Wang Wei gazed at the floor where numerous bodies lay motionless; blood scattered all over their bodies and the room. He could see pain, despair, and longing on these people’s faces; it was so vivid and clear that he wondered what they went through before their death.
After taking a deep breath and controlling his slightly trembling body, Wang Wei walked forward. With each step, he would recognize the bodies.
He first saw his mother; she died after being stabbed with thousands of blades. The second person he saw was his father. His blood was green, his tongue very dark, and blood spilled from his eyes; he died from a fierce poison.
His grandfather had his skin removed from his body, along with all his innards. Li Jun and Yan Liling had part of their bodies missing along with bite marks; some beasts ate them alive.
Wang Wei even saw his grandmother Yun Zhaojun’s dead body and everyone he cared about. And all of them died differently in gruesome ways.
He looked at this carnage and clenched his hand before continuing walking on this road. What he saw in this section truly affected him. Previously, he only saw his family’s dead body. But this time, he watched the gruesome ways that they died.
In the middle of this section, he had a chance to fight his family’s killer. Unfortunately, he couldn’t defeat this opponent because of how this test functioned.
So, he had to watch as his family was slaughtered in front of his eyes, and there was nothing he could do but watch helplessly. Boundless and uncontrollable emotions almost overwhelmed his mind and made him fail the tempering process.
With a new determination for power, he walked forward. As he stepped forward, the image of his loved one’s torment flashed across his mind, but he did not stop. He would never allow this scene to become a reality.
What he saw almost drove him insane again, this time not out of hatred but anger. He saw Wu Hong in a bed naked with another guy enjoying the harmony of Yin and Yang.
He did not know who this person was. However, the moment Wang Wei laid eyes on him, he felt this person was more handsome than him, had a better personality, had more wealth, and even was more powerful.
Additionally, he felt that he could treat Wu Hong better than he could. At this point, Wang Wei knew that this stage of the [Road of Heart] is related to a person’s inner-most fears.
Unfortunately, even if he figured things out, it did not mean the process would be easy. So, with his terrifying will, Wang Wei controlled himself not to become insane and rushed out to fight both that man and Wu Hong.
Then, he continued walking. What he saw next also made him pause. He saw a version of himself dying on the ground with Wu Hong looking over him with cold and indifferent eyes.
“Why?”
“As intelligent as you are, you should have expected this outcome,” she replied.
“Does our love mean nothing to you? All these years spent together?”
“No.”
“Then, why did you do it?”
“I am Empress Wu. Why would I be with a weak mortal if it was not because you had value?” After saying that, she killed and sealed him. The real Wang Wei looked at this scene calmly before continuing walking.
His Dao Heart and state of mind were not affected in the least. And as he continued the road, he saw many of his greatest fears. He saw that he had died, and this fact devasted his family.
His mother was sad that she eventually took her own life. Meanwhile, his father was affected by Heart Devil and went on a slaughter spree worldwide until an Immortal Tier Powerhouse killed him. What’s worse, the sect did not respond and let it happen.
So, Wang Wei had to experience his family and friends having devastating life after his passing. Although he knew this outcome was unlikely, he could not control his irrational fears.
It took him a while to continue walking down the road, especially after seeing his family sacrifice themselves for his survival. And soon afterward, he experienced the reverse side of this fear. All the people he knew died, and he lived a life of loneliness and regrets.
In the end, Wang Wei reached the fifth section, which was the part that focused on failures. He saw an entirely different version of his life. First, he failed countless times on his journey to becoming Great Emperor until he died a mortal.
And in the instance he did become an Emperor, Wang Wei saw his life was still miserable because he failed in his attempt to become free and unfettered. So, he lived in mediocrity while lamenting about what could have been.
After passing the fifth section of the road, Wang Wei did not continue.
Cultivators in the Void Shattering Realm only have to pass three sections to make a breakthrough, five sections to enter the Saint Realm, and all 10 Sections to enter the Supreme Realm. And they also can temper their Dao Heart further by going through Mortal Dust.
So, he stopped at the 6th section, and the moment he decided to stop, Wang Wei opened his eyes in his Sea of Consciousness.
‘The [Road of the Heart] is very interesting,’ thought Wang Wei. The trials are designed for each individual personally to temper their Dao Hearts, so even an individual like himself can benefit after going through it.
After experiencing the road, Wang Wei understood why the culture of the Myriad Emperor World had involved the current state of not focusing too much on Dao Heart Tempering Methods; it’s because they already have the perfect method.
Furthermore, the sect was so excited about the Pagoda because they thought it could allow him to become a Young Emperor.
Additionally, he now has a newfound respect for his ancestor, the Qiyuan Emperor. The Origin System he created is truly unique in its own right.
Immediately, he could see myriad chains like objects in the middle of a sphere.
He used his Spiritual Strength to observe one of them, and information appeared inside his mind.
[Laws of Water: A sub-section of the Five Elements Law. Can be further divided into the Law of Rain, Law of Mist, Law of Waves, etc.]
Wang Wei knew cultivators could comprehend Lesser Dao (rain, mist) and fuse them into Greater Dao (water). Or, they can cultivate these Lesser Daos to be as powerful, if not more, than Greater Daos.
Of course, not anyone can see the different classifications or sub-categories of Laws as clearly or easily as Wang Wei. Without extraordinary talent, basic understanding, and a previously established foundation, cultivators can only vaguely sense the laws and spend a lot of time searching for the one they want to comprehend.
Heaven Chosens from strong backgrounds has a significant advantage over other people. All the esoteric scriptures they had to memorize and learn in childhood will become very beneficial to finding the laws that they want and identifying their different components.
Not wanting to waste time, Wang Wei activated the Law Fragment in his Fate Puppeteer Physique, creating a direct connection to the Laws of Fate. He then identified many sub-categories of Fate Law, which include Life and Death, Destiny, Luck, Time, and Space, along with many others.
These sub-categories are considered Great Daos by themselves but are only some parts of Fate.
‘Well, considering it is one of the Supreme Hidden Daos, it makes sense,’ thought Wang Wei. Of course, Wang Wei did not have to understand these laws; he could just comprehend Fate Laws directly.
But he planned to create different incarnations to cultivate these laws while the main body cultivated Fate Law. He wanted his incarnations to cultivate these Laws to a level as good as Fate before combining them into one, thus elevating his Fate Law to a higher level.
However, he must pass this trial first; otherwise, his incarnations would become Outlaws and complicate things.
So, he began to comprehend Fate Law. At the same time, he wanted to use his [Future Buddha Self] to bring comprehension from the future to accelerate the process.
Unfortunately, he realized that he needed to comprehend Time Laws before accomplishing such a feat. So, he had to rely solely on his comprehension, which was not a problem given how terrifying it was.
Additionally, the Law Fragment from his physique boosted the process and helped a great deal. So, after an unknown amount of time, a seed fluctuating the power of Fate condensed in Wang Wei’s Divine Sea.
He found a nice place in his Divine Altar–which looked like the Temple of Heaven from his past life. And the moment he planted the seed, myriad Dao Rhymes appeared all over the temple, making it nobler and more divine.
After the Fate Law baptized the altar and transformed it into a Law Altar, it also began to affect other things. Wang Wei’s Divine Sea expanded more than 1000 times in just a few minutes, and his Origin Essence and Primordial Spirit became purer.
Even his fleshly body had a slight increase. Unfortunately, it was not enough to make much of a change. However, Wang Wei knew that the increase would be drastic if it were an ordinary cultivator.
When the process finished, he entered the first stage of the Void Shattering Realm: Law Comprehension.
Void Shattering is divided into four stages: Law Comprehension, Law Path, Law Body, and Law Manifestation. Each step was crucial for cultivators and increased their strength drastically.
Wang Wei opened his eyes before checking his body and calculating his strength increase; he was delighted as he felt like he could do many things that he previously could not do.
Finally, he checked the Law Seed in his Law Altar to ensure no problem. Now, he must increase his understanding of Fate Law to nurture this seed into a towering tree.
He then proceeded to calculate how much time passed during his retreat.
‘3200 years, not bad.”
Most Heaven Chosen will take between 8000 to 10000 years to make their breakthrough. However, Fate Law is inherently more difficult to understand than others, so even with his comprehension, he still took this long.