Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 398

Chapter 398: The Truth II

With his Divine Sense, Wang Wei could see how terrible of a shape he was in right now. For one, his Ancient Desolate God Transformation was long canceled, as he was unable to sustain it after dying a few dozen times.

His luscious gray hair that was once full of life was now gray-white as if it had witnessed many things.

His handsome and youthful face was long gone, replaced by that of an old man full of wrinkles and a few age spots. The aura surrounding him had a slight hint of decay, showing that his call to the next life was rapidly approaching.

The only thing that showed that this was a young man was his eyes that still shone brightly with life and vigor; there was no turbidness of an experienced old man. His eyes contained wisdom but not one born out of the vicissitude of life, but through knowledge.

As Wang Wei looked at his body, he knew that he did not have much time left. The reason he was in such a sorry state was that at some point, he had to use his life span to regenerate himself.

The previous him who had more than 500,000 years of life span had now a little over 600 years left, meaning that he was now an old man in his twilight years.

On top of all that, he found small cracks inside his Primordial Spirt, his Divine Sea, and Divine Altar. He knew that this was a result of his foundation on the verge of collapsing.

'Alright, it's time for the last play,' he thought. A black thunder suddenly came out of his body to surround and protect him like a sphere. This was the Divine Punishment Thunder sealed inside his body by Wu Hong to continuously temper his body.

By now, he could still barely control it for his use.

After seeing the black thunder, Di Tian still had a calm look on his face. A small gem appeared in the middle of his forehead, then, black thunder came from it and surround him as well.

Then, he rushed toward his adversary, this time, intending to destroy him once and for all. Meanwhile, Wang Wei was not that surprised after seeing this. The reason that he had access to Divine Punishment Thunder was that he entered the Duyi Realm and had the plan to store this lightning for his own use.

Since Di Tian had also entered the Duyi Realm, it meant that he also survived the same punishment as him. As for the idea of using this thunder for himself, Wang Wei did not think that in all the long history of the Myriad Emperor World, he would be the only one who have such an idea.

So, he immediately used another technique. After sacrificing another hundred years of his life span without hesitation, he summoned the River of Fate once again to surround him like a cocoon, acting as another layer of protection.

This technique called [Fate Protection] was inspired by the one Su Ya used during her fight with Lin Fan. It allowed Wang Wei to solicit the protection of all the people or things that are under the control of fate, which is essentially everything.

Before now, he could only connect to the River of Fate to use this spell but now, he could use the entire river. So, now, from past to present, all the living individuals that ever existed in the Heavenly Abode World began to protect Wang Wei.

All the gods and Supreme Gods that were ever existed, all the mortals and animals, all the races, the forests, mountains, and rivers: everything was protecting Wang Wei.

Yet, with all of this, adding the Divine Punishment Thunder could only buy him a few seconds under a bloodlust Di Tian. Luckily, the few seconds were all he needed.

Wang Wei closed his eyes as he began to once again review his experience in the Nine Pagoda Trials. Until this moment, he did not notice how much of an impact these trials had on his cultivation path.

It was responsible for his always calm demeanor in dangerous situations, it instilled in him humility so that he never truly let his victory or advantages over his opponent get to his head.

Because of the trial, he knew to never give up no matter how dire the situation, he knew not to let power get over his head, not to take defeat personally, and to do whatever was necessary to survive because only the last man standing is the true victor.

Not to mention how it tempered his will, his Dao Heart, and his pain tolerance.

Thinking about this, Wang Wei focused on his last confrontation with the Wrath of Heaven. In that last battle, he was nothing but a mortal, and yet, he still managed to injure such an all-powerful being.

The reason for that? By simply relying on his Will.

Wang Wei focused on that attack he used to injure that hand. He tried to feel that very same state to understand it, and eventually replicate it. As he felt deep under that state, he realized something.

However, Wang Wei endured that loneliness that seemed to stretch for an eternity. Whether it was his desire to survive, his stubbornness, or simply not knowing the concept of giving up, he held on for eons. _{freeweɓnovēl.coɱ}