Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

They started fighting fiercely, and in a moment, they had moved out of the pavilion, entangling in battle over the surface of the lake.

Shen Ye was about to step forward when he saw a figure plummet from the sky and hover in front of him.

This was a being made of light.

It looked like the layer of radiance that enveloped Mo Ga Ru during the Dharma Aspect Transformation.

"Who are you?" Shen Ye asked in surprise. Discover hidden content at empire

"Hmph, I'm just here to take a look. Tender Village is no good thing, remember to focus on your actual task," a voice came from within the light.

"Lord Mo Ga Ru sent you?" Shen Ye said.

"Nonsense, the task was mainly your responsibility, to begin with, yet here we have been, waiting in Eternal Night City while you didn't show up, so we reported to Lord Mo Ga Ru, who ordered me to come and check on the situation," the voice in the light retorted.

"—Lord said you were in Tender Village."

"I wouldn't call this 'tender' at all."

"Come to Eternal Night City, don't mess up the Lord's business!"

After speaking, the white light flashed, soared into the sky, and rapidly disappeared.

It returned to Nightmare World, descended into the palace of Eternal Night City, and merged into the body of a certain guard.

The guard instantly regained consciousness.

"How did it go?"

Mo Ga Ru sat on the throne, casually asking.

"Reporting to the Lord, using the badge's signal, I quickly found the guard you personally appointed," the guard said.

"He was indeed lingering in Tender Village—those women were fighting over him out of jealousy," the guard reported.

Mo Ga Ru couldn't help but chuckle:

"Heh, how boring, Baxter."

"Lord, should we issue a punishment?" the guard inquired.

"No need; I indeed gave him time to deal with his matters, and he hasn't exceeded the time limit by much," Mo Ga Ru said.

"As for now—go find Lord Nine Phases, tell him I wish to see him."

"Yes!"

...

The light had left.

The two women immediately ceased their fight.

"Shen Ye, what was that thing just now?" Xiao Mengyu asked.

"Yeah, what was that thing?" Song Yinchen also asked.

"I don't know, some sort of monster, perhaps," said Shen Ye.

Shen Ye felt utterly weary.

—This was a day entirely within the scope of the prophecy; if he did anything that might threaten Mo Ga Ru, it would be recorded in the prophetic verses.

Therefore, he could not do anything on this day.

And after it was over, he even sent someone to take a look.

Too suspicious.

But now he had narrowly passed the test.

There were two more days until Mo Ga Ru would cast "Death's Prophetic Verses" again.

Two whole days!

He had to hasten any action!

"Brother, are you avoiding something? I'm ready to fight," Song Yinchen volunteered bravely.

Xiao Mengyu was also looking at him.

A wave of hesitation passed through Shen Ye's heart... truthfully, I'd also like to spend time doing homework with you, attending classes, and such.

But Mo Ga Ru is at the Eightfold Peak of the Law Realm.

I'm sorry.

I really don't dare to bring you along.

Yet—

It seems I can't afford to offend you two either.

What to do?

"There's no help for it; this is a combat task assigned by the teacher, and no one else can intervene," Shen Ye said solemnly.

Song Yinchen and Xiao Mengyu exchanged glances once again, then both looked at him.

"Really!" Shen Ye said, standing tall and firm.

"Do you have a phone?" Xiao Mengyu asked.

"Yes," Song Yinchen said.

"Call," said Xiao Mengyu.

"Okay."

The call was made.

Beep—beep—beep—

"Hello?" Xu Xingke's voice came through the receiver.

"Teacher, didn't you go on a campaign? Why have you come back?" Song Yinchen asked.

"So boring, the expert on the other side won't fight; I came back to rest for a bit," Xu Xingke said indifferently.

"Teacher, I want to ask about the combat task you assigned to Shen Ye, can I participate?" Song Yinchen said.

"Combat mission? I didn't assign him any combat mission," said Xu Xingke.

Song Yinchen and Xiao Mengyu's beautiful eyes widened as they looked towards Shen Ye.

Who knew Xu Xingke's voice would come through the earpiece again:

"What I assigned him was an extremely secret combat reconnaissance mission. None of you should interfere. It's related to his professional growth; don't mess it up for him," he said.

Shen Ye had just about resigned himself to his fate when his teacher revealed such a turnaround. He immediately felt revived and silently gave his teacher a thumbs-up in his heart.

In contrast, the two women retracted their murderous intent.

One with a full face of apology.

One looking down sheepishly.

"But teacher, Shen Ye has a spirit of the Eightfold Realms in him. What's that about?" asked Song Yinchen.

"Oh my goodness? A spirit of the Eightfold?," exclaimed Xu Xingke in surprise.

"You didn't know?" Song Yinchen raised her voice.

"Of course, I didn't know. I remember not long ago he was at the Sevenfold Peak Realm, is he really Eightfold now?" said Xu Xingke in a calm, yet not entirely composed, tone.

"He is Eightfold!" confirmed Song Yinchen.

"Okay, don't worry about it. It was specially prepared for him to seal the bugs," Xu Xingke grew more composed.

His tone of speaking gave a sense of reliability and steadiness.

Shen Ye straightened his back even more.

Sure enough, people who don't often lie are quite something when they do.

"So that's how it is. But is it really safe?"

Xiao Mengyu interjected.

Xu Xingke paused for a moment as if recalling who this female voice belonged to, then he said:

"It's very safe, don't worry. That spirit has a good relationship with me; we won't harm Shen Ye."

With Xu Xingke, the leader of the Tower of Tarot, giving his assurance, the two women finally set their minds at ease.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xu Xingke hung up the call.

"Sorry, I'm still on a mission. I have to rush to the next step of combat exploration now—I'll leave you two for now and catch up with you for dinner later," said Shen Ye gratefully.

"You don't need to be polite with me, my life was saved by you," said Song Yinchen with a charming smile.

"And I was planning to spar with you to enhance our combat skills. Never mind, we can talk about it when you get back," Xiao Mengyu also revealed a faint smile.

"All right, I'm go now," said Shen Ye hastily.

Without any reservations, he opened a door and walked through it.

In the pavilion of the Song Family's back garden.

Only Song Yinchen and Xiao Mengyu were left.

"I won't keep you any longer,"

said Song Yinchen.

"You can't keep me anyway," Xiao Mengyu replied.

She rose into the sky, turned into a streak of sword light, and vanished in a flash.

Song Yinchen glanced at it, pondered for a moment, and already understood the key to Sword Flight.

She made a face towards the direction in which Xiao Mengyu had flown away.

—No way I'm going to fly like you.

I can perform Law Realm Shuttle!

She thought about it, reached out into the air, and gave a gentle tug.

No door appeared.

"How interesting, why can't I do it?" She tried with curiosity.

But after a long time—

She still couldn't do it.

Now, Song Yinchen really found it strange.

"Unbelievable. Aren't all the schools of method in the world something you can master once you learn them? Weilan?" she asked.

A maid appeared silently beside her, her expression somewhat complicated.

To be honest.

How could every school of method in the world be mastered just by learning?

If that were the case, wouldn't there be experts everywhere, with no class stratification in the mortal world?

But the young lady thought so.

—Because whatever she learned, she would master.

—And because she had been constrained by her sister for too long.

But now, she finally encountered something she couldn't learn.

How should Weilan explain it to her?

"Miss," the maid named Weilan gritted her teeth and whispered, "haven't you noticed? Shen Ye is a man, perhaps only men can learn this skill?"

Song Yinchen's fingers retracted as if they had touched electricity.

Indeed.

For instance, she would never enter a male restroom.

"That's true, oh, Weilan, look at this head of mine, I'm so silly!" she exclaimed.

She gave up on her exploration of the "door."