Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 246

While Di Tian instantly took notice of the Qi of Calamity around Bai Han despite the seal of the True Monarchs, another person also noticed something odd: Wang Wei.

Inside the booth of the Dao Opening Sect, when he first saw Bai Han, he had a feeling that something was wrong, but he did not know what it was; he seemed to see something around the headmaster, but he could not truly see it after concentrating.

So, he activated his True Eye ability and saw a red hue floating around Bai Han’s head, then he frowned while pondering what this thing was as it was not here before.

"Noticed it?" asked Wu Hong who was sitting next to him.

"Yes," nodded Wang Wei. "What is it? Or is this another secret that I should not know?"

"Not really," replied Wu Hong. "That thing is called [Qi of Calamity], although a rare thing, but knowledge of it is very common among powerful beings."

"So, what exactly is it?"

Wu Hong paused for a moment to gather her thoughts. "To put it simply, Qi of Calamity is the most powerful weapon that Heavenly Dao used when manipulating others. Its main purpose is to affect a person’s mind and make them act irrational, stupid, or out of character.

"A perfect example when Qi of Calamity is often used is when dealing with Childs of Destiny. Every time they meet an opponent, Heavenly Dao would often use the Qi of Calamity to influence their enemy; that way, they will act stupidly. Their enemies--instead of using all their strength to eradicate these Childs of Destiny--they will send a person only one stage or realm higher than the Child of Destiny, basically giving them the chance to survive and break through in cultivating realm while fighting. Then their enemy will send a slightly more powerful person than the first, and the process will repeat itself until the Child of Destiny reaches the strength to completely eradicate their enemy.

"Of course this kind of treatment is only for the Children of Destiny of powerful worlds on the level of Heaven Will World. Additionally, this kind of Qi of Calamity is actually very easy to guard against."

Wang Wei nodded, then he asked: "Are you saying that Qi of Calamity has different ranks or levels?"

"Yes. And at the highest level, even you will not be spared," replied Wu Hong while looking deeply into Wang Wei’s eyes. He immediately understood what she was trying to say: the highest level of Qi of Calamity can even affect Paragons, hence even he could be affected by it one day of he is not careful,

Immediately he took this information more seriously. "I understand. Is there anything else?"

"Yes," replied Wu Hong. "Actually, the main purpose of Qi of Calamity is to induce the [Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth] or the [Great Purge] as it is often referred to by many other worlds."

Wang Wei frowned as he remembered that he read about such a thing in the Sect’s Library.

"Isn’t the [Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth] the process by which a world decided to kill the majority of its inhabitants due to the issue of overpopulation?"

"That is correct. When the amount of cultivators in a world is too large, the level of spiritual qi between Heaven and Earth will decrease dramatically with so many people using it. At that time, the world will be on the verge of being demoted. For example, a Great Thousand World will turn into a Middle Thousand World.

"After reaching that point, Heavenly Dao will intervene to keep the balance of the world. By enveloping the entire world with Qi of Calamity and influencing the mind of all the cultivators, conflict will erupt throughout the entire world, leading to all cultivators killing one another. Then, Heavenly Dao will decompose the bodies of these cultivators and replenish the spiritual qi of Heaven and Earth. By then, both the population and spiritual qi problem will be solved."

Wang Wei sighed as he muttered to himself: "Cultivators absorb spiritual qi in order to one day become immortal and escape the shackles of death. If they fail, then their bodies will decompose and return to the embrace of mother nature, replenishing Heaven and Earth.

"What a horrifying and beautiful Cycle!"

"True," responded Wu Hong as she also sighed. How many people can become immortal? In each generation, there are probably a handful. Meanwhile, the number of cultivators are in the trillions. The terrible thing about this situation is that even if a person knows about this, there is nothing they can do besides fighting to be the few that actually become immortal.

"I was wondering, has there been a time that the Myriad Emperor World suffered a [Great Purge]?" asked Wang Wei curiously.