his ear:
“Once more.”
“Quick! She’s about to die—”
“I allow you to summon my shadow and kill her again!”
Shen Ye was stunned, looking down, he saw the black dot in his palm had re-formed.
A line of faint glowing words appeared:
“It allows you to use its power, for one time only!”
The spear allowed him to use it!
Do it or not?
Do it!
As long as the Parasitic Empress was killed, all humans here would be safe.
The multi-layered universe would also be safe.
Go, kill her!
Shen Ye gritted his teeth, about to summon the Truth Tier 12 battle armor, but he saw a change in the field again.
The young girl gripped the spear in her chest tightly, gasped a few times, then suddenly cried out loudly:
“My servants, it’s time to break free from those monsters!”
“—I need your protection!” The void opened on both sides.
A woman in full crimson battle armor and a man holding a black book appeared simultaneously beside the young girl.
As soon as the two appeared, many professionals in mid-air quickly retreated, some even flying into the distant sky.
Professionals who didn’t understand the situation remained stunned in mid-air.
But in the next moment.
They uncontrollably fell to the ground.
—People had lost the power of flight!
Thuds echoed from the ground.
Indeed, as high-level professionals, they wouldn’t die from such a fall.
But people lay prostrate on the ground, unable to even stand up.
Shen Ye looked around.
There weren’t many professionals left who could still float in mid-air.
Several lines of tiny glowing words then appeared:
“Only professionals with exceptionally strong spiritual power can remain unaffected by the dragon’s intimidation.”
“Not only is your spiritual power strong, but you have also participated in dragon slaying.”
“You are immune to the effects of dragon might.”
Shen Ye slowly unclenched his fist.
These two were dragons?
The feeling they gave off was much stronger than that red-robed dragon!
The Parasitic Empress actually had such protectors.
In that case, even if he had that spear, he wouldn’t be able to get close to her.
That cold voice sounded again:
“No problem—summon me immediately, I’ll take you over there, she’ll die with just one more strike!”
Shen Ye said nothing.
He had already decided to kill the Parasitic Empress.
But rushing up recklessly, regardless of whether he could kill her, he would definitely be finished.
He had to find a suitable moment…
He stared intently at the scene.
He saw the two dragons glance around at the professionals, then withdrew their gazes.
The woman drew a massive blade, remaining vigilant.
The man, however, walked beside the Parasitic Empress, bowed elegantly, and began to speak.
“Your Majesty, you should know that my price is very high.”
“You want to kill me too?” The young girl sneered, “Believe it or not, the moment I die, I can kill all of you!”
“Of course I believe you—but I hope for a good reward.” The man said.
“The通道 was once open.” The Parasitic Empress said.
The man shook his head, “I don’t believe it, unless you can say—”
He stopped mid-sentence, his gaze serious as he looked at the Parasitic Empress.
The Parasitic Empress held the spear with both hands, forcefully pulling it out from her chest.
A sudden change occurred—
The two dragon-kin simultaneously approached the young girl, drawing their weapons.
“Good opportunity, you go too!”
That cold voice rang in Shen Ye’s ears.
But Shen Ye had already moved first.
His figure flashed, soaring through the sky, about to catch up with the two dragon-kin.
The three acted simultaneously!
But at this moment, the young girl suddenly spoke a sentence:
“Five continents, four oceans.”
Six words.
Shen Ye’s blood almost solidified.
In a flash, he didn’t have time to think about anything, not even to summon the spear—
He reached for his knife, but it was still under the tombstone, not yet revived.
He wanted to use the truth entry, but he couldn’t explain the origin of the entry.
There was no other way.
Shen Ye landed in front of the young girl, shielding her behind him, and shouted loudly:
“Everyone, help! These two guys are not human, they want to kill our people!”
A fiery red large saber was drawn out and held in front of him.
Flames ignited on the blade.
—Cloud Shadow Blade!
The two dragons stopped.
The young girl also paused, stunned.
The crowd in the distance erupted in clamor.
The strongest professionals cautiously approached.
The spear in Shen Ye’s ear furiously roared:
“You traitor, you are unworthy of the noble bloodline of the Emperor Species!”
Shen Ye feigned deafness, carefully maintaining his vigilance.
Just now, the young girl had spoken that sentence.
The two dragon-kin also stopped.
The man even stared at Shen Ye for a moment and then said:
“Why do you want to save her?”
“We humans are very united, aren’t we, Su Su?” Shen Ye said.
Humans.
Very united.
The expressions of the two dragons changed somewhat.
This young man regarded the Parasitic Empress as a human companion.
Looking at his aura fluctuations, he was only at the eighteenth level of the Law Realm.
Such strength, yet he dared to step forward!
“Your Majesty, is this one of your subjects?” asked the dragon-kin woman.
The young girl remained silent.
But two words, “Blood Emperor,” suddenly appeared above Shen Ye’s head.
With these two words, he was a human being in the process of being chosen.
—He was her subject.
Definitely not the assassin companion who had infiltrated the human city with the monster envoy just now.
“Should I call you foolish, or overconfident?”
The dragon-kin man looked at Shen Ye and couldn’t help but sigh.
He put away his crescent-shaped weapon.
The dragon-kin woman, however, said, “He’s somewhat loyal; that’s a valuable human quality.”
“She’s from our squad, one of us. That’s not called loyalty,” Shen Ye explained.
He shouldn’t have explained; as soon as he did, the two dragons opposite him showed mocking smiles.
“Don’t tell me, you must have fallen for his ‘trending idol’ act to have such a good impression of him.” The dragon-kin man said.
“But he stood up.” The dragon-kin woman argued.
“Stood up? Hmph, I initially thought he was going to assassinate the Empress.” The dragon-kin man said.
“Just him?” The dragon-kin woman said.
The dragon-kin man stopped speaking.
Law Realm eighteenth level, truly impossible.
Impossible even in dreams.
Meanwhile, the young girl had silently crushed the Shadow Spear.
The blood hole in her chest gradually healed.
Boom—
An endless aura erupted from her body.
The powerful energy fluctuations scattered the clouds in the sky, and everyone was continuously blown backward.
“You’ve recovered?”
The dragon-kin man said.
“It was just a shadow of that spear. It would have difficulty killing you, let alone me?” The young girl said disdainfully.
“That’s true.”
The dragon-kin man nodded, but his gaze remained fixed on the young girl.
The young girl, however, stopped speaking to him and instead reached out and patted Shen Ye’s shoulder.
“Follow me.”
She took Shen Ye’s hand and stepped into the void, disappearing.
At the last moment.
Shen Ye looked back and saw the two dragon-kin staring at the young girl, their expressions thoughtful.
…
The void opened.
The young girl led Shen Ye into a cave.
“Those two temporarily reached an agreement with me, wanting to learn the ultimate secret from me, so they didn’t attack.”
The young girl said.
“The ultimate secret? I didn’t see you say anything.”
Shen Ye looked around, then looked at the young girl and said, “Alright, since you have such spatial teleportation abilities, you should have no problem surviving. I still need to go back and prepare for tomorrow’s arena battle.”
“There will be no more arena battles.” The young girl shook her head, looking at him with gentle eyes.
“What do you mean?” Shen Ye was puzzled.
“Actually, I’m seriously injured, but those two dragons can’t know about it—”
“Don’t ask about what I’m about to say, just remember it.”
“You must remember it, even memorize it!”
The young girl spoke quickly:
“The multi-layered universe’s infinite consumption ability has finally reached a terrifying degree.”
“At the end of that great war, it shattered the barrier of the truth void, almost reaching an eternal unknown.”
“But the barrier closed in an instant.”
“The only clue is ‘five continents, four oceans,’ which is said to be a characteristic of something on the other side of the barrier.”
“In that battle, the defeat of the multi-layered universe caused all ultimate creations to let it go.”
“But I didn’t!”
“Only I sensed the changes in the multi-layered universe and, through the ultimate divination art, learned one thing—”
“The multi-layered universe will be somewhat different after this, and a gatekeeper will eventually be born in the multi-layered universe.”
“He is not the gatekeeper of the multi-layered universe.”
“—He is the gatekeeper of ‘reality’.”
“This gatekeeper guards the passage leading to the ‘other side of the barrier’!”
“So I’ve been waiting here.”
Shen Ye listened with a blank expression. He moved his mouth, about to speak, but the young girl waved her hand to stop him.
“Did you remember it all?” The young girl asked.
“I remember it, but what do these words mean?” Shen Ye asked.
“There’s no need to care about its meaning—as long as this secret is known to you, it’s no longer an ultimate secret.”
“It has become impossible for the dragons to perceive me or search for me through their ultimate secret seeking art.”
The young girl seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
“I’m severely wounded and about to fall into a coma.”
“The dragons are not to be trusted.”
“You watch over me—I’ll find you if anything happens.”
After the young girl finished speaking, she swayed and fell to the ground.
Her aura instantly changed from extremely powerful to completely weak.
—She had truly fallen into a coma this time!
Shen Ye silently watched the collapsed young girl.
It seemed she had been feigning all along in front of the dragons.
Suddenly.
That cold voice sounded again:
“Do it, kill her!”
“This is an excellent opportunity, she has no way to defend herself!”
“Summon me quickly!”
Shen Ye glanced at the restless black dot in his palm, his face devoid of expression as he ignored the other party’s words.
He picked up the young girl and placed her on a relatively flat stone platform.
Then he silently walked to the mouth of the cave, vigilantly watching his surroundings.
Behind him.
The young girl opened her eyes, then closed them again.
Shen Ye seemed oblivious.
At this moment.
The voice in his ear, clamoring for him to act, also disappeared.
Only him.
He stood quietly in the darkness, guarding everything.
At a certain moment.
He sighed silently.
—The Parasitic Empress thought he didn’t understand that ultimate secret.
No one else would understand it either.
Not even the multi-layered universe, all beings, or ultimate creations would understand.
Even the Parasitic Empress herself didn’t know what ‘reality’ was.
But he knew.
Only.
He knew.
There was no other person, no other being, who knew this secret.
A long time ago—
When he first arrived in this world—
This secret was born.
Shen Ye slightly closed his eyes.
In his perception, on the “door” formed by his abilities, there was a contract.
That very first contract.
The parties to the contract were:
“The Fifth Combat Squad Field Registrar of the Skeleton Army under Miktecatihuan, Mother of Gloomy Skeletons, King of Ghouls, and Defeated Lord of the Underworld.”
And—
“The human who conquered the curse of myriad fallen devils, gatekeeper of nightmares and reality, controller of the sole two-world space.”
Yes.
At that time, he was already the gatekeeper.
He just didn’t know it.
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