Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 11

Soon, Wang Wei and Li Jun appear in front of the Pagoda. There were many disciples already standing there participating in the Second Trial.

Wang Wei enters without hesitation, followed by Li Jun and the others.

Wang Wei found himself in a very dim and grey space. The earth underneath his feet lacked vitality, the air he breathed became stale.

He stood there alone. He tried to talk. Although he could hear sound coming out of his mouth, there was no noise after his voice traveled less than a meter from him.

The whole space exudes a bland, desolate, and lonely atmosphere. Wang Wei knew that this trial tested a person’s ability to bear loneliness.

After checking the environment, Wang Wei sat on the floor, and started to meditate. In an instant, nine days passed by.

Wang Wei started to behave radically. In the past few days, he was alone in this deserted place without anyone to talk to or without seeing anything beside this desolate earth.

After a while, Wang Wei began to panic. In this eternal silence, he heard the beating of his heart, he heard the sound of his blood flowing through every vein of his body, the contraction and relaxation of his muscle. He even heard the elasticity of his skin bouncing on the muscles underneath.

After hearing all these phenomena that almost made him go crazy, Wang Wei decided to sing out loud to pass the time.

Soon, five years passed.

Wang Wei sang a song everyday before going to bed. In this desolate place, only sleep can give some sort of comfort.

Unfortunately, sleep soon became Wang Wei’s nightmare. The past few days, Wang Wei became afraid of sleeping. He feared that once he slept, he would never wake up again. That the embrace of death would slowly envelop him setting him on a journey of eternal sleep.

So, he never sleeps again.

As time passed, his state started to deteriorate. His voice was gone due to long term abuse, he never slept due to fear.

Another ten years passed.

Wang Wei was on the verge of madness. After spending more than 15 years in this place, he had enough.

His clothes were all broken, his hair disheveled, and there were countless bruises on his body, particularly his arms.

A few months ago, Wang Wei started disfiguring his body in order to feel his existence, in order to feel alive, in order to feel something. Every time he felt lost and lonely, or wanted to take away his own life to end his suffering, he would plunge his long nail on his body until blood gushed out.

He knew that this was not a long term solution, but that was the only way he could think of at the time.

Meanwhile outside the Pagoda. Although 15 years had passed in the Pagoda, only a few hours had passed by outside.

All the people outside watched the testers slowly being driven to madness. People started to wonder whether these tests were too cruel.

Another five years passed in the Pagoda.