Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

"Got it, so you're planning to side with Destruction?" Xu Xingke asked, arms crossed.

"Not at all."

Shen Ye continued:

"The Destruction Tribulation has ruined the Eternal World, and now it wants to destroy the entire Truth World. If it succeeds, none of us will survive."

Xu Xingke looked at him for a few moments and then spoke:

"Destruction and Truth—both camps are extremely powerful, we are not their match."

"But I'm not willing to let either go." Shen Ye replied.

"That's very difficult."

"Living is difficult, Teacher."

Xu Xingke's gaze flickered, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a cigarette box, handing a cigarette over.

He lit the lighter.

"Thank you, Teacher."

Shen Ye took a puff, feeling like he was twenty again.

Xu Xingke began talking about another matter:

"Earth is extremely useful to Truth Creation, the humans born on Earth can help Truth Creation unleash powers beyond its own."

"Earth is also the anchor point where the Destruction Camp pierces into the Truth World; they need this foothold as well."

"—So neither of them wants to destroy Earth."

"I see." Shen Ye realized.

Amidst the swirling smoke, two sparks flickered.

The conversation continued—

"The Destructive Main God wants to establish its lair in this city, so it can continuously draw massive amounts of Power of Destruction from beyond the world."

"Truth Creation strives to stop this process."

"This is the current situation, you must plan thoroughly before taking action, otherwise if either side wins too quickly, we won't be able to take down both."

"Exactly, both must be severely weakened." Shen Ye remarked.

"It's best if they both perish together." Xu Xingke said.

"But among the three, humans are the weakest."

"Yes, the weakest."

"Haha, we can't win at all."

"Indeed."

The master and disciple exchanged a glance, feeling a certain sense of tacit understanding.

The final ten seconds.

"Even though the Devil is dead, its soul has returned to its Main God, you still need to be careful later on." Xu Xingke cautioned.

"I'll be careful—Teacher, how long will this flow state last?"

"Well— it should be over—wait, you say you're still in that state?"

"Yes."

Xu Xingke took a step back, scrutinizing him.

The final second.

"Ugh."

He made a sound that was hard to interpret, his physique gradually fading, disappearing far away.

—The holy summoning ended.

Shen Ye stood confused in place, not knowing what the teacher intended to say in the end.

A female voice suddenly rang out:

"The longer the flow state lasts, the stronger your ability to comprehend and penetrate everything—how do you achieve this?"

—Ning Yunyu.

She stood to the side, carefully observing Shen Ye.

"Just ignore all those distracting thoughts and things, that's all." Shen Ye gestured.

"Is it discarding them?" Ning Yunyu asked.

"Not discarding, just not bothering with them." Shen Ye replied.

"Easy to say, hard to do, if you can always maintain this state, it's hugely beneficial in battle." Ning Yunyu observed.

"Is it..."

Shen Ye quietly felt everything.

The whole world seemed to connect with him, everything existed peacefully and beautifully within his perception.

If he wanted to ponder a question—

For instance, how does the element "Feeding" integrate into Blade Technique?

The countless moments spent with Charlotte flashed through his mind, allowing him to almost feel all her emotions at that time, even her ability characteristics.

With the experience of integrating Three Techniques into Sword Techniques, he just needed to follow existing experience, this is how it should be done—

The long blade swung.

An indistinct aura appeared on the blade edge.

Wind.

It dispersed.

It truly felt different.

He seemed to have opened his mind in some way.

Is it because of all the battles experienced over time, the possession of Eternal, Destruction, and Truth powers, or merely pure coincidence during an epiphany on Sword Techniques?

Shen Ye looked up.

No new entry.

So this should just be a normal progress in Blade Technique?

Ning Yunyu stood aside, watching the long blade in his hand, involuntarily taking a step back.

"What is this Blade Technique?"

"What is it?"

"It seems like it wants to eat people, very terrifying."

"Ah, wait a minute."

Shen Ye slightly closed his eyes, gathered all his power bit by bit, hiding it within the blade.

Wind stopped.

Everything returned to normal.

"How is it?" he asked.

"Seems nothing's wrong now, but it feels even more terrifying."

"That's because you're an expert—forget it, I need to keep practicing this move."

The two were talking when suddenly a little girl appeared in the church.

Shen Ye glanced and smiled:

"No worries."

He waved his hand.

The Rain Blade flew out, chanting the undead spell midair, taking away all corpses and blood.

"An acquaintance? Who is she?" Ning Yunyu asked.

"Don't know her, but she came here from dreaming at night." Shen Ye said.

—Heavenly Technique reversed humans from Earth and Death Planet.

Now.

Humans on Death Planet were awakening memories.

If they return to Earth, it's when they fall asleep at night, during dreams they'll come.

Only saw the little girl looking around confusedly.

By then the Big Skeleton had finished cleaning.

So the little girl saw nothing, just curiously approached the two.

"Big brother, big sister, what is this place?"

The little girl asked curiously.

"Let me secretly tell you." Shen Ye leaned in, whispering:

"This is in fairy-tale world—ah!!!"

He suddenly shouted.

The little girl got frightened, couldn't maintain her physique, and disappeared in an instant.