Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 400

Chapter 400: True Challenge

Wang Wei looked at all the destruction around thinking about what just occurred. He checked the Karmic Sin on his body, but unfortunately, no matter what he did, it could not be removed or even sealed away.

He tried using Wu Hong's Scripture to at least place a temporary seal on it but it was no use. And after studying it a while, he realized the crux of the issue:

Incense.

In general, faith or incense is not as karmic binding as Qi Luck, most likely because of its transactional nature. Mortals pray to the gods and offered them incense, and in return, the gods provide them with aid, spiritual substance, and a paradise for their afterlife.

Compared to a sovereign who has to constantly keep its people happy and prosperous to retain a dynasty's luck, the power of incense is less Karmicly Binding.

This fact should have been in favor of Wang Wei. However, because of Di Tian's formation, this has become his downside. Because he was the Almighty God of the Heavenly Abode World, he was deeply connected to all the mortals of this world.

So when the blame for their death and the destruction of the world fell on him, it made his situation worse. Not to mention the fact that he cut off the River of Fate of the world and absorbed it.

This act will greatly benefit him once he began to comprehend the Law, adding to that the increase in battle prowess the river will grant him. At the same time, this act of him also further deepened the Karmic ties he had with the Heavenly Abode World, which in turn increased the backlash or sins he has to witness.

Additionally, the situation was further aggravated when his Bone Substitution ability was overused in the battle to save his life and could not be used to transfer the Karmic Sin to it.

Truth be told, Wang Wei did not think that this ability would be useful. Since DI Tian also cultivated the [Ancient Desolate Body Refining Scripture], then he should be aware of this ability.

The scripture granted each user different abilities based on the cultivator's talent and level of tempering, however, many talents are common and have been previously recorded by previous cultivators of this scripture.

This includes the Bone Substitution Ability and the Element Control Ability from the five organs. So, Wang Wei guessed that Di Tian would be prepared to deal with that ability.

Finally, there is his Proving Dao Artifact. Since it was made of Fate Lines of both positive and negative Karma, it has some defense against Karmic Attacks. However, the artifact was almost annihilated by Di Tian, with only a string left.

It would take some time and a lot of resources before it can be repaired.

While he was in deep thought, he felt someone rapidly approaching him. He raised his head to see his father and grandfather coming in. It seemed that after this world was destroyed, the Crystal Wall was slowly fading away.

"Wei'er, are you alright?" said Wang Tian as he looked at his son who was older than his own father, and as skinny as a dry corpse.

"I'm fine, but where is mom?"

"I brought her back to the sect."

"Good. It's best if she did not see me in this state."

Meanwhile, Wang Chang looked at his grandson and the surrounding, "It seems that you got wrecked."

Wang Tian's lisp twitched after hearing this, thinking that this old man should know that if there was a time to be subtle, this should be it. As for Wang Wei, he laughed a little before saying:

"You're right. I did get wreck."

Wang Chang nodded his head after seeing his grandson not really affected by this battle. One failure never means much to Heaven Chosen. The only time failure was unacceptable to them was during the final battle.

"So, how do you feel?" he asked.

"Excited," replied Wang Wei with his eyes lit up. "Before, I was 90% sure that the throne would be mine. And the only reason I left for the 10% was possible changes that Di Tian and some other people might bring.

"But now, I have less than 5%."

"And that's a good thing?" asked Wang Tian.

"Only by winning a true opponent, only by surpassing the odds will the throne be truly worth it."

To Wang Wei, being a Great Emperor was nothing but one of the many steps on his path of cultivation–albeit a very important one. So, to him, the more challenging the process was, the better the foundation he can establish for future cultivation.

And there is no better challenge than a monster like Di Tian. Thinking of conquering such a tall and almost desperate mountain, a powerful fighting intent emanated out of his body.

Unfortunately for him, he was not in the best state to have such a large fluctuation of his spirit, so blood started falling from his mouth.

Both Wang Chang and Wang Tian immediately started to instill their origin essence inside his body to heal him. They immediately frowned when they see the true state he was in.