Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

A moment.

He passed through the solid earth and transported directly into the true interior of the Great Tomb.

The sky spun and the earth went round—

His feet touched the solid ground.

Shen Ye didn't steady himself, staggered, but fortunately, he supported himself against the wall with his hand, so he didn't fall.

When he looked up,

Surrounding him were metallic colors, ancient and weathered metallic walls.

On both sides of the corridor were sealed doors.

The first layer of the Great Tomb!

He had finally returned here!

He had been delayed too long just now and didn't know if Mo Ga Ru had arrived yet.

Now was not the time for confrontation.

He would deal with this hurdle first—

"Technique Spirit Sister, I want to train a bit now."

Shen Ye started doing warm-up exercises.

The voice of the Female Art Spirit rang out in the darkness:

"You have passed the Three Disasters, have inherited the Blade Technique, and are now a formal Tomb Guard Soldier."

"— I can invoke the training tasks of the Tomb Soldiers. Would you like to try?"

"Training? What does it entail?" Shen Ye asked.

"You must practice your Sword Techniques with all your might, and only when you have elevated it to the Second Realm of the Law Realm will you have completed the entire process of inheriting the Blade Technique and be freed to move as you please." the Female Art Spirit explained.

"Will there be any danger?"

Shen Ye asked cautiously.

"Training tasks are the least dangerous." the Female Art Spirit said.

"Then that's fine," Shen Ye was reassured, "Let's start. I will practice the Sword Techniques while waiting for Mo Ga Ru to come."

"I will activate the task then." the Female Art Spirit said.

The next second.

Shen Ye suddenly saw a piece of metallic flooring not far ahead lighting up.

"Step on it." the Female Art Spirit said.

Shen Ye really went over and stepped on it.

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The ground slowly rose.

A Metal Human Puppet wielding a long blade appeared opposite Shen Ye.

"Your understanding of the Blade Technique is there, but your hands are too raw and need to be tempered."

The Metal Human Puppet spoke with a stiff and strange tone.

He raised his blade.

Shen Ye also quickly raised his blade.

"Follow me — three thousand slashes, start!" the Metal Human Puppet commanded.

Having said that, it swung its blade.

Shen Ye had no choice but to follow, swinging the long blade as well.

And so he practiced.

While he trained, he waited for Mo Ga Ru and talked with the woman in the Dharma Aspect.

The more he looked carefully, the more he realized how different she was from Lilias.

"Hello, I still don't know how to address you."

Shen Ye said.

"I am Diliya, and I know you are Shen Ye." the woman said.

"You've seen me?" Shen Ye asked while swinging his blade.

"Everything that Lilias experienced, I saw it all—I was imprisoned within her Dharma Aspect, witnessing everything." Diliya said.

"Can you tell me about the Cursed Statue?" Shen Ye asked.

"I'm very willing to tell you, but I dare not speak," Diliya said.

Dare not speak...

Shen Ye's blade paused.

"Practice seriously!" the Metal Human Puppet shouted.

Shen Ye immediately swung his sword again.

"Why don't you dare to speak? There's no one else here, and you are hiding within my Dharma Aspect, which should be quite safe," he said quietly.

Diliya shook her head and spoke softly, "You could kill me, but I can't speak— in fact, it's to protect your life."

Shen Ye was taken aback for a moment, then continued to swing his sword.

Cannot speak...

Could it be that matter?

"Is it very dangerous?" Shen Ye probed.

"The entire prison world nearly collapsed because of it, and we all lost our strength; what do you think?" Diliya said.

"Let me guess—is it a secret of the cosmos?"

"Yes."

"Is it a particularly powerful enemy, stronger than the king species' Cosmic Giant Insect?"

"You can't compare at all," Diliya appeared tense and anxious, "Stop talking about it, or else we will both be completely annihilated."

Shen Ye had a clue.

—Actually, if it were someone else, Shen Ye might not have believed it.

But this woman had two terms: "World Master with the Blessings of the Myriad Realms" and "Holy Angel that saves all souls."

Acknowledgement from the Dharma Realm is very difficult.

Just like the teacher once said, "Only when you are worthy of a certain 'name' will the Dharma Realm acknowledge you and grant you that 'name.'

So, for a start, Shen Ye was inclined to have a proper discussion with her.

"Then let's talk about something else—like once I saw a huge vortex appear over the rivers and lakes, and everything around it was powerless, getting sucked in," he continued.

Diliya stood up in shock, almost falling out of the box.

She exclaimed loudly:

"How do you know about that!"

Shen Ye remained silent.

Yes—

The issue that couldn't even be discussed, he had also encountered once.

In the Human Race Imperial Palace's collection room of the Nightmare World, the voice emitted from the book "Doomsday of All Realms Online":

"What I want to talk about is the irresistible Black King..."

At that time, he was in an extremely mad and dangerous situation.

Fortunately, the Underworld Lord Miket Tikaxiwa was there to protect him, allowing him to go through it anew, thus avoiding catastrophe.

That was just hearing about it.

—If Diliya and her group had encountered the "Black King," surviving would be a miracle.

This also explained why the "Five Desires" prison encountered problems.

But why would the Cursed Statue be related to the "Black King"?

Let's hear what Diliya has to say.

"You can use 'that matter' to replace the part you can't talk about and tell me what you can, how about that?"

Shen Ye asked.

"Shen Ye, there's something you need to understand," she said.

"What?"

"When you pursue a secret, the secret immediately starts pursuing you; you understand the truth through the secret, and the secret fulfills its purpose through you—"

"In fact, you could pretend to know nothing and stay away from certain dangers."

Just after Diliya finished speaking, Shen Ye immediately broke into laughter.