Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 498

On the other side.

In the real world.

Shen Ye’s gaze remained fixed on the void.

The Eternal Brain opened up everything it had, like God, like the Great Dao, explaining everything with compassion.

Shen Ye gradually found it difficult to comprehend.

So he did something.

“Activate the Emperor Species bloodline, increasing all attributes by 200 points.”

“Invest all 200 free attribute points into resonance, resulting in a total resonance value of 700.”

The secrets of the Eternal Brain suddenly became clear.

There were some… corrupted parts that gradually expanded over the long years, gaining self-awareness.

They were eroding and changing the Eternal Brain.

This was the origin of the monsters.

But it was much more than that…

Shen Ye was about to investigate further when a tingling pain shot through his palm.

All resonance illusions vanished.

He suddenly awoke.

Looking down, there was a bloodline on his palm.

This was…

A reminder from fate divination.

What happened?

He looked toward the distance.

The Young Girl was punching the motionless demon king with all her might.

It was time to end it.

Shen Ye walked over, pulled out the bone blade stuck in the ground, and gently swung it at the demon king.

“Damn it, we’ll remember you.”

The demon king snarled, his body splitting in two and falling to the ground.

The battle ended.

The Young Girl paused, then looked back at Shen Ye.

“Time is money, my friend.”

Shen Ye sheathed the bone blade, his gaze fixed on the corpse on the ground, then looked into the deep darkness.

Strange.

Nothing unusual.

What exactly went wrong?

The Young Girl remained silent for a breath, then took out her phone and dialed a number.

“Hello, are you guys done over there?”

“What? Heavy casualties? How many enemies?”

“Eight demonic soldier-level beings… and this caused heavy casualties?”

She hung up the phone and said urgently:

“Major General Shen, we need to go support them!”

“Where?” Shen Ye asked.

“West Suburb!” the Young Girl said.

Shen Ye said, “Did you hear that, West Suburb.”

As he spoke, he threw the bone blade in his hand like a javelin towards the west.

The bone blade pierced through the roof and disappeared in an instant.

The Young Girl stared at him blankly.

The next second.

Her phone suddenly rang.

“What? A giant dragon came… and saved you?”

The Young Girl covered her mouth with her hand, saying in disbelief.

She looked at Shen Ye.

Shen Ye, however, sighed and regretfully shook his head:

“Since there was a dragon, my flying knife wouldn’t have been needed.”

He stretched out his hand and gently beckoned.

The bone blade flew back, piercing through the roof.

It was still a knife.

There was no dragon at all.

The Young Girl inexplicably felt relieved.

If a knife could transform into a giant dragon, that would be too much to imagine.

Thankfully.

It seemed another powerful expert had intervened.

“So, the mission is complete?” Shen Ye asked.

“Ah… yes! It’s complete!”

The Young Girl quickly responded.

Shen Ye looked into the void and indeed saw faint glowing words appear.

The third mission had appeared.

—As long as he completed this mission, he could be promoted to “Dragon Tiger Daoist.”

In that case, his strength would increase once again!

However—

He always had a strong sense of foreboding.

“Then I’ll be going first, contact me if anything comes up.”

Shen Ye finished speaking, and his figure blurred, vanishing.

Only the Young Girl remained standing there, stunned.

“What kind of person is this…?”

After a while.

She put down her phone, murmuring absently:

“Simply terrifyingly strong.”

…

On the other side.

True Void.

Multi-layered universe, dead planet.

Inside the underground palace.

“Normally, as long as the sacrifice ritual is continuously performed, the great being can gain power,” Shen Ye said.

“But after we returned, we haven’t sacrificed for a while,” Valkyrie said.

She and Shen Ye exchanged glances, both feeling a little guilty.

Chatelet spoke, “It’s already in an extremely disadvantageous situation. If we sacrifice, it might still hold on, but there’s a problem.”

“What problem?” Shen Ye asked.

“The sacrifice channel is open, and the enemy can also use this channel to attack us,” Chatelet said.

Everyone fell silent.

No sacrifice.

The great being wouldn’t hold on and would die.

Sacrifice.

They would face an attack.

“Let’s sacrifice anyway.”

Shen Ye made the decision.

“Say ‘let’s sacrifice,’ not ‘let’s sacrifice anyway’,” Valkyrie corrected.

“Reason?” Terminator Lord asked.

“In my understanding, a triangular relationship formed by three forces is the most stable. Once broken, a winner and loser will be determined.”

Shen Ye continued, “Once this great being dies, both the Boat of Chaos and the Night King are very likely to come trouble us.”

“Saving it is saving ourselves.”

Valkyrie and Terminator Lord nodded together.

Valkyrie had also been trapped on the boat, and Terminator Lord had even made a special trip to rescue her.

Everyone clearly understood one thing—

If the Night King won, he definitely wouldn’t let Valkyrie and Shen Ye off the hook!

Even the boat itself had grievances with the two of them.

Chatelet asked solemnly:

“Is this great being reliable? What if after we sacrifice to it, it turns against us?”

“It has accepted the Night King’s sacrifices for hundreds of millions of years and was extremely annoyed, but precisely because the Night King was its follower, it never made a move, and even proactively left,” Shen Ye said.

“Ah, in that case, that’s fine.” Chatelet nodded in agreement.

As things stood.

The choice Shen Ye made was the multi-layered universe’s only chance.

—The chance to support that great being in this ultimate creation battle!

Then there was only one question left.

Terminator Lord said:

“If the enemy unleashes ranged attacks through the sacrifice channel, can we withstand it?”

Shen Ye looked uncertainly at Chatelet.

Chatelet glanced at the sacrifice array and explained:

“They cannot come in person, and due to the extreme distance, they can only cast cause-and-effect type spells. If we exert our full strength, we have a certain chance to withstand this wave of attacks.”

“Once the next sacrifice begins, and that great being continues to gain power, the situation will improve.”

“Then let’s begin the sacrifice!” Shen Ye said.

As for the offerings—

He looked at the three of them.

Valkyrie said, “I’ve been imprisoned for too long, I don’t have anything presentable.”

Shen Ye nodded and looked at Terminator Lord.

Terminator Lord coughed lightly and said, “I’ve been imprisoned for so many years, you know.”

That was true.

Shen Ye, however, avoided looking at Chatelet.

—How could he let his girlfriend pay!

He wiped his ring and took out the heavenly materials and earthly treasures from Penglai Immortal Mountain, placing them on the sacrifice array.

Valkyrie activated the sacrifice array.

In an instant.

The great being’s voice boomed:

“Excellent, your sacrifice has restored my power. Now I can barely resist a little.”

“The next sacrifice can begin at any time.”

“I have opened permissions—as long as you allow it, any sentient beings can sacrifice!”

“This will allow me to continuously gain power.”

“But don’t exceed six hours at the latest, otherwise, I’m finished.”

“During this time—”

“You must protect yourselves!”

As the words fell.

The heavenly materials and earthly treasures on the sacrifice array disappeared.

In their place, a surge of dark mist appeared—

It was like a surging tide, flowing through the channel opened by the sacrifice array, transmitted from an extremely distant place.

“Be careful!”

Terminator Lord shouted a warning.

Then, the gray mist rapidly expanded.

One figure after another emerged from the gray mist.

They were Chatelet, Valkyrie, Terminator Lord, and Shen Ye.

Their faces were cold and expressionless, looking like puppets.

However.

The power fluctuations emanating from them were extremely strong.

Shen Ye was startled, then instantly understood, and quickly warned:

“This is the trial of the True Contract on the Boat of Chaos!”

“—We must defeat our other selves, otherwise, we’ll have to hand over our souls and become slaves to that boat!”

At this moment, the sacrifice array completely disappeared, leaving only the identical figures confronting each other.

“Darn it…”

“I’m quite strong, what if we start fighting…”

Valkyrie subtly glanced at Shen Ye.

—Meaning she was afraid the aftermath of the battle would harm Shen Ye.

“Me too,” Terminator Lord chimed in.

He was an expert capable of destroying numerous planets and worlds. If he were to truly fight his other self, who knew how much collateral damage there would be.

Shen Ye was a little annoyed.

—Both of his blades were with the young Shen Ye.

Without even a weapon, how was he supposed to fight?

“It’s fine,” Chatelet said, stepping in front of him, “I’ll handle my other self and your other self. You just focus on protecting yourself.”

Shen Ye, looking displeased, was about to say something when his whole body vibrated.

The three of them simultaneously turned their heads to look at him.

The four puppets opposite also turned their heads to look at him.

—His strength had increased!

That’s right.

From the original eighteenth layer of the Dharma Realm, he had advanced to the nineteenth layer of the Dharma Realm.

Thus—

Everyone looked at the puppet Shen Ye opposite.

It was still at the eighteenth layer of the Dharma Realm.

“Strange, their strength should be identical, why didn’t the one opposite level up?” Terminator Lord asked with a frown.

“Because the sacrifice channel is closed. The multi-layered universe is now a confined environment. The enemy can only send spells in, not adjust spells synchronously,” Chatelet said.

“What a pity,” Valkyrie said, looking at Shen Ye.

Everyone understood.

This “what a pity” meant that Shen Ye’s strength was too weak. Although he was one level stronger than the puppet, he could only defeat his own puppet.

After defeating his own puppet, he couldn’t help others fight!

Because the puppets of the others were too strong!

“I’ll deal with myself first—Shen Ye, after you defeat your own, rest where you are and wait for me to return.”

Chatelet said.

She formed a hand seal, and instantly, she and her other self vanished.

Valkyrie suddenly transformed into a rushing afterimage.

She clashed swords with her puppet, and the two of them pierced through the earth, disappearing instantly.

Terminator Lord cast a spell and vanished with his puppet.

—Only Shen Ye remained.

And his puppet.

Everyone had chosen powerful offensive spells, directly taking their own puppets away to open up new battlefields.

All to protect him.

Shen Ye looked at the puppet, but the puppet remained motionless.

Shen Ye waited for a few breaths, then curiously asked:

“Why aren’t you attacking?”

The puppet slowly assumed a draw-sword stance in place.

—But it had no sword.

Shen Ye looked down at his waist—

No sword either!

The young Shen Ye had taken the “Rain Poison” and “Cloud Shadow” twin blades, so he had no sword to use.

He didn’t expect the puppet to perfectly replicate even this!

—What are you going to fight with?

Shen Ye couldn’t help but laugh.

“That’s right, you definitely don’t have that ability, after all, you can’t even find the multi-layered universe, so you definitely don’t have that ability.”

He muttered to himself, and suddenly swirling grey light flashed in his eyes.

—Eye Technique: Disorder of Truth!

Boom!

The puppet was hit by the Truth Cannon, its shoulder shattering into minced flesh and flying backward.

But it didn’t use any Truth Eye Technique to counterattack!

—Only Shen Ye had the real-time strategic base. The opponent’s replication couldn’t replicate his “door” ability, nor could they similarly become the recognized gatekeeper of nightmares and reality.

—Otherwise, the Boat of Chaos would have directly attacked.

Inferring from this, without the “door” ability, there was naturally no real-time strategic base.

So how could it fight Shen Ye?

Seeing that he was about to defeat the puppet, Shen Ye couldn’t help but sigh.

“Oh, my other self, hurry up and get stronger.”

“Making girls worry about how to protect me, it’s really…”

As he was thinking, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his palm without warning.

He looked at his hand to see a deep gash, bone-deep, as if something had cut it.

—No.

This wasn’t a cut.

This must be a fated line!

A bloodline.

It represented—

Shen Ye wiped his ring without hesitation, releasing his full set of “Armor of the Multi-layered Universe Lord” and putting it on.

The next second.

An unparalleled attack struck.

Boom—

Shen Ye was sent flying, then grabbed back mid-air, held high by a hand.

“Not dead?”

A cold voice sounded.

—Night King.

No.

This Night King looked blank, his voice empty and emotionless.

It was its puppet!

Shen Ye understood in an instant.

“You two… teamed up?”

He asked with difficulty.

It should be that—

The Boat of Chaos, following the sacrifice ritual, released puppets to attack everyone.

Everyone, fearing for Shen Ye’s safety, took their respective puppets away to fight elsewhere.

Shen Ye was alone here.

The Night King’s puppet hid in the shadows, seizing the opportunity to attack, hoping to kill him in one blow.

What a venomous scheme! What a ruthless method!

If not for “Fate Divination” instantly activating its protective warning, Shen Ye would have been hard-pressed to deal with it!

The Night King puppet remained silent.

It grabbed Shen Ye with one hand, drew a long spear with the other, and a voice erupted from its body:

“Pitiful mortal, when you hear these words, you will die.”

“How about that?”

“Didn’t expect it, did you? Even if I’m not in front of you, I can take your life.”

“Enjoy the fear and despair of death.”

This was the Night King’s voice!

He hadn’t expected it to place a voice recording on the puppet, just to taunt Shen Ye before his death.

As the voice sounded, the puppet gripped the spear tightly and aimed it at Shen Ye’s head.

—It was about to attack!

But at this moment, Shen Ye suddenly spread his arms.

Behind him, a majestic and mysterious tall building abruptly appeared.

The third building, the Court of Justice!

Clang!

The Night King was suddenly brought in, and the spear in its hand fell to the ground.

Shen Ye landed on the ground but didn’t call for help.

Firstly, everyone else was facing their own puppets. If he called for help and they became distracted, he didn’t know if they could win.

Secondly, the Night King’s power was beyond imagination.

Shen Ye wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

That previous blow, despite being defended by the Tier 12 True Armor, had still left him with serious injuries.

That blow was at least on par with Tier 12 True Power!

—The Night King was not at Tier 8 True Power at all!

Shen Ye’s heart slowly sank.

In that case, none of the people here were its match.

He really hadn’t expected it.

The Boat of Chaos and the Night King had teamed up!

What to do?

Shen Ye reached out and caught a ball of light.

Faint glowing words then appeared:

“You actually withstood an attack from the Night King without dying, and it was a sneak attack at that.”

“Almost no one has ever done this.”

“Your fame will spread across numerous True Void creations. People will refer to you as ‘he actually survived’!”

“Your keyword ‘Vampire Old Gramps’ has accordingly leveled up by one.”

“Currently, you have obtained a new keyword ‘Vampire Great Sire’.”

“Combat keyword, super primordial level, True Tier 7.”

“Description: You can extract elements from a target and fuse them, an unlimited number of times, but the prerequisite is continuous combat or contact.”

“Currently, you have extracted the element ‘Disorder: Elemental Essence’ from the Night King puppet.”

Shen Ye didn’t hesitate to integrate this element into the building:

The Truth Cannon.

—This cannon had once absorbed the “Disorder” element.

Now that it had acquired this element again, and an “essence” at that, it naturally integrated it into this building once more.

A line of faint glowing words appeared.

“The power of the Truth Cannon has increased.”

Shen Ye didn’t bother to look, instead glancing at the Court of Justice.

The Night King puppet was locked in the Court of Justice, but it couldn’t be held.

It was destroying the cells of the Court of Justice one by one.

The entire building could collapse at any moment!

…He simply couldn’t beat it.

What to do?

With the strength of this puppet, it was enough to kill everyone!

Shen Ye took a deep breath, activated his Emperor Species bloodline, and then transformed into a giant dragon.

Faint glowing words immediately popped up:

“Activating Emperor Species bloodline, all attributes +200 points.”

“Borrowing the power of the Spirit Beast to transform into a dragon, all attributes +400 points.”

“Your total attributes have reached 1100 points.”

Not enough!

To survive now, he needed to find a way to become stronger!

A door suddenly appeared in the void.

“Still came back.”

The Young Shen Ye sighed.

Indeed, although it might expose him, he couldn’t worry about that now.

Life was more important!

The Young Shen Ye pushed open the door and stepped out, then fell and fused with the Boy Shen Ye.

—Shen Ye: Super!

Lines of faint glowing words frantically refreshed:

“The two of you have fused into one, in a ‘self-overclocking’ manner, granting you the combined total attributes and abilities of both.”

“Current total attributes have reached 2200 points!”

“Your strength has temporarily increased to the twenty-eighth layer of the Dharma Realm.”

“With these total attributes, you can use the true ‘Heaven-Shaking Art’!”

“—This is the first ultimate power evolved from the re-creation of the universe after countless evolutions of the multi-layered universe!”

A rumbling sound rang out.

Inside the real-time strategic base, the Court of Justice building quickly collapsed.

The Night King puppet appeared in the ruins.

It looked at Shen Ye.

Shen Ye surveyed his surroundings and coldly said, “Don’t mess up my home, come with me, let’s have a proper showdown.”

Before the other party could react, he retreated backward, pushed open the immovable property door, and walked out.

The Night King puppet stood dumbfounded for a few breaths, then walked out of the ruins of the building, followed him, pushed open the door, and walked out.

The door closed.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

The door opened again.

Shen Ye walked back.

“Smack!”

He clapped his Tier 12 True Armor, putting it away.

“Finally handled it.”

Shen Ye: Super split into two people again.

The Young Shen Ye turned to open the door and leave, but was stopped by the Boy Shen Ye.

“Leave that Cloud Shadow blade for me—otherwise, I won’t even have a weapon.”

“Alright.”

The Young Shen Ye left the blade, originally wanting more gold or something, but then remembered the ascetic mission—

It seemed like money was useless anyway!

He couldn’t carry money on him.

“I’ll go back and continue taking missions to level up. Be careful here,” the Young Shen Ye said.

“Go ahead, I urgently need to get stronger now!” the Boy Shen Ye said.