Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor

Chapter 1439  Boundless Paragon II: Time Washing Tribulation

Wang Wei did not hesitate to walk on this endless path. The first thing he noticed was his vision was useless, and he was not only referring to his [Existence Sight]. All his normal and extraordinary senses were useless as he only saw an endless darkness and a bit of light that was barely enough to show the path.

”Is Time useless here?” Wang Wei talked to himself. ”No, useless, but stretched out and distorted. A single second in this place might feel like billions of Yuan Epochs.”

Wang Wei walked forward, talking to himself to distract his mind. Although he did not mind the solitude, this approach was an excellent way to ensure his mind remained sharp for the duration of this Time Washing Tribulation. However, Wang Wei soon noticed an anomaly.

”My memory is eroding,” Wang Wei muttered. His memories were not disappearing but fading; in other words, their effects on his personality and being were slowly being stripped away. ”If I let it happen, my personality will forever change into Heaven knows what.”

Now he knew the problem, Wang Wei set out to solve them. Instead of talking to himself, he started reviewing his memories from his time on Earth to his reincarnation; he did not miss a single memory, even indulging himself in the happier and more exciting ones. This method proved effective as Wang Wei quelled the fading, but that was only for a moment.

The interesting thing about time is it can change anything. After indulging in his memories over and over, Wang Wei soon felt the process was meaningless. It did not matter how many times he relived his sexy time with his wife after doing it more than a million times; the process inevitably became boring and a chore.

”Itʼs fine if itʼs a chore. I can just consider it like a job back on Earth,” Wang Wei muttered. He repeated this tedious task over and over without an end. It did not matter whether billions, trillions, or quintillions of yuan epochs had passed; he reviewed his memories and preserved his personality, ambitions, love, and everything else he held dear.

Before this test, Wang Wei could have proudly said his mind was harder than steel, and he had long conquered the negative emotions known as loneliness; he could even push himself and said he did so with the Pagoda Trial. However, this tribulation showed an even more horrifying level: loneliness with boringness.

It was difficult to describe the pain of repeating the same task without stopping for infinity. At many points, he felt he was just a robot whose sole purpose was to repeat these tasks. He almost believed his free will and agency were non-existent, and his sole purpose in this world was to do this task. Such a thought induced tremendous fear in a man who pursued absolute freedom.

The good news is he survived and held on to his humanity. He preserved his memories, personality, and all his dreams and ambitions. Additionally, there was an additional benefit: he had learned a new form of torture. In the future, when he meets powerful Inextinguishable Paragons who do an excellent job protecting their timeline, heʼll torture them with his own version of this tribulation to break their willpower.

Wang Wei continued walking forward; he had long lost hope of seeing the light at the end of this path. He could not distract himself from his task, and he had to prevent the task from consuming him. With all these things on his plate, he abandoned looking ahead to see if he was close to the exit.

Luckily, he did since this tribulation had just started. When Time failed to erode his memories, it did not give up. Instead, it targeted something else — his emotions. One of Wang Weiʼs core personality is his love for his sect and all its people. He considered them his people and thus had some level of affection for everyone — including the lowest of maids.

The tribulation started with these people. When reviewing his memories, Wang Wei had subtly become indifferent to these people, and he did not even notice it. In his mind, these people become nothing but aids, and their importance to him or the world in general was so small that it made them insignificant. He convinced himself it was more than enough that he remembered their faces and names.

Once he became indifferent to these ”minor individuals,” Time became bolder and more potent, targeting the people he already hated or indifferent to — like his grandfather, Yu Yong. Then, without knowing it, Wang Wei no longer cared about his enemies that did not have a great impact on his life or that he respected.

The next target was people he loved but mostly respected because they were his elders. There has always been a seniority and power dynamic between him and these people, forming a barrier that prevented Wang Wei from forming deep bonds with them. These people included Origin One, Sword One, and his former Dao Protector Yan Chen.

Wang Weiʼs view on these people slowly changed to appreciation and care for their years of dedication to the sect and the protection they provided to his growth to being indifferent to their presence. In his mind, they were people of different worlds. He would never meet these people again in his life, and even if they did, the difference between them would be so vast that it was impossible to have any meaningful relationship, so it was pointless to be attached to their existence.

Wang Wei was in a weird situation. His eyes indicated he was reminiscing deeply about his past and everything heʼs experienced. Simultaneously, his eyes showed no affection for these memories. On the contrary, his eyes become colder with each passing moment.

The next thing he lost was not his enemies/competitors, with whom he had a slight friendship developed out of respect. No, the next target were people whom he respected tremendously as elders and had a deep bond with; to be precise, he lost his feelings for Ancestor Wucheng.

Wang Wei was walking aimlessly like a zombie, reviewing the time when Wucheng sacrificed his life to protect him. However, he felt nothing, except maybe Wucheng was doing his job as a Dao Protector. His sacrifice guaranteed the sect an era of prosperity, unlike anything the lower dimension had ever seen.

Wang Wei was about to move on when he paused. ”Something is wrong,” he said in a hoarse voice; he sounded as if he had spent too long not talking and no longer knew how. He reviewed the memory again, but he could tell what was wrong; he was far too gone and could not tell.

However, Wang Wei did not give up and chose to listen to his intuition. Since Wucheng was the source of this anomaly, he chose to review all the memories associated with him. And out of pure logic, he realized what was wrong.

ʼHe is supposed to be my favorite ancestor, but I donʼt feel anything for him,” Wang Wei muttered. ”Now that I think about it, I also donʼt feel much about the other ancestors. These people have been instrumental to my success, but how I feel about them seems ungrateful beyond words could describe.ʼ

Thatʼs when it dawned on him — he was losing his emotions. Wang Wei did not hesitate to sit down and enter a deep meditative state, reviewing his memories for the umpteenth time, focusing on the emotions associated. He was immediately scared of how cold and indifferent he had become. The worst part was the loud voice in the back of his mind telling him it was alright if he remained like that.

ʼIf I can lose my feelings for Ancestor Wucheng, I can lose the ones for my mother, father, and even Wu Hong,ʼ Wang Wei thought to quiet the damn voice. ʼPlus, how dare a mere tribulation dictate how I feel? How dare it try to mold me into something Iʼm not?ʼ

Wang Weiʼs rebellious nature derived from his obsession to be free was instantly aroused, quieting all doubts or suggestive murmurs in his mind. He focuses intently, slowly regaining all his lost emotions and even intensifying some. Although Wang Wei did not cultivate Six Emotions Seven Desire Dao, he had the Soul Dao, which also involved Emotion Manipulation.

When Wang Wei opened his eyes, he immediately discovered the surroundings were brighter than before. Additionally, he saw an illusory door in the distance, presumably the exit. He calmly walked toward it while remaining on guard.

He had read countless records about the Time Washing Tribulation, and he knew much. Most people will face a similar tribulation to what he did, with minor variations. However, things will become different once the exit shows up. This part of the test has more room for variations, and itʼs when the unexpected could occur.

ʼI hope nothing too bad,ʼ Wang Wei thought. He had reached the point in his life where he must expect the unexpected; he expects things to go wrong. So, he can only hope whatever is coming is not too bad.