Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 752

As Wang Wei walked through this desert, he began to review many of his memories, not all of them, but a few that had a deep impression on him–consciously or subconsciously–throughout his cultivation path.

The first memory he saw was his meeting with Li Jun. He watched how many young children of the sect bullied the little fatty, and the latter did not resist or complain. So, he asked him why he did not respond and fought back.

"What's the point of fighting back besides adding more unnecessary injuries to me," responded the three-year-old Li Jun. Wang Wei immediately noticed Li Jun's wisdom as the young child understood his current state was due to his status in the sect. If he fought back, the only result would be more beating by retaliation. So, the best course of action is to accept his beating and bear with it.

"I remember that day," muttered Wang Wei. "Li Jun's wisdom at such a young age caught my attention." Wang Wei knew the intelligence displayed at a young age was not because he was a prodigy but more of the result of the fact he was an adult in a child's body.

However, Li Jun was different; he was genuinely a 3-year-old child.

"I also remember the unwillingness and desire in his eyes; that's why I chose him."

Wang Wei sighed as he reminisced about the past. He looked at the memory one last time before continuing. The following core memory he experienced was the first person he ever killed: a prisoner.

This was the first life he ever took, and to this day, he remembers how the sticky blood felt in his hand as he stabbed that prisoner; he remembered the moment life disappeared from the prisoner's eye, the vivid emotions displayed on that prisoner's life.

'Is this the exact moment when life was no longer sacred to me?' he analyzed. After the first kill, he had nightmares for days. But now, his hands were stained with trillions of lives, but he could still sleep peacefully.

"I felt something die inside me on that day. Was it my awe and reverence for the beautiful thing known as life?" Wang Wei sighed. "Although I know this was inevitable the moment I reincarnated in this world, it's still sad to think how much I've changed from my Earth self."

Wang Wei continued his journey. He saw the memory of when he ordered Wang Ju for the sect to experiment on Han Li for him to acquire a Heavenly Physique.

"This was my first act of pure selfishness where I ruthlessly trample on another person for benefit; the first opponent I step on for my rise on the Emperor Road."

Wang Wei calmly looked at the memory before continuing. The following was his confrontation with the Wrath of Heaven during the last section of the Pagoda Trial. In that event, he experienced more than 10,000 consecutive failures, but he never gave up.

"I learn to never give up in this trial. I learn through hard work, intelligence, and unyielding Willpower, I can create miracles."

Wang Wei's eyes lit up as his aura became even more peaceful and restrained. He continued walking.

He then saw the young girl he killed during the Spirit Road Trial.

"The first innocent life I took," he commented. The girl was a pampered Young Lady and came to the trial with guards probably as a marvel experience. Her parents were probably new to the cultivator world and did not know much about the trials' rules and ruthlessness.

"Unfortunately, she was only one of the many innocent bystanders that suffered as a result of my Emperor Road." He shook his head as he moved forward.

The following memory occurred not long after the girl's death–it was a battle with a gladiator. This was the first real life and death battle he had, but this was not the reason it was a core memory.

"The world is truly unfair. I have spent more than 8 years as a gladiator, forced to kill every day to buy my freedom. It took me 8 long and painful years to summarize that dodging method, yet you learned it in less than 5 minutes. I'm not willing," said the gladiator as he died, full of unwillingness.

"This is the first time I realize how unfair Fate can be," commented Wang Wei. "Some people spend their entire life striving for something, but others are born with it. Some people have to struggle their entire life, but others are born destined to achieve greatness."

As he reviewed these memories from a higher cultivation standpoint, he understood many things and saw these events in different lights.

So, he continued his journey.

The subsequent memory was his battle with Ji Song, where he almost died because of the latter's mighty fleshly body.