Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 20

While Yu Yan closed her eyes and waited for her fated death, Wang Wei’ s bright red sword stopped one millimeter away from her heart. No matter what Wang Wei did, he could not push the sword forward.

This one millimeter represented a chasm that separated his last trace of humanity; it also represented his destined path.

Cross that chasm and he will no longer be human, he will turn into a slave of power, a puppet of fate.

Walk away from it, he still has a chance at redemption, a chance to try to place the control of his fate in his own hands.

Wang Wei looked at his mother, then memories that were engraved deep in his memories flooded his mind. He remembered the reason that he started in this path of pursuing power: It was to protect his mother from the persecutions of the other clans.

But now, years later, he has forgotten his original purpose. His desire for power slowly consumed him like blood flowing out of a person’s cut artery.

Then it suddenly dawned on Wang Wei that the most difficult thing about cultivating was not the process of reaching high realms. No, by his talent alone and with an abundance of resources from the sect, it was only a matter of time before he could cultivate to the Supreme Realm.

The real difficulty of cultivating was how to remember his original purpose, his original heart. Cultivators live a very long life. The real trial that they have to face is how not to let the passing of time affect their heart, to retain their original intention in the face of the demon that is called time.

Can you make sure that after a million years, you are the same person? Can the people who knew you in the beginning still recognize who you are? Can you look yourself in the mirror and say without hesitation that you did nothing against your conscience? And if you did change, is it too late to rectify your mistakes?

All these are the essence of having a strong and powerful Dao Heart, and it took Wang Wei’s almost killing his mother to truly understand these things.

Yu Yan opened her eyes after a few moments without feeling any pain. The painful death that she waited for did not come.

When she opened her eyes, she saw her son holding a sword very close to her heart without moving an inch. At the same time, she noticed tears flowing down his eyes, drenching his clothes wet.

His eyes were no longer devoid of emotions. Instead, they were full of pain and struggle. They kept changing from pure ruthlessness to doting love.

Yu Yan realizes that her son was in an internal battle of good and evil. Her son was in his last struggle to redeem himself. She did not say anything to him, her gentle smile remained on her face.

She knew that this was a battle that her son had to face on his own. No matter the outcome, she will accept it.

If her son succeeded, she will lead him to a path of redemption to repay all his negative karma. If he failed, she would die as a form of atonement to the world and her son.

Wang Wei’ struggle lasted more than nine hours. Afterward, he dropped the sword in his hands on the floor.

He looked at his mother full of gentleness, love, and guilt, then said: "Mo...moth...mother." His voice was harsh and hoarse and he stuttered. This was due to the fact that he did not speak for many years.

Tears kept coming out his eyes and he knell in the ground in front of his mother. He continued: "I’m sorr..sorry for wh.. what happened."

Yu Yan rushed to her son and embraced him on the dirty floor. She wept with him and comforted him. She told him that everything would be okay from now on, that there was still time to change, time to make right of his past’s wrong.

"My flesh will turn into a new continent so that all beings will have more land for future descendants and the world could be more prosperous."

After this declaration, the people watched as the giant’s body slowly disintegrated. Many grieving souls flew out of the giant’s body, bowed to him and went into reincarnation.

The giant’s blood enveloped the land. The crops and plants started to grow at an alarming rate. Many ores and spiritual veins were created in different parts of the land. Many mountains and rivers grew at a rate visible to the naked eye. Then, the giant’s body turned into an enormous continent and landed somewhere in the ocean.

The few remaining cultivators in the world soon noticed that the world they lived in hand started to expand and the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth became extremely abundant. Every breath they took could absorb a vast amount of spiritual energy and they would feel refreshed afterward. In this environment, even mortals will have a long lifespan.

They knew that this world was about to enter an age of cultivation and exploration. Both cultivators and mortals will benefit from this coming era.

After doing all of this, Wang Wei was ejected out of the Pagoda Trial. In fact, Wang Wei did not have to do all the extra things at the end.

After waking up at the last moment and preventing himself from killing his mother, he already passed the trial. So why did he do all the things he did?

It was to install on him the idea of always paying karma. In this world of cultivation, karma is a real and accessible thing. Many cultivators have cultivated the Dao of Karma, and some have even proclaimed themselves Emperor using the Dao of Karma.

If one day he encountered one of such cultivators, he would be somewhat prepared. If he could also understand the Dao of Karma, it would be even better.