Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 594

Chapter 577 – Is This Blade Really That Strong?

The long blade, carved from bamboo, gently fell.

It stuck into the mud in front of Shen Ye.

A cool breeze dispersed silently.

The wind.

Continued to blow.

The bamboo forest rustled, “Whoosh, whoosh.”

Faint glowing words also appeared before Shen Ye’s eyes:

“You activated ‘Petal Scatter,’ washing away everything within the Two Poles Dharma Aspect.”

“Your blade technique did not detect an enemy.”

After a long time.

The wind still hadn’t stopped.

Shen Ye’s expression shifted, and he reached out to grasp the bamboo blade.

“Impressive. To have entered my Dharma Aspect uninvited, and I couldn’t find it at all.”

He praised, a killing intent rising within him.

Charlotte’s voice suddenly rang out:

“No need to rush to act. Prepare yourself; it might be some entity coming to visit you.”

“Visit?” Shen Ye repeated.

“Yes, likely a Void Saint. It’s attempting to descend into your Dharma Aspect,” Charlotte said.

“Without my permission?” Shen Ye asked.

“I must make this clear to you—”

Charlotte solemnly explained, “Void Saints are an entirely different kind of existence. If your strength hasn’t reached that level, don’t even dream of dealing with them.”

“What if they want to kill me?” Shen Ye asked.

“Void Saints won’t easily attack King-level existences, because it’s not worth it,” Charlotte said.

“Not worth it?” Shen Ye didn’t understand.

Charlotte said, “Yes, we’ll soon find out who the visitor is. Actually, I already have a guess…”

Before she finished speaking.

In the void.

A black digit “2” fell first.

2?

Shen Ye was confused.

—If 2 is a Void Saint, then what about 666?

“It is it, indeed.”

Charlotte sighed.

“Who?” Shen Ye asked.

“For example, the Truth of the Truth World, the Eternity of the Eternal World, and the Will of Destruction of the Great Tribulation of Destruction—”

Charlotte solemnly revealed the answer:

“The Saint who presides over time in the myriad realms has arrived.”

“It’s probably because you used a single blade technique to intercept thousands of years of time for your own use, which alerted it.”

As she spoke.

Two ‘0’ digits and a clock face fell from the void.

The two ‘0’ digits vividly formed two eyes, and the ‘2’ formed the nose and mouth.

The clock face framed them, representing a head.

—Is this a Void Saint?

Shen Ye was a bit unsure.

This Saint is too卡通 (cartoony)!

Perhaps knowing what Shen Ye was thinking, Charlotte telepathically transmitted:

“Don’t underestimate it. This is just an avatar of the Time Saint.”

“It’s already quite good that an existence of Saint-level can send an avatar. They usually never show their full form.”

“…Are the myriad realms that trendy?” Shen Ye asked.

“I haven’t been to the myriad realms in too long; I can’t keep up with the current trends anymore,” Charlotte’s tone held a hint of melancholy.

At this moment.

The clock-face avatar spoke:

“Hello, King of Nightmares, I am the master of the Time Saint Realm, and I have come specifically to visit.”

“Welcome! Would you like something to drink?” Shen Ye asked.

“No need. The main reason is that your blade technique, by making the false true, has created a completely independent time flow.”

“This means that a new time technique has been born in the myriad realms, so I must come to confirm some things.”

The clock-face avatar said slowly.

Shen Ye nodded slightly after hearing the other party’s words.

Theoretically speaking—

His ‘Revolving Lantern’ blade technique was a close-combat technique, but it indeed had a strong connection to time.

—Otherwise, where did these three thousand years come from?

“What would you like to confirm, Your Excellency? Please just state it directly.”

Shen Ye said.

“Mainly some questions and registration—”

“We just need to fill it out quickly.”

The other side said.

At the same time, Charlotte’s voice sounded in Shen Ye’s ear:

“The Saint’s power is unimaginable. It’s best if you answer truthfully.”

“Can’t I deceive it? Or can’t I deceive it?” Shen Ye retorted.

“No need to deceive. It’s probably here to gauge your compatibility. Deceiving it would only cause trouble,” Charlotte said.

Shen Ye understood now.

Yes.

Compatibility cannot be faked.

One might deceive for a while, but can one truly pretend to be someone else for an entire lifetime?

It’s meaningless.

Just then, the clock face asked:

“Now tell me, what is your name?”

“Shen Ye, or you can call me Paige, Baxter Paige.”

“Age?”

“One is 23, one is 16, and one isn’t even a year old.”

“Three ages? Very impressive. So, what is your aspiration?”

“To retire and slack off.”

“Oh my, that’s too difficult! Even I can’t do that—but I also like to lie flat—can you guess my favorite time?”

This is too easy to guess.

“From the perspective of our human world’s time, it should be 9:15, or 3:45.”

Shen Ye said.

“That’s right,” the clock-face avatar praised. “And what time do you like?”

“Every moment.” Shen Ye said.

“Great.” Charlotte telepathically encouraged him.

—The other party likes to lie flat, and its avatar is a clock, so naturally, it’s 9:15 and 3:45, when the hour and minute hands are flat.

Saying so was a humorous remark.

Shen Ye didn’t curry favor because of the other party’s high status; instead, he chatted playfully with a graceful demeanor.

But when it came to himself, he directly stated that he liked every moment.

This indicated his fondness for time.

This also resonated with what the other party had previously said about being concerned with the birth of a new time technique.

—You are concerned about the time technique within me, and I have felt it, and I also enjoy everything that time brings.

High emotional intelligence!

“I knew it,” the clock-face avatar continued with a pleased tone, “an existence capable of creating a time technique must not be a fool.”

Shen Ye smiled, said nothing more, and simply waited for the other party’s next words.

“King of Nightmares, you are a fine new species, and very much to my liking. I won’t pursue your misuse of time magic.”

“After all,”

“We also hope for the creation of new time flows—”

“This is like adding a fresh log to an already roaring fireplace, strengthening the fire of the entire fireplace, which is the power of the time aspect.”

“However, there is one thing you must do.”

“What?” Shen Ye asked.

Here it comes.

The previous was a test of compatibility.

Now.

It was the other party’s true intention in coming.

The clock-face avatar’s expression became serious, and it solemnly said:

“You must place all the humans around you into that time flow, only then can you strengthen the entire time aspect’s power.”

“Must I do this?” Shen Ye asked.

“Not necessarily—you should complete this battle first; I see you are currently engaging with the Lords of Destruction.”

“If you die, then so be it.”

“But if you can survive this battle, you must do so. This is the demand of the Time Alliance.”

The clock-face avatar said.

Shen Ye’s expression remained unchanged.

Place all humans within my Dharma Aspect?

—Isn’t this kidnapping all humanity?

How could such preposterous thing be agreed upon?

Besides, his ‘Revolving Lantern’ technique, at its core, was a lethal blade technique.

If enemies were brought in, their lives or deaths would be irrelevant.

Applied to himself, he could indeed control the blade’s intensity, so as not to be killed.

But—

Millions of individual humans, placed within this blade technique, he couldn’t guarantee the safety of every single person at all times!

But now, he couldn’t turn hostile.

The other party was a Void Saint-level existence.

If he fought the other party here, it would be equivalent to engaging in a dual-front battle.

This battle would be even more dangerous than the one against the Lords of Destruction!

“What do you think?”

The clock-faced avatar asked.

“Is the battle with the Destroyer Lords a test for me?” Shen Ye asked.

“You could say that—”

“After all, we in the Time Faction don’t accept useless beings. If you can survive and transfer all humans into your technique, only then can you gain our acceptance.”

The clock-face avatar said.

“I will fight this battle seriously, and I will contact you again later.” Shen Ye said.

“It’s efficient and straightforward to talk to smart people.”

The clock-face avatar said with pleasure:

“Humans are too dangerous—”

“Even the weakest humans can create things and techniques far beyond their own strength. Only by keeping them under watch, contributing to the tributaries of time, can we be at ease.”

“I hope you understand this concern.”

“—We’ll meet again after your battle ends.”

Having said this, the clock-face avatar leaped into the sky and vanished.

It left.

Shen Ye stood there for a while.

“Charlotte, how did this Void Saint find me?”

He asked.

“Your creation of a new time flow.” Charlotte said.

“After that battle ends, will he really come to bother me?”

“Yes, Saints don’t lie.”

“Charlotte, I won’t trap all humans in the Dharma Aspect, because my Dharma Aspect is ultimately a blade, and ordinary people cannot survive in it.”

As Shen Ye uttered these words, a weight lifted from his heart.

Indeed.

A strong person should act according to their own will, not be constrained by others.

“If that’s the case, then the next time you use this blade technique, it will either be unable to create a time flow.”

“Because the other party will definitely be able to reclaim time.”

Charlotte said.

“I still can’t do as it says.” Shen Ye said.

“Good.” Charlotte said.

“Good?”

“Precisely, Shen Ye, I’ve actually been waiting for this moment.”

Charlotte continued:

“Ever since you created such a blade technique, I knew it would inevitably attract the covetous gaze of many entities.”

“Fortunately, when I roamed the myriad realms, I knew a few things and made connections with some forces and organizations.”

The void opened.

Three items flew out of the Dharma Aspect, hovering before Shen Ye.

They were a colorful butterfly emblem, a black chair, and a wooden prosthetic hand.

“What are these?”

Shen Ye asked curiously.

“Don’t you understand yet, Shen Ye?”

Charlotte spoke softly:

“Your blade comes from the creativity of your human race—”

“It possesses not only the element of time, but also the three elements of dreams, death, and control.”

“The colorful butterfly corresponds to the dream-side world, the black chair to the death-side forces, and the prosthetic hand to the control-side ancient gods.”

“They are all existences capable of contending with time.”

“If you choose one of them, you can communicate with them, and if you can reach an agreement, you can ignore the demands of the time side.”

Shen Ye looked at the three items.

There wasn’t much time left.

The Lords of Destruction were at a point where a decisive battle was imminent.

Once the victor was decided, the Void Saint of the time aspect would demand that he enslave all humanity.

Therefore—

“This must be done immediately!”

Shen Ye scanned them and couldn’t help but fall into contemplation.

Which item should he take?

As he hesitated, he suddenly saw a puddle of water seeping from under the black chair.

Black water, smooth as a mirror, reflecting Shen Ye’s appearance.

—In the reflection of the water, Shen Ye sat on the chair, waving to himself outside the water.

“The death-aligned forces have actively sought to befriend you.”

Charlotte said.

“Really? What kind of beings are the death-aligned masters?” Shen Ye asked.

“Shinra,” Charlotte said.

Shinra…

Such beings actually exist?

“How do I deal with the other side?”

Shen Ye asked.

“Sit on the chair, you will temporarily arrive in another world, they are waiting for you.” Charlotte said.

Shen Ye walked forward, preparing to sit on the chair.

But the wooden prosthetic hand suddenly moved.

It directly grasped the black chair and tossed it far away.

The chair representing the Shinra was thrown away…

The next second.

The wooden prosthetic hand jumped up and made a graceful inviting gesture in front of Shen Ye.

“The control-aligned ancient gods are completely unknown; no one knows how to address them, so they are simply referred to as ancient gods.”

Charlotte quickly continued:

“It is also very interested in you and your blade technique.”

“We cannot offend it!”

Cannot offend?

Then let’s go and talk about it.

Shen Ye reached out, just about to grasp the wooden prosthetic hand hovering in mid-air—

But in the next instant.

He found that the wooden prosthetic hand and the black chair were back in their original places, completely still.

In his hand, however, was the colorful butterfly emblem.

“King of Nightmares, dreaming is indeed the most suitable, and the dream world has also chosen you!”

Charlotte said.

Shen Ye pondered for a few breaths, then said:

“Charlotte, your three arts—”

“You’re right,” Charlotte interjected, “the Heaven-Shaking Art was inspired by the Shinra, the Universe-Hiding Art drew from the techniques of the dream world, and the Heaven-Piercing Art comes from the power of the ancient gods.”

“You are truly remarkable.” Shen Ye sighed.

“You’re mistaken. Each of my arts focuses on a single power, not worth fighting over.”

“It’s your blade technique, which possesses the four elements of time, dreams, death, and control, that attracts widespread attention.”

Charlotte stated calmly.

Shen Ye gazed at the butterfly emblem in his hand.

Should he go?

To avoid being pressured by the Saint of the time aspect—

It seems he must go.

And quickly!

…

On the other side.

Deep in the dark void.

On the giant ship.

Kaelen’s expression became frenzied and hysterical.

Facing the combined forces of Ojar and Adrian, he seemed to have already seen his demise.

Nothing else mattered.

If there was one thing he could do to annoy them, to prevent them from achieving everything too quickly—

He, Kaelen, was willing to do it!

“In the Void.”

“Countless races are trying every possible way to reincarnate as humans.”

“Because humans have four missions!”

“The first is eternity—humans in the eternal world can create a brand new elemental power, which is ‘eternity’!”

“Just think about it.”

“A power that will never decay, it will inevitably be accompanied by immortality!”

“Originally, this eternity was almost completed.”

“But!”

“The Great Tribulation of Destruction has existed for 850,000 billion years!”

“The Great Tribulation of Destruction disregarded the forces of the myriad realms, and no matter how they operated within the human race, it directly eliminated the humans who had left the ‘Grace’ and their eternal world!”

“Because once the ‘Eternal Brain’ was fully born, ‘Destruction’ would truly begin to weaken!”

“It had to do this!”

“It was us, these Destruction clones, who transformed into humans and disintegrated the entire world from within human civilization!”

“But I’m tired of it.”

Although saying this was tantamount to completely betraying Destruction—

Kaelen still spread his arms, letting out a furious roar:

“Go! Kid!”

“The Eternal Brain is dead.”

“You must lead humanity away from the domain of destruction and seek the next mission of the human race.”

“Maybe one day, you can come back and avenge me!”

His words were finally done.

Shen Ye listened in a trance, his gaze turning to him, wanting to see if he was lying.

But at this moment, the giant ship disintegrated.

The hull shattered into countless pieces.

Kaelen stepped on a shard and flew away towards the other side of the void.

Following that was Ojar’s enraged roar.

Immediately after.

Adrian shrieked, calling for the “eradication of traitors.”

Monsters unleashed various incredibly powerful techniques, attacking all the Lords of Destruction.

Everything became a chaotic mess.

Shen Ye suddenly realized.

So that’s how it is!

These Destroyer Lords are all humans.

—They are all humans!!!

Although they were avatars of the Great Tribulation of Destruction, after becoming human, each Lord was unwilling to be devoured by other Lords, or even to eventually merge into one.

Because they had experienced the individual life of humans.

They were unwilling to lose their self!

Even if the ultimate unified body of the Great Tribulation of Destruction was the unification and fusion of their wills!

As he pondered, Kaelen’s voice drifted from afar, speaking the last words:

“The characteristic of Destruction is ‘burst’.”

“This burst is merely a reliance on the accumulated billions of years of destructive primal power!”

“After destroying the eternal world, too much of the primal power of destruction has been used, unable to provide enough burst.”

“—The Great Tribulation of Destruction is very weak right now!”

Shen Ye’s whole body trembled.

He also possessed destructive primal energy.

So what the other party said perfectly matched his daily experiences.

For example, when Ojar and Adrian appeared together just now—

If they had both used destructive primal energy, allowing it to continuously burst to higher levels, and then attacked together—

How could he possibly escape!

This information was too crucial!

He could immediately adjust his strategy for this life-and-death battle.

“The greatest secret has been told to you, kid. It’s time for you to fulfill our agreement and save me!”

Kaelen’s voice echoed in Shen Ye’s mind.

But on the scene, Shen Ye only saw him loudly shout “Let’s die together” and then charge at Adrian.

Die together?

Although Adrian was confident he could kill Kaelen, at this moment, Kaelen was clearly prepared for a mutually assured destruction.

In this way, Adrian would more or less suffer some injuries.

Under normal circumstances, such injuries would be negligible.

But at this moment, Ojar, who had devoured several Lords of Destruction, stood nearby.

Adrian hesitated somewhat.

Seizing this moment—

“Door.” Shen Ye low-growled.

He reached out and opened a door, pulling Kaelen from the other side of the door.

“Go.”

The two without looking back sped away into the depths of the void.

However, a stream of light erupted with a speed far exceeding theirs, instantly appearing in front of them, blocking their escape route.

Ojar!

“Where are you running off to!”

Ojar unleashed his full power but was met by an invisible force.

The void rippled open.

In an instant.

Ojar found himself standing before Adrian.

He had just launched an attack at him.

So everything was an illusion—

He had been tricked by the ‘Revolving Lantern’ again!

“Ojar,” Adrian frowned slightly. “If you can’t break free from his blade, then don’t cooperate with me.”

“Don’t worry, the power of this blade is almost exhausted.” Ojar said coldly.

He looked into the distance.

Shen Ye and Kaelen were entangled with a monster, desperately fighting.

However—

Was this real or fake again?

A hint of confusion flashed across Ojar’s expression.

Adrian stood silently by, observing, without uttering a word.

At this moment.

Adrian realized something.

Ojar had absorbed the primal power of several Lords of Destruction.

Yet he still couldn’t escape this blade.

—This blade was truly terrifying!

He had somewhat looked down on Ojar’s actions when he first heard about him trying to seize the human’s blade technique.

But now it seems—

This blade was worth it.

“That human boy huh…”

Adrian squinted, looking at Shen Ye from afar.

At the same time.

A line of faint glowing characters appeared before Shen Ye’s eyes:

“You have temporarily activated the power of eternity, continuously injecting it into the blade technique ‘Revolving Lantern,’ preventing its power from diminishing.”

The faint light subsided slightly.

Shen Ye suddenly received news of what was happening to another version of himself.

He couldn’t help but mutter somewhat.

“Why are death, control, dreams, and time all attracted by this blade?”

“My blade seems even stronger than I thought.”

“Although this may sound self-important, judging from the reactions from all sides, one answer can be deduced.”

“…Am I a genius?”