Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

"Is this a secret technique from the Chaotic Heaven Gate?" Xu Xingke asked.

"Secret technique? It's more like a death technique—it can only be used for a few minutes, and two have already passed." Shen Ye replied.

"Will you die?"

"No worries, I won't die, teacher. I'll explain in a moment."

His blood felt as if it was burning.

The breath he exhaled carried a faint trace of gold.

—That drop of blood was burning everything in this body to unleash its original power!

He couldn't wait any longer.

Shen Ye looked toward the sea, his physique slightly twirling as he swung his leg down in a chopping motion.

Frost Bite!

This Frost Bite was different from the ones before.

The heavens and earth were split by a sharp and fierce blade of flame.

The line of fire cut across the air, seemingly endless, piercing directly into the sea and evaporating all the water on its path.

—Shen Ye was using a Reversed Body provided by the "Existence in Mirror"!

Inside the Great Tomb, Mo Ga Ru performed the Six Senses Seal Technique.

Everyone was sealed.

Only Shen Ye, with the "Mirror Self" ability from his "Non-Living Master" profession, switched bodies and escaped the seal!

All the powers of this body were opposite to his original one!

—Even the skills were reversed.

The Frost Blade that should have been unleashed turned into a blaze.

Shen Ye's brows furrowed slightly.

His Basic Attributes continued to grow explosively.

"Comprehension" exceeded seven hundred, allowing him to perceive the essence of the universe in everything he saw.

—If he survived, this comprehension would become a memory, still belonging to his soul.

But the power that was too strong had begun to change his body.

Blood.

The drop of blood, as if just awakening, was releasing a terrifying power!

Shen Ye's skin cracked open all over his body, and tiny scales of various colors emerged, making him look like he was clothed in a beetle shell.

Whoosh!

A figure burst out of the water in disarray, bearing a shocking cut wound.

—Tian Luo!

"Who are you?" He asked furiously.

"The fully-evolved Perfect Cell—here specifically to kill you." Shen Ye bluffed.

"Cell?"
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Tian Luo repeated the name carefully, but doubt crept into his mind.

According to the intelligence he had gathered, there was no such person among Death Planet's strongest.

"No—according to that blood, I must be an alien from outer space—I should be Frieza."

Shen Ye thought and corrected his answer.

Tian Luo had no time to be astonished as another fist brutally smashed into his face.

"Puh."

He spat out a mouthful of blood and was about to counterattack when another heavy punch struck his stomach.

This punch was fiercer, causing his chest armor to tremble and break apart.

Too fast.

How could there be such swift movements, completely invisible!

Tian Luo roared and, disregarding his injuries, swung his arm like a blade, fully striking towards his opponent's neck.

In a thunderous crack—

The blow connected.

"Hey, have a taste of—" Tian Luo didn't finish his sentence.

The other stood unfazed by the neck strike, seemingly without a scratch, only showing a faint white mark.

Meanwhile, two towering thunder pillars erupted from his hands.

The pillars reached into the endless void above and down into the boundless ice sea below, lighting the entire ocean with blue-white lightning.

—This was an unfathomable level of technique.

Tian Luo's pupils contracted sharply:

"No..."

In a rush, he pinched out a Spell Seal.

Boom!!!

Two palms stamped on his chest, one deflected by his arm, the other hit his shoulder directly.

However, Tian Luo forcefully took the hit and used it to retreat.

—He seemed to be hardly injured.

Shen Ye stood midair, disappointedly saying, "Ah, sorry, there's a problem with that move."

The Thunder Shock Palm was reversed too.

He didn't know what effect it would have now.

Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through him, as wings burst from Shen Ye's back, ripping open his clothes.

At this time, Xu Xingke grew more and more uneasy and solemnly telepathically messaged,

"Are you sure you'll be alright?"

"Don't worry, teacher. Our Chaotic Heaven Gate has specific techniques to deal with this situation. I wouldn't just come here to die." Shen Ye quietly activated Telepathy.

—Telepathy was as simple as talking.

Xu Xingke relaxed slightly.

When he thought about it—

The kid was resourceful and wild.

He even dared to meddle in the selection of the Chaos Spirit Light's master.

—He also killed one of the sisters.

The Swordswoman said he sang a song as he chopped off her head.

Would such a person court death?

Unlikely.

"Frieza, do you think with that Flame Blade, you can handle me?"

Tian Luo opened a glass bottle, downed its contents, and began forming another Technique Seal.

"Come on, let's decide life and death!"

The Technique Seal was formed—

In the sky, one asteroid after another appeared, all hurtling toward the sea.

—Should they hit, the world would be destroyed.

"Me?"

Xu Xingke quickly formed a seal, preparing to unfold his Dharma Aspect.

"Teacher, I have limited time in the field, so let me do it," Shen Ye said.

Comprehension jumped to 900.

Resonance 1000.

Other Attributes 900.

No wonder humanity cannot defeat the king species of Cosmic Giant Insects.

They are beyond human comprehension.

Shen Ye raised his hand, pressing through the air.

In his thoughts, a message from the ancient universe awoke.

Upon closer inspection, he found it did not come from the outside world.

It was a secret of the bloodline hidden within the drop of blood.

At that moment,

Just before Shen Ye's body was about to burst,

The life force of Shen Ye resonated with the blood, which, realizing his desire, activated in response.

The fundamental power awakened from within his bloodline, sending a transmission that allowed him to understand the "self" and the power he was supposed to possess.

From a certain perspective, this was known as "seeing me."

Yes,

—to witness the true power of the king species.

Shen Ye slowly spoke the name of that power:

"Dharma Aspect unfold, Destiny's End."

The whole world darkened.

A blood-red halo quietly emerged behind him, spinning madly, sending out long waves of light that shredded the void.

Time seemed no longer to exist.

All the laws of the world came to a halt for it.

Shen Ye's hands joined together to form the ancient Spell Seal of the king species.

"Banner of the Nest."

He uttered the last three words.

Infinite black fog engulfed the world, gathering around Shen Ye, making the blood-red halo appear like an eye.

—This technique was like a crimson pupil in the darkness.

It suddenly released countless racing scarlet lines, instantly piercing through the entire world.

"All dimensions are sealed; you and your techniques have nowhere to run," Shen Ye said, looking at Tian Luo.

The blood-red halo expanded infinitely, sprouting countless luminescent tendrils that lashed towards the sky.

Asteroids in the sky suddenly froze in place.

Every asteroid touched by the bloody tendrils was absorbed into them, vanishing from sight.

"Broken through?" Xu Xingke was somewhat surprised.

That was the opponent's desperate move.

That's not right...

It was definitely not a move from the Chaotic Heaven Gate.

Such a terrifying technique that could even capture planets—

where on earth did they go?

How powerful must one's spiritual power, resonance, and professional depth be to release such a technique!

If the Chaotic Heaven Gate was that powerful, how could it have disappeared from history?

Xu Xingke looked at Tian Luo.

The next moment.

"No! You won't kill me!" Tian Luo's face turned pale as he suddenly broke through the void and vanished from before Shen Ye's eyes.

—He teleported away!

Shen Ye did not pursue, but looked down at his body.

His body's surface was covered with fine scales; antennae grew upon his head, and several pairs of wings sprouted from his back.

—He was about to transform into an insect!

But during this transformation, his body would burst and he would die!

Shen Ye looked at Xu Xingke.

"What's happening?" Xu Xingke looked back, his expression grave. "Tell me what happened, now."

"It's nothing, Teacher," Shen Ye said.

—The spell he had just used was complete; Tian Luo's fate was sealed.

If Shen Ye thought there was still value in Tian Luo living, not wanting him to die instantly, Tian Luo would not have died on the spot.

"The technique just now is called Destiny's End · Banner of the Nest."

"Once hit, the technique will keep consuming him, eating away all he has, then turning into the power of annihilation, following his destined trajectory to attack all his companions."

"—My body is also almost at its limit, Teacher, I'm logging off."

After Shen Ye spoke, he formed a single Spell Seal with one hand.

—Existence in Mirror.

The body about to burst automatically transitioned into 'Existence in Mirror,' and another body from 'Existence in Mirror' took its place, available for Shen Ye's spirit.

All attributes fulfilled.

Yes.

This was his original body!

The previous one was a reverse technique body!

"You... two bodies?" Xu Xingke asked.

"The parameters of the previous one were too high; it burst. What you're seeing now is the real me," Shen Ye said.

He casually summoned Guanghan Ice Ridge to form a mirror.

Looking carefully at himself in the ice mirror—

His reflection "pop" burst into a mist of blood.

—His body could not contain the blood of the king species and exploded!

The Reversed Body was indeed doomed!

A faint light appeared, forming words:

"You do not have enough mastery over your Professional Skill 'Existence in Mirror.' Once the Reversed Body is born, it can only exist within the mirror."

"It can no longer bear the blood of the king species."

"Please work to advance this skill to the First Layer of the Law Domain, so you may once again bring the Reversed Body into the real world."

Alright.

He had only used this Professional Skill a mere two times; he was nowhere near accustomed to it.

—Judging by the other Professional Skills he mastered, every time a skill is leveled up, its power becomes incomparably stronger.

It seems he needed to find an opportunity—

to train it!