Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor

Chapter 1386  Old Friend's Visit

'Should I take this opportunity to kill her?' Wang Wei thought. Five Feathers was currently vulnerable, and this was indeed the best time. However, Wang Wei shook his head. 'Many eyes are on her, and since Supreme Unity has shown he doesn't want these people to die completely, he might use extreme means to save her.

'The best move is to wait until Mongke makes his move. All eyes will be on him, and I can use this opportunity to eliminate her. By then, if Mongke's plans go smoothly, two of these bastards will die in a short period.'

Wang Wei agreed with this plan. However, before that, he felt he might need to warn someone. He contacted Red Mask before teleporting away.

…

Five Feathers opened her eyes in a secret room in her palace. An intense pain assaulted her senses and her soul. The curse marks spread through every part of her body.

'Sins, I need sins,' Five Feathers thought. She gritted her teeth before opening her space ring and taking out the reserved sins she stored for such a situation. She swiftly absorbed it like a man lost in a desert for days without water.

'It's not enough,' she thought. Five Feathers immediately contacted her shadow: "Do we have any more mortal worlds?" The shadow was quiet.

"Well?" Five Feather snapped.

"No, Your Majesty, you've used all of them."

"Go find a few as fast as possible."

"As you wish."

The ten minutes spent waiting was hell for Five Feathers. This damn curse wanted her to suffer before she died. She wanted to curse and kill that damn Jimin and Wang Wei for making her suffer so much.

"What took you so long?" Five Feathers said with a sharp look, but the shadow could only lower her head. Many secret dimensions/worlds were hidden by Heavenly Dao instead of powerful cultivators. That's why some random secret realm from an ancient era could suddenly appear out of nowhere. These mortal dimensions are a backup protection for mortals, meaning they were a high priority for safely hiding them. The fact they found so many of them so quickly was a miracle.

"I'm sorry for the delay, but moving the dimension to the palace will take a few minutes," the shadow explained.

"That's too long. I'll go there myself."

Five Feathers teleported away, immediately entering this new world. Her red eyes glanced at this vast, prosperous land ruled by 33 mortal dynasties. She did not care for these ants; their purpose was only to alleviate her pain. She did not care that she was about to massacre trillions of individuals.

Swish!

Before she could act, a bright red flame encapsulated Five Feathers' body, and she started screaming and moaning in pain. Countless grieving souls rushed out of her body and floated above her head. They laughed at her before entering her body again, but each time, the pain intensified.

"I warned you, didn't I?" said a cold voice. "Did you think I was bluffing?"

"Please…make it…stop."

"I've realized your current state is like a mad animal," Wang Wei sneered. "Without a painful lesson, you won't remember. You won't behave. So, it's teaching time." For the next hour, Wang Wei utilized his Pain Innate Talent to its full effect as he punished Five Feathers for her action.

"I think you'll remember my words now."

Five Feathers swallowed a handful of pills before slowly flying away. She immediately summoned her subordinates, and the first thing she did was eradicate her shadow. She does not care how Wang Wei knew her whereabouts but only the fact he did, and she suffered for it.

"How far has my plague curse been developed?" Five Feathers asked coldly. The pain she just suffered superseded the curse, allowing her to adapt quickly. However, she could feel this curse was raising the intensity to meet her new pain threshold. Five Feather knew she would not survive long If she had to live with that pain for the rest of her life.

Everyone was quiet, too afraid to answer. But when they sensed she was about to explode, someone finally answered: "We have just started, your majesty."

"It seems I have to kill a few of these bastards to light a fire under them."

"...I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but you can't."

"What did you say?"

"The contract we signed with these Curse Masters is iron-clad."

The crease on Five Feather's forehead increased as she remembered her promise to these people. "Hire more of them and tell them I will double the rewards if they finish early."

"Y-Yes."

"Also, start hunting devil cultivators," Five Feathers ordered. She figured she could alleviate her situation by taking their karmic sins.

"Lastly, offer 10 Paragon Artifacts as a reward for Emperor Kong's head, and 2 for any of his disciples."

These ministers looked at each other. This pierce was indeed tempting, especially in the current situation where strength matters more than cultivation. Unfortunately, their lord has refused to pay an assassination contract more than once, meaning few people will even trust her words this time. However, they did not say anything and just nodded.

…

Wang Wei had just received the news about Emperor Kong's bounty, but he did not care. The world had entered a semi-peaceful state. The two wars were still ongoing but with some minor differences. The two sun vessels fought in this world's version of a Void Battlefield. Meanwhile, Five Feathers and Undead Phoenix were recuperating from their terrible loss.

He knew these two would not stop trying to kill each other, but they were now on guard of other people taking advantage of their confrontation. Such a balanced state should remain as such for a while, so Wang Wei was waiting while training the mortals. They were still the crux of this catastrophe, and their prosperity was the key to their survival.

Wang Wei thought this "peace" would last for a while, but an old contact talisman from the lower dimension activated. He pondered deeply before accepting the call, and they met at his chosen location.

"Wrath, how have you been?" Wang Wei asked, looking at her. She was at the peak of the Great Emperor Realm, which was not surprising. Although she was talented and had merit from the lower dimension, without a powerful enough faction, breaking the Empyrean barrier as swiftly as some of the others is challenging.

"I need your help."

"So direct, I see," Wang Wei replied.

"You promised my master to take care of me, right?"

"I'm pretty sure I have accomplished what I promised him in the lower dimension," Wang Wei replied with his lips twitching.

"Have you?" Wrath asked, looking him in the eyes.

"Fine, tell me what is so important."

"My master's few remaining descendants were captured by a woman named Madam Lu. I need your help to save them."

"Madam Lu? Where have I heard this name before?" Wang Wei muttered.

"She's the real controller of the Sunshine Pavillion. She has another name — the Heavenly Serpent Empress."

"That's right," Wang Wei nodded. He has dealt with many spy agencies, and the Sunshine Pavilion is one of them. However, he also knew little about them except Madam Shun was the mistress, but the real power was someone else called Madam Lu.

"Why did she take them?" Wang Wei asked. "More importantly, why are you still involved with these people?"

"They are my master's last remaining descendants. How can I not —"

"You've done so much for your Neo-Devils, but aren't you worried about the consequences of associating with them? Most people do not care about the devil race, but your master's descendants are something else."

"They are the last proof of his existence, so I must save them," Wrath said stubbornly.

"You are the last proof of his existence, not them," Wang Wei countered. However, what he saw as a response was a pair of wilful eyes. "Alright, I'll look into it, but make no promises."

"But–"

Wang Wei raised his hand to stop her: "I have a lot on my plate currently, and if it is as my intuition is telling me, your affairs will not be simple. In that case, you will have to wait."

"But waiting means decreasing their chances of survival."

"Then, let's hope my intuition is wrong," Wang Wei replied. He ended the conversation by dissipating his projection. He asked Red Mask for all their information about the Sunshine Pavilion and Madame Lu. The information was not much, but it was enough for Wang Wei to know she had a reputation for being lustful and extremely powerful. Some people even proclaimed her as the most powerful Empyrean.

However, one of the Fate Shadow Guard's notes about her information caught his attention: it said it was suspected she was someone from an old era, possibly the Golden or even further.

'Someone from that era that is still alive? Did she not participate in the ultimate taboo? She probably stayed and destroyed her cultivation during the cleanup.'

Wang Wei had only one way to check this information, so he went to see his ancestor.