Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 39

After his wonderful rest last night, Wang Wei woke up full of vitality and spirit. He had no nightmare, no haunting dreams of the people he had killed: he just slept peacefully.

After waking up, Wang Wei started to ponder about the past seven days.

He asked himself: "Why is killing so wrong? Why was such a strong aversion to killing deeply ingrained into himself?"

To Wang Wei, such a strong ethical concept of right and wrong was not in tune with his way of free and unfettered.

How can someone who aspires to reach the highest state of absolute freedom be restrained by societal constraints or shackles such as not killing people?

To Wang Wei, the idea of not killing was actually ingrained in him by modern society as a way to better control the masses.

Throughout the history of Earth, the act of killing was actually quite the normal act. Whether it was our ancestor who did it as a way to survive the wild or even throughout the Celestial Dynasty’s history, killing was a way for people to not only defend themselves, but to display their superior status.

It was only during modern eras that killing was declared wrong. Then, the government used education and law to morally and spiritually restrain the people and made them believe that killing was wrong.

As a person who aspired to be free and unfettered, Wang Wei should never be restrained, he should never have any shackles on him--especially on his mind, on his way of thinking. The only shackles he should have are the ones he willingly placed on himself.

After figuring this out, Wang Wei suddenly heard something break from his mind, and he felt his thinking more visible and clear; he felt that his soul was sublimated and his thinking even more active then it was before.

Many things he did not understand became more clear. The many fears and indecisive thoughts he had became apparent to him: he knew where these thoughts came from and could control them.

In simple words, Wang Wei had a better understanding of himself and could better control his emotions and his mind.

After his sublimation, all his fears and dread about killing were gone; he had become more decisive when doing things from now on.

Wang Wei knew that from this moment on, he would never have any more nightmares. He had taken one more step closer to his goal of being free and unfettered.

After lifting the shackle of his mind, Wang Wei immediately realized that his previous state was quite wrong.

His reaction against killing was too strong. Although as a modern man, he would be averse to killing, the situation should not reach the point of having nightmares for seven consecutive days.

His adaptability should be quite strong--especially after experiencing so much in the Pagoda Trials.

His situation reminds him of people who faced Heart Tribulations or Heart Demons. However, such things as Heart tribulation usually occurred to cultivators of the Primordial Spirit Realm. How can it happen to a mortal like him. Well, things seemed to be not so simple.

Wang Wei took a note of what happened and hoped to find the answer in the library later on when he has time. Now, he had more important things to do.

After his breakthrough in his state of mind, Wang Wei got up from the bed and had a maid prepare everything for his morning routine.

Afterward, he called his head maid Wang Ju into the room.

When Wang Ju walked into the room, he saw the Young Master sitting cross-legged on a futon.

Immediately, Wang Ju noticed something different about the Young Master. In the past week, Wang Ju had noticed that the state of the Young Master was wrong; he always had heavy bags under his eyelids which indicate his lack of sleep.

Wang Ju wanted to know what had happened in order to help, but he was warned by the Sect Madam not to intervene in this matter. As such, she did as she was told without question.