Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

To be frank,

Lilias was utterly untrustworthy.

Shen Ye didn't believe a single word she said.

Of course,

what she said seemed to come close to the truth.

But the more something appeared to be close to the truth, the more likely it was fake.

— Shen Ye usually did the same thing himself.

He slowly shook his head, disregarding the shrieks of Lilias from the sharp tendrils, and stood rooted to the spot, lost in thought.

"Hey, what's in the box?"

He observed the movements within the Dharma Aspect and asked.

The Four Kings, seeing him inquire, stopped and carefully set down the box, cautiously opening it.

Inside the box lay a woman, shackled at the wrists and ankles.

The woman looked around with a face full of surprise, seemingly unable to comprehend her current situation.

— Lilias!

How come there was another Lilias?

Shen Ye looked at her, then at the real-world Lilias, who was left with only a head.

The two of them looked very much alike!

But the Lilias in the box seemed more dignified, her expression calm, her eyes spirited.

And her hair was incredibly long.

— Her long hair completely filled the box.

What on earth was going on?

Suddenly, a faint light began to appear above this "Lilias":

"Blessed by the myriads of realms, the World Spirit Lord whose world spirit was stolen, the cursed Holy Prison Lord, the Holy Angel who saves all spirits."

After reading it carefully, Shen Ye couldn't help but blurt out, "Damn! How can this be!"

— This was a divine spirit!

And a very powerful one at that!

In that moment, Shen Ye suddenly remembered the Lilias he had once encountered.

Back then, Lilias's entry was:

"The destroyer of the vast worlds, the Master of Weeping Demon Prison, the Cursed Spirit King, the star commanding all spirits to fall!"

There had to be some connection between the two.

But now he did not have many clues.

"Four Kings, I'll need you to make another trip, bring back some of those suspicious items from her Dharma Aspect as well,"

Shen Ye silently spoke to his own Dharma Aspect.

The Four Kings climbed the walls, looking towards Shen Ye, waving their hands and gesticulating as though they wanted to say something.

It took a while for Shen Ye to understand.

— They had acted twice in succession and were now somewhat exhausted; they needed some energy from him.

That made sense.

After all, there's no such thing as making people work without feeding them.

"How do you replenish your energy?"

Shen Ye asked.

The Four Kings gestured again.

It was actually quite simple.

It was the spiritual power needed to perform Technique skills.

Without any hesitation, Shen Ye activated his spiritual power and poured it into the Dharma Aspect.

After a short while,

The Four Kings cheered and leapt for a bit, then energetically jumped off the wall, got the wooden boat from the bamboo forest, and quickly departed.

"Lilias!"

Shen Ye spoke up to draw Lilias's attention, and incidentally bought some time for the Four Kings.

"You're lying to me. I can sense that the land of that world is normal; it's certainly not the body of some monster."

"Hmph, you don't believe me, I am aware of that," Lilias said, "How about we make a deal? You wouldn't refuse a reasonable trade."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"That depends on what the trade is—after all, you're in this condition. If the trade isn't valuable, I'm not interested," Shen Ye replied.

"I can tell you about the dungeon structure of the Five Desires World."

"Not interested."

"The weaknesses of several Prison Guards."

"Not interested."

"The origins of the monsters."

"Not interested."

—In truth, there was a bit of interest.

But the value of this information was not that high, and right now the main goal was to stall for time.

There was no need to make a deal with her.

Otherwise, he would have to save her, too.

"Wake up, Lilias. With your current situation, what right do you have to haggle with me? Stop testing me with irrelevant matters."

Shen Ye spoke slowly.

Lilias was about to say something more, but at that moment, a insect-like chirp suddenly sounded from Shen Ye's body.

—The king species!

Continuously struck by the Art of Nightmare, it had no choice but to counter-attack desperately, and had already fallen into a weakened state of slumber.

Perhaps it was sensing the Banner of the Nest from outside.

It let out a chirp filled with longing from within its slumber.

This chirp, along with Shen Ye's previous words, made the whole situation extremely persuasive.

Fear flashed in Lilias's eyes.

Yes.

At this moment.

At least outwardly, she had no bargaining chips left.

Shen Ye then noticed that within his Dharma Aspect, a small boat had quietly approached the edge of the blank area.

The Four Kings disembarked one after the other.

However, their hands were empty.

—Was there nothing of value to carry anymore?

Shen Ye was puzzled.

Perhaps knowing Shen Ye's confusion, the Four Kings looked at each other, walked up to the main gate of the Lunar Palace, and each took out their storage vessels.

They held up their Magic Rings, Summoning Boxes, Marching Bags, and Dimensional Storage Boxes, activating them all at once.

—Boom!

A towering, black wall engulfed in flames stretched endlessly around the Lunar Palace, closing off behind the palace complex and completely enclosing it.

Walls!

A faint light instantly appeared:

"The Four Kings have moved all the defensive walls that are harmless to your Dharma Aspect."

"Congratulations."

"You have obtained the Weeping Demon Prison walls."

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"Once fused, this wall will grant you the 'Woeful Devil Prison Flame' effect."

"This flame has merged into your Dharma Aspect Frostfire."

"Your Dharma Aspect's damage has mutated into 'Frost Prison Flowing Fire'."

"Description: Struck by this fire, the enemy's wounds immediately freeze, embedding fire seeds that trigger an intense counteraction between frost and flame, causing a violent explosion, leaving wounds that cannot heal for seven days."