Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

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One month ago.

The Dark Soul Empire.

Eternal Night City.

The Palace.

Countless bone fragments floated in mid-air, each inscribed with dense undead script.

The Underworld Lord Miket Tikaxiwa sat high upon her throne, waving her hand casually to infuse her breath into the bone fragments.

Suddenly.

A door appeared on the side wall of the great hall.

The door's design was indistinguishable from the main entrance, looking like a duplicate of it.

The door "bang" opened.

Shen Ye walked out.

"Your Majesty, why did you entrust the Undead Empire to me?" he asked directly.

The great skeleton emerged from the void, striding forward, and knelt below the throne, saying in a trembling voice:

"Mother! It's been too long since I served by your side, and too long since I've heard your teachings!"

Even the Underworld Lord Miket Tikaxiwa, accustomed to countless tempests, was taken aback for a moment.

"How... did you get here?" she asked.

"I can open doors through time and space. The moment I discovered this, I came straight here," Shen Ye said, tossing a bone fragment over. Explore stories at My Virtual Library Empire

Miket Tikaxiwa caught the bone fragment, took a serious look, and mused:

"Baxter, I thought it over, and at this critical moment of survival, the only one I could entrust the empire to is you."

"What exactly happened?" Shen Ye asked.

"A terrifying parasitic monster descended on Eternal Night City, and I found I am no match for it," the Underworld Lord Miket Tikaxiwa said.

As she spoke, she waved her hand.

The bone fragments floating in mid-air immediately flew out of the great hall, heading in various directions toward Eternal Night City.

"It's targeting you?" Shen Ye asked.

"Yes, I estimate it will come soon. I'll fight to the death, at the very least to inflict severe injuries on it, to buy you time," the Underworld Lord Miket Tikaxiwa said.

Shen Ye stepped forward and extended his hand to the great skeleton.

"What for?" the great skeleton asked.

"Give me one of your phalanx bones," Shen Ye said.

"?" the great skeleton was puzzled.

"Quick, I sense an evil presence approaching. Give me your phalanx bone now!" Shen Ye said urgently.

"Take it!"

The great skeleton grimaced with pain as he tore off a segment of his phalanx bone and handed it to Shen Ye.

"Madam, we should retreat a little, to avoid injury from that creature," Shen Ye said.

"If I leave, what will become of the empire?"

"The empire exists only if you do. Now we must preserve our living forces."

"It seems you already have a plan, very well then!" the Underworld Lord Miket Tikaxiwa nodded in agreement.

Shen Ye immediately opened a door, and hastily said to the great skeleton:

"Take your mother in, find a place to hide for now."

The great skeleton, aware of the dangerous situation, immediately sprang up, pushed the door open, and looked back:

"Mother, please!"

"Go," the Underworld Lord Miket Tikaxiwa said succinctly.

The two entered the door.

Shen Ye, however, stayed behind.

Two lines of faint light text appeared before his eyes:

"You will activate the Dimensional Gate with the 'phalanx bone', directing it to the following spacetime coordinates:"

"Location: Dusk Star, Time: when this satellite arrives above the End Star Abyss District."

Yes.

The great skeleton had once reached that moment!

And it was at that moment that he had thrown the flesh cocoon from his Dharma Aspect down into the Abyss Zone.

Rumble rumble.

The door slowly opened.

In an instant.

Another person appeared in the great hall.

"Hee hee hee, kiddo, did you see your Nether God?" the person asked nonchalantly with a laugh.

Shen Ye didn't answer, but just walked through the door.

The moment he entered, he opened another Dimensional Gate within the doorway.

A double gate.

This allowed him to reach Viscount Weiss's armory, joining the Underworld Lord Miket Tikaxiwa and the great skeleton who had just arrived.

Almost immediately upon entering, he closed the gate behind him.

Thus in the royal palace of Eternal Night City, only one gaping door remained open.

— Leading to Dusk Star.

The person laughed and shook his head: "Running? It's no use."

In a flash, his figure darted into the doorway.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

An angry roar full of panic suddenly came from inside the door.

The door then vanished.