Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Shen Ye's voice echoed in the void:

"I released you from your seal and gave you a resting place, yet you refuse to step forward and do something?"

"Aren't you doing all this for yourself?" the monarch creature sneered.

"But, your situation has improved as well, I thought it was a win-win," Shen Ye said.

"Unless you agree to some things, I won't make a move," the monarch creature stated.

"Agree to what?"

"Let me be in charge of all the big and small matters on your side," it demanded. Find more to read at My Virtual Library Empire

Shen Ye felt somewhat emotional.

After all this time, he had been making continuous progress, yet this creature had become an obstinate piece of trash.

It couldn't keep up with the times.

Shen Ye entered his Dharma Aspect, stood by the sea, and snapped his fingers.

The Four Kings quickly came with the boat.

"Go."

Shen Ye said just one word.

The boat started swiftly.

It sailed across the blank Sea of the Law Realm; ahead was a city enveloped in darkness.

Shen Ye squinted at the Sorrowful Shadows Demon Castle.

One king passed a cigarette from behind and lit it with a lighter.

Shen Ye shook his head:

"I'm underage."

A vast Dharma Aspect appeared behind him.

The Underground Lair.

Both the Earth Demon Beast and the monarch creature saw this scene through the Dharma Aspect.

Then—

Shen Ye stretched out his hand and lightly grabbed at the void.

As if he had caught something, he casually threw it forward.

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The monarch creature was thrown out directly.

At the same time,

a door appeared beside Shen Ye.

"Old Emperor, you've been lurking in seals for too long, desperately trying to explore how to live in the future, but you don't even understand how to live in the present," he said.

After he spoke, he walked through the door with the Four Kings and disappeared.

Only the monarch creature was left behind.

The monarch creature looked at the dark city ahead, then looked around warily.

"Listen."

It spoke with a deep voice, "Beg me now, and there's still a chance for redemption!"

There was no response.

Shen Ye had really left.

Only it remained, alone in front of the Sorrowful Shadows Demon Castle.

The monarch creature was puzzled, then sank into contemplation.

The other had carried a Seal of Fate.

Yet he managed to ignore the seal, moving himself from the seal into the Dharma Aspect and back out again.

How did he do that?

In endless eons, such ability had never been heard of.

This was indeed a point worth noting.

As for the Dharma Aspect in front of it—

The monarch creature didn't have time to think further, as it found itself surrounded by dark mists with some powerful force, as if probing it.

The monarch creature couldn't help but laugh.

"This Dharma Aspect is indeed powerful, but then again, I haven't offended you, you shouldn't use the Dharma Aspect against me, right?"

It wobbled its body, ready to leave.

That dark mist trapped the surrounding space, rendering it unable to move for the moment.

"Your enemy is that kid, not me," the monarch creature roared.

A powerful, brutal, and maddening hatred and murderous intent exploded all around, blowing from the depths of the Sorrowful Shadows Demon Castle, filling the void of the Law Realm.

The monarch creature was stunned.

It felt it.

The other did not care what it was.

The other was a collection of all negative circumstances—

Twisted, insane, hysterical.

"Is it... simply wants to kill me, or be killed by me..."

The monarch creature murmured softly.

Now it was beginning to understand why Shen Ye had thrown it here.

"I am an ancient race in the cosmos, with countless methods. First, I'll absorb your strength, then make new plans!"

The monarch creature began forming a Spell Seal with its hand.

But the next moment, it abruptly stopped its motion.

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But—

The Dharma Aspect opposite was a conglomeration of all crazed negative energy.

Absorbing its energy could cause problems.

Bursting with a violent aura, the monarch creature thought,

"I'm indeed weak, but dealing with a mere Dharma Aspect is not an issue."

"I'll slaughter you!"

It was about to charge at the slowly rising city when it suddenly stopped in its tracks.

Something palm-sized appeared beside it.

—It looked somewhat like a miniaturized version of itself.

A doll.

Quite cute, actually.

Meeting the monarch creature's gaze, the doll smiled innocently and said,

"Hi there, ungrateful trash bug, how's your mom looking?"

On the other side,

Dharma Aspect.

Guanghan Imperial Palace.

Shen Ye returned to the Wilderness Lair.

The Earth Demon Beast was still there.

It looked like it was mopping the floor, but in reality, it was using a special technique to alter the lair's structure, which was full of flesh and blood.

Seeing Shen Ye return, it rushed over with a smile, nodding and bowing respectfully.

"Hmm? What's the situation with you?" Shen Ye asked in astonishment.

The Earth Demon Beast immediately communicated a thought:

"As long as you don't throw me over there too, I'm willing to do anything."

Shen Ye's mind did a quick calculation, and he immediately understood—

—That was the Nine Aspects' multiple negative personalities, the strongest of the universe's first-tier forces.

Even a king species was far stronger than the Earth Demon Beast.

Nevertheless, even the monarch creature had been thrown by Shen Ye to fight a life-and-death battle with that negative Dharma Aspect.

—The Earth Demon Beast saw it all.

This was what you call killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

And the monkey was scared.

Several lines of light appeared before Shen Ye:

"Do you want to change the lair to the Earth Demon Beast's Lair?"

"The change will lower the lair's level, but the lair will automatically become an environment suitable for the Earth Demon Beast."

"Are you sure you want to stay?" Shen Ye asked.

The Earth Demon Beast nodded vigorously.

Its nods were so fervent it almost seemed to blur, betraying a strong desire to live.