Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor

What appeared before Wang Wei was a massive copper ship that resembled ancient junk ships with a flat transom, sails made of horizontal panels composed of what seemed to be bamboo. He was confused because this artifact had the aura of Time and that of a Proving Dao Artifact, but the information he knew about Time Eater said his artifact was a Time Ruler.

"Surprise, are you?" Time Eater said. "But this is just the beginning." Time Eater disappeared by teleporting to the ship, which trembled slightly — a sign of its activation. A projection of the River of Time manifested under the boat, followed by a complex magic circle.

Bang!

The magic circle released a white beam that traveled so fast that Wang Wei barely had the chance to move, resulting in the left side of his body disappearing. 'The thing is drawing such a tremendous amount of power from the River of Time. Hmm?'

Wang Wei was in the process of regenerating his body but discovered the process was slow-down at an alarming rate. Normally, it would be instant, but now, he found it would take more than half an hour to regenerate that missing part.

'Damn it, this artifact is a Primal Artifact, and what's worse, it's a Dao Will focus one,' Wang Wei thought before immediately swallowing the Unsoil Body Pill. The pill released an unknown power that instantly forced out the Dao Will combined with Time Power out of Wang Wei's body before temporarily modifying his body to be immune to Dao Will attacks.

Bang!

Another attack rushed toward Wang Wei and he raised his hand to summon numerous black gates to block the attack. The beam pierced his defenses, giving him enough time to evade. The ship moved its position before firing again.

'No, something is wrong,' Wang Wei thought as he used another technique to defend himself. 'My intuition tells me this ship is capable of even greater destruction, but all these attacks seemed to be measured, controlled, and with a purpose.' Numerous thoughts flashed in his mind, analyzing the previous beams. In the meantime, Time Eater did not stop moving and attacking, slowly pushing Wang Wei to a corner.

'Damn it, his target is not me, but the seal,' Wang Wei figured out. He immediately did something wild by creating an Order-Disorder that affects the ship. However, Wang Wei knew there would be a backlash because of the difference in strength between himself and this artifact, so he ensured the backlash was suffered by both him and Time Eater, and the target was their willpower.

Wang Wei held his head due to tremendous pain, blood dripping from his nose, with everything spinning uncontrollable. However, this did not stop him. He used this opportunity, where everything is paused, to send a communication talisman to the sect, asking them to contact all other factions. They had one objective: to reinforce this seal.

"You annoying pest!" Time Eater roared. "All I wanted was to finish my mission while ensuring my safety, but you had to ruin everything. Go to hell, you bastard!"

The boat's magic circle started again, but the intensity of the light was even brighter than before. The light beam rushed with far greater speed than usual, not even giving Wang Wei the time to move. Luckily, his mind was faster than his body, allowing him to use one of his life-saving techniques: Death Immunity.

He did not die, but his immunity did not mean immunity from injuries. Wang Wei coughed a mouthful of shining blood, which was in fact soul blood. 'My soul cannot withstand such intense usage of high-potency spells,' Wang Wei thought, almost laughing at the irony. All his life, he never had to worry about his soul, but now, when he most needed such ability, it was no longer usable.

'I have to do something, and I have to do it fast, or I'll die in this fight,' Wang Wei thought. He sensed numerous Paragon Tier auras approaching, which reassured him. Now that he did not have to worry about this bastard escaping, he could focus all his effort on ending this battle.

Wang Wei first summoned 13 Peak Paragon Defensive Artifacts and put them into an array. Time Eater was not having this nonsense and started bombarding him. However, Wang Wei was strategic and chose artifacts with Spirits and ordered them to burn themselves if necessary to buy him enough time.

Then, he summoned his 13 Fate Palaces and combined them into his false River of Fate. A ball of string flew out from his forehead or his Sea of Consciousness before the strings attached themselves to this false River of Fate and to the real one: Wang Wei had connected to another Grand Framework. However, this was not the end of his trump card.

He linked himself to his Origin Seal Continent's River of Fate for an additional boost, amping him up to a level of power he had never felt before. Wang Wei did not let this power get to his head, instead, he focused on the task at hand:

"Receive Fate's Judgment," he uttered. His false River of Fate trembled before becoming a little less illusory; it had materialized a bit more. Then, it released a gray light toward the ship. Time Eater fought back. The River of Time underneath the boat also became more tangible before fighting back.

The two beams clashed, releasing a pure destructive force that tore apart the void. In a matter of seconds, Wang Wei and Time Eater found themselves in all white space with no matter, no energy, gravity, and no space-time.

The winner of the clash was obvious. Wang Wei had connections to three frameworks, while Time Eater was holding on purely based on skills or excellent applications of his only framework. So, after a brief clash of about 3 minutes, the fate beam started overwhelming the time beam.

"This will not end so easily," Time Eater roared before transforming into his Time Beast form and sacrificing his flesh to increase the ship's attack potency.

'No, I need his flesh intact for the plan,' Wang Wei thought. He moved swiftly to access the power of the Origin Seal Continent's River of Time and Samsara to boost his attack and overwhelm his opponent. The attack reached the ship but did not destroy it. Instead, everything, including Time Eater, was placed in suspended animation.

Wang Wei calmly watched the outcome and sighed in relief. However, he almost fell from the sky as a terrible sense of weakness overwhelmed him. 'It's been a while since I've felt this tired,' he thought as he swallowed a mouthful of pills. While recuperating, Heavenly Dao rebuilds the surrounding temporospatial structure. However, this place was now barren and would be so for a while.

Wang Wei slowly flew to the boat. He could still feel this artifact fighting against his fate seal, which raised his alarm. However, his focus was soon directed to the chained Time Eater.

"You look calm for someone about to die," Wang Wei said.

"That's because this is not the end. On the contrary, this is just the beginning," Time Eater replied calmly.

"I can't tell whether you're delusional or you have something to rely on," Wang Wei said truthfully.

"This will not be the last you see of me," Time Eater sneered before his eyes turned fierce. "And when you do, I will be a brand new man. I promise you — I will cut off your head and use your skull to make a wine cup."

"Hmm, not that you said this, I remember I promised to turn you into an artifact before making your consciousness into my dog," Wang Wei stated. "It's a shame I need you for something else, or I would have kept my promise."

"Mark my words," Time Eater said with gritted teeth before terminating his soul. Fate shackles appeared in his Sea of Consciousness, trying to prevent this, but it was useless. However, Wang Wei was not surprised by this outcome. From how Time Eater spoke, he knew he had something else up his sleeve. He was also protecting himself from a last-minute act of desperation.

Wang Wei observed for a while before approaching the body. A white crystal flew from Time Eater's forehead, and he used his divine sense to check. "Most of the important memories are missing," Wang Wei sighed. As he was about to put the memory crystal away, he sensed a tremor.

This was not a regular tremor from an earthquake or an intense use of energy or power, but a tremor from the very essence of the Eternal Ascension World.

'This bastard did something,' Wang Wei instantly thought before putting the body and boat away and flying away from the seal. Despite his weakness, Wang Wei used the Origin Sea Continent's fate powers to divine what was happening, but it was futile.

"What did he do?" he muttered.

"Did you sense that?" Monk Wuzhi said, talking directly into his mind.

"Yes, but what exactly happened?" Wang Wei asked.

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"You know my control and influence over the world is at an all-time low. And whatever he did, the power used is on par with mine, if not greater," Maitreya explained.

"Does Supreme Unity know?" Wang Wei asked with furrowed brows.

"I'll ask and see if I can get some information from him," she replied.