Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 509
byIn the void of truth.
A massive metal ship drifted in an endless black river.
The metal ship constantly tried to escape the river area.
However.
The river seemed to possess magic; no matter which direction the ship sailed, the river quickly followed, enveloping it in its current.
The ship.
It remained trapped.
“Still not leaving?”
Shen Ye murmured to himself.
—Currently, both the Scepter of Decay and the Ark of Chaos were without owners, unable to unleash their ultimate powers.
Yet, he and Charlotte could work together to unleash three ultimate techniques!
Wouldn’t that effortlessly crush them?
But—
The encirclement remained.
The black river surrounded the Ark of Chaos, seemingly ready to unleash an attack at any moment.
This was interesting.
“Hey, if it won’t leave, you figure something out.”
The voice of the Ark of Chaos rang out.
“Why do I always have to figure things out? You think of something too,” Shen Ye grumbled.
Yes.
He had destroyed many puppet masters of the Scepter of Decay.
But—
Who knew how many masters the Scepter of Decay truly had?
Putting himself in their shoes.
If he were the Scepter of Decay.
Before going into battle, he would likely leave one or two puppet masters hidden in the shadows.
This was to ensure that if other puppet masters were killed, there would still be puppets available.
If he could think of this point.
Could the Scepter of Decay truly be a simpleton who couldn’t?
He shouldn’t underestimate them.
Suddenly.
The Ark of Chaos shot into the sky, flying towards the distant, dark void.
The black river pursued closely.
The void ahead vanished, transforming into an endless river of darkness.
The voice of the Ark of Chaos rang out again:
“Damn it, I can’t escape! Do you have any ideas? You’re trapped too, you know.”
Shen Ye looked at the black river outside the ship and quickly formed a hand seal.
Heaven-Shaking Art!
An invisible wave of power emanated from his hand, striking the black river.
Boom—
With a deafening roar, the water exploded, surging thousands of feet high, forming a rain.
The three women behind Shen Ye all acted.
Invisible waves formed a transparent defensive barrier, repelling the black rain.
The Ark of Chaos also unleashed a powerful repulsive force field.
The black raindrops couldn’t stay on the ship’s surface, flowing down the deck and returning to the black river.
—Attacking was useless!
How could this be?
“Be careful, it can defend against your Heaven-Shaking Art, proving there must be other puppet masters, otherwise its defensive power wouldn’t be so strong!”
Charlotte’s telepathic message came.
Shen Ye had anticipated this and couldn’t help but ask:
“Since the Scepter of Decay still has puppet masters, why isn’t it attacking?”
Charlotte’s tone was peculiar: “Once it uses an ultimate technique, its other masters will inevitably expose themselves—I suspect it’s wary of you.”
Shen Ye paused, then realized.
Right.
Before, it had shown off, bringing out a whole bunch of masters.
But he had sent them all away.
If it exposed its remaining masters, and they were sent away again—
Wouldn’t that be digging its own grave?
At this thought, Shen Ye suddenly profoundly grasped the Scepter of Decay’s weakness.
Perhaps the Scepter of Decay had never discovered it before.
During the battle, neither he nor Charlotte realized this weakness either.
But.
At this moment, Shen Ye was the first to realize it.
“Charlotte.”
He spoke.
“What?” Charlotte asked.
“The ultimate creation manufacturing a group of puppet masters has a natural, fatal flaw, or rather, an irreparable weakness,” Shen Ye said.
“What is this fatal flaw?” Charlotte asked.
“The puppet masters are bound, unable to defend themselves!”
“…So that’s it.”
Charlotte’s heart trembled.
Recalling carefully.
Indeed, when Shen Ye had made his move before, he hadn’t encountered any resistance.
Because those puppet humans were entangled with threads, under the control of the Scepter of Decay.
They were bound.
—Of course, they couldn’t perform any defense!
That’s right!
With just one confrontation, Shen Ye had identified the opponent’s flaw.
That was the Scepter of Decay.
He spoke about it as if it held no secrets.
Shen Ye.
With his talent, he could absolutely adapt to ultimate creation battles!
He was born for such extremely complex and terrifying battles!
The three women exchanged glances, then all looked at Shen Ye.
If…
If he were to do that thing… perhaps it could really work?
Shen Ye, however, didn’t know what Charlotte’s personalities were thinking.
He gazed at the black surface of the river, murmuring:
“Perhaps it sensed that it had lost that batch of puppet masters, perhaps it already understood what just happened.”
“But it doesn’t understand why I didn’t die.”
Charlotte interjected: “Yes, you were clearly transmitted to that destructive world, so why are you standing here alive?”
“It won’t attack if it can’t figure this out.”
Shen Ye fell into deep thought.
Things had come to this, and the opponent dared not make a move.
Staying here had lost its meaning.
—Why should I waste my time here with you?
He jumped onto the railings at the edge of the ship, crouching there, and said to the black river:
“Hey, release that seventeenth-tier big shot.”
“You release it, and we’ll have no issues between us. If you don’t, I’ll kill all your puppets.”
The black river surged endlessly, letting out roars.
Shen Ye’s lips curled into a slight smile.
—To deal with such a character, one must never show weakness, or even adopt a defensive stance.
One must make it fearful.
“Are you going to release it or not?” he asked loudly.
The river did not respond.
Shen Ye chuckled, then uttered a low cry, “Door.”
The Gate of Heaven immediately appeared.
He lifted the Gate of Heaven, twisted the doorknob, and aimed it at the black river—
Boom!!!
Infinite dark purple rays surged out, instantly penetrating the black river.
Catastrophe of Destruction, Rays of Destruction.
Unlike before, the power of these rays was stronger this time!
After all, with the White Night Spirit King on the other side of the barrier, it could last longer than ordinary puppets!
The longer it lasted, the more powerful the catastrophe!
The door.
Shen Ye held it high, wielding it with the Art of Enduring Hatred!
In an instant.
Countless rays of destruction carved hundreds of cracks into the black river.
“Look!”
Shen Ye shouted.
Only to see a figure appear within the door.
The White Night Spirit King!
It clawed at the door, willing to be pierced by the destructive rays through Shen Ye, desperately trying to get through the door and back to this side.
But it was no use.
The Gate of Heaven had already upgraded to the Gate of Soul Communication.
Only targets chosen by Shen Ye could pass through this gate!
The White Night Spirit King gradually realized this.
It struggled, twisting its body, trying to move away from the door, to escape to the side.
But it was too late.
Extremely powerful destructive rays penetrated its body.
“No… it shouldn’t be like this…”
“I am the true master of the Scepter of Decay…”
The White Night Spirit King let out an unwilling roar.
Amidst these roars, its body was completely destroyed by the destructive rays, gradually turning into nothingness.
It died.
The obstacle blocking the door disappeared, and for a time, more destructive rays passed through the door, surging towards the black river.
The black river finally couldn’t hold back.
It transformed into an endless forest of black spears, launching a volley at Shen Ye.
“Ark of Chaos!”
Shen Ye shouted.
The massive Ark of Chaos immediately churned, displaying unprecedented agility.
Clang clang ding ding clang clang!
The metal ship’s hull blocked the raining spears, and even released a tremendous force of truth, forming cannonballs in mid-air, blasting towards the black water.
Shen Ye sneered softly.
That’s more like it!
You, a third-ranked ultimate creation, attacked by the second-ranked Scepter of Decay, meekly hiding behind, relying entirely on the multiverse and its master.
If this got out, how would you ever show your face again?
Explosions echoed continuously on the river.
The Ark of Chaos was starting to exert its power!
Its sides extended with dense cannon barrels, aimed at the black river, continuously firing shells.
Shen Ye, meanwhile, wielded the door, creating layer upon layer of destructive rays.
Under their combined efforts, the black river trembled incessantly.
“Listen up!”
Shen Ye shouted:
“I’ll count to ten. If you don’t release him, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
“Ten!”
“Nine!”
“Eight!”
Shen Ye called out one count after another.
The black river seemed to freeze, falling into complete silence amidst his counting.
At the same time.
Within Shen Ye’s Dharma Idol, Annie quietly formed a hand seal, working with Shen Ye to cast a basic version of the Heaven-Reaching Art.
Tiny glowing words quickly appeared:
“You have cast the Heaven-Reaching Art on your own tombstone.”
“The spell represented by this tombstone is now skipping its lengthy accumulation phase and entering its final conclusive stage.”
Indeed, a pillar of light shot up from the tombstone.
Immediately after.
A hand reached out from underground, pushing open the tombstone.
That familiar figure soared into the sky, then slowly descended to the ground.
Young Shen Ye!
Having skipped the lengthy stage of resurrection with the Heaven-Reaching Art, he had been directly resurrected!
“Door.”
Young Shen Ye uttered a low cry.
The Gate of Soul Communication quietly appeared before him.
He was ready to enter the battlefield at any moment!
All preparations were complete!
“Three!”
“Two!”
“One!”
Young Shen Ye’s voice stopped.
He slowly stood up from the railing, a smile on his face, and said:
“You’re sure you’re not letting him go, are you?”
As his voice fell.
Voices echoed in his ears:
“What exactly are you doing?” Ark of Chaos.
“How do we fight?” Charlotte.
“How do we deal with the enemy? I’m ready to strike at any moment.” Lan Xi, Pe’a Suo, Annie said in unison.
No one knew Shen Ye’s plan.
—And the Scepter of Decay knew even less.
Everyone’s heart was hanging.
The door opened.
Young Shen Ye walked out and declared loudly:
“Ark of Chaos, I have personally come to participate in your contract trial. Be prepared.”
“Once I become your master, I will unleash your full power!”
His voice carried far across the river.
In just a few breaths.
Everyone understood what was happening.
—As long as the Ark of Chaos also had a master, then a situation of two “Wielders” besieging one “Wielder” would be formed.
And these two masters could both fight and escape, possessing considerable combat strength.
While the Scepter of Decay’s masters were merely puppets.
The puppets had to obey the Scepter in everything, not only lacking any combat ability themselves but also unable to defend against the other side’s “door” abilities.
The battle situation would immediately tilt!
Now it depended on whether the Ark of Chaos was willing!
“Don’t think too much, even if you begged me to be your master, I wouldn’t agree—once the battle ends, we immediately sever our relationship!”
Young Shen Ye declared loudly.
At this, the Ark of Chaos no longer hesitated.
It let out a high-pitched, prolonged roar.
—It agreed!
A contract quietly appeared.
But as the contract appeared, a sudden change occurred—
From the black river, a figure suddenly flew out, gently hovering in the void opposite the Ark of Chaos.
This was a man in a black trench coat.
As soon as he appeared, he solemnly bowed to Shen Ye:
“You’ve done well.”
“This also serves as a reminder to me, so I will always remember not to underestimate any enemy.”
Before he finished speaking.
The endless black river quickly converged, forming a black scepter that landed in his hand.
The Scepter of Decay!
“You are?”
Shen Ye asked.
For some reason, a nameless dread filled his heart.
This feeling had appeared before.
But never had it been so despair-inducing as today.
No…
He immediately coalesced into Shen Ye Ultra, raising all his attributes to the maximum.
However, the man opposite him seemed utterly unconcerned.
“I am the true master of the Scepter of Decay—those puppets were an idea of mine; as long as they didn’t die, I could rest.”
“It’s been a long time since anyone made me personally take action.”
The man spoke侃侃而談, without any intent to fight.
Only when his gaze swept over the Ark of Chaos did he show a hint of interest.
“Release that seventeenth-tier grand person, and we’ll be even,” Shen Ye said.
“Are you referring to it?” the man said, waving his hand nonchalantly.
Only then did the seventeenth-tier grand person, bound by black water currents, emerge into mid-air.
“Precisely,” Shen Ye said.
“I cannot give it to you. It is a demon king that has existed for an extremely long time, aware of many things beyond the ‘barrier’,” the man said.
Shen Ye grew wary.
The other party completely refused his terms and even dared to reveal himself at this moment.
Did he have a certain level of confidence?
Then the man brandished the black scepter.
“You might not know—but I will tell you now.”
The man said.
Shen Ye immediately noticed the black scepter.
The Scepter of Decay, ranked second among the twenty-one ultimate creations!
But…
Why did it look so familiar?
No.
He had definitely never seen a scepter of that caliber.
In his memory, something with the same black appearance, covered in countless stars, almost exactly alike—
That was an invitation.
A black invitation.
Shen Ye suddenly remembered something.
He had such an invitation…
Could this actually be related to the Scepter of Decay?
The man spoke again:
“The multiverse was defeated long ago; it was utterly shattered, without any power to resist, and fell into slumber.”
“However, I heard it forcibly evolved a very interesting ‘door’ ability.”
“I once sent a clone into the multiverse to collect ‘door’ abilities, only to find them all useless.”
“And you once received an invitation—it came from my clone.”
“Right.”
“My clone is called the ‘Irresistible Black King,’ or perhaps you could call it the ‘World Destruction Experiencer Clone’—they are all me.”
Shen Ye’s ring suddenly opened.
A black invitation card flew out and floated before him.
—”Irresistible Black King!”
This was the invitation Shen Ye had obtained back then, issued in its name!
The man smiled and continued:
“I can sense it on you, so your fate is already sealed.”
“But before you fall into complete despair, I can tell you a little secret.”
“—In reality, every ‘Wielder’ will receive certain special powers according to their ranking.”
“The reason you don’t have it is that the siege back then completely shattered the multiverse.”
“It’s no longer in the top ten.”
“And as the second-ranked Wielder, the special ability I received is this invitation.”
“It’s called ‘The Irrefusable Invitation’.”
“This is a great art of Truth Tier 20—I’m ranked second, so I can obtain such an art.”
“If I could rank first, I would obtain an unparalleled art of Truth Tier 21.”
“That’s all I’ll say.”
“—This is your reward for defeating so many puppets.”
“Now I invite you to be banished.”
“With this invitation, your contract with the multiverse is severed, and you shall fall into the Tomb of Creation, never to return.”
“Die.”
In an instant.
An immensely powerful oppressive force enveloped Shen Ye, binding him, and was about to transport him away.
This was the power of Truth Tier 20!
Shen Ye felt an emptiness in his heart, as if something had broken.
It was the contract!
From this moment on, his contract with Charlotte was severed!
He looked at Charlotte in his Dharma Idol, seeing her solemn expression, and she quickly said:
“It’s alright, I’ll go with you!”
The man said leisurely: “Are you really going? Multiverse, you must think carefully. If you go to the Tomb of Creation, you won’t be able to return to the void of truth, and you will never recover your strength.”
Charlotte completely ignored him, even retracting her Dharma Idol and merging into Shen Ye’s back.
It seemed she was determined to follow him.
At the very last moment.
Shen Ye broke free and sped away into the distant sky.
He glanced back at the metal ship.
The Ark of Chaos.
“Coming?”
Shen Ye stretched out his hand in mid-air.
A strange power emanated from him, connecting with the Ark of Chaos.
The idiom—
We will meet under the moonlight at Yaochi!
This idiom could pull the other party into his Dharma Idol.
However, an ultimate creation like the Ark of Chaos, if unwilling, could easily break free from the idiom’s influence with a slight struggle.
Whoosh—
In the void.
The Ark of Chaos suddenly disappeared.
It had entered Shen Ye’s Dharma Idol!
Only its anchor soared far into the sky, along the way snagging the bound seventeenth-tier grand person.
The grand person also vanished along with it!
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