Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor

Chapter 1412 Is this Checkmate? No, It's Not

Chapter 1412  Is this Checkmate? No, It's Not

As soon as Wang Wei barged in, his mind quickly detected new aspects of this ceremony that he couldn't see from the outside. He saw a significant part involving destiny and a second aspect made for him: the act of trying to stop this ceremony and failing will convert into the power of regret that further boosted its strength.

'Damn it,' he cursed before using a sure-kill technique he had recently developed: [The Transcendent Sword Slash]. Wang Wei took the fundamental essence of his Transcendent Luck and his Perfection, allowing him to access the power of transcendent. Of course, this power of transcendence is not even one trillionth of the true power of Half-Step Transcendent, but it is a devastating attack for anyone in the Paragon Realm.

Wang Wei swung his sword, and with that one strike, he should have annihilated this dimension alone with this ceremony. However, things didn't go as he wanted. The Dao Ruler protecting Pure Flame reacted to his attack by summoning a Paragon Artifact — the Ten Thousand Layer Pagoda.

So, the result of that devastating blow only did one thing: destroy the body Wang Wei was occupying and kill the Dao Ruler. Wang Wei's soul looked at the pagoda that remained intact from his attack. 'I could never destroy the ceremony in the first place,' Wang Wei thought with a grave expression. The pagoda contained even more power of transcendence than his attack; no, the comparison was like a river and a tiny mosquito, meaning this thing was created by Supreme Unity's vessel.

"It's you," Pure Flame yelled with a twisted expression. "It's all your fault — everything is all your fault." Wang Wei glanced at him. It was impossible to get to him with this damn pagoda, and this bastard's mind was too far gone for any effective communication.

'My next step is containment,' Wang Wei thought, feeling a sense of urgency. His intuition had risen to the highest level, telling him not to allow this ceremony to continue. Wang Wei disappeared from the dimension.

"Get back here," Pure Flame yelled. "You bastard, don't you dare ignore me?"

Wang Wei had already isolated this area before coming; that's the most basic cautionary measure. Now, he was going to use that idea to the extreme. He did not hesitate to remove the limit on his soul to access his hidden soul power from his time in the void and used that energy to engrave sealing formations.

Pure Flame had about two to three minutes before he succumbed to his madness, and this was enough time for Wang Wei's Paragon Soul to engrave billions of these seals.

Boom!

The dimension finally collapsed, turning into 33 red magic circles stacked on each other to form a funnel. However, before the circles could be fully deplored, a white shield composed of countless smaller sealing arrays formed a barrier to isolate their effects.

Was it a success? Well, Wang Wei wasn't celebrating yet. His eyes remained closed, focusing on building more and more sealing arrays. His reaction was proved correct as the 33 magic circles started to fight back, creating cracks in the barrier. But as soon as a tiny flaw, countless new arrays would appear to make it up.

Time was on Wang Wei's side since the longer this confrontation lasted, the more sealing arrays he would have built. But would the person who designed such a brilliant ceremony let his work be destroyed so easily?

Tao Beginning Palace:

A red mist suddenly surrounded the entire place, followed by an order for all Taoists to return. It did not matter whether they were still fighting against Buddhism or had permission for a special retreat—they had to return. Although confused, these people had no choice but to follow: Who made their boss one of the two suns?

People were intrigued by this sudden move. Ever since Shu Ren's death, Corrupted Taoism had practically lost the war and was forced to guide a few areas. Neo-Taoism, who followed Maitreya, now controlled most of the former territories.

After the corrupt priest returned to the Tao Beginning Palace, an intense blood light rushed into the sky, entering a spatial portal that everyone wanted to know led to where. However, before anyone had a chance to move, another vision appeared between Heaven and Earth.

Taoism' Qi Luck Dragon manifested in the air and roared in agony before its body shrunk to the same size as the other Overlords. Everyone was shocked, wondering what the meaning of those two visions was.

…

Wang Wei opened his eyes with an ugly expression and appeared a few kilometers to his right. He released the best protective shield he knew. A terrifying red light burst in that exact spot, instantly annihilating his shield. The red light headed toward him, and Wang Wei's expression immediately changed. He was currently in soul form, meaning it was easier to get contaminated by something. So, he distanced himself from this thing.

Unfortunately for him, the red light seemed to have expected this outcome and immediately headed for his barrier. Wang Wei realized his mistake and rushed over, but it was too late. The red light freed the magic circles before fusing with them. Then, the world saw a third worldwide vision: 33 blood-red magic circles fused into one before dissipating.

Wang Wei looked at the sky; to say he was gloomy was an understatement. Currently, his intuition was screaming — it's game over, we have lost. He exhaled deeply, waiting for whatever this thing was, and he was not the only one. However, a few minutes later, nothing seemed to have changed.

'Am I overthinking?' Wang Wei thought, but he hadn't finished his thought when he received an emergency call from Chancellor Du Cong, so he accessed the Void Illusion Realm.

"Great Guardian, please save us," Du Cong yelled, tears streaming down his eyes like a baby. The prideful and confident High Chancellor was panicking beyond words could explain.

"What happened?"

"They are dying. More than a hundred trillion every second," Du Cong said with a choked voice. Wang Wei's face became ugly as he immediately teleported to the bases.

"I should have thought about this — his original target has always been the mortals," Wang Wei said with gritted teeth. He was so focused on the fact that Supreme Unity wanted cultivators to kill the mortals as that would deal the greatest blow to Heavenly Dao that he ignored that Supreme Unity's ultimate goal is to wipe out all life, and how achieved it is just a bonus point. It's not like he's a perfectionist and must do things in specific ways.

The curse had reached the mortals, and this version was cruel. As soon as someone caught it, they would die in seconds.

Wang Wei summoned his Golden Body of Merit to release a blessing throughout the base. 'Death is extended to 20 seconds,' he thought with a grave expression; his attempt was essentially useless. He activated a technique called Death Senses, and he soon saw it.

The curse was already worldwide, and mortals died in the trillions every second. 'At this rate, we have less than 5 years before all mortals disappear from the Eternal Ascension World.' Wang Wei was not angry, discouraged, despaired, or felt any desire to curse or vent. Instead, he felt remarkably calm.

Red Mask contacted, so he answered.

"I know about the mortals, so there is no need to report that part," Wang Wei said directly. "Use Divine Sense for the fastest communication speed."

"Huh, yes. All the survival members from the Corrupt Taoism side have been sacrificed in the Tao Beginning Palace, and Taoism no longer has the destiny of a Sun."

"Oh?"

Red Masked showed him a recording of the vision.

"So, that's how it is," Wang Wei muttered. He understood how far this bastard went to release this incurable plague to the world. The good news is he is now technically no longer the leader of Taoism and has no access to their luck and resources. His access to the world has been cut off beside the lock.

'Of course, once all the mortals die, the blow it will deal to Heavenly Dao is enough for him to wrestle more power and allow for his return,' Wang Wei sneered. Although it seems he made great sacrifices for the mortal plague, it was not as much when you consider how he will recuperate them later and even make more profit.

"Anything else?"

"Everyone is panicking about the situation of the mortals, and the sect has ordered that you return home at once to take control," Red Mask reported. Wang Wei nodded before dismissing her. Returning to the sect is pointless unless there is a solution there.

The current situation screamed checkmate, but Wang Wei's doesn't. There is still a way — there must be.

…

"Brother, things are getting out of hand," Yan Hai said.

"Don't worry about them. They signed the contract and must abide by it."

"But that was before."

"Nothing has changed," Qiyuan replied calmly.

"Are you really leaving everything to that kid Wang Wei? It's obvious that he failed."

"No, I agree with Big Brother," Battle Maniac added. "Look at his eyes — this is not the eyes of someone that has admitted defeat. No, this is the eyes of a beast that has been cornered for the first time and is about to tear apart his opponent."

"Third Brother is right," Qiyuan said. "This kid has never meant his match intellectually until now. In a technical sense, this is his first time being cornered in an intellectual battle, and it seems to have sublimated him.

"That's why I insist we wait and continue with the original plan."