Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 616
byLet’s rewind time a bit.
The moment Adrian entered the secret chamber.
Good Duck had already foreseen that his two other selves were about to appear.
— The complete power of destruction must never fall into Adrian’s hands!
So.
Next.
Battle was likely to erupt.
In this situation, neither Shen Ye, the young man from the Eternal Remnants, nor Shen Ye, the young man from the Multi-layered Universe, found it convenient to do one thing.
— Test the power of the law.
Yes.
Xiao Mengyu had helped him awaken the law in advance!
He needed to check quickly to see how effective this power of law was.
— In battle, being able to mobilize the law and not being able to mobilize it are two different outcomes!
So.
The moment Adrian appeared—
Good Duck quietly slid off the table and squatted on Dragon Lady’s lap.
It tucked its beak into its feathers, curled its body up, and closed its eyes, as if falling into a deep sleep.
If anyone else did this, it would be strange.
— Everyone’s in a meeting, and you’re sleeping on a woman’s lap?
But when it came to a duck—
No one said anything, even finding it natural.
— It’s perfectly normal for pets to sleep!
Another female professional nearby, seeing how cute it was, couldn’t help but reach out to stroke the duck, but Dragon Lady blocked her hand.
“It’s asleep.”
Dragon Lady quietly warned her.
The other person awkwardly retracted her hand.
Good Duck feigned sleep, concentrating and beginning to examine its own power.
“Strange… This is…”
Good Duck suddenly found that it could use the Dream Law.
Soon.
It understood.
Ulric, the King of Dreams, had released the restrictions of dreams!
— He was originally an early awakener who opposed the saints monopolizing the laws.
With Old John’s death, he regained power and simply completely released the Dream Law!
Excellent.
Just convenient for me, the duck!
Good Duck simply created a dream world, its consciousness sinking into the dream, and began to check its powers.
“Law.”
It uttered a word.
Just like Xu Xingke and Panda Tie Nan—
Infinite illusory shadows appeared before it, gathering into form, transforming into a colossal gate reaching to the heavens and earth.
It was a gate!
Its own law must be related to gates!
This was not unexpected.
Good Duck took a deep breath, imitating Xu Xingke and Panda, and placed its wings on the gate.
A speck of light immediately appeared on the gate:
“Your law tree has been born.”
“Currently obtained initial law as follows:”
“Divine Perception.”
“Description: Using your gate ability as a guide, sense and communicate with beings beyond the distant world barrier.”
Good Duck pondered briefly.
This law…
It wasn’t actually combat-oriented.
Frankly.
The ability to penetrate barriers was extremely rare.
This law directly bypassed the barrier, allowing one to perceive the situation on the other side of it.
It was still somewhat useful.
In various explorations, this law could have a good effect.
But—
It had no use for it right now!
A fight was about to break out.
And it got a perception-based law, completely useless!
Good Duck was a little disappointed, just about to sigh, when it suddenly remembered something.
— That’s right.
He was now a “Saintly Chant Diva.”
Could the power of its traits act on the law tree and elevate its own law by two ranks?
Yes!
It could definitely try!
Good Duck immediately perked up again and activated the trait.
Lines of faint text immediately appeared:
“You used the pink trait ‘Saintly Chant Diva’.”
“Your current law ability ‘Divine Perception’ has been elevated by two ranks, reaching the third rank, named as:”
“Demon King Possession.”
“Description: An otherworldly Demon King will penetrate the barrier and descend directly upon you.”
“—The third-rank law is sufficient to summon it, and it has been waiting for a long time!”
What—
Why summon a Demon King?
Good Duck was a bit confused about the situation.
But it had no time to think.
Rumble—
The gate slowly opened.
A humanoid, faceless being, wreathed in dark flames, wearing a black crown, and holding a short-handled scepter, flew in.
“Finally—”
“Mortals, your greed has granted me freedom, and my freedom will bring you extremely tragic consequences!”
The humanoid, faceless being declared solemnly, raising its scepter, and slowly descending.
The scepter pointed at Good Duck.
One breath of silence.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
The mythical flaming humanoid, faceless being let out an extremely deep voice:
“Why… is it a duck…”
A duck!
Good Duck’s heart trembled.
This guy knew it was a duck.
Duck was the term humans used for this type of anseriform, anatidae, Anas poultry.
In other words—
The other party belonged to the same civilization system as humans!
“Your esteemed self, who are you?”
Good Duck couldn’t help but ask.
“Why is it a duck, where are the humans?” the other entity asked impatiently.
Humans?
This dream world was co-created by itself, Chatterley, and the Chaos Boat.
There were no humans!
The faceless being, radiating dark flames, observed for a week and then returned to the duck.
“Duck… you must have cultivated that sword technique…”
Its tone conveyed a sense of disbelief.
“Ah, yes, I do know swordsmanship, but why can my power of law summon you?” Good Duck asked.
“First tell me, where did that swordsmanship come from?”
“Unclear.”
“Don’t lie.”
“I really don’t know, quack!” Good Duck said with a wronged expression.
“…Well, what you say seems to be true, so what can I do for you? What is your ideal?” the other party asked.
Good Duck’s eyes flickered.
Something’s not right.
You just said, “Mortals, your greed has granted me freedom, and my freedom will bring you extremely tragic consequences.”
Now you’re giving me a new speech?
In an instant.
A dialogue box appeared before Good Duck’s eyes:
“State your ultimate ideal.”
“Every duck can sing and dance like me!” Good Duck immediately chirped.
“…Completely meaningless…” the other party said.
“Then please help me establish the strongest law tree!” Good Duck said.
“Duck… what do you need a law tree for?”
“To sing about all the beautiful things in the world, ducks have an important mission!”
Good Duck casually sang a few lines, its voice beautiful.
The other party said nothing.
“Don’t worry, I’m not an ordinary duck, I can do many things,” Good Duck continued.
“For instance?”
Good Duck had already noticed that something was amiss at this point, so it simply continued speaking as a duck:
“I’m good at singing and dancing, earning money, and I can go for a drink every night.”
“Now, I’ll bring you a song—”
“Enough!” the other entity roared.
Rumble—
It flew back into the gate and disappeared before Good Duck.
The entire gate crashed down with a thud.
A moment of silence.
Good Duck genuinely called out, “Sir, have you left?”
No response.
“Don’t go, I am the Duck King, I am a seer, I can predict many poker games!”
Still no response.
“The other party has left.” Chatterley said.
“Indeed, it has gone.” Chaos Boat also chimed in.
Good Duck breathed a sigh of relief.
It had no idea about the other party’s origin, but one thing was certain—
“This guy doesn’t seem to like ducks.”
Uncle Seven said, a little displeased.
“Should it value ducks?” Chaos Boat asked.
“Ducks are very important food ingredients, no matter what cooking method, they require strict and meticulous preparation steps—”
“Stop!” Good Duck quacked.
The most important thing right now was—
The other party thought the first person to acquire the law was the inheritor of that sword technique.
Generally speaking.
That should indeed be the case.
But Xiao Mengyu didn’t consider herself, instead giving this “first” to him.
Because the situation was peculiar, and he happened to use a duck to test the law.
So, in extreme disappointment, the other party couldn’t even be bothered to say another word and left.
—A series of unfortunate coincidences!
“So you lost the law?” Chaos Boat asked.
“Not really, I actually feel that it’s a good thing that fellow left, otherwise, who knows what would have happened,” Good Duck said.
It raised a wing.
On its wing appeared a black diamond-shaped gem.
“What is this?”
Good Duck said proudly:
“I extracted it from it with ‘Mandala: Uroboros’—”
“It didn’t seem to have any traits, so it was suppressed by my twenty-fourth-rank truth trait and didn’t notice me extracting its law.”
“Everyone, can you research this law?”
“Yes!” Several Truth Creations exclaimed in unison.
Suddenly.
Everyone became interested.
“If I eat it, I can gain everything it possesses, want to try?” Chatterley asked.
“Let’s not, I’m afraid it’s not safe.” Good Duck refused.
“Leave it to me, I’ll evolve its power patterns and then I’ll know its true nature.” Chaos Boat said.
“No, I don’t trust you.” Uncle Seven and Su Su said together.
“Why don’t you trust me?”
“Because you’re a fence-sitter!”
“Bullshit! I’m not a fence-sitter!” Chaos Boat roared in anger.
Before they started fighting—
Chatterley made the final decision:
“Enough, let Su Su try, she’s best at controlling all things.”
Su Su immediately showed a triumphant expression.
She took the black diamond-shaped gem from Good Duck, held it in her hand, closed her eyes slightly, and whispered:
“Come, let me see what you truly are…”
The next second.
Bang!
A bursting sound.
The entire dream world shook.
Immediately after.
Good Duck found that it couldn’t move.
Not only it.
Even Chatterley, Chaos Boat, Su Su, and Uncle Seven were all unable to move.
But this situation only lasted for a moment.
The next second.
“Thank you, I’m finally free from my pursuers.”
Along with the woman’s voice—
Good Duck found a woman appearing opposite it.
She looked tired, sat on a wooden bench, wearing a loose long dress.
To her left, there was an alarm clock; and her right hand rested on a black book.
“Your Excellency is…”
Good Duck couldn’t help but ask.
That move just now was incredible.
— The moment the other party appeared, they controlled everything!
Only when the environment was deemed safe did they release the control.
Compared to the previous person—
This plain-looking woman was even more formidable!
“Oh, it’s a long story, but I should be on your side.”
The woman smiled.
Good Duck suddenly noticed her slightly protruding belly.
— She was pregnant!
Good Duck slightly retreated a few steps to indicate its attitude, then cleared its throat and said:
“You mean, you’re on my side?”
The woman gently stroked her belly, speaking slowly:
“Yes—you are a human, but surrounded by these creations of truth, and you know how to use dreams to ensure safety—you must be a hero, and you just helped me, so there’s no need for me to lie to you.”
She caught her breath a few times.
— Just speaking, she seemed to be struggling.
But the people opposite her were stunned.
The previous entity had immense power, but revealed nothing.
She saw through everyone’s true nature at a glance!
“I can’t hide it from you… but I don’t know what’s going on.”
Good Duck said.
“It’s simple, they are hunting the master of that sword technique, and you are clearly meant to create a false impression, nothing like that person.” The woman said.
“I…”
Good Duck wanted to say something, but on second thought—
If it were me, seeing the first person to ignite dark flames and acquire the law being a duck wearing a bowtie, ready to sing at any moment, I would probably also think it was a diversion.
“Alright then, but since that guy left, we should be safe now, right?”
Good Duck asked.
“You’re safe.” The woman smiled.
Good Duck breathed a sigh of relief, then felt a little uneasy, and asked:
“We painstakingly brought back the Dark Flame from history, did we just bring back a trap?”
“It’s not a trap,” the woman explained, “but they sensed the situation here and came to investigate.”
“The law tree I just opened was destroyed by it, so what about me in the future—” Good Duck said.
“It’s indeed troublesome, you probably can’t have a law tree anymore.” The woman said.
Good Duck was stunned.
Yes.
In fact, when that gate was destroyed just now, he had a similar guess.
But to hear someone else say it firsthand—
At this moment.
He truly despaired.
“So, I’m useless?”
Good Duck spread its wings.
“They did it on purpose—keeping you alive and in pain gives them more pleasure than killing you—”
The woman sighed, a hint of pity in her eyes:
“Your actions deceived it and indirectly saved me—well, let me see—”
For a moment.
She spoke again:
“The strong monopolized the laws, and the laws, without sentience, couldn’t resist, serving only as resources.”
“It’s quite chaotic here.”
Ding ding ding—
Before the woman could finish, the alarm clock on her left rang.
“My time is up, I must leave immediately.”
The woman stood up urgently, walked to Shen Ye, opened the black book in her right hand, and while reading, said:
“May I ask what your true ideal is?”
“Open source,” Shen Ye thought for a moment and said.
“Open source?” the woman asked.
“Yes, everyone has resources, truth is in the hands of the masses, gunpowder is only used for fireworks, and the responsibility of saints is education, not monopolization—in short, I hope the world becomes beautiful and laws are unrestricted.”
Shen Ye said.
“Laws unrestricted?”
The woman’s lips curved slightly into a soft smile, and she whispered, “You and my child must get along very well.”
“Your child—” Shen Ye asked.
“Ah, he’s not born yet.”
“…Then how would we get along?”
“His swordsmanship is already helping you all—well, in this timeline, he’s already born, and I come from the ‘past’—because time is on my side, I can hide here.”
The woman finally found what she was looking for.
She held up the black book and read to Shen Ye:
“At this moment, the secret says, you have a master.”
“The master says—”
“Laws are unrestricted.”
A gentle breeze swept by.
Something seemed to have happened.
The woman bowed slightly and said:
“I borrowed a little of your time, and it will be returned immediately.”
“The other things are the master’s gift.”
“And I may meet with you again in the future.”
As her words fell.
The woman vanished.
Shen Ye suddenly opened his eyes.
He found himself still a good duck, just slid down from the table, squatting on Dragon Lady’s lap.
Another female professional nearby, seeing how cute the duck was, couldn’t help but reach out to stroke the duck, but Dragon Lady blocked her hand.
“It’s asleep.”
Dragon Lady quietly warned the other person.
The other person awkwardly retracted her hand.
Good Duck was shocked.
What is happening!
Why did time go backward?
No, that’s not right.
The Saint of Time—
It no longer allowed him to manipulate time, so why was this happening?
In an instant.
Lines of faint light text quietly appeared:
“You have lost your law tree.”
“From now on, you can no longer establish a law tree.”
“Congratulations.”
“You have saved a special entity at a special point in time, and thus received a secret blessing.”
“Description:”
“From now on, you can use any law without any restrictions.”
“—A combined gift from Time, Mysteries, and the Lord.”
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