Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Little girl Charlotte took a step back on her own initiative.

She stood on the edge of darkness.

The moment Shen Ye left her, she would truly fall into utter darkness.

And everything would come to an end.

But Shen Ye didn't move.

He simply opened his mouth and said, "I really find that persona of yours quite annoying."

"It's powerful, it's almost beaten me," Charlotte said.

"Can we make peace?" Shen Ye asked.

A voice rose from the depths of the darkness, "Impossible! I want to integrate all personas, gather all strengths."

"I have never tasted defeat in my life, the incident with The Black King last time was an accident, it was the persona's issue, not because I am weaker than it."

"Once I have absorbed Charlotte—"

"I will win it back!"

Shen Ye listened quietly.

Charlotte looked at him somewhat nervously.

—The darkness around her surged like boiling water, and she wasn't as composed as she had been at the start.

Shen Ye thought for a while, then whispered in her ear:

"I've heard a saying."

"What?" Charlotte asked. Discover more stories at My Virtual Library Empire

"Those who feel they must win at everything, actually have a very low level of spirit," Shen Ye said.

"No one wants to lose," Charlotte replied.

"But you're the same person, why can't you be nicer to yourself?" Shen Ye shrugged, somewhat perplexed.

Charlotte couldn't help but laugh.

This man was really interesting.

The things he was saying actually meant that he had already made a choice.

"Be careful out there, Baxter," the little girl said.

"Go out? Hasn't the fight finished yet?" Shen Ye asked.

"Diliya is coming through, the competition will pause—listen well, what it says is true, your fate has already changed, from now on you can't rely on others, you must face everything with your own strength," Charlotte added.

"Don't you dare die," the little girl Charlotte said furthermore.

As soon as her voice fell.

Everything vanished.

Shen Ye found himself still standing in Song Yinchen's home.

All around him, everything was normal.

Song Yinchen was reciting the names of Buddhas and Gods.

He held the tooth of the Nine Aspects in his hand, standing in place, with nothing happening around him.

Suddenly, the ground shook violently.

Following that, Kunlun's voice came through the cellphone:

"Attention everyone."

"A burst of pure strength has just erupted."

"It has been confirmed that this strength came from within the riverbed."

"The intensity of the strength was enough to shatter planets, fortunately, the direction of the release was towards outer space and it has now left the planet."

"Holy Angel Diliya has appeared."

"She has returned to her abode."

Diliya!

"How could she appear? Has the contest for the Nine Aspects ended?" Song Yinchen couldn't help but say.

Shen Ye checked the time on his cellphone.

It was six o'clock in the morning.

There was no news from Charlotte.

The other Nine Aspects didn't show up either, nor did they continue to pursue him.

Instead, Diliya's persona had emerged.

Could it be...

That the contest between the personas had come to a temporary halt?

Kunlun's voice sounded again:

"A full tracking of Diliya was performed, but nothing abnormal was detected"

"The only difference from before is—"

"The strength fluctuations emanating from her are even stronger than before, preliminarily estimated to have exceeded the Nine Layers of the Dharma Realm."

"Right now, the strength on her is still rising."

Shen Ye involuntarily looked at the tooth in his hand.

A faint glow appeared beside the tooth, assembling into lines of small text:

"Certification object: Tooth."

"Synchronization rate: 1.9%."

"No rejection phenomena detected."

"Synchronization time increased to: 2.9 seconds."

"This round of confrontation is over, both sides have entered into a temporary slumber, awaiting the next initiation of the persona battle."

So, it meant that Charlotte had won a round.

Shen Ye breathed a sigh of relief and put the tooth away.

—She had better not die.

Otherwise, if the other Nine Aspects took control of the body, how would they care for the fate of Death Planet?

With just one casual move, this planet would be done for.

"Shen Ye, we have a way," the Female Art Spirit's voice suddenly rang out.

"You mean, a way to deal with the Nine Aspects?" Shen Ye asked.

"Yes, you need to continue delving into the Great Tomb, if you can bring back the Art of Nightmare and keep strengthening it with the power of the Great Tomb, at least it would allow you to fend for yourselves," the Female Art Spirit said.

"Really?"

"I would never lie to you, if that technique gains enough power, it can turn everything into a nightmare, then all you need to do is wake up from it—guess what would happen?"

"Technique Spirit Sister, please tell me straight," Shen Ye said.

"When you wake up, the nightmare will end, which means any enemy trapped in the nightmare with you will also be annihilated along with the dream," the Female Art Spirit replied.

"...Can it deal with the Nine Aspects?" Shen Ye asked.

"Handling one of its personas should be no problem—their other personas are on good terms with you, you don't need to fear them, do you?" the Female Art Spirit said.

Indeed.

Shen Ye became lost in thought.

Whether it's Charlotte, Diliya, or Lancy, they probably wouldn't go against me.

I just need to erase the persona plotting everything from behind.

—The matter of the Great Tomb Below, I need to talk to my mentor quickly.

With so many powerful beings, if we all delve into the Great Tomb together, to store energy for techniques, wouldn't that be faster?

No time like the present!

"Kunlun, please connect me to my mentor and all the members of the World Policy Committee, I have something to discuss with everyone," Shen Ye said into the cellphone, then added, "Technique Spirit Sister, you come to introduce the situation of the Great Tomb, how about that?"

"Of course," the Female Art Spirit replied.

Twenty minutes later.

In the suburbs of Yu Jing City.

Shen Ye and Song Yinchen, along with all the members of the World Policy Committee, had a meeting.

The Technique Spirit, over three hundred meters in length, revealed its true form and went over the situation of the Great Tomb once again.

Just like Shen Ye—