Arc 10The Darkness Devourer

Shen Ye uncovered the extraterrestrials’ plans in the Great Tomb, secured Nine Forms’ backing, and used the Emperor Species blood and his mirrored body to advance into Darkness Devourer. He returned to his trapped classmates after seeing a vision of their deaths and suspected that the woman responsible was nearby.

  • Shen Ye interrogated dead infiltrators and learned that they sought to break the Great Tomb’s Fate Seal and rescue a sealed monarch.
  • Yun Ni deterred the Myriad-Age Poison Corpse and protected the group while Shen Ye recovered from borrowing her power.
  • Shen Ye reunited with Nangong Sirui and the sheltered classmates, found their escape blocked, and left Lilyas to protect them on an underground island.
  • Shen Ye rescued Rosalia from the Colosseum and persuaded Nine Forms to support him as a local proxy against Tianluo and Taiyan.
  • Shen Ye gathered enough planetary origin power to advance into Deathless Soul Lord and gained I Exist in the Mirror.
  • Shen Ye learned that an Emperor Species insect had devoured the planet’s will, swallowed its blood, and used his reversed body to defeat Tianluo and force him to flee.
  • Shen Ye received the ancient heroes’ recognition, trained I Exist in the Mirror through nested mirrors, and completed his Darkness Devourer advancement before the blood’s power faded.
  • Shen Ye saw a vision of a woman killing his classmates, stopped them from repeating the actions that preceded it, and suspected that she was real and nearby.
Chapters 227–251 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 227Origin Extraction!

Shen Ye used a gate’s time-freezing ability to kill a powerful enemy and extract part of the Planetary Origin Power, then questioned the enemy’s skeleton about the Great Tomb and the forces behind its plans. The skeleton confirmed that its side was conquering another world and that the world contained Nightmare Crystals.

  • Shen Ye lured the gray-armored enemy into attacking, used Time Fluid to freeze time across a gate, and killed him with a combined attack before extracting thirty percent of the Planetary Origin Power.
  • Shen Ye summoned Nine Forms to eat the corpse, and Nine Forms raged about the dead man’s master and other powerful figures.
  • Shen Ye collected the remaining bones, took them to the Nightmare World, and had Big Skeleton assemble and question them.
  • The skeleton revealed that its group had planted human retainers, infiltrated Jialan Academy, and sought to break the Great Tomb’s Fate Seal to enter deeper burial grounds.
  • The skeleton explained that its group had been seeking the Myriad-Age Poison Corpse’s attendant and named three beings who might know how to break the Fate Seal.
  • Shen Ye learned that the skeleton’s side was nearly finished conquering another world, and confirmed that the world contained Nightmare Crystals.

Ch. 228Fate's Seal

Shen Ye learned that the dead attendant’s master was Taiyan, then returned to the Main World and questioned the alien classmates who had attacked Xirang High School. After killing four of them and sending the survivor away with evidence, he faced a new threat as another group in the Great Tomb called for reinforcements.

  • Shen Ye used Dark Whisper on the attendant’s ashes and learned that its master was Taiyan before the wind scattered them.
  • A white-robed man noticed his attendant’s death but continued attacking an island until a colossal sword and a twin-sword afterimage wounded him.
  • Shen Ye gave five alien classmates a video of Nine Forms and learned they believed their world was dead and could not resist living worlds.
  • Shen Ye trapped the five classmates in an illusion, killed four with a frost bow, and let the surviving girl teleport away with the phone.
  • A group in another Great Tomb tunnel discovered their other team had lost contact and began summoning reinforcements.

Ch. 229The monarch within the Great Tomb!

Shen Ye learned that the aliens were trying to undo the Fate Seal to reach a monarch buried in the Great Tomb, whose awakening could destroy the worlds. After bluffing the Myriad-Age Poison Corpse with Yun Ni’s borrowed power, Shen Ye left a misleading clue to lure visitors toward the monster and hurried away before his strength failed.

  • Shen Ye questioned the dead alien with Dark Whisper and learned that its mission was to undo the Fate Seal and rescue a supposedly living monarch in the Great Tomb.
  • Big Skeleton revealed that its master had fabricated his knowledge of the Fate Seal to lure people in for food, but the Myriad-Age Poison Corpse then appeared and prepared to attack.
  • Yun Ni emerged and lent Shen Ye the power of a Dharma Realm Sixth Layer expert, causing the Myriad-Age Poison Corpse to cancel the fight and negotiate instead.
  • The Myriad-Age Poison Corpse told Shen Ye that the sealed monarch’s return at the wrong time could destroy everything, and Shen Ye realized the Death God in his Red Trait, Witness, referred to the Great Tomb.
  • Shen Ye carved a false clue about the Fate Seal beside the passage, then hurried back after Yun Ni warned that the monster had been watching and that Shen Ye was becoming weak.

Ch. 230Reunited!

Shen Ye returned to the grotto after Xiao Mengyu and Guo Yunye survived a scorpion attack, but he soon collapsed from a weakening state. Yun Ni arrived and presented herself as a Jialan Academy exchange student, while Xiao Mengyu let her in but privately warned Shen Ye not to trust her.

  • Xiao Mengyu sensed a powerful monster, and the Biochemical Clone killed the Man-Faced Poison King Scorpion with a charged cannon after Shen Ye's spellcraft nullified its attacks.
  • Shen Ye returned to the grotto and told Xiao Mengyu and Guo Yunye that Jialan Academy had sided with the extraterrestrials; Guo Yunye transformed into a husky with a house-wrecking ability.
  • Yun Ni warned Shen Ye that his body was reaching its limit, and he collapsed into a weakened state with his attributes reduced to 0.1.
  • Xiao Mengyu and Guo Yunye prepared to defend the grotto, but Shen Ye stopped Xiao Mengyu from striking Yun Ni when she appeared at the entrance.
  • Yun Ni showed Xiao Mengyu genuine exchange-student documents, and Xiao Mengyu allowed her inside while secretly warning Shen Ye not to trust her.

Ch. 231Shen Ye's Nightmare Dharma Form

Shen Ye collapsed after sensing the Nightmare Dharma Form, and Micteticashiva explained that it was draining his power while it took shape. While Yun Ni went to confront the approaching enemies, she annihilated Taiyan's forces on the cliff and revealed a Dharma Form that erased a masked man's flesh-devouring attack and destroyed him.

  • Yun Ni's healing spell failed to cure Shen Ye, who soon passed out and entered the connection between his soul and the Dharma Realm.
  • Micteticashiva told Shen Ye that the Nightmare Dharma Form was being woven and that his body needed time to recover, then gave him its power to experience.
  • Yun Ni reassured Xiao Mengyu that she was helping Shen Ye on Nangong Sirui's behalf, then left the grotto to scout the cliff.
  • Yun Ni killed the white-haired man's armed forces with a spell after he attacked her with the Dharma Form Hand of Decay.
  • A masked Taiyan fighter spread his flesh-devouring Dharma Form across the cliff, but Yun Ni erased it and caused him to crumble into ash.

Ch. 232Cosmic Edge

Xiao Mengyu protected the unconscious Shen Ye in a grotto, defeating a water-bodied attacker before facing two third-year students from Jialan High School. As Yun Ni watched without intervening, Xiao Mengyu unveiled her completed Ancient Sword Form, Cosmic Edge, and unleashed a meteor-like storm of sword light.

  • The Biochemical Clone gave Xiao Mengyu its save-file chip, then plunged off the cliff to fight a powerful monster and detonated below.
  • Xiao Mengyu killed a stranger with the Luo Water Sword and Remnant Snow Sword after separating his head from his flowing-water body, while Guo Yunye began digging a hiding place for Shen Ye.
  • A third-year boy and girl from Jialan High School arrived, and Yun Ni chose to stay hidden rather than help Xiao Mengyu.
  • The two students attacked Xiao Mengyu with iron chains and throwing knives after revealing their second-layer Dharma Forms.
  • Xiao Mengyu combined her sun, moon, stars, and swords into Ancient Sword Form: Cosmic Edge, scattering the attack and filling the darkness with a storm of starlight.

Ch. 233Parting and reunion

Xiao Mengyu and the others survived an attack in the Great Tomb, and Shen Ye recovered before the group set off to find their companions. They followed an underground river to a lake, where they found Zhang Xiaoyi carrying an unresponsive Nangong Sirui while being chased by an exhausted Giant Crocodile.

  • A flying middle-aged man attacked Xiao Mengyu, but an unseen force seized him and Yun Ni later revealed she had secretly killed him to protect Xiao Mengyu.
  • After Shen Ye woke and recovered with Yun Ni's healing, the group prepared to leave, and Shen Ye summoned the Ghostfire Motorcycle for Xiao Mengyu.
  • Yun Ni left on her own, while Shen Ye, Xiao Mengyu, and Gouzi followed an underground river through the Great Tomb.
  • Gouzi detected people near a lake, where the group found Zhang Xiaoyi carrying Nangong Sirui and fleeing a Giant Crocodile.
  • The Giant Crocodile stopped pursuing them because Zhang Xiaoyi had been dodging its attacks for five or six hours, exhausting them both.

Ch. 234Lilyas

Shen Ye reunited with his classmates on an island deep inside the Great Tomb, but a collapse blocked their route back. He left Lilyas to protect the group while he flew ahead to scout, search for Teacher Yang Yingzhen, and pursue his other urgent tasks.

  • Nangong Sirui revealed that he had sheltered their classmates in his Divine Shield Grotto-Heaven while Zhang Xiaoyi carried him, and he sent Zhang Xiaoyi and Guo Yunye inside to rest.
  • Shen Ye, Xiao Mengyu, and Nangong Sirui found their passage sealed by a collapse, so they accepted that they were trapped deep underground and arranged food for the classmates.
  • Xiao Mengyu drew the Luoshui Divine Sword, causing the giant crocodile to flee into the underground river before the group could build a base on the island.
  • Shen Ye flew away from the island and asked Lilyas to stay behind and protect Xiao Mengyu, Nangong Sirui, and the classmates.
  • Lilyas told Shen Ye that powerful figures from the Five Desires world had sent subordinates into the Great Tomb, then resolved to obey his order to improve her chances of survival.

Ch. 235Infighting

Shen Ye gathered food from the Brotherhood and continued deeper into the Great Tomb, where he discovered Nightmare World infiltrators searching for a way to break the Fate Seal. After their leader killed a Dark Elf who resisted his orders, Shen Ye inspected her body.

  • Shen Ye asked the Brotherhood to prepare discreet food supplies for his classmates and set off for Evernight City.
  • Shen Ye and Big Skeleton discussed collecting the Netherworld Lord’s bones, then descended farther into the Great Tomb.
  • Shen Ye discovered that a wounded party exploring the Great Tomb included Nightmare World infiltrators, including a Necromancer.
  • A female Professional challenged the Undead Mage’s order to keep searching for the Fate Seal, and he killed her with a spell.
  • The party continued deeper under orders from Lord Tianluo, and Shen Ye confirmed the dead woman was a Dark Elf.

Ch. 236The arena

Shen Ye traveled to Ten Thousand Skeleton Valley to rescue Rosalia, a Dark Elves assassin sold into slavery after her death. He outbid everyone at the Colosseum, then threatened a rival who tried to claim her.

  • Shen Ye disguised himself as a vampire and learned from Rosalia's corpse that she had arrived in Ten Thousand Skeleton Valley.
  • Shen Ye and Big Skeleton traveled to Ten Thousand Skeleton Valley, where Shen Ye learned that newly dead souls were sent to the Colosseum to fight, be sold, or be eaten.
  • Shen Ye entered the Colosseum under the name Long Wu Baxter and located Rosalia in the underground slave auction.
  • Shen Ye repeatedly raised his bid for Rosalia until the other bidders gave up.
  • A man demanded that Shen Ye let his group take Rosalia, but Shen Ye refused and offered the Colosseum attendant a hundred times the price to kill him after the auction.

Ch. 237The opponent

Shen Ye recruited Rosalia by revealing that he served Nine Forms, then paid the Colosseum to arrange the killing of a Tianluo faction leader. After the murder, he extracted more Planetary Origin Power and intimidated the watching factions into silence.

  • Rosalia warned Shen Ye that Tianluo had secretly sent agents into Hell, and Shen Ye persuaded her to join him by revealing his service to Nine Forms.
  • Shen Ye showed Blackflame Skeleton Nine Forms' tooth and paid him to arrange a public killing, adding more Bone Coins to ensure the job was done properly.
  • Shen Ye confronted the man who had provoked him at the auction, and an assassin stabbed the man before Shen Ye drove the Guanghan Sword into his chest.
  • The Guanghan Sword extracted thirty percent of the Planetary Origin Power, leaving Shen Ye needing ten percent more.
  • As the crowd accused Shen Ye and prepared to attack, he threatened their families and dared them to kill him, but nobody moved.

Ch. 238Buffet

Shen Ye cleared the Colosseum’s underground beast prison and summoned Nine Forms for a buffet of its captive monsters. Nine Forms discovered Rosalia’s Fate-Binding Runes and explained that he had suspected Shen Ye of betraying him, leaving Rosalia’s fate in his hands.

  • Shen Ye learned that a Frost Bone Dragon controlled the Colosseum and used its formation to capture souls, then paid a million Bone Coins to have the beasts and staff cleared out.
  • Shen Ye summoned Nine Forms and had Rosalia introduce the beasts as Nine Forms ate them, praising Shen Ye for arranging the buffet.
  • Nine Forms questioned why Shen Ye had brought Rosalia, and she explained that she had served Tianluo before being killed and feared being tortured and executed in Hell.
  • Shen Ye told Nine Forms that Rosalia could provide intelligence and that her fate was his to decide.
  • Nine Forms pulled Tianluo’s Fate-Binding Runes from Rosalia and admitted he had suspected Shen Ye of betraying him.

Ch. 239Proxy War

Nine Forms learned that Tianluo and Taiyan were competing for treasures and accepted Shen Ye’s proposal to use a proxy war against Tianluo’s forces. He gave Shen Ye two bottles that could transport him to other worlds, then vanished, leaving Shen Ye and Rosalia to investigate an apparent disturbance outside.

  • Nine Forms questioned Shen Ye about his brothers, and Shen Ye admitted that he had been the only one in Hell all along.
  • Nine Forms asked how to counter Tianluo and Taiyan without confronting them directly, and Shen Ye proposed a proxy war using himself as an independent local power.
  • Nine Forms approved the plan, killed the Frost Dragon’s remaining monsters, and used Shen Ye’s hands to cast an unknown art as a reward.
  • Nine Forms gave Shen Ye bottles of Calamity Source Force linked to the Nightmare World and Death Planet, and promised to stop Tianluo if he attacked Shen Ye.
  • Big Skeleton began eating the monster corpses, and Rosalia told Shen Ye that something seemed to have happened outside, so they went to investigate.

Ch. 240A New Profession!

After Nine Forms used Shen Ye’s body to destroy the Frost Dragon, Shen Ye gained fame and a stronger trait, then learned that the borrowed spellcraft had opened a temporary chance to advance to the rare Deathless Soul Lord profession. He had half an hour to meet its attribute requirements and accept the advancement.

  • Nine Forms’ attack annihilated the Frost Dragon and left Ten Thousand Skeleton Valley’s city in ruins.
  • The Dharma Realm recognized Shen Ye as a Dragon Slayer, upgraded his Vampire Kid trait, and declared his deed widely celebrated.
  • Shen Ye told Big Skeleton that he had sought to become Nine Forms’ proxy mainly to survive encounters with powerful beings.
  • Shen Ye ordered Rosalia to record Nine Forms’ food preferences, gather information about Evernight City, and report to San'er Baxter at Páolào Castle.
  • Blackflame Skeleton gave Shen Ye the Colosseum’s earnings, which included more than ten million Bone Coins.
  • The Dharma Realm offered Shen Ye a temporary chance to advance to the Deathless Soul Lord profession, requiring 23 points in every attribute within half an hour.

Ch. 241Mythical Trait Achieved!

Shen Ye tracked down the Professionals in the Great Tomb and killed their leader with the God-Slaying Guide, then escaped while the Myriad-Age Poison Corpse fought the others. His deception earned enough planetary origin power to complete the second step of the True Person trait quest, and the final step appeared.

  • Shen Ye retrieved Rosalia’s corpse, followed an eye marking through the tunnels, and learned from Feilan that it pointed toward his companions.
  • Shen Ye disguised himself as a branch and then a rock to approach the Professionals fighting the Myriad-Age Poison Corpse.
  • Shen Ye and Big Skeleton ambushed the group’s leader, and Shen Ye used the God-Slaying Guide to seize the leader’s soul before killing him.
  • Shen Ye used frost mist and a Flowing Moon duplicate to cover his retreat while the Myriad-Age Poison Corpse fought the remaining Professionals.
  • Shen Ye completed the second step of the True Person trait quest by obtaining planetary origin power without the planet noticing, and the quest’s final step, “True Person’s Name,” appeared.

Ch. 242An All-Around Boost!

Shen Ye devoured the Matchstick-Selling Little Boy trait, advanced into the rare Deathless Soul Lord class, and chose its Lifeless Lord path. He activated Astrological Shift’s connection to a new world, only to open a Gate into a bathroom occupied by an angry panda.

  • Shen Ye devoured the Matchstick-Selling Little Boy trait and used the gained attribute points to raise all five main attributes to 23.
  • Shen Ye advanced into Deathless Soul Lord and chose the Lifeless Lord path to avoid gaining multiple heads like Nine Forms.
  • Shen Ye gained the As Though Natural effect, which concealed his name and class, and the class skill I Exist in the Mirror.
  • Shen Ye fully activated Astrological Shift’s second effect and opened a Gate to a new world.
  • Shen Ye stepped through the Gate, encountered a panda using a toilet, apologized, and hurried back through the door.

Ch. 243The truth of the two worlds

Shen Ye learned that an Emperor Species insect had destroyed the Huntian Gate’s world, and that the Nightmare World was its satellite, where the Jade Terrace had been created to fight the creature. After the sect’s treasure manual absorbed the message, it awakened and revealed a mysterious inscription about champions gathering to meet Shen Ye.

  • Shen Ye received a package from Iron Man, who had guarded it for the Huntian Gate for a thousand years.
  • Shen Ye opened the package using the Sect Leader's Treasure Manual and heard the former sect leader’s message through a white jade.
  • The message revealed that an Emperor Species insect had killed the planet’s will, devoured millions of people, and gone dormant inside the planet.
  • Shen Ye learned that the Nightmare World was the planet’s satellite and that the Jade Terrace was its weapon against the insect.
  • Shen Ye placed the white paper on the treasure manual, which absorbed it, displayed images of ancient figures, and revealed an inscription about ten thousand champions coming to meet him.

Ch. 244Mojiahou!

Shen Ye returned to the underground island and urged his classmates to dig a path to the surface after learning the extraterrestrials had gone deeper into the Great Tomb. Mojiahou appeared and froze everyone except Shen Ye, but after discovering Shen Ye was connected to Nine Forms and reviewing his conflict with Tianluo’s subordinate, he chose not to interfere and vanished into the tomb.

  • Shen Ye returned to the island with Lilyas and told his classmates that monsters in the Great Tomb were fighting the extraterrestrials.
  • Shen Ye proposed that Nangong Sirui’s artifact spirits help the group dig through the rock wall and escape to the surface.
  • Mojiahou appeared and sealed everyone’s senses, but Shen Ye remained conscious through his mirrored body and confronted him.
  • Lilyas identified Mojiahou as the strongest of the Five Desires and explained that Chaotic Spiritual Light had bound her to Shen Ye.
  • Mojiahou used the dark gate to reveal Shen Ye’s past conflict with Tianluo’s subordinate, then decided not to interfere in Nine Forms and Tianluo’s affairs and disappeared.

Ch. 245Gate Ability

Shen Ye visited the panda to learn about Gate Abilities and rested in the panda’s Rest Room, where the Sect Leader’s Treasure Manual drew him into visions of humanity’s past battles against an Emperor Species insect. The visions left him witnessing the human Professionals’ desperate efforts to prepare for the enemy.

  • Shen Ye asked Lilyas to guard his classmates, then used his Gate to visit the panda and warned him that the world faced a dangerous invasion.
  • The panda explained that his Rest Room was a Gate Ability, claimed Mojiahou’s black gate was fake, and charged Shen Ye for information and a visit.
  • Shen Ye entered the Rest Room, where his injuries and exhaustion began to recover.
  • The Sect Leader’s Treasure Manual opened to a blank page, and Shen Ye saw an Emperor Species insect defeat the gods and humans on a planet.
  • Shen Ye witnessed armored Professionals descend into the Great Tomb to attack the insect as an aged voice described their plans to create training grounds and find a countermeasure.
  • The aged voice said the humans had found no spellcraft capable of defeating the Emperor Species, but had chosen to learn from it rather than give up.

Ch. 246Shen Ye joined the battle!

Shen Ye learned that the ancient Professionals’ Insect Blood Detonation Art could briefly match the Emperor Species worm but risked killing its user, and he rejected their plans before swallowing the blood. With only minutes before his body would explode, he escaped the Great Tomb and rushed to the battles outside, where he struck Tianluo into the sea and found his teacher Xu Xingke.

  • Shen Ye received the Emperor Species insect blood and heard how the ancient Professionals had developed the Insect Blood Detonation Art, but he refused both using it as a gamble and spending years in the Training Room.
  • Shen Ye swallowed the golden blood, set a teleportation coordinate, and used his heightened perception to decide he could not fight every monster or defeat the Emperor Species worm in the time he had.
  • Shen Ye burst out of the Great Tomb wearing an undead helmet and flew toward the strongest battle, sensing his teacher nearby.
  • Above the sea, Xu Xingke and Tianluo prepared their ultimate attacks as their duel reached its climax.
  • Shen Ye arrived and knocked Tianluo into the sea with one blow, then asked Xu Xingke what he had just said; Xu Xingke awkwardly praised the seagrass exposed by the impact.

Ch. 247Fate's End

Shen Ye used his reversed body and an Emperor Species bloodline power to defeat Tianluo’s asteroid attack, though Tianluo escaped. The reversed body was destroyed by the blood, and Shen Ye learned that he needed to improve I Exist in the Mirror before he could use it outside a mirror again.

  • Shen Ye used his reversed body’s inverted Frost Bite to slash through the sea and force Tianluo to surface.
  • Shen Ye fought Tianluo, whose attacks barely harmed him, while his body began transforming under the Emperor Species blood.
  • Tianluo summoned asteroids to destroy the world, but Shen Ye unleashed Fate’s End Banner and absorbed them.
  • Tianluo escaped by breaking through the void, while Shen Ye told Xu Xingke that the art had marked Tianluo and would consume him and eventually threaten his companions.
  • Shen Ye returned to his original body, and his reversed body burst apart; a message warned that I Exist in the Mirror needed to reach Dharma Realm First Layer before the reversed body could appear in the real world again.

Ch. 248Darkness Devourer!

Shen Ye tested the reversed abilities of his mirror self and learned that he had briefly gained recognition for the Darkness Devourer profession, though he could not meet its attribute requirements. He bid farewell to the ancient heroes, and their recognition raised his Resonance to 190, granting him All Under Heaven Return to the Heart.

  • Shen Ye analyzed his battle with Tianluo and discovered that his mirror self reversed the attributes of his skills.
  • Shen Ye tested the reversed Thunder: Palm Technique on Lilyas and learned that it caused three seconds of unavoidable paralysis.
  • The Dharma Realm offered Shen Ye advancement into Darkness Devourer, but its requirement of 200 points in every attribute was beyond his reach.
  • Shen Ye entered the Great Hall and persuaded the ancient heroes to leave, then promised the white-haired old Daoist he would carry on the Huntian Orthodoxy.
  • The ancient heroes departed one by one, and the white-haired old Daoist gave Shen Ye ten points of sect recognition before leaving.
  • The Dharma Realm announced that the heroes’ recognition raised Shen Ye’s Resonance by 170 to 190 and granted him All Under Heaven Return to the Heart.

Ch. 249The true value of the Lifeless Lord

Shen Ye used the Sect Leader's Treasure Manual’s Training Room and the mirror world to find a way to practice his Lifeless Lord skill before the class-advancement deadline. Touching the Ice Prism Mirror finally revealed to him the hidden power of the Lifeless Lord.

  • Shen Ye gained 190 resonance after the historical heroes recognized him and learned that his resonance let him fully use the Training Room’s 1:12 time ratio.
  • Shen Ye ordered Lilyas to return to the island and protect his classmates, then entered the Training Room to pursue the Dark Devourer Lord advancement.
  • Shen Ye invested his free attribute points in comprehension and repeatedly practiced I Exist in the Mirror, but quickly ran out of mental power.
  • Shen Ye entered the mirror world and used his reversed body’s mental power to practice the skill, discovering that the reversed body could not reverse I Exist in the Mirror.
  • Shen Ye struggled to find a way to continue practicing before the deadline, then touched the Ice Prism Mirror and realized the hidden power of the Lifeless Lord.

Ch. 250The Unknown Gate!

Shen Ye advanced “I Exist in the Mirror” to Dharma Realm first layer through relentless practice, then used the Emperor Species blood bead to complete his advancement to Darkness Devourer just before its power ran out. Back in the Great Tomb, he summoned the Unknown Gate and opened it, leaving its purpose unknown.

  • Shen Ye nested mirrors and repeatedly swapped bodies to practice “I Exist in the Mirror,” advancing it to Dharma Realm first layer and gaining one second of invulnerability after a body swap.
  • Shen Ye swallowed the fading Emperor Species blood bead and began his Darkness Devourer class advancement as his attributes rose.
  • The blood bead’s power ran out during the Dharma Realm’s confirmation, so Shen Ye rushed through his mirrors back to the real world while his attributes plunged.
  • Shen Ye spent all 24.1 Free Attribute Points evenly across his attributes, completing the advancement before they fell below the required threshold.
  • Shen Ye received the Emperor Species Dharma Form Fate’s End and the Darkness Devourer class skill Nest Banner, but could not use either while his attributes remained low.
  • Shen Ye and Big Skeleton returned to the Great Tomb, where Shen Ye summoned the Unknown Gate and pushed it open.

Ch. 251The Gate and the Woman

Shen Ye saw a vision inside the White Gate of a three-meter-tall woman killing his classmates, then returned to find events unfolding as he had witnessed them. He tried to keep everyone safe, and Nangong Sirui revealed that his hand had healed after suffering damage from the same threat.

  • Shen Ye watched a vision of the woman unleashing black light that killed his classmates, until Lilyas urged him to open the gate and the scene vanished.
  • Lilyas told Shen Ye that the students had awakened and that strange spellcraft was emanating from deep within the Great Tomb.
  • When the students began repeating the actions from his vision, Shen Ye had Lilyas strike the blocked passage to stop them from digging upward.
  • Shen Ye gave Nangong Sirui the stored food to distribute among all 136 people in case they were separated.
  • Nangong Sirui showed Shen Ye a healed wound and said his Yaksha technique and hand had been severely damaged, leading Shen Ye to suspect the woman was real and nearby.
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