Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 21

After Wang Wei was ejected out of the Pagoda Trial, he stood there pondering for a few moments.

In the past few months, he had already passed five trials, but two of them had the most influence on him.

This first of which was when he was shown his true self in the Chamber of Mirrors of Retributions. The second one was this trial of greed for power.

Both of them invoked the same message: What price are you willing to achieve your goals?

Wang Wei was a confident man. He believed that with his methodical plans, he had more than 80% chance of proving the Dao and becoming a Great Emperor. But he could not answer with any certainty whether he would change throughout his journey to the top, whether he could still maintain his original heart.

As the saying goes, "time is the enemy of us all". This saying could be interpreted in many ways. For mortals, time is the driving force that leads them to the eternal silence known as death. And the same could be said for cultivators. Although the process will be longer for them.

But what about Great Emperors? They have escaped the shackles of time and have infinite lifespans. So what is the meaning of time for them?

Well now Wang Wei understood that time is an eternal test for Great Emperors. Can their heart and mind withstood the ravage of time? Are they their true self after experiencing the vicissitude of time?

Time is an eternal test that will forever plague cultivators that have escaped its shackles. You could even say that time itself is a curse for them. Or to be precise, this is the causal relationship between Time and the people who have escaped its shackles: the cause is that you have acquired an infinite lifespan, and the effect is that you will forever be corroded by time until you become numb or something unrecognizable.

Wang Wei realized that his focus when cultivating from now on was to always recognize who he truly was and not to forget his original purpose for cultivating.

And what was that purpose?

To become Emperor? No, that was just the eventual process of his cultivation, not his true purpose.

His true purpose was to be free and unfettered: to be free from the shackles of time and space, life and death, cause and effect, and even be free from fate itself.

Wang Wei believed that fate was the greatest enemy to his path of freedom. As such, the Dao of Fate will be the main Dao he cultivated in the future and the Dao he will use to become a Great Emperor.

Only by understanding the machination of fate can it be controlled, played with, then destroyed. When the day comes when he can do all of these, he will truly be free and unfettered.

After understanding all of these, Wang Wei’s Dao Heart sublimated. A shadow of an emperor that ruled the Heaven of All Myriad Beings appeared behind him.

This was Wang Wei’s proof of a Young Emperor. Unlike last time, this shadow was no longer as illusory. Furthermore, the face of Wang Wei was clearly visible this time.

As soon as the shadow appeared, a grand and powerful aura enveloped the disciples and elders who were watching the Fifth Trial outside. Many people had the urge to bow down to this supreme being, and many people did.