"I owe you an apology."
The voice of Chaluchitorik, the Creator of the Fourth Era, rang out.
"Once you carried my corpse on your back, you should have been safe for a short while."
"-But unfortunately, you happened to retreat right beside that traitor."
"Traitor?" Shen Ye repeated curiously.
"The head of the Creator of the Third Era was right behind you, piled into the wall. It sensed my corpse moving and then set you up," said Chaluchitorik.
Shen Ye silently recalled what had happened.
Yes.
At that moment.
He had just hidden himself when a voice full of mockery rang out behind him:
"Want to survive here? Dream on."
That was the Creator of the Third Era?
"I don't understand... what exactly happened just now?" Shen Ye asked calmly.
"You fused the Dharma Forms of the Three Arts. Although some of those Dharma Forms had only just begun to sprout, the instant they merged, they unleashed the potential to transcend the barrier."
Chaluchitorik, the Creator of the Fourth Era, spoke.
"What barrier?" Shen Ye asked.
"The cosmic barrier-you just went outside the multilayered universe," Chaluchitorik said.
"There are other places outside the multilayered universe?" Shen Ye asked.
"The 'multilayered universe' is one of the twenty-one ultimate creations."
"-All twenty-one ultimate creations together constitute 'truth.' Unfortunately, humans are only suited to exist within the creation known as the 'multilayered universe.'"
"I cannot say any more-some words and phrases possess power in themselves and can snatch you away directly."
"There is only one thing I must tell you-"
Chaluchitorik's tone grew grave:
"You have been noticed."
"You will now immediately be forcibly invited to join the selection mechanism."
"-I don't know what choice you will make."
"But I hope I can see you again."
Her voice faded.
Shen Ye suddenly heard