Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor-Chapter 1465 Inevitable Fate

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Wang Wei quickly came up with a plan for the situation and executed it. He condensed his Proving Dao Artifact into a whip before teleporting before his opponent and whipping him. The Serenity's Ghost's face contorted in pain as this whip affected him in a way he had never experienced before.

"What have you done?"

Wang Wei frowned as he observed. The effect was not as potent as he wanted. The Serenity's Ghost released a tornado of Flames of Retribution, but Wang Wei's bolstered defenses rendered this attack useless. Instead, he continued whipping the enemy with his [Whip of Freedom]. His purpose was to free Dong An from his obsession, thus separating all these souls/spirits from his body.

Unfortunately for him, in this Chaos Universe, obsession was a power that defied common sense, and most means of purification were useless to them. Of course, Wang Wei did not stop despite the subpar results. This was a good opportunity to understand this power and gather more data.

The Serenity's Ghost roared in agony and anger before going on the offensive: [Mortal Retribution]. His eyes suddenly turned golden and illusory, and before Wang Wei could react, he received a spiritual attack.

Wang Wei found himself before a towering and intimidating figure dressed in all black. The figure looked at him: "How do you plead?"

"Plead for what?"

"For all the atrocities you've committed," the figure reported before showing him a display of all the crimes he had committed in his life.

"Is this a joke?" Wang Wei asked.

"You think I would joke about something so serious?"

"I thought we had already established I had no remorse for my actions," Wang Wei asked. "So, you admit you're someone without any morals?"

"I thought that was very clear," Wang Wei rebutted. His desire for freedom was absolute, meaning he wanted to transcend morality. In other words, this was a fancy way of saying that the difference between him and the worst of society was his whim. He believed in no Gods for his morality, cared for no societal rules, and had absolute control of his empathy, meaning his mortality was more logical than emotional.

"You scum of the world," the judge-like figure roared before a blinding light descended on Wang Wei. However, the thing was worthless, and his spirit returned to his body. He opened his eyes to Serenity's Ghost regenerating his fist and understood what happened.

The latter had attacked him while the other technique worked. Unfortunately, he could not bypass Wang Wei's first layer of defense that he created based on his Skin Flesh Ability. An Innate Magnetic Shield once protected his skin, and now, Wang Wei recreated it with an Innate Emptiness Shield. Anyone who attacks him will not only have to destroy that protective layer but also have to fight against the erasure of the Power of Nothingness. When Serenity's Ghost punched him, he lost his fist without even putting a dent in his protection.

[Liberation of Idea]

Wang Wei waved his hand to summon a pillar of light that bombarded Serenity's Ghost. The latter screamed as a force was constantly trying to force him to abandon his grudge and vendetta, but the obsession in his body would never accept this outcome.

Serenity's Ghost fought back with his own technique: [Society Retribution]. Cultivators had rules and laws they had to follow, and their primary difference from mortals was that they did not hold each other accountable — it was Heavenly Dao's job to keep them in check. So, with this technique, Serenity's Ghost essentially summoned the power of the law to punish Wang Wei.

'Divine Punishment,' Wang Wei thought as he looked at the dark clouds above. 'Should I use this opportunity to remove more of my Fate Seed status?' However, he immediately abandoned this idea since that thunder was not enough. Additionally, it was not the time to be doing something like that.

Numerous thoughts flashed in his mind. He had plenty of ways to deal with this attack, with the easiest being using his Freedom Dao to escape all punishments or laws placed on him. However, he had a better idea.

Boom!

The lightning bolt descended from the sky, and Wang Wei fought it. He screamed in agony as the thunder scorched his body, burned his soul, and sundered his mind. A massive Yin-Yang Symbol materialized above his head to protect himself, but it was useless. Wang Wei's screams echoed between Heaven and Earth.

"Yes, yes, yes," Serenity's Ghost said. "This beautiful sound of pure agony — I have been waiting so long to hear it." He waved his hand to cast another spell: [Pain Penalty]. Wang Wei's lips secretly twitched. For all his life, he has been the one who increased people's pain, not the other way around. Regardless, since he was performing, he had to make it believable. So, his voice increased by a few octaves, and his body started twitching uncontrollably in certain places.

Serenity's Ghost was not finished, as he added a few more penalties to Wang Wei, ensuring he suffered to the fullest extent. By the time he stopped, Wang Wei wasn't wholly acting as the pain had reached the threshold of his willpower.

"You might be an amoral piece of shit who thought no laws could judge you, but you were wrong," Serenity's Ghost said as he approached. "There is justice in the world, and retribution always comes for people like yourself."

Wang Wei knelt on the ground with his black and white robe tattered and his hair disheveled. He glanced at his enemy with hatred, anger, and regret.

"Is that regret I sensed? What? Regret what you've done?"

"I…I regret…I didn't…kill all…of you," Wang Wei answered with gritted teeth.

"Good, good, good," Serenity's Ghost uttered. "My greatest fear is you would be a coward that asked for mercy, that begged for his life. It would be too disappointing if you were this weak-willed."

Serenity's Ghost smiled before holding Wang Wei by the neck. He cast the technique [Divine Retribution: Life Absorption]. All energy and power from Wang Wei's body left his body, turning his potent fleshly body into skin and bone.

"I am so glad I came to this trial. Otherwise, killing you would have been a pain," Serenity's Ghost said. The rules of the trial still applied to them, meaning dying here was permanent death. In all his life, this was the first time Serenity's Ghost became a Paragon, so he had never trained his ChronoSpirit battle skills.

"It's almost as if destiny had been waiting for your demise," Serenity's Ghost continued with a gentle smile. "Now then, enough with the chit-chat." He crushed Wang Wei's body and soul. As he watched the remains turn into dust scattered in the void, a single tear dropped from Dong An's right eye.

"It's finally over," he muttered. "Father, Feng'er, everyone, I can finally join you." An intense aura emanated from Dong An's body to release myriad black floating faces.

"So, it's over?"

"It appears so."

"Meaning we are free?"

"Yes."

"Does anyone feel something is wrong?"

"What do you mean?"

"It felt too easy. Or maybe we miss something."

"You think he is faking his death?"

"I just checked. His Dao Imprint is gone."

"All his karma is gone."

"I can't sense his name in the Book of Life and Death."

"His Fate has been severed."

"You're worrying too much. It's obvious that he's gone."

"You guys are right. It seems like I worry too much."

"You've always been like this."

"Boy Dong An, are you sure you want to do this?"

"There is no point in convincing me," Dong An answered. "This has always been the plan."

"But that bastard had a point. Maybe you can see everybody again."

"Yes, we might be done, but it doesn't have to be the same for you."

Dong An shook his head. He had died that day, and his current self was only the shelf—the embodiment of his desire for revenge. So, he took one last look at these obsessions: "Thank you for accompanying me all this time. You made the journey less lonely."

09:04

Dong An truly smiled for the first time in probably hundreds of millions of yuan epochs before destroying his vitality and soul. Unlike his first death, or the countless others, this one was peaceful, and Dong An died with a smile on his face.

"Do you think we did something wrong?" someone asked.

"No, we did not. We were born for only one reason. Our objective must be accomplished no matter the price paid."

"You're right."

"Alright, it's time to end this wretched existence."

As the obsession disappeared, a gravitational force pulled them into one place, which soon revealed to be an orb in Wang Wei's palm. "Phh, that was exhausting." He went above and beyond to fake his death.

First, he found the flaw in Dong An's soul to weave the illusion before hiding himself with the Heaven Deception Array. Then, he had to remove his Dao Imprint and hide it with the same array. He used his Fate Dao to change his fate to being dead, hid all his karmic lines, and even used his Death Dao to make it even more believable.

'The sect must be freaking out,' Wang Wei thought. During this deception, his Soul Flame should have been extinguished. Even worse, people with deep karma with him should have felt he was dead, including his future wife locked in the Dark Truth. 'Let's hope she won't blame me after finding the truth.'

Wang Wei smiled. Although he went to extreme lengths, it was worth it because of the gain. He looked at the orb and muttered: "Your obsession is to kill me. But what if I could change that obsession to keep me alive?" Dong An's immortality was something worth all that hassle. Although Wang Wei did not know whether he would succeed, it was worth trying.

"I'm already late, so let's hurry." He immediately started checking this creature's [Existence]. However, Wang Wei was immediately confused. The blueprint already looked like the nonsense graffiti of a toddler, so he usually used his body as a reference to examine people. However, he realized this aspect was almost useless for this creature since their life level was on another scale.

'It's like a two-dimensional life form trying to understand a three-dimensional creature,' Wang Wei complained. For now, he could only memorize this thing for later use. As for the inner core area, he had to try another approach.

He used the spirit particle that was already inside to find the area in the blueprint to correspond to the inner dimension of this place. Luckily, his Space Dao was high enough, so he soon found what he sought. Wang Wei did not enter with his actual body but sent a puppet controlled by his spirit particle.

"Let's hope I'm not too late."