Chapter 1349 - 582: Gate Inheritance and Audience!

"Distinguished guest, please follow me."

The elderly man, dressed in a black tailcoat, exuded elegance as he gestured forward.

Shen Ye looked ahead.

The banquet hall was at the end of the corridor.

Standing here, the melodious music could already be heard.

The clinking of glasses, light laughter, and muted whispers blended together, creating a relaxed atmosphere.

The old man’s voice echoed in his mind:

"Tonight, there’s a masquerade ball—the theme is ’Humans’, so you’ll see these foreign creatures all disguising themselves as ’People’."

"You must devise an appropriate identity for yourself; this is something I cannot assist with."

"Half of the payment will be made upfront."

"—We will gradually guide you towards the target you need to eliminate."

At the same time.

Shen Ye realized that the invitation in his hand had vanished.

In a daze.

He felt as though he was standing on a giant tree.

This was an extraordinarily peculiar Heavenly Ancient Tree—

It had only two branches, intertwining together, spiraling upwards, endlessly reaching into the sky and disappearing into the clouds.

Rows of tiny, glowing characters appeared before Shen Ye’s eyes:

"Congratulations."

"You’ve received the advance payment:"

"The Sahara Double Tree that guards the Dream Gate."

"Description: Choose a branch to begin your gate power cultivation path and gain the corresponding skill inheritance path."

"—The ancient Dream-side Skill Tree."

Shen Ye was somewhat surprised.

To be honest, utterly surprised.

The inheritance of the gate!

It turned out to be a dual inheritance gate power tree!

"Charlotte, I’ve never seen anything like this in the world, what is going on?"

He murmured.

"The gate inheritances have been mostly hidden away," Charlotte’s voice resounded, "I exerted all my efforts merely to activate the birth of such abilities, but in our world, there’s no complete inheritance of gate powers."

"—At least as far as we’ve excavated, we haven’t discovered the Skill Tree of the Truth World."

"Understood," Shen Ye said.

"Wait, I haven’t finished,"

Charlotte said solemnly:

"Even among the Myriad Realms, possessing a gate power inheritance is extremely rare."

"Yet it directly places the inheritance in front of me," Shen Ye said.

If it was rare even among the Myriad Realms, then this truly is an opportunity.

Upon careful reflection,

The evolution of his gate power had been extremely difficult.

—Originally, even the Multi-layered Universe lacked inheritance, not knowing the direction of evolution, which led to this result.

The advance payment provided by the other party...

It was indeed tremendously tempting.

Such generosity, is it because the Dream World is in jeopardy?

"If you receive the inheritance, as your Contractor, I will also be inspired by the gate inheritance, allowing the Multi-universe to gain more knowledge and evolve in a higher direction."

"—The same goes for Su Su and others."

Just after Charlotte finished speaking, the Chaos Ship chimed in:

"That’s correct, this is a Law Power never seen in the Truth World; if you accept it, just understanding its principle will also strengthen my ’Natural Evolution’."

"Me too," Uncle Qi said.

"Then why wait? I should seize this opportunity," Shen Ye immediately said.

"Hold on—there’s something you must know, Shen Ye."

Charlotte steadied herself and said earnestly:

"The inheritance offered by the opponent is of the Dual Tree type, which means that once you accept the inheritance, the other Inheritor can immediately sense it."

"Then wouldn’t I be directly exposed?" Shen Ye asked.

"No—another Gatekeeper will only sense the change in the inheritance tree—they will know that others have gained the inheritance, but not that it is you," Charlotte said.

Shen Ye fell into contemplation.

As a world betrayer, if the other party realized this, they would undoubtedly begin searching and counterattacking immediately.

Can I withstand it?

Wait...

Why do I have to endure it?

Anyway, they don’t know it’s me.

The optimal strategy is to find a way to hide my identity.

In any case,

I will never give up such an opportunity.

If it weren’t for awakening the gate power, I might not have survived!

This is my fundamental talent!

At this moment, silence reigned.

Several major creations held their breath, quietly waiting for Shen Ye to make a decision.

—This matter concerns everyone’s fate.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Standing on the tree, Shen Ye thought for a moment and first glanced at the branch filled with cracks.

The branch emitted a "sizzling" sound, continually releasing mist, spreading around.

Staring at this branch, Shen Ye even felt a shiver as if facing a ferocious demon.

"This is a combat-type gate power."

A realization emerged in Shen Ye’s heart.

Then,

What about the other branch?

He turned his gaze toward the other branch.

—The other branch was lush with green, full of verdant leaves, and vaguely visible were multi-colored fruits.

Just by glancing at it, a sense of tranquility emerged in Shen Ye’s heart, as if the entire world had surrendered in front of him.

"This pertains to self gate power, perhaps not adept at combat."

Such a thought crossed Shen Ye’s mind.

Which one to choose?

Wait—

He suddenly spoke, "Which branch did the Dream Guardian choose?"

Sure enough, the old man’s voice followed:

"That bare, crack-filled branch is the ’branch’ that the Dream Gatekeeper practices."

"The two ’branches’ counter each other."

So that’s why.

Shen Ye no longer asked what the other branch was.

—What’s the point of following someone else’s path?

Since deciding to accept the inheritance, it must be on a path that counters the opponent!

Shen Ye stepped forward, heading toward the lush green branch.

The next second.

The glowing characters immediately appeared:

"You have chosen the Dream-side gate power inheritance branch:"