Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Dim light emerged in small characters, swiftly flashing:

"Naming task completed!"

"The mine is now named 'Mountain of Experience Points'!"

"Essence transformation completed."

All small characters retracted.

The diamond in Shen Ye's hand once again turned into dirt.

He stood up and looked towards the mine.

The mine was still just a mine, unchanged, looking extremely Normal.

Shen Ye lifted his Mining Hoe and started to dig at the mine.

Crunch.

The Hoe plunged into the soil.

Two lines of dimly lit characters suddenly emerged:

"Experience Points +0.01."

"1000 points of Experience Points needed to Advance to the next Dharma Realm level."

——If you want to level up, just mine!

Shen Ye was overjoyed, but to confirm the whole thing, he couldn't help but lift the Mining Hoe and dig a few more times.

"Experience Points +0.01."

"Experience Points +0.01."

"..."

Great!

The ratio of internal to external time flow is three months: one day.

Let the substitute mine here today!

Dig like crazy!

Decide on the mine's brand new "essence" tomorrow!

Shen Ye happily exited the Real Estate Gate.

Alright.

Now both gates have been examined.

Vampire Lord has turned into a gang of blood-suckers.

——But how did all this happen?

In real life, how could there be such a thing as a pie falling from the sky!

As he pondered.

A massive will descended.

An invisible force formed a strong oppressive presence in midair, causing all beings on the entire ship to fall into a state of unconsciousness.

Shen Ye was no better off, feeling like his head was about to explode.

A grand voice echoed through the void:

"The blessing is complete, is there anything else you would like to say?"

Shen Ye took a deep breath, and was about to speak.

——Why bestow a blessing upon me?

——Who might you be?

Before he could speak, he noticed the Gold lines on his palm had turned into pitch black.

He couldn't say what he had planned to say!

In a flash, Shen Ye changed his tone and said:

"Thank you very much, but I seem to have not given much in return, which makes me somewhat uneasy."

The black lines on his palm instantly turned White, emitting a faint light.

Okay.

Hopefully, that wasn't the wrong answer.

That deep and thick voice spoke again:

"No, you have given — throughout the entire ceremony, there were two beings who made sacrifices."

"One was you, and the other was the existence of White Night."

"But I prefer your offering."

"It was the only voluntarily given sacrifice, elevating the dignity of the entire ceremony."

"It is only because of such an outstanding offering that this Sacrificial Ceremony, spanning billions of years, could barely be worthy of my reputation."

"So I bless you."

"——It is what you deserve."

As the voice faded.

A giant bubble appeared in the surrounding void, enveloping Shen Ye.

"Come with me."

Light and shadows around him flickered rapidly.

Shen Ye only felt a blur before his eyes, and he found himself in the endless Sea of Truth.

"There's a ritual that can forcibly awaken me."

"If the Sacrifice is completed according to the existing rules, I must bless the other party."

"——Look, the one who wants to use me is about to arrive."

"It is called the White Night Spirit King!"

The other's voice, mixed with annoyance, echoed in Shen Ye's ears nonstop.

After several breaths.

Countless White Night creatures emerged from the void, arranging themselves in rows in the Deep Sea.

They kneeled on one knee and sang hymns in unison.

With the chorus, brilliant light surged within the water, gradually illuminating the entire Deep Sea.

The previously dark and black sea turned into a realm engulfed in white light.

Under the White Night.

A colossal head appeared in the void, somewhat resembling a crocodile, but with an iridescent horn unlike anything seen on a crocodile.

The head of this monster slowly opened its mouth.

A small glowing body flew out from its mouth, falling among the surrounding White Night creatures.

"Praise my lord, descended upon us!"

All the White Night monsters cheered in unison.

The glowing being retracted its light, revealing its true form.

Shen Ye couldn't help but gape in astonishment.

What the hell!

Is this some kind of mistake!

Small wings, buzz-cut hair, a bare chest, and pristine white underpants—

This was clearly a Little Angel!

Why would it be called the White Night Spirit King?

Wait a second—

Shen Ye looked closer and saw that this Little Angel seemed not quite like one.

A normal Little Angel is about three to four years old, at most seven or eight years old.

But this Little Angel looked a bit taller.

By its appearance, probably about thirteen or fourteen years old.

On its back was tattooed a dragon, starting from its buttocks, winding its way up, from back to chest, the dragon's head resting on the chest, holding a thorny rose in its mouth.

Is this the White Night Spirit King?

—You're clearly an Evil Angel!

"Old geezer, I've arrived."

The White Night Spirit King put hands on hips, a toothpick in mouth, and proceeded to groom his buzz-cut.

"You shouldn't have come." the grand voice said.

"But I've come nonetheless." the White Night Spirit King said.

"So what, the entire magnificent altar city has met its end, and my blessing has also concluded." There was a schadenfreude tone in the vast, resounding voice.

"Did someone cut in line?" the White Night Spirit King said angrily.

"Not exactly cutting in line, I just preferred the sacrifice offered by someone else."

"Impossible, no one could have prepared a more generous sacrifice than mine, old geezer, you're giving me a hard time!"

"Generous... Besides stuffing things at me like a nouveau riche, what else can you do?"

"Whatever it was, I'll give you ten times more!" bellowed the White Night Spirit King.

At this moment.

A voice rang in Shen Ye's ear:

"It has discerned my covenant with the Sea of Truth, thus it can forcibly initiate the ceremony, having annoyed me for eons of time."

"Now the ceremony has concluded, it still has other means to continue pestering me."

"—Do you have any good ways to help me resolve this?"

"If you can solve my trouble, then you may take my blessing — it's all the same to me."

Shen Ye was momentarily taken aback.

—This sounds like a good way to repay a favor.

If it were up to me—

Getting rid of this Evil Little Angel makes you happy, makes me happy, a win-win situation!

But that cannot be said.

I just faintly realized something.

—This being of Truth 17th Rank doesn't want to kill the White Night Spirit King.

No matter the reason—

Let's try another method.

After pondering for a moment, Shen Ye spoke:

"You need to modify your Sacrificial Ceremony so it can no longer bother you."

"It's not modifiable."

"Then make the other party give up due to difficulties."

"The other side keeps the Sacrificial Ceremony active — I admit this was a loophole I left. In this situation, it's improper for me to kill my own followers, it damages my reputation."

Shen Ye fell silent.

You care about your reputation too much, huh.

Or is it something else you care about?

"So, do you still have a way?"

"There's a way." Shen Ye said.

"Speak."

"I'll be your agent — In the future, whenever it offers a sacrifice, I'll deal with it for you, and that solves the problem."

The voice fell silent.

But Shen Ye noticed his own energy starting to change.

Not just his energy, even his body became an intangible and immaterial entity.

Glowing small characters quickly emerged:

"You have received a special Technique blessing:

"The Shell of the Swimming Fish."

"Truth 12th Rank, Disguise Technique."

"In certain scenarios, you will be disguised as an even more formidable being, and not be detected."

The grand voice resounded once again:

"From now on, you will receive the sacrifices for me."

"Hand over the sacrifice to me, I don't care about anything else."

"I'm leaving now."

Shen Ye blinked in surprise.

It's leaving just like that?

What's going on!

I always feel—

Shen Ye looked down at his hand.

The lines of Fate on his hand twisted and turned, becoming red, then gold, then black, white, blue.

Such a colorful display!

This situation seems not that simple.