Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor
chapter-1237

"Damn these stupid people. I'm trying to sell them such valuable information, but they act as if I'm mad," Wang Wei cursed as he walked out of the Green Earth Pavilion. He looked around, sighing to himself. He searched around the city to buy a place to stay but felt everything was too pricey. At first, he thought of just living inside his Grandmist Wheel but thought this was too embarrassing. So, he gritted his teeth and found an inn.

Despite being an inn, the room he rented was extremely large due to the use of Space Arrays. Wang Wei rested while thinking of his next move. As he sat cross-legged on his cushion, deep in meditation, a purple mist enveloped his room.

"Who dares?" he yelled. However, his actions only made it easier for the mist to enter his body. As such, his desperate attempts to deal with this potent poison proved useless, and he fell to the ground as everything turned black.

"Where am I?" Wang Wei asked. He looked around, and he was in this damp room with his hands tied like he was on a cross and about to be executed. He noticed a potent sealing technique severely suppressed his cultivation, and the cuffs were also a sealing artifact that added another layer of seal.

"You're awake," said a rough but serious voice.

Wang Wei's eyes moved away from the torture devices in the room to a serious-looking man dressed in black and a scar over his left eye. Wang Wei knew this man for a variety of reasons. Firstly, he was part of the information he bought. Secondly, he had never passed out, so he saw every part of being transported to this dungeon.

Wang Wei frowned. The Spirit Particle he previously separated did not detect the Sky Pavilion Master anywhere near this place. 'Since he's not here, I must draw him out.'

Bang!

To the warden's horror, Wang Wei ripped the cuffs in his hand as if his sealing was useless, and before he could react, Wang Wei was holding him by the neck.

"Have a nice little nap," Wang Wei uttered before dropping this expert torturer to the ground. Then, he started turning this place upside down, beating anyone who was in his way and freeing all the other prisoners. As expected, it did not take long for the person he was waiting for to appear.

A man dressed in a luxurious, long, dark green robe with pointy shoulder pads and one eye closed walked into this prison. He had a calm demeanor, almost snake-like. He looked at the destruction around him and his men on the floor.

"How useless are you people?" the Sky Pavilion Master uttered before glancing at Wang Wei. "Something is fishy about you." The information he received was that a loose cultivator was selling information about their secret route, but why would such a powerful loose cultivator lack resources?

"I can say the same about you," Wang Wei rebutted, and he was telling the truth. He was on guard against the Azure Sky Pavilion for one reason — they were the oldest faction of the Lawless Zone. They survived the parasites' attempt to clean up this place and remained a top faction after the political power was redistributed. Such longevity meant they had a deeper foundation; a profound foundation meant unknown and unexpected trump cards.

'The information said he was an Insurgent Dao Ruler who fused his Inner World with an Empyrean Artifact that was perfectly suited for his Dao. However, they were wrong,' Wang Wei thought. 'He fused with a broken Paragon Artifact.'

"Such a potent detection technique," the Sky Pavilion Master uttered after detecting that Wang Wei saw through his Inner World. "Now, I'm more curious about your true identity." The Azure Sky Pavilion was a family business that had existed in the Lawless Zone for countless years, and all family members had excellent business skills. The Pavilion Master's business senses told him capturing this person would be an excellent opportunity. He activated his Earth Dao to surround his arms with rocks before also activating his Dao Will Artifact.

[Strength of Earth]

He rushed to his opponent to devastate them. After being empowered by the concept of the earth itself, the pavilion master could fight directly with some of the best body refiners. Sadly for him, Wang Wei had labeled him as a threat and went all out.

Wang Wei blocked the attack with his arm and secretly frowned. As expected, this man was not simple. This punch looked like a straightforward attack, but the bastard was secretly using his Paragon Artifact to influence his mind/soul.

Although the artifact was restricted in power level by the environment, its essence was still of a higher quality. The Pavilion Master used the higher essence to influence his opponent's mind and soul. In other words, people without a Paragon Soul or strong will are easily influenced by him. Unfortunately, he met the wrong opponent.

As soon as the two were closed, Wang Wei used his [Fate Shackle Innate Talent] to basically rewrite this man's pass and made it as if the Paragon Artifact did not perfectly suit him/his Dao. And since the Sky Pavilion Master's Insurgency originated from that artifact, his strength drastically decreased. Wang Wei then immediately went for his throat in an attempt to catch him as swiftly as possible.

However, his attempt failed. When his arm was less than ten centimeters from his opponent, his own strength suddenly decreased. His cultivation realm was suppressed to the Emperor Realm, and even his body-refining realm dropped down to the Dragon-Phoenix Realm. The Pavilion Master used this opportunity to escape.

"What in the Nine Hells," Wang Wei commented. His power had returned, but he was slightly baffled.

"I can't believe you forced me to use it in less than 10 seconds of fighting," the Pavilion Master sighed. His aura returned to its normal state as this ruthless man sacrificed all the lives inside his Inner World to remove the shackle on his fate and regain his connection to the artifact. This kind of sacrifice was permanent, meaning he could not recreate these lives again, showing his ruthlessness and decisiveness. He then opened his closed eyes, revealing an all-black pupil. The environment suddenly changed.

Wang Wei's strength once again returned to the Emperor Realm, and even the Sky Pavilion Master's aura had a drop in strength to the early stage of the Empyrean Realm.

"Lawless Iron," Wang Wei commented. Any unique environment will evolve unique material — that's one of the fundamental laws of Heaven and Earth. This law also applied to the Lawless Zone, and the unique material this place created was the Lawless Iron, which was an ore with the same effect as the cultivation suppression of this place.

"I thought the parasites destroyed all the Lawless Iron mines in this place," Wang Wei asked. Lawless Iron mines are rare and would appear in small quantities. However, when the parasites cleaned up this place, one of their main targets was the mines.

"No, that's not important," Wang Wei continued. "The truly impressive thing is the fact that you found a Weapon Master that can refine Lawless Iron into such a small, powerful, and detailed artifact."

Lawless Iron is valuable even in the outside world because of its main use in creating prisons to hold powerful creatures or entities. However, it's not as valuable as an ore to create weapons or artifacts because of how difficult it is to retain its power of suppression after being processed or when fused with other metals. One of the lawless iron's natural characteristics is that it works better when there are large quantities of it; that's why Wang Wei found it incredible that he had an eye artifact with this effect.

"You're very knowledgeable and astute, but you talk too much for a prisoner," the Sky Pavilion Master stated as he once again encased his arms into a rock armor before going on the offense.

"I had no choice but to," Wang Wei replied with a smirk. Then, to the rock man's horror, they clashed with both of them intact, meaning their strength was on par.

"You! How is that possible?"

Wang Wei smirked. He was not conversing mid-fight with an opponent for no reason. In this short time, he got a basic enough understanding of the composition and effect of lawless iron to use his Freedom Dao to become free of its effect.

He did not return to his peak, but he regained his Empyrean Level strength and his [Limit Indestructibility], which was enough for him to deal with the situation.

"Damn you."

The battle waged for a while, but ultimately, Wang Wei was the winner. In the same cultivation realm/strength, it's a sure thing to bet on Wang Wei. As the Sky Pavilion lay on the ground, he held the Lawless Iron Eye in his palm.

"Truly masterful work," he praised. "I have plenty of resources but not enough professional talent to put them to use. Now, it seems I'm about to recruit a master Weapon Refiner."