Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Shen Ye shook his head, momentarily unsure of how to handle his relationship with her.

"What can you do?" he asked.

"The Chaos Spirit Light struck me, causing endless pain and threw all my strength into chaos; I need time to recover before I can do anything for you," the woman's voice said.

Great.

She really is a useless one.

——Plus, she's too dangerous.

Otherwise, why would the Chaos Spirit Light establish the rule "Any suffering you endure, she must bear a hundredfold"?

"Hey, don't gamble next time. I don't have much else to say, we'll see what the teacher requires of you later," Shen Ye said.

Yun Ni didn't speak.

Xu Xingke was fighting with that person.

Damn it.

He thought he was already strong, but it turned out the other was even stronger than he had expected.

——Pity he could do nothing at the moment.

He could only wait in silence for now.

Seeing she was not talking, Shen Ye couldn't be bothered to say more and lay down on the bed to sleep.

He slept until 11:30 in the afternoon.

Cafeteria.

Xiao Mengyu hadn't come.

Nangong Sirui hadn't come.

Zhang Xiaoyi also hadn't come.

But Guo Yunye showed up with a bitter face.

Shen Ye woke up refreshed and while eating, asked:

"Hey, what's wrong with you? Where's A Yi?"

"A Yi didn't finish his homework and is still digging holes—-the overseers are all saying he's naturally cut out for this," Guo Yunye said.

"His endurance is strong... He's been trapped by his own talent," Shen Ye mused.

Guo Yunye sniffled a few times and looked down as he shoveled food into his mouth.

"Don't worry, his talent actually has many more uses. As someone talented, he will eventually leave the ranks of the engineers," Shen Ye consoled.

"I'm not crying for him, I'm sad for myself."

Guo Yunye said softly, still shoveling food.

"You completed your assignment and came out, didn't you?" Shen Ye said in surprise.

School ended at 12.

Guo Yunye came out early, which meant he should have already escaped the fate of hard labor.

Yet he was so sad.

Could it be that he was bullied inside?

Shen Ye put down his chopsticks, sat beside Guo Yunye, and patted his shoulder, saying:

"What happened?"

Guo Yunye stopped shoveling food, thought for a moment, and then said:

"I had hoped to use my excellent sense of smell to leave the ranks of hard labor—but as soon as I transformed, I was certified by the military as a Treasure Hunting Dog—-that's how I got out."

"Pff—" Shen Ye spat out a mouthful of food.

Yes, as a Treasure Hunting Dog, he had indeed left the ranks of hard labor!

It made sense.

But it was a blow to one's self-esteem.

"It's okay," Shen Ye comforted him, "maybe you can make a name for yourself as a Divine Beast in ancient times!"

Guo Yunye's eyes lit up.

Right.

Why hadn't he thought of that?

Seeing Guo Yunye perk up, Shen Ye patted his shoulder and got up to leave the cafeteria.

Full and content.

And he had caught up on sleep.

His Attribute Points were almost fully recovered.

Shen Ye looked toward the towering walls deep within the campus.

Behind the wall was the abyss.

The Great Tomb was down there.

Could he...

Take a trip down there himself?

Actually, this didn't need to be done stealthily.

Shen Ye called Guide Yang Yingzhen on the phone.

"What's up, Shen Ye?"

Yang Yingzhen asked.

Shen Ye was direct, "Teacher, I am a heir of the Chaotic Heaven Gate, and my sect's legacy is in the Great Tomb; I want to go there."

"What? You've activated the legacy memory?" Yang Yingzhen asked in astonishment.

"That's right, I even know the location, I just need to make a visit," Shen Ye said.

"Hold on, I'll call you back in a bit."

Yang Yingzhen hung up the phone.

After a while.

She came back:

"Shen Ye, I've already reported your case to the principal."

"The principal says it's a matter concerning the Chaotic Heaven Gate legacy and it's quite important; he will be back tomorrow and will take you down there then."

"Alright, thank you, teacher," Shen Ye said.

"No need to be polite, if there's anything regarding your studies, feel free to ask me."

"Thank you!"

The call ended.

Tomorrow, huh.

Having the principal personally take him to the Great Tomb? Guess that will do.

So what should he do now?

——Go to Hell and see if that monster has left.

If it has gone, he could take care of the Skeleton business.

If not, he would return and practice at the Martial Arts Arena.

Shen Ye walked out of the school, found a secluded alley and prepared to head to the Netherworld.

But which coordinates should he use?

First of all, he definitely shouldn't go to Chaotic Bone Land.

The Skinner had been taken down there.

If that monster, high on its kill, was lying in wait, would he not become a second victim?

Then he would go to Isaac's territory.

By that lake, he had casually set a second coordinate point.

——Of course, he would need to take defensive measures first.

Shen Ye put on a suit of Undead Armor and held the Night Hidden Sword in his hand, directly initiating "Shadow Fingering."

——Heavenly Shadow automatically ascended a level!

At this moment, Heavenly Shadow was already at the First Layer standard of the Dharma Realm, and relying on the "Shadow Fingering" of the Night Hidden Sword, it suddenly soared to the Second Layer of the Law Realm.

Law Domain Second Layer: Shadow of Heaven:

"Effect: When you verbally acknowledge it, under the light of the sky you are one with all things and do not attract undue attention."

"When you provoke, attack, move, or the difference in power reaches Fivefold with the opponent, this effect will be seen through."

Shen Ye scratched his head.

What did this effect mean? His comprehension was failing him.

When I verbally acknowledge it?

"This is too stretched; I might as well acknowledge myself as a slot machine," Shen Ye muttered to himself.

While he was talking, two young men walked by from the end of the street.

Shen Ye glanced at them and hid the sword in his arms.

They were just ordinary people.

No need to cause trouble.

The two young men walked past Shen Ye.

One of them suddenly glanced at Shen Ye and said:

"Huh? A slot machine, wow."

The other one added, "Yeah, there's a slot machine here."

After saying this, they no longer paid attention to him and quickly crossed the alley, leaving.

"..." Shen Ye.

Did I really just become a slot machine?

Is this the power of the Second Order Protection Technique: Heavenly Shadow?

Not bad.

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It was absolutely a lifesaving divine skill.

Now, he felt more confident about venturing into the Nightmare World!

He looked around, only to see that there was nobody in the alley at that time.

"Gate."

A low call.

A door appeared on the wall.

Shen Ye stepped through and vanished from the Main World.

...

The Nightmare World.

Isaac's territory.

Shen Ye silently appeared by the lakeside.

There was nothing around.

The sky—

There were no dense crowds of heads in the sky either.

Had those monsters run away?

...Had he worried for nothing, making all those preparations, only to find they had fled?

A faint sense of loss welled up in Shen Ye's heart.

But then, two lines of faint, glowing text appeared:

"A week has passed, your gate power: Temporal Fluid has been restored."

"You may use this power at any time."

This was good news!

—Time-related abilities were quite abnormal, like a trump card he held.

It was indeed an added edge—

So what now?

He had an idea.

Shen Ye took out the "Sect Leader's Precious Tactic" and flipped it open:

"Today's showers bring heads from the sky."

"Suitable to offer, suitable to wait."

"Unsuitable to make enemies."

"—Please practice the Thunderclap Palm Technique three thousand times to elevate it to the Second Realm of the Law Realm."

Offerings...

Shen Ye gazed at the book page, and a prompt emerged:

"Offerings bring powerful entries."

What about waiting?

"Avoid arrogance and impetuosity, and achieve full success in your cultivation."

Make no enemies?

"One more friend, one less road to death."

He must remember this last point!

It seemed that this Precious Tactic was a book of the Prophecy System; it could actually provide some rather robust advice.

Shen Ye silently took note, then turned his head to look west.

Before his death, Werewolf Green had instructed him to head west, saying, "The general has broken free, go protect him."

—Cannon Branding Castle was also in that direction!

Perhaps General Tazweil's target was Cannon Branding Castle as well?

Shen Ye made up his mind on the spot.

Head west!

General Tazweil was a forthright Fallen Angel, and he seemed to know quite a lot.

—It was time to rendezvous with him.

"Kill one in ten steps, not staying for a thousand miles."

Rumbling—

The roar of the motorcycle erupted.

Stepping onto it, Shen Ye twisted the throttle, and the bike shot out immediately.

The Ghost Fire Motorcycle sped swiftly across the vast plain.

About twenty minutes later.

Shen Ye started to slow down.

Undead Souls had started to appear ahead.

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——Still, the souls of fleeing undead.

Shen Ye stowed the motorcycle, casually dealt with a few ill-intentioned fellows, constantly accelerated, weaving through the crowd, and eventually made his way to the front of the procession.

Along the way, many undead souls left the team, heading in other directions.

But Shen Ye continued westward.

This pace was indeed too slow for him, so he simply sped up and kept streaking forward.

The number of undead souls increased.

Finally.

A small town appeared ahead.

To call it a small town was an exaggeration—

It was nothing more than a rudimentary defensive position.

A few powerful Death Shadow Knights gathered together, warily scrutinizing every passerby.

They were shadowy beings, impervious to common harm unless their "Shadow Core" was struck.

——The Shadow Core was their heart.

However, unlike humans, they could move their Shadow Core at will.

So on the battlefield, once they donned full armor, you had no clue where they hid their Shadow Core.

——Extremely hard to kill.

For this difficult race, ordinary people really didn't dare to fight with them.

Shen Ye thought for a moment, approached, and spoke up:

"Excuse me, I have something I'd like to ask."

The fully armored Death Shadow Knight turned its head, revealing the dark shadow beneath its helmet.

After carefully sizing up Shen Ye, a cold voice emerged from the shadow:

"Information is graded; the higher the level of the information, the more expensive the charge."

"Alright, I want to ask if you've seen General Tazweil and his group," Shen Ye said.

The tone of the Death Shadow Knight changed:

"General Tazweil? We're well acquainted with him, but you are—"

"I'm his Scout Team Leader. I got separated from him earlier," replied Shen Ye.

"I see. Do you have something from the general to signify your connection?" asked the Death Shadow Knight.

"Only this."

Shen Ye took out the Wind Rune Chapter.

"Ah, I know this trinket." The Death Shadow Knight stepped back, took a birdcage from another Death Shadow Knight, and opened it.

A Skeleton Bird immediately flew out and landed on Shen Ye's shoulder.

"Follow it; it will lead you to the general——but when it's done, you'll owe it three Bone Coins. How does that sound?"

"Deal!"

"Then off you go. If the general launches the chariot, it can be very fast."

"Understood."

The Skeleton Bird flew up from Shen Ye's shoulder, shrieking sharply:

"Follow me! Follow me!"

Shen Ye immediately followed it, dashing forward without stopping.

Suddenly.

For some reason, Shen Ye's heart clenched violently.

A strong premonition surged, making him feel as though he was drowning, his neck gripped by death.

This familiar sensation...

He instinctively looked up, only to see a new entry appear above his head:

"Witness."

"Red level (Mythical Level), incidental category entry."

"Description: The Grim Reaper awakens in darkness and turbulence. Those who meticulously orchestrated all this will be destroyed by the Reaper, along with the worlds they belong to."

"Witness everything, for no one can escape the wrath of the Reaper. Even you, as a Witness, will have no choice but to slumber in the darkness."

"Go roam the night. When you gain the support of companions, you might be able to prevent it all before the darkness spreads."

"The current entry possesses the 'Temporary Dissipation' trait, and will be destroyed in ten seconds."

"——An incidental destiny category entry."

"The fates of multiple worlds are gradually connecting with you, born from the sensing ability of your 'gate.' It exists only to raise your vigilance."

"——Destruction in the cosmos is simply a norm, not bound to human logic."

Shen Ye had just finished reading when the ten seconds were up.

The bright red entry flashed and vanished.

It disappeared.