Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

In a brief moment,

the corpse on the ground stirred and sat up.

Its wounds all healed, its heart resumed beating once more, and with eyes opening, it furiously demanded,

"What place is this, exactly?"

"To be precise, this is a surprise I prepared especially for you."

Shen Ye explained,

"I do not know through how many layers of worlds we've gone, but you only need to look at two mirrors facing each other to find the answer."

The fully sealed Shen Ye looked towards a mirror.

In it, the scene from another mirror was reflected, creating an observational phenomenon:

In the mirror, there was still another mirror.

Layer upon layer of mirrors extended as far as the eye could see.

"There must be a starting point..."

the king species pondered.

"Indeed, there is one, and you may take your time looking for it," Shen Ye continued.

The ground was covered with frost, transforming underfoot into a mirror.

The sky too formed a mirror with its chill.

Mirrors filled the world.

How would one search for it?

"Shatter."

The king species, with a grim expression, uttered a single word.

In an instant,

all the mirrors shattered.

"You cannot trap me!"

He shouted and charged forward.

Space was like a pane of glass that he shattered, revealing another world adjacent to it.

—Still, it was the Mirror World!

Unconvinced, he again broke through the void, reaching another world.

It was still the Mirror World.

He kept charging, shuttle after shuttle—

But no matter the place, it was still the Mirror World.

The king species stopped to rest.

In the void, the frosty air condensed into a mirror, revealing another Shen Ye.

He clapped his hands and said,

"I've heard that moving between two worlds is extremely difficult, and the fact that you've managed it so many times is quite remarkable."

"Idiot, how could the Mirror World ever be considered a real world?" the fully runed "Shen Ye" said, "I will definitely find that very first mirror, then escape and kill all of your humans."

"To find that one way out from countless worlds—if you really hit that probability, I would accept it even if the world were destroyed," Shen Ye said, giving a thumbs up.

The king species burst through another world and vanished from his sight.

"Hey." The great Skeleton voiced his concern.

"What?"

"What if it keeps on charging and actually finds the original mirror, what then?" The great Skeleton asked worriedly.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"That's impossible," Shen Ye said.

"Why?"

"The initial mirror of frost has already been shattered by its own hand."

"You mean the one that appeared at the beginning with 'win your mother' written on it?"

"Yes, so there's no going back."

"But your body is that of the 'Non-Living Master'; what if he learns 'Existence in Mirror'..."

"He severed my arms, now I cannot perform that technique anymore."

"Huh?" The great Skeleton was momentarily stunned, then suddenly realized.

Yes.

In some world before those countless Mirror Worlds, Shen Ye's hand had already been severed.

He couldn't deploy that technique!

"What if it can regrow its hand?"

"You think it's a lizard or something—even if it regrows, it would be fine, but by then the Seal would probably already have been completed over him."

"What if it hasn't been completed yet?" the giant Skeleton worried.

That's true.

Shen Ye looked towards the void and said:

"Hey, why hasn't it been sealed yet?"

The figure of the Technique Spirit appeared in mid-air.

"I've already sealed its Spatial Ability—the moment it arrived, I was fully committed to sealing this power of its, specifically to prevent it from returning directly to the Great Tomb,"

the Technique Spirit said with a grave expression.

"Having its Spatial Ability sealed, it can still smash through the void, entering another mirror world?" Shen Ye asked in astonishment.

"Correct, it tore apart the void with sheer Strength," explained the Technique Spirit.

"That's excessive," Shen Ye clicked his tongue.

"Originally, I could have sealed all of its abilities," said the Technique Spirit with some regret, "but, unfortunately, it devoured a world life named 'Lilias,' and its strength surged."

"—Even though it has stepped into this Trap, I can't instantly and thoroughly seal it. I can only take my time."

"The power brought by Lilias? That's my fault," sighed Shen Ye.

Yes, indeed.

The Emperor breed was quite pleased with its meal.

—Otherwise, it wouldn't have spared me, even for a moment.

The voice of the Technique Spirit sounded again:

"I am working hard to seal its various powers; you must delay it a bit longer."

Time.

We must continue to fight for time.

Just worried that the bug might think of a new trick...

Shen Ye stood up and, suddenly, along with the mirror, disappeared.

In a certain Mirror World.

The king species, covered with Runes and Seals, stood motionless.

Using Shen Ye's physique, it had a thorough understanding of the situation on its body.

"Such impoverished cognition makes you believe you can trap me... Humans are truly a laughable and arrogant race."

"If it hadn't been for my own greed, wanting to subdue the core of the Seal here...

"Forget it, let's go back—"

"Return to the Great Tomb, get back my real body, and then annihilate you all!"

The Emperor breed, controlling Shen Ye's physique, opened its mouth and exhaled a mist of blood.

The blood formed in mid-air, turning into a pair of blood hands, reattaching to the wrists.

The blood hands pinched out a Spell Seal.

Dharma Aspect Transformation: Destiny's Disarray!

An endless surge of blood light shot up into the sky, encircling the Emperor breed, grinding everything around it to shards. Explore more at empire

In an instant.

Millions, billions, even an incalculable number of Mirror Worlds were completely destroyed.

The Great Tomb appeared before its eyes once more!

—Back again!

"Shen Ye" landed, stepping on that immense finger.

But at the same moment.

A voice arose in the darkness:

"Existence in Mirror."

In that instant, "Shen Ye" took in his surroundings and couldn't help but curse: