Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 390

Chapter 390: Let“s Cha

"Since you already know who and what I am, why asking?" said the other Wang Wei whose only difference from the original was his red hair and eyes.

"As I said, I guess who you are, which implied that I'm not sure if I'm correct," replied Wang Wei.

"Fair enough. I'm your Heart Devil."

"That's not really an answer, is it? What exactly is a heart devil?"

"What's with all the demands?"

"It's not that much. After you put me through that terrible illusion, you owe me at least some explanations."

The Heart Devil paused for a moment before saying: "Fine. I'm the physical manifestation of all your emotions, thoughts, ideas, and desires. So, I know all your secrets; you can say that in this world, no one knows you better than me."

"Know all my secrets?"

"Yes, all of them," replied the Heart Devil while giving him a deep look.

"Okay, So negative me, why are you here?" asked Wang Wei calmly; he knew that the latter was not lying since he had read about Heart Devils appearing in physical form before.

Although it is very rare, it does occur for some people when entering the Primordial Spirit Realm.

"I'm here to have a little chat," said the devil, who manifested a table with tea and cushions to set on inside the Sea of Consciousness. After the two took a sip of their tea, the heart devil asked: "How did you see through the illusion?"

When it comes to Heart Devil Tribulation, it can come into two forms. The first one is that cultivators will hear tempting and luring voices; these voices will magnify the negative emotions inside their minds, and they have to withstand the temptation of these words to pass the tribulation. If succeeded, then their state of mind will sublimate and complete the process of entering the Primordial Spirit Realm.

If fail, they will either be driven mad by these voices until they do drastic things like killing themselves or hurting themselves. Or worse, their Primordial Spirit will collapse and they could either die or their breakthrough fail.

Although these people can also try again if they survive the ordeal, however, after each failure, the intensity of the tribulation will at least double, thus reducing the chances that people have at entering that realm.

Another form of the Heart Devil Tribulation is the Illusion World; a perfect world designed to also intensify the emotions and desires of the cultivator. Because of perfect the world seems, it became even more difficult to pass the trial.

In that Illusion World, cultivators have to process their emotions and desires, recognize and control them. If succeeded, they can wake up. For a person like Su Ya, this trial is as easy as breathing, however, for others, not so much.

The Heart Devil Tribulation comes from the inside, from the mind. So, it does not matter how powerful your soul is, you still cannot resist.

Of course, there is another way to pass this trial: realized that this was an illusion world and break free from it: this is what Wang Wei did. Few people used this method because of how difficult it was.

This is the reason that the Heart Devil asked him how he saw through it.

Thinking about this question, Wang Wei could not help reminisce about what just occurred. Everything was so real. Many of his emotions were amplified beyond measure and turned him into someone he could not recognize.

Whether it was arrogance, lust, wrath, pride, or the desire for power; a slight imbalance in these emotions completely changed his personality. After this experience, Wang Wei finally understood why the Seven Emotions Six Desires Physique is rated third in the list.

"It was the battle with Li Jun that made me aware that I was in an illusion," replied Wang Wei.

"Oh? How so?"

"You may know me very well, but this is not the same for Li Jun, plus, you underestimated his intelligence."

"Please elaborate."

"If I did something wrong, Li Jun would never confront me on it; this is one his biggest flaw. Instead, he would either try to hide it or take the blame for me to ensure my reputation.

"By then, I already my suspicions. But when he raised his spear at me, I knew for real that something was wrong as he would never willingly attack me. By then, I knew for a fact that something was wrong.

"Although I could not control myself during the confrontation, afterward, I pondered deeply about the situation and realized the problem.

"If I was acting out of character, Li Jun would never use brute force to stop me, not only because he was smart enough to know that his strength is not enough to do so, but because there was a better solution: go contact my grandfather that is outside this world."

"Indeed, it seems that I underestimated him," said the Heart Devil with a smile. "However, I think the greatest reason for your success has to do with the Pagoda Trials."

"That may be true," nodded Wang Wei. In the trial, he was used to being placed in Illusion Worlds that was perfectly crafted, and without any flaws: so, he did have the advantage.

"Something tells me that this is not the only reason for you to come chat with me," said Wang Wei.

"As you can guess, your tribulation is not yet over as you have some things to answer for," said the Heart Devil with a cunning smile.

"Answer for what? For whom?"

"Your conscious, of course," he replied.

Wang Wei squinted his eyes. In the path of cultivation, the state of the mind is very important. So, if a person has guilt, anguish, or regret in their conscious, then their path forward will be cut off.

Without a pure spirit or mind, it is impossible to comprehend the laws of Heaven and Earth.

Of course, the so-called "guilt' is not based on some rules established by society but set by the cultivator itself; it is based on their ideologies, mindset, intentions, and whether they continuously followed them throughout their life.

"Let me ask you this, do you think that the "you" on earth would recognize your current self? Do you think he would agree with many of your actions?"

As he said this, the heart devil waved his hand and many pictures suddenly appeared in front of the two: it was pictures of Wang Wei's life; it began with Spirit Road Trial, showing all the people he killed.

"Look at you, a young man from the republic who underwent 9 years of compulsory education and learned the concept of right and wrong, killing people as if they were nothing but animals," sneered the Heart Devil.

Then, he showed an image of what happened to Han Li.

"For your benefit, you treated a fellow disciple of your sect-like nothing but an experimental mouse; destroyed his future for your own."