"We were too late…"

  Meng Hua muttered in despair as he looked at the direction of the voice.

  In the sky high above existed a peculiar small lump of cloud, it has many colorful spots everywhere moving randomly.

  This cloud seemed to move unusually fast but in rhythm. Upon closer inspection it looks like a giant group of birds on migration. When it came close to the ground only a few hundreds meters away, one would realize that this was neither a lump of cloud nor was it a group of birds, it was people.

  It was a giant group of people floating in the air moving together slowly. The many colors that were seen previously are from their clothes, shoes, hair, weapons, scroll, lights barriers surrounding them, and many other different things.

  "These people are all Immortals, I've never seen something like this before, what's happening to the world..." Meng Hua said in a daze and amazement on his face, so were his daughters as they halted their movement.

  "Hahaha, to think the famous Three Sword Chen Yi was only this much, rumours truly are exaggerating." An Immortal with shining red hair and a young face said with arrogance.

  "Don't be so hard on him, he's still a senior Immortal with a long history. Who knows, maybe he might have some tricks up his sleeve ~" A female Immortal with a seductive face wearing white dress that was tight fitting with her alluring body chipped in. Although her words defended the man, her eyes which were full of disdain said otherwise.

  "What kind of tricks can this demonic lowlife even pull? He flew all this way after taking just one strike of my Earth Shattering Palm, I'd say he's not as impressive as everyone thinks." Another Immortal with a square face and broad shoulders and tall body said in contempt while smirking.

  As he finished saying so, the crowd of Immortals began laughing loudly as they landed and surrounded the man in the crater. The look on some people's faces, however, were not as relaxed as their companions.

  The Immortals have landed and created a small space with a radius of 10 meters radius surrounding the man named Chen Yi who has floated up from the crater and was "standing" at the same altitude as them.

  "Oh Chen Yi, there are over four hundred of us here surrounding you. Just give up and hand us the Winter Spring Butterfly and we'll spare your life." A senior Immortal said with a relaxed attitude, but his eyes were cautious and firm as intended to do whatever it took to seize that treasure from the man, his cultivation rank nine.

  Once this Immortal finished talking, the surrounding turned dead silent as if there's nobody here.

  Nobody talked nor moved for a while until half the sun had risen to the sky.

  An Immortal with dark long hair and a face that looks as if he was frowning all the time finally broke the silence as he said: " Demon, hurry and hand us the Meng, or else you will face a horrifying end."

  The man named Chen Yi still said nothing as he stood there and looked ahead, unmoving.

  "Fine, you seem to think I can only bark and not bite. I'll show you what it looks like to die by my hands." The frowning Immortal said so as he snapped his fingers.

  In the distance quite far away, Meng Hua and his two daughters who were observing the situation and slowly retreating suddenly have their bodies lit up in dark purple flame. The flame continued to burn their skin as they cried in agony, then it burned their muscles, internal organs and bones until nothing was left of the three people.

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  Over a hundred Immortals closed their eyes and sighed or shook their heads, some even did both. The reason was that all the Immortals present noticed the three father and daughters long ago with their investigation methods and senses, including Chen Yi.

  But they decided to not act, as they felt the three people were insignificant and did not pose any threats to them.

  Despite the death of the rank five father and daughters, the man named Chen Yi did not even show an ounce of fear, he was standing just as still as he always has done with a serious and determined look on his face.

  Time continued to pass, the Immortals all stood there from dawn to morning, morning to noon, noon to to early evening when the sun started to set, painting the sky purple orange.

  From start to finish, nobody has made a move or taken action to seize the treasure from Chen Yi at all as they were afraid he might make a last resort counterattack.

  There are some junior Immortals who were arrogant and wanted to prove themselves, but were told off by their leaders from respective sects to stay put and shut their mouths.

  *sigh*

  "!!!"

  "!!!?"

  After staying still for almost a day, Chen Yi finally heaved a sigh. This caused many Immortals who were on edge to be on high alert.

  Chen Yi's next actions surprised many people as it's not an attempt to break through, nor a final attack like they had expected.

  Instead, he stretched out his hand and opened his palm. What's inside was a silver butterfly with shiny wings that flashed with warm golden light, the butterfly itself gave off a beautiful white silver hue that captivated all Immortals present.

  Many people had a smile on their face as they thought their campaign was finally coming to an end.

  But they did not make any move to come closer to the silver butterfly. Instead, they had their guards up and stayed vigilant for any unexpected movement from Chen Yi.

  Chen Yi still stood there as he had been, looking at the setting sun in front of him before sighing once more and said: "Life in this world was full of hardship, all my hard work has turned into smoke. Drifting away with the winds and rains, my life goes wherever heaven takes me."

  "I was once confused and lost, for hundreds of years until I'm exhausted. Today I lose, tomorrow I claim victory. But when all is said and done, everything is just empty..."

  Chen Yi sighed with emotions before closing his eyes. His life flashed before his eyes, so many meetings, so many goodbyes.

  His life was full of mishaps and tragedies, yet there are also happy memories hidden deep within.

  'Although life was tough and full of hardship, still, I have no regrets.' With this thought, Chen Yi couldn't help himself but let out a chuckle.

  When he opened his eyes, there was no trace of sadness and emotions left. They were instead filled with fierce resolution and determination, crazed madness hidden deep within them.

  "Demon, what is there to laugh about in this situation?"

  "Something is up, quick, seize the Winter Spring Butterfly!"

  "Surrender the Winter Spring Butterfly to us!"

  BOOM!

  At that moment, Chen Yi's whole body lit up in blinding white light as he was surging with energy and power, then he exploded.

  Strangely enough, the explosion dealt next to no damage to the surrounding area. Aside from the absence of Chen Yi, nothing seems to have changed at all.

  "We were too late..."

  "If the Winter Spring Butterfly really works like the legends say, then that demon will definitely come back and wreck havocs once more..." The rank nine Immortal muttered to himself. This outcome was beyond his expectation.

  "We're all doomed..."

  * * * *

  In a dark room on Feng Yu mountain, a pair of eyes were glowing brightly in the middle of the night.

  In that room was a young boy sitting on a bed looking at his hands and feet, surprised.

  "To think it actually worked. Feng Yu mountain... Shen clan... I really travelled back in time to a thousand years ago... He... Hehe... Hehehe... Hahaha.... HAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!"

  With a crazed laughter and excitement, the young boy ran his way to a window and took in a breeze of fresh air of rainstorm, droplets of water fell upon him.

  "In this life, I will live according to my true self and do as please, whatever it is, wherever it will be, whatever my heart desires."

  The young boy closed his eyes and breathed deep in the fresh air of the night after the storm, before opening them again. His eyes were bright and shiny like shooting stars in the night sky, and with a big smile he said: "I will not hold back this time."