Chapter 1023: Chapter 476: The Ultimate Secret_4

“Follow me.”

She took Shen Ye by the hand, stepped into the void, and vanished.

At the last moment.

Shen Ye glanced back and saw both members of the Dragon Clan staring at the girl with a thoughtful expression.

…

The void opened.

The girl led Shen Ye to a cave.

“Those two temporarily reached an agreement with me. They want to learn the ultimate secret from me, which is why they haven’t made a move.”

The girl said.

“The ultimate secret? I didn’t see you say a word to them.”

Shen Ye looked around, then turned to the girl and said: “Alright, since you have such spatial teleportation abilities, surviving shouldn’t be a problem for you. I need to go back and prepare for tomorrow’s arena match.”

“There’s no arena match anymore.” The girl shook her head, her gaze soft as she looked at him.

“What do you mean?” Shen Ye asked, puzzled.

“Actually, I’m severely injured, but those two Dragons mustn’t know about it–”

“Don’t ask about what I’m going to say next, just remember it.”

“You must remember it, even memorize it!”

The girl said quickly:

“The infinite feeding ability of the multiverse has finally reached a level that inspires terror.”

“At the end of that great war, it broke through the barrier of the Truth Void, almost reaching some eternally unknowable place.”

“But the barrier closed again in an instant.”

“The only clue is ‘the Five Continents and Four Oceans’, which is said to be a certain characteristic on the other side of the barrier.”

“In that battle, the fall of the multiverse caused all ultimate creations to spare it.”

“But I didn’t!”

“Only I perceived the changes in the multiverse and, through the ultimate Prophecy Technique, learned one thing–”

“After this, the multiverse will become somewhat different, and sooner or later, a Gatekeeper will be born within it.”

“He’s not the Gatekeeper of the multiverse.”

“–But the Gatekeeper of ‘reality.'”

“This Gatekeeper protects the passage leading beyond the ‘barrier!'”

“That’s why I’ve been waiting here.”

Shen Ye listened in confusion, his mouth slightly moving as if to speak, but the girl raised her hand to stop him.

“Did you remember it all?” the girl asked.

“I remembered, but what do these words mean?” Shen Ye asked.

“You don’t need to understand its meaning–just by knowing this secret, it is no longer an ultimate-level secret.”

“The Dragons want to use the Search Technique for ultimate secrets to perceive me, to find me, but that’s now impossible.”

The girl seemed to sigh in relief.

“I’m severely injured and about to fall unconscious.”

“The Dragon Clan can’t be trusted.”

“Stay here and guard me–I’ll come to you if I need you.”

After saying this, the girl slumped to the ground.

Her aura transformed from extreme intensity to complete weakness.

–This time, she truly fell unconscious!

Shen Ye silently looked at the fallen girl.

It seemed that her appearance before the Dragons was just an act.

Suddenly.

A cold, chilling voice rang out again:

“Strike now, kill her!”

“This is a perfect opportunity; she doesn’t even have the means to defend herself!”

“Quickly summon me!”

Shen Ye glanced at the restless black spot in his palm, ignoring its words emotionlessly.

He picked the girl up and placed her on a relatively flat stone platform.

Then he quietly walked to the entrance of the cave, keeping a vigilant watch on the surroundings.

Behind him.

The girl’s eyes briefly opened, then closed again.

Shen Ye appeared unaware.

At this moment.

The voice urging him to act also disappeared.

Only he remained.

He stood silently in the darkness, guarding everything.

At a certain moment.

He let out a quiet, soundless sigh.

–The Parasitic Empress thought he didn’t understand the ultimate secret.

Anyone else wouldn’t understand either.

Not even the multiverse, all living beings, or beings of ultimate creation could understand.

Even the Parasitic Empress herself doesn’t know what so-called ‘reality’ is.

But he knows.

Only.

He knows.

No one else, no other existence, comprehends the secret within.

A long time ago–

When he first came to this world–

The secret was already born.

Shen Ye closed his eyes slightly.

In his perception, on the “gate” formed by his own ability, there was a contract.

The very first contract.

The parties to the contract were:

“Mother of Dark Skeletons, King of Ghouls, Underworld Lord Miket Tikaxiwa’s defeated Skeleton Army Fifth Battalion Battlefield Quartermaster.”

And–

“The human who vanquished Ten Thousand Fallen Evil Spirits’ curse, Gatekeeper of nightmares and reality, the sole manipulator of the Two-World Space.”

That’s right.

Back then, he was already the Gatekeeper.

He just hadn’t known it yet.