Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor

Wang Wei had a brief chat with the people he knew before watching them leave. The Dao Opening Sect Paragons waited for him, but Wang Wei did not immediately leave. Instead, he took the time to deal with the [Sage Seal] previously used to imprison Time Eater.

He did not allow the seal to dissipate. Instead, he used his power to nourish the devastated Central Time Domain. Wang Wei knew Heavenly Dao might use a little bit of World Source to return life to this area or it might leave it a desolate zone. So, in the mindset of waste utilization, he used the sage power from the seal to return the area to life, acquiring a small portion of merit in the process.

"Let's leave," Wang Wei said to everyone before teleporting home. As soon as they returned, the others saluted him before returning to their respective homes. However, Wang Wei asked one Paragon called Yan Buhai to remain.

"Go and summon all the sect's best professionals," Wang Wei instructed.

"All of them?" Yan Buhai asked as her flaming hair danced in the wind.

"Yes, even the sealed individual," Wang Wei instructed.

"Very well." Yan Buhai flew away, leaving Wang Wei alone with Matriarch Xie Huan.

"I noticed Kong did not come to reinforce the seal. Where is he?" Wang Wei asked. Lin Fan and Xu Shi showed up, but there was no sign of Kong.

"Your deduction was correct, Sir," Xie Huan answered. "As soon as you entered the seal, he and Nine Death went on a war-path against the weaker academies, forcing them to surrender."

"What about the ones associated with the Grand Sect Alliance? Did he touch any of them?"

"He did."

"He really is ballsy," Wang Wei praised with a smile. Kong is not like him, with a powerful background to protect him, meaning one wrong move means the end of everything he holds dear. His actions showed he was risking everything to ensure his academy's prosperity.

"Did anyone intervene to stop him?"

"Not openly," Xie Huan replied. "Someone tried to assassinate him but failed."

"Was the assassin captured?"

"No, it escaped."

"Quite capable," Wang Wei nodded. "How is the Flame Blacksmith's situation?"

"All signs show he's slowly forgetting about the Dao Path Tablet."

"He's probably leaving after the lock disappears, meaning we don't have much time," Wang Wei muttered. "His master is a Primal, so we must do a good job erasing the information."

"I can replace the agent looking at him, and accelerate the process."

"Go ahead."

Xie Huan left for her new task, and Wang Wei talked to Wang Qi to receive reports. But not long after they started, Yu Cai came to see him: "I've heard you've ordered the unsealing of some of our people?" Powerful sects like the Dao Opening Sect have sealed individuals for various reasons.

Some are on the verge of death, and no pills or power can save them, so they enter a seal for a last desperate attempt at survival; they also do so to become the sect's foundation by becoming suicide bombers during times of war. Some people seal themselves because the endless day of living without making progress is draining mentally, and they need a break. Last,

The sect also faked the deaths of many people, turning them into hidden forces. These people cannot be seen on the outside unless absolutely necessary, and they often hide their identities, but some choose to seal themselves.

"I need the advice of experts, and it's of the highest priority," Wang Wei explained.

"It's that serious?"

"It may be," Wang Wei replied. "Is that why you're here?"

"No," Yu Cai swiftly explained. Wang Wei had this kind of authority, so he would never come to question him. "I came here because of that artifact you handed to me. We've detected several spies and our people with something wrong in their [Existence]. I wonder what you plan to do with them?"

Wang Wei thought about it. He could purify them, but it might be better to use the knowledge that they are compromised. "Have you already captured them?"

"No, I didn't want to alarm everyone, so I haven't acted yet."

"But people saw you use the artifact over the entire sect, correct?" Wang Wei asked.

"That's why."

"In that case, capture a few weak ones as spies and leave the rest alone."

"Alright."

"Oh, and give me a list of the people compromised," Wang Wei added, and Yu Cai condensed a talisman with the information before leaving for his duty. Wang Wei soon finished his affair with Wang Qi, and Yan Buhai was still not ready. So, he started analyzing Time Eater's memory crystal.

Long ago, Time Eater was a regular cultivator. He was slightly talented since he became a Pseudo Eternal, but everything else about him was ordinary. But his fate soon changed not long after proving the Dao. He had a fortunate encounter in which he found a map and the diluted blood of a Time Beast in a hidden dimension.

The blood allowed him to cultivate Time as a sub-Dao, but what truly changed his life was the map. Time Eater, who at that time called himself the Mountain-Sea Emperor for his cultivation of Earth and Water Dao, did not hesitate to travel the Infinite Trichiliocosm as a small and weak Emperor.

The journey was perilous, and to this day, Time Eater believed he only survived through sheer luck. But he found a fortunate encounter in a dark timeline with a captured and preserved Time Beast. Time Eater did not hesitate to take the creature's body and soul.

His luck did not end here. When he was returning home, he encountered a group of bandits who wanted to take his wealth. After killing them, Time Eater found a superb technique from one of the bandits that allowed him to condense a perfect human avatar to hide his Time Beast's true body.

Wang Wei's brow furrowed after seeing the memories up to this point. From then on, the memories are only pieces with jumps in time counted in the thousands, sometimes millions of yuan epochs. He combed through it and only learned two slightly valuable news and one significant one. For the somewhat valuable news, it was the fact that the hidden eighth Moon, the Disaster Paragon, ran away. Secondly, Time Eater killed Monk Twin Flower. He even hid the vision of his death.

The valuable information was something Time Eater muttered in one of the random memories. He said, "My deduction is correct. My Boundless Path is possible."

'That fortunate encounter was a trap to lure Time Eater into becoming a pawn,' Wang Wei analyzed. Unfortunately, he still could not determine who was being everything, or their objectives. Wang Wei assumed these people wanted to return to their world, but that could be true, or he could also be missing something.

'Time Eater spent a lot of time traveling throughout the Infinite Trichiliocosm. Was he searching for a way to change his fate and become a Boundless Paragon?' Numerous thoughts flashed in his mind.

'He said that all he wanted was to finish his mission while protecting himself. Did he encounter the event that turned him into a pawn during his travels, and was forced to act on these people's behalf? No, his hope of becoming Boundless might have also been a plan to lure and control him.'

Wang Wei could picture Time Eater's life trajectory. The Time Beast's body granted him a high enough talent and allowed him access to an Outlaw Dao. It also allowed him to cultivate in the Paragon Realm without much issue. However, Time Eater wanted to make up for failing at the [Eternal Path] and started searching for a method, probably inspired by the Dusk Emperor.

However, little did he know that his very ambition and search for a method was a bait used to lure him into a trap. Time Eater then tried to accomplish his task while also accomplishing his goal. He was probably planning a way of escape once he became a Boundless Paragon, but Wang Wei killing him might have ruined his chances.

Wang Wei shook his head. Time Eater thinks he had ruined his plan, but the bastard probably did not understand what terrible fate awaited him. Heavenly Dao had long determined his existence and chose to use him as a pawn, meaning once Time Eater had fulfilled his purpose, Heavenly Dao would not allow him to live long because of his betrayal.

Of course, Time Eater could have survived if he had willingly sold his soul to Heavenly Dao, acting as a double agent for the other people who were treating him as a pawn.

'The information in his memory is not much, but it's not entirely useless,' Wang Wei thought. With more information, he could see the larger pictures and know what to expect in the catastrophe. He also believes Time Eater's words that they would meet again.

'Alright, let's see if I can get more information from the boat,' Wang Wei thought before leaving to meet Yan Buhai.