Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 1430

Wang Wei invited his next guest, and the leading person was an old acquaintance; it would be better to describe him as an old opponent, one of the few worthy ones he had in the lower dimension. Wang Wei slowly watched as the two flew over to his small pavilion, and he glanced at the introducer.

"You’re weak," Wang Wei said.

"Indeed," Chu Luo sighed deeply. In the lower dimension, they were once the two once most powerful geniuses of that era, but slowly, he had to watch as Wang Wei surpassed and reached heights he could never fathom.

Wang Wei looked at him. Chu Luo’s cultivation was only 63%, not even an Empyrean. However, with a single look, Wang Wei could guess the reason such a genius could not even reach the peak of the Emperor Realm.

"Do you regret your decision to ascend early?" Wang Wei asked.

"Not at all," Chu Luo replied firmly. After ascending, he discovered his parents were undercover agents for the Grand Sect Alliance serving in the Rebellion. Things went horribly wrong in one mission, and they were severely injured. Chu Luo’s cultivation is so low because he had no merit and world source from the lower dimension since he ascended early and because he had to support his parents’ healing and cultivation.

The Grand Sect Alliance is the biggest faction, meaning they have the most elite members of all Overlords and the second-highest number of people after the Limitless Exchange Hall. Chu Luo’s Creation Dao brought him much benefit in the alliance, but it did not help that he was not a Dao Overlord. As such, he was treated decently but not enough to develop his potential fully.

"That’s good to hear," Wang Wei nodded. It appeared Chu Luo’s filial piety was still a core of his personality. Wang Wei condensed a fishing rod and said: "Go fish on that pond. Consider what you catch as a gift from an old opponent." Chu Luo was confused but still politely accepted the gift.

Meanwhile, Wang Wei focused on the second guest. "You’re a member of the Crystal-Eye Clan?" he asked when he saw this man had no eyeballs but two pure blue gems in his sockets.

"That’s right."

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"I thought your kind was extinct," Wang Wei commented. The crystal in this race’s eyes had a variety of functions, including weapon refining, soul tempering, and even acquiring divine abilities upon absorption. So, cultivators did what cultivators do — they hunted this race to extinction for their eyes.

"We surrendered to the alliance to preserve our race," the man replied. Although his voice did not change, Wang Wei could swear he saw a hint of anger and hatred flashed in these deep blue gems. He motioned the latter person to sit beside him as he served tea.

"And who are you exactly?" Wang Wei asked.

"Vice-Alliance Leader Lei Shi."

"You’re the invisible one," Wang Wei realized. The alliance is ruled — on the surface — by a council composed of the Alliance Leader and 7 Vice-Leaders. In this generation, one of the Vice-Leader rarely showed his face, making many people curious. Now, he understood why the latter remained invisible.

"That’s me," Lei Shi nodded calmly.

"So, why are you here? I don’t think I have any reasons to associate with your alliance?" These meetings were never about paying respects to him, so he was baffled by what they wanted since Wang Wei did not place any restrictions on the alliance despite the rocky relationship between the two factions.

"There is a delicate matter we would like to negotiate with you," Lei Shi said carefully. "You have captured one of our wanted fugitives, and we would like to discuss the possibility of you returning him to us."

"Your fugitive?" Wang Wei was genuinely baffled.

"Empyrean Black Heart."

"Him? Since when was he your prisoner?" Wang Wei asked strangely.

"He stole something crucial from us, and you know how pride and face are the most important to factions on our level," Lei Shi stated. "So, we buried the news while trying to capture him as soon as possible. Unfortunately, he was slippery and always evaded our efforts."

"Is that so?" Wang Wei commented.