Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

The voice of the Technique Spirit sounded.

Shen Ye stood on that huge fingertip, watching as those fingers slowly assumed a bizarre position.

The ten mountain-like fingers steadied and did not move.

The Spell Seal was complete.

The boundless power, primal as a nascent universe, released a tide of Origin Force that swept over everything.

And all these tides submerged into Shen Ye\'s back.

Slender lines began to emerge slowly on his body, growing and starting to restrict the insects\' Runes.

"The core of the Seal of Fate is descending upon you now."

"—The king species cannot completely break through the seal without finding its core!"

Shen Ye listened intently and asked, "So we need time—"

"That\'s right!" the Technique Spirit said, taking over, "We need to ensure that the core of the Seal of Fate fully arrives within you!"

The urgency in the Technique Spirit\'s voice grew:

"We still need a little time to complete this technique—wait, what is your relationship with that strongest man?"

"The strongest? Are you talking about the first person I contacted?"

"Yes."

"He\'s my teacher!"

"Good, then I won\'t stop him—he\'s discovered this place—he\'s here!"

The voice fell silent.

A capable man wearing a black duckbill cap landed.

He glanced at Shen Ye with a cigarette in his mouth, then at all the light swirling around Shen Ye.

Xu Xingke!

Just as Shen Ye was about to speak, he suddenly felt an intense pain all over his body.

Lowering his head for a closer look, he saw those sealing threads extending along his limbs toward his chest, cutting open his skin and causing blood to flow.

—The descent was entering its most crucial moment!

"Teacher, protect me, I need time right now."

Shen Ye said.

Xu Xingke understood with a glance and said with a raised eyebrow:

"The seal in the Great Tomb has been broken? Then it\'s over, this world will also be destroyed."

"There\'s still a chance," the Technique Spirit\'s voice emerged from Shen Ye: "As long as he lives, the seal will slowly recover."

"—Are you willing to protect him for a while?"

Xu Xingke nodded and said, "Of course."

"Just don\'t let that bug out of your sight, please hold off for 2 minutes, after 2 minutes you can withdraw from the fight immediately!" the Technique Spirit said quickly.

Whoosh—

Xu Xingke was teleported away in an instant.

In the darkness.

At the very bottom of the deepest Great Tomb.

Xu Xingke appeared quietly.

Not far from the black stone wall, there stood a humanoid being.

Its body was covered with a carapace, with eight long tails dragging behind it, their ends sharp spikes.

But what was most striking was its head.

Its head was covered with long hair, which upon closer inspection were actually slender arms.

King species!

This was its true form, albeit transformed into a humanoid appearance!

"How... I have broken the seal..."

The king species said in confusion.

Xu Xingke stood not far behind it, silent, just slowly smoking.

Suddenly.

A flash in the void.

A dazzling radiance descended.

Chaos Spirit Light!

It had also arrived!

One person, one insect, one light, each standing at one corner.

"Ha, this matter here has nothing to do with me, I just came to see if the seal was broken."

Having said that, Chaos Spirit Light disappeared in a flash.

Only the man and the insect remained.

Xu Xingke narrowed his eyes, silently noting Chaos Spirit Light.

The insect of the king species stared at him and said:

"You are a new face—I have killed off the strong humans of this world, but I\'ve never seen you before."

"That\'s right," Xu Xingke said, "After the cultivation civilization represented by Chaotic Heaven Gate was exterminated by you, we came to this planet and discovered that history."

"Has the extinction of your peers driven you mad, or do you intend to become my slave?" the king species asked.

Xu Xingke took a deep drag of his cigarette, dropped it to the ground, stamped it out with his foot, and then said nonchalantly:

"So busy smoking, I forgot to beat you."

A gigantic phantom emerged behind him.

That phantom was a giant, covered with a dense network of tubes, floating lonely in mid-air.

A violent and surging killing intent radiated from the giant.

—Was he going all out, ready to fight with full force?

The king species\' gaze sharpened as it whispered:

"A world-class Dharma Aspect formed from the fusion of many civilizations? Rare indeed...

"It seems I must eat you now!"

"So fierce? I thought you\'d continue to posture for a while," Xu Xingke donned a pair of gloves.

"You must die, I can see your name—you\'re trouble!" the insect shouted.

Endless red light spun rapidly behind it, forming a grotesque blood eye.

Destiny\'s End · Banner of the Nest!

Crimson threads radiated from the blood eye, piercing everything around at high speed.

But as if Xu Xingke had anticipated it,

At the moment the Technique was complete, his feet moved in illusory steps, his physique wavering and indistinct.

Movement technique—

Star Scatter!

All that the other captured was his light image from seven seconds ago, unable to affect him.

This was an extremely tailored response!

"Eh? You\'ve seen my Technique?"

The king species exclaimed in surprise.

Xu Xingke snapped his fingers.

The Giant\'s shadow instantly solidified, roaring out a sphere of light that shot straight towards the king species.

"Arrogant."

The king species said coldly.

Behind it, the ceaselessly spinning bloody pupil released whips of blood, fiercely lashing out at the sphere of light.

Their techniques clashing, both the man and the insect vanished simultaneously.

They bypassed each other\'s techniques, appearing directly in the spot the other had just occupied.

"Ha," the king species sneered with contempt, "To think you\'d dare to play the same trick as me. Had I known, I would have just waited here for you to come."

"Don\'t move, I\'m coming to kill you." Xu Xingke looked back and said.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom—

Their techniques clashed nonstop.

And indeed, the king species stood still, waving one hand as if to beckon him to attack.

Xu Xingke snorted.

Suddenly, the entire earth turned into endless sharp lances, with each thrusting upwards.

"A foolish maneuver."

The king species leaped lightly.

However, it was in that instant—

"Dharma Aspect Transformation, Massacring Spirits of the City."

Xu Xingke had already formed his Spell Seal.

This was the strength of The Eighth Layer of the Dharma Realm!

Only upon reaching the Eighth Layer would the Dharma Aspect completely transform, leaping towards even higher levels.

The king species was still mid-air when the entire space around it had already changed.

The towering walls that had stood behind Xu Xingke morphed, becoming a majestic castle rising from the ground.

The castle enclosed the king species right in the middle.

Countless Technique Spirits stood atop the castle, launching their attacks at the king species!

The king species floated in mid-air, looking relaxed and even having the leisure to admire the Technique Spirits atop the castle.

It released its own techniques—

"Dharma Aspect Transformation: Destiny\'s Disarray."

All techniques bombarding mid-air momentarily faltered, then suddenly veered aside, completely missing the king species in front of them.

The king species shone with a flickering light that illuminated the entire castle.

All attacks were in disarray!

The magnificently constructed castle of Dharma Aspect began to alter its structure, falling into collapse.

"The Eightfold Dharmakaya is hardly worth a glance. You might as well show some true ability, otherwise—"

It spoke with a mocking tone:

"I\'ll eat you alive."

Elsewhere.

Shen Ye stood atop a huge statue, urgently saying:

"Is it done yet?"

Behind him, the light-formed cape had completely enshrouded him, and the colossal hand beneath was releasing a surging strength.

The Technique Spirit\'s voice sounded:

"It will be completed shortly, and by the way, in 57 seconds your teacher will be defeated."

"How do you know?"

"I\'ve been fighting with that insect for thousands of years."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"By the way—a mere Seal of Fate descending upon me won\'t stop it from slaughtering everyone in the Great Tomb, right?" Shen Ye asked.

"Yes, the seal can only contain it. If it decides to summon an insect horde against the beings on the surface, the seal is powerless," the Technique Spirit replied.

Boom—

The two giant hands of the statue ceased moving.

The technique was a success!

Infinite specks of light flew in from the darkness in all directions, settling on Shen Ye, the cape included, merging into his body.

A complete Seal of Fate manifested on him as black lines, imprisoning all the Rune of Descents of the insect race.

"Done! Now the core of the Seal of Fate has fully descended upon you."

The Technique Spirit\'s voice rang in Shen Ye\'s ear.

But Shen Ye felt not a shred of jubilation.

He pondered and asked:

"I have an idea. If the insect\'s soul were to descend upon me, could the Seal of Fate contain it?"

"Of course! But you must continuously draw strength from the Great Tomb to prevent it from shattering the seal," the Technique Spirit replied.

"If you\'ve been in a stalemate for a thousand years, why could it defeat you?" Shen Ye pressed.

"This time it had the help of Chaos Spirit Light, and my speed of drawing strength didn\'t keep up, that\'s why it overpowered me," the Technique Spirit calmly explained.

A glint of cold intent flashed across Shen Ye\'s gaze.

Chaos Spirit Light.

This being didn\'t take the safety of the human world seriously at all.

Shen Ye began to recite aloud:

"banner top food."

—This was what the king species said before: if Shen Ye found something powerful, he should recite this to offer it as food.

As he called out this signal, he had already formed the Hand Seal, unleashing the strength of the "Non-Living Master."

He waited a breath.

There was no response.

The king species didn\'t come!

Not only did it not come, but the entire dark void began to resonate with thunderous roars.

Cracks started appearing all over the giant statue.

—The Great Tomb was on a path to destruction!

"Why didn\'t it come?" Shen Ye asked.

"It\'s currently locked in a tight battle with your teacher and doesn\'t want to come here—perhaps it also prefers the prospect of devouring your teacher," the Technique Spirit replied.

Shen Ye felt a surge of anxiety and asked:

"Can you teleport me there?"

"Going there would be pointless; you would likely be killed by the aftermath of a battle of that magnitude," the Technique Spirit said.

"So in other words, we have no way to draw it here!"

"Correct."

"…No, we do have one method left. Give me a psychic link, I want to speak directly with the king species."

Shen Ye released the Guanghan Ice Mirror, pressing his hand against the mirror, switching bodies.

He placed his own body, marked with the Rune of Descent of the insect race and the Seal of Fate, into the mirror, and then took out a clean human body in its place.

After completing all this, he suddenly began to laugh:

"—Come, great monarch! I have located the core of the Seal of Fate for you. Shatter it, and you have won!"

Endless brilliance swirled around him.

The Technique Spirit appeared above him, silent, just quietly watching him, as if asking what he was truly planning.