Chapter 163 - 163 - Icarus's Butterfly

"They are in a different realm," Lian Hua said the inevitable said. Even as a powerful demon, he had no way of predicting the exit of the spatial rift. He bit his lips and glanced around. 'Maybe I could throw some rope and see where it ends. But it never ends in the same place. Xia might be in a different realm than before.'

Yukiya panicked. He gripped onto Long Ki's hands and gazed up at the spatial Rift. It vaguely seemed familiar. But she couldn't put a finger on it.

"Why—did you run away so fast," a voice whispered, and a ghoul dressed in black armour walked over. He stood next to Lian Hua and glanced around. "What happened here?... Who had their tribulation?" he stuttered. His jaw cracked each time he said a difficult word. And his speech technique was still up to par as what it used to be. But still he kept trying.

"What are you talking about? A tribulation! What! Is it my Xia?" Yukiya shouted. She glanced at the new man. "Who are you?���

"I am...I am....I don't know my name. But I am a ghoul," the man said with a proud smile.

"Oh, okay. Mister Ghoul, Can you please explain about the tribulation?"

The ghoul glanced at her with a smile. "I suspect someone went through a tribulation here. I'm not sure who? But he knows," he pointed to the masked man.

"It's a weapon," Lian Hua whispered.

"A weapon? It's having a tribulation," she repeated after him. It was a rare case for a weapon to have tribulation, but a few had been recorded in history. They were all heavenly level weapons. What she did not know was that how her Xia got involved with the tribulation of a heavenly weapon. "How...." she started.

"I gave Xia that weapon. I shouldn't have but I thought it would protect him, not bring him harm," he whispered with a defeated look. "I will find him. You guys wait here. I will check every realm and find them," he stretched his legs to jump in.

But the ghoul stopped him. "Why do hard work when you can do smart work?"

"What on earth do you mean?" Lian Hua whispered with his eyes narrowed. 'is he suggesting that I am a brainless brute? Wahh that is mean of him, given I have even recreated his face for him,' he thought as he gazed at him without blinking.

"Ask your friend..... that butterfly man for help," The ghoul suggested.

Lian Hua gaped. Why didn't I think about that? Icarus's butterflies can enter one by one and report to him if they had spotted Xia or not. This way they will be able to figure out which realm they were in. "you are a genius. You do justice for your rank general," he patted the ghoul's shoulders.

"Icarus! I know you are nearby come out you stalker," he shouted.

A small shimmering blue butterfly fluttered from the nearby tree. It flew over to him and landed on his shoulders. "Did you just call me a stalker master? That's rude." The butterfly whined.

"Good, that you are here, you stalker, I need your help," Lian Hua said urgently. He softly touched the butterfly's wings.

"Master~ stops calling me that. I am not a stalker!" the butterfly exclaimed and bit into his shoulders.

"Okay fine, but help me find my soon," he whispered with a small smile.

The butterfly flickered and turned into two. Similarly, the two butterflies flickered and turned into four. This fashion they kept multiplying until the entire sky was covered with shimmering corpse butterflies.

"Master! You need to give me your plum wine for this," the butterflies all said simultaneously.

Lian Hua laughed and patted the little corpse butterfly. "Definitely."

The little butterflies one by one entered the spatial rift and disappeared. Only one remained on Lian Hua, reporting all the progress.

"Oh, this world is interesting. I see all red. Its looks like there are some civilisation here," the butterfly said.

"Is Xia there? Yukiya whispered anxiously.

"No, just barren grounds and huts. I'll look in the next realm. Ohh, this one is pink. Master, it looks so beautiful, even the flowers and trees are pink. Next one, wow, this one is completely underwater, I see so many fishes. I think lady would have loved it...." the butterfly kept rambling about.

"Icarus! Stop being so distracted. Find my son,"

"Okay~ you are such a kill joy master," the butterfly mumbled with its wings limp.

After fifteen minutes, the butterfly fluttered again. "Oh I think I found them, they are in.....shit, this is bad. They are in the void realm. They are surrounded by spatial rifts in all directions. If they enter even one of them, I would not be able to find them," the butterfly shouted.

"What! Tell them not to enter there." Lian Hua shouted.

"But master I can't... my spiritual energy is depleting. It won't last even for a second more," it said and suddenly disappeared. The blue butterfly dissipated into blue shimmer. Miles away, Icarus puked out blood and lost consciousness.

"Icarus? Are you okay? Shit!" Lian Hua glanced up at the vortex and jumped into it. Yukiya, Long Ki and the ghoul followed after him.

Unluckily, they all entered another realm. It was the one with pink trees and forests. They all glanced back to find the spatial rift had disappeared.

Yukiya panicked. "It disappeared....it's gone...then how....how?"

Long Ki patted her shoulders to calm her down. But the little Koi was too nervous. She was this close to finder her son but ended up being somewhere else. 'Is it our destiny to be separated forever? Why is this happening?' fat tears rolled down her cheeks and Uncontrollable sobs followed after.

Long ki hugged her tightly and patted her back softly. "We will definitely find him. Dear, please calm down. I'm here right i will definitely find him for you," he assured and wiped off her precious tears. It broke his heart to see her cry like this. He glanced at the masked man and whispered, "Is there a way to get to them?"

"Yes, there is......We need to rip open space," Lian Hua whispered with a serious look.