The Destiny Emperor's Journey

11 Paths to Loneliness

Suddenly Wang Wei and Li Jun appeared in front of the Pagoda. There were many disciples standing there participating in the Second Examination.

Wang Wei entered without hesitation, followed by Li Jun and the others.

Wang Wei found himself in a very dim and fuzzy space. The ground under his feet lacked vitality, the air he inhaled became stuffy.

He's standing there alone. He tried to talk. Although he could hear the sound coming out of his mouth, there was no sound after his voice sounded less than a meter away from him.

The entire room exuded a bland, silent, and desolate atmosphere. Wang Wei knew that this ordeal tested one's ability to endure loneliness.

After examining the surroundings, Wang Wei sat on the floor and began to meditate. In an instant, nine days had passed.

Wang Wei started to be radical. In the past few days, he had been alone in this desolate place with no one to talk to or without seeing anything other than this desolate earth.

After a while, Wang Wei started to panic. In this eternal silence, he heard his heartbeat, he heard the sound of his blood flowing through every vein in his body, the contraction and relaxation of his muscles. He even heard the elasticity of his skin bouncing on the muscles below him.

After hearing all the phenomena that almost drove him crazy, Wang Wei decided to sing out loud to fill the time.

Without feeling five years have passed.

Wang Wei sang a song every day before going to bed. In this secluded place, only sleep could provide some sort of comfort.

Unfortunately, sleeping early became a nightmare for Wang Wei. These past few days, Wang Wei had become afraid of sleeping. He felt that if he slept, he would never wake up again. That embrace of death will slowly envelop him and put him on an eternal sleep journey.

So, she never slept again.As time went on, her condition started to deteriorate. His voice was lost to long-term abuse, he never slept out of fear.

Ten years have passed.

Wang Wei was on the verge of insanity. After spending more than 15 years in this place, he felt fed up.

Her clothes were all broken, her hair was disheveled, and there were countless bruises on her body, especially her arms.

A few months ago, Wang Wei started to damage his body in order to feel his existence, in order to feel alive, in order to be able to sense something. Whenever he felt lost and lonely, or wanted to kill himself to end his suffering, he would stick his long nails into his body until blood poured out.

He knew that this was not a long-term solution, but that was the only way he could think of it at the time.

It was outside the pagoda. Although 15 years had passed in the Pagoda, only a few hours had passed outside.

Everyone outside watched the examiners slowly go crazy. People began to wonder if this test was too cruel.

Five more years passed in the Pagoda.

At this point, Wang Wei was lying on the dying floor. It had been more than 15 years since he had been able to sleep well. His bodily functions have deteriorated and cannot be repaired anymore. He had long since lost his mind.

His memory is slowly fading. He began to forget who he was. He forgets where he came from, what his big ambitions are. Memories of his past life and his current life slowly fused together, but slowly disappeared at the same time. He tried hard to remember the faces of his parents - from both of his lives. Unfortunately, all he could remember was a blurry image.

In his final moments before dying, Wang Wei began to ask himself: "Why am I so afraid of death? Since I decided to embark on the Road of Emperor, then death would be common to me. I will give death to all." My enemy and all my enemies. Besides, I also expected these people to try to bring death to me. In the end, the victor would be crowned Great Emperor, attaining longevity and escaping the Life and Death Cycle, while the loser would be crowned entering an eternal slumber, the, leave all the pain and worry to the world of the living."

"Maybe in this world, death is just the beginning, another journey. Whatever the case, there is no need to be afraid. Life is so painful, how bad is death?"

After Wang Wei had gained enlightenment, a wheel suddenly appeared on it. The wheel was half white and half black.

This is the Wheel of Life and Death. After materializing, the wheel entered Wang Wei's body and slowly healed him. After which, Wang Wei fell into a deep sleep.

Wang Wei's sleep lasted for three whole years. After waking up, Wang Wei felt young and energetic, she felt refreshed and like a new self.

Wang Wei also realized that he had gained enlightenment and understood quite a bit about the Dao of Life and Death. Although this enlightenment did not bring any benefits at the initial stage of cultivation, it would be very beneficial for him later on.

Especially when he entered the Supernatural Realm and obtained his Innate Supernatural Power. That was when his understanding of the Dao of Life and Death would materialize.

In fact, the Pagoda's Second Trial Examination was designed with the aim that the disciples could understand the concept of Loneliness.

The path of cultivation was a long, difficult, and desolate path. Often when cultivating, you have to spend hundreds, thousands, and even hundreds of thousands of years alone in meditation to understand the laws of Heaven and Earth.

At that time, a person who could not stand being lonely would not go far in his cultivation path.

Moreover, Loneliness in the Path of Cultivation was more than that. As you grow stronger, you should watch the people you know and love slowly leave you one by one. Perhaps it was because they were killed, or perhaps their lifespan had ended before breaking through to the next realm.

As a Cultivator, you might seclude yourself, awaken a thousand years later, then realize that all your friends, family, and loved ones have died due to the limitations of life span.

It's as if one day you woke up and found out that you were alone; everyone and everything you know suddenly disappeared. You are the only person left in the world.

This was one of the reasons why cultivators were usually not friends with humans. A hundred years was a very short time for a cultivator, but a lifetime for a human.

Imagine being good friends with mortal humans. One day, you secluded yourself for decades. When you come out, your friend is old and decrepit, while your appearance is exactly the same when you first meet. All you can do is watch your friend die slowly.

This was the reason why most cultivators were unwilling to come into contact with humans thus giving the impression that they were cold and indifferent.

Another example of loneliness in the world of cultivation is when the people closest to you stop cultivating because they cannot stand the long and painful process. As you slowly move forward in your own lane, your friends or relatives have given up. Now you are walking forward alone.

After Wang Wei woke up from his long slumber, he realized the true purpose of the trial. So, he started meditating every night, trying to achieve a state of replacing sleep with meditation. In the morning, he would review all the knowledge he had learned before. He further refined the plan he had prepared after the Spirit Road Trial.

The Pagoda's Second Trial involved the Illusion and Time domains. He wanted to use this to his advantage.

After spending exactly a hundred years in the Pagoda, the trial ended and the remaining people were sent out.

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