Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

"Please hurry to Lunar Palace and inform the Guanghan Celestial Master about the battle here."

"I am endlessly grateful on behalf of Penglai Immortal Mountain!"

"Quick!"

With that, the voice ceased.

The Flying Boat was suddenly struck by something and shattered into pieces.

The three were immediately thrown out.

Su Changfeng, mid-air, was about to stabilize his physique when he suddenly felt a severe pain in his head.

Wait...

Who is Su Changfeng?

I am Shen Ye!

He abruptly opened his eyes, only to find himself still standing in the third layer of the trial ground.

Xu Xingke and Xiao Mengyu, standing beside him, also opened their eyes.

All three wore expressions of disbelief.

Shen Ye suddenly realized something and spoke,

"Look."

He opened his hand.

Somehow, there was a multicolored gemstone in his hand.

"Was this gemstone given by that woman's voice?"

Xiao Mengyu asked curiously.

"I don't know, it just appeared in my hand," Shen Ye replied.

"Interesting...too interesting..." Xu Xingke murmured softly.

Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu turned to look at him.

"Teacher, do you know?"

Shen Ye asked.

"I guess I do now. This is that person's unique power...she turned everything into a gemstone to leave behind a sliver of hope," Xu Xingke remarked solemnly.

"You mean—" Xiao Mengyu began hesitantly.

"Yes, that person is the Master of Penglai Mountain, she guards the strongest of the Three Arts of the Immortal Kingdom—"

"Heaven Connecting!"

As Xu Xingke's voice fell, Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu were visibly moved.

"If Heaven Connecting Technique is the strongest, why didn't she learn it? If she had, she could have fought against those extraterrestrial demons."

Xiao Mengyu asked, puzzled.

Xu Xingke patiently explained:

"Heaven Connecting is the hardest; it consists of countless fragments, such as obtaining the Dharma Aspect of the Immortal Country, specific scriptures, particular destinies, exclusive phrases, extremely difficult trials, and so forth."

"Over the years, many have tried to learn it, but after mastering only a little bit, like I said—"

"Once they fail at a certain step, the whole technique immediately collapses and there is no chance to relearn it."

Xu Xingke sighed, "It's too difficult."

"That's why Penglai Mountain was destroyed, and the Immortal Country collapsed," Shen Ye said.

The three looked together at the second multicolored gemstone in Shen Ye's hand.

"Shall we continue?"

Shen Ye asked.

"We could try," Xu Xingke said.

"I forgot to use the 'name' last time, give me another chance," Xiao Mengyu said with regret.

Shen Ye nodded and triggered the phrase "Fate's Tool."

Lines of black text quickly surfaced:

"The imprisoned Penglai Mountain awaits no rescue and is about to be utterly destroyed by the cosmic attack;"

"However, when Su Changfeng escapes doom and goes for reinforcements, that outcome becomes just an enemy's illusion;"

"Keep moving forward, you who have reached out your hand because of this technique."

"Try to sustain Penglai Mountain longer."

"Perhaps you will win another gemstone."

So that was it!

Shen Ye squeezed the gemstone hard.

In an instant,

the three disappeared.

...

Penglai Immortal Mountain.

Inner Sect.

A normal disciple climbed up from the bed, groaning in pain.

Strange memories flooded his mind.

This disciple, named Zhao Xingshi, was a True Disciple.

He was demoted from True Disciple to a normal Inner Sect disciple because of his frivolous behavior while pursuing a female disciple, and the Law Enforcement Cultivator on duty that day happened to be the female disciple's uncle.

He must earn enough merit to redeem himself and return to his position as a True Disciple.

But it was too late!

Tomorrow—

—by tomorrow noon, all of Penglai would be destroyed!

"Damn...I wonder where teacher and Mengyu have gone..."

Zhao Xingshi muttered quietly while massaging his temples.

Just as he was about to stand, he froze.

This time, he knew he was Shen Ye and had acquired all of Zhao Xingshi's memories.

—As a True Disciple of Penglai, this guy had cultivated the Supreme Forgetting Love Feathering Ascension Scripture to a considerable level.

His insights and experience were extremely useful to himself.

Shen Ye simply sat cross-legged and silently absorbed the knowledge from the memories.

About a quarter of an hour later,

he opened his eyes.

A faint light emerged in small letters, flashing before him:

"Congratulations."

"You have further mastered the art of the Supreme Forgetting Love Feathering Ascension Scripture, thus obtaining the effect of 'Demon Heart Seed Soul.'"

"Description: Your Heart Demon can cultivate within the Dharma Aspect, with its cultivation speed increased by three times. Every time its cultivation level rises, your own cultivation level also improves."

Awesome!

This scripture is simply too awesome!

Shen Ye immediately placed his Heart Demon into the Dharma Aspect, putting it in a cross-legged position beneath the Stele to cultivate.

Watching the cultivation state of the Heart Demon, a sense of enlightenment gradually rose in his heart.

The Heart Demon's cultivation efficiency was extremely high.

It wasn't just the speed that had increased, but the efficiency had tripled!

Unfortunately—

Zhao Xingshi, having entered the sect for a short time and being young, was currently only at the Seventh Layer of the Law Domain.

That was a layer lower than Shen Ye's.

—He couldn't leech off his cultivation experience!

Well, one shouldn't be too greedy.

Time to take care of serious matters.

Shen Ye moved his body, adjusted slightly, then left the cave, and with a leap, flew directly towards the Demon-Subduing and Evil-Cleansing Hall.

"Zhao Xingshi!"

As soon as he landed, someone called him.

Shen Ye turned his head to see several male and female disciples standing nearby, looking at him warily.

By searching his memory, he figured out who they were instantly.

What a coincidence.

These were the Inner Sect disciples responsible for Zhao Xingshi's demotion from his position as a True Disciple.

"Moon-faced Sister clearly avoided you, yet you still come to pester her, not afraid of being demoted to an Outer Sect Handyman?"