THE BUTTERFLY NEBULA

'How is he?' Zhao YunLan asked.

'Not good.' Shen Wei lowered his gaze, 'YuXuan was right, Ma TiHua was trying to do something inappropriate to YeZun. Your brother also seems so weak...'

Zhao YunLan glances at the man who looks so calm, 'despite the fact, you don't look like you are worried.' He takes a deep breath.

'Maybe because Li Qian is with them.'

'Li Qian?' Zhao YunLan's eyes widened, 'Do you want to say that she is our Li Qian?' Zhao YunLan can't ever forget the one who helped him gain his vision back in the past.

'Mhm...'

'Thank God...' Zhao YunLan smiled, 'Thank God...' He whispered in relief.

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'YeZun...' Shen YeZun was currently taking care of Zhao MingAn when Ma TiHua entered the chamber.

'What is it?' Shen YeZun keeps busy with the young man. Feeding him, wipes his lips' corners, not paying attention to the man who stands at the door. Irritated, Ma TiHua snaps his fingers and the poor Zhao MingAn falls asleep. 'What are you doing?!' YeZun was shocked, 'MingAn...MingAn...' The man patted his lover's cheeks.

'Should I remind you that I have every power in the world to put him back to the hypnotic state?' Ma TiHua smiled but his words were threatening.

Shen YeZun gulped, meeting his brother makes him forget about Ma TiHua. 'What is it?' He put down the food bowl.

'I want you to see someone...' Ma TiHua glanced at the door.

'AnHe...' Shen YeZun almost lost his breath when he saw his childhood friend. 'What are you doing here?'

'I wonder...' Liu AnHe smiled, she talked in a male voice and made Shen YeZun stunned.

'AnHe...Your voice...' He can't even continue. Liu AnHe smiles as she slowly turns into a man. 'AnHe?' Shen YeZun asked in disbelief, 'who...Who are you? What did you do to my friend?!' He stuttered.

'AnHe was dead, YeZun...I just came to replace her.' Zhang Tian replied.

'What do you mean?' YeZun is tense.

'Our dear cousin was dead along with her parents in the accident. She was just a normal HaiXing, what do you expect? Do you really think that she will survive that horrible clash?'

'Our dear cousin?' Shen YeZun frowned, 'who are you?'

'Darn it, YeZun! You made me almost die and you don't even remember me?!' Zhang Tian yelped.

Listen to those words, Shen YeZun gaps. Staggered, he fell to the chair nearby. 'No...That...That is totally impossible,' He muttered. 'But...But I saw you fall, your head was destroyed.' YeZun is confused.

'But I'm not dead!' Zhang Tian almost shouts, 'thanks to you I had to suffer the undefined pain.' He couldn't suppress his anger. 'Luckily, Madame Gwang helped me to activate my other power. Otherwise, I will suffer for so long until my head is recovered. That, if I ever recover.'

'So you are not dead...Thank God...Thank God...' Instead of being angry, Shen YeZun is relieved. 'Uncle Zhang must be very happy if he knows that you are still alive.' He said innocently. 'Ah Tian...Your father, he was...'

'Dead?' Zhang Tian snorted as he cut into YeZun's words.

'You know?' YeZun lifted his eyes.

'Of course, I watched him die in front of my eyes.'

'What? But how?' Shen YeZun is confused. As he remembers, Zhang Tian was not there at the crime scene.

'We had a spy that was always following him around and made sure that he did what we commanded him to do.' Ma TiHua answered.

'You two?' Shen YeZun is shocked, 'both of you were people behind his strange behaviors?' He stands up abruptly, a rare anger flares in his beautiful eyes.

'YeZun...' Ma TiHua tried to calm the man down but Shen YeZun slapped the hands that were about to touch him.

'How could you do it to your father?!' YeZun shouted at Zhang Tian. 'How could you do it to your friend?' He screamed at Ma TiHua.

'YeZun, calm down,' Ma TiHua somehow became very patient. 'We did it for you,' he caressed the man's hair. However, when Shen YeZun retaliates once more, Ma TiHua pulls the poor man's hair rudely and locks YeZun inside his hug. 'Should I remind you? You are mine! So don't push your luck!' He growled in YeZun's ear. He just releases YeZun after the man stops fighting.

'So, gatekeeper, do your job and open the door for us!' Zhang Tian smirked as he left.

'Do you also be the one who shot Uncle Zhao?' Shen YeZun asked, his eyes staring blankly.

'Isn't it obvious?' Ma TiHua smiled. 'The day after tomorrow is a big day...Prepare yourself.' He patted YeZun's cheek before he left.

Shen YeZun gasps, he closes his eyes to calm himself. Shen Wei is not too far from him, his elder brother is nearby and ready to protect him. But he can't be a weakling now, not with the plan he and Li Qian prepared until this far. 'MingAn!' He suddenly remembered. Rushing to get his lover, Shen YeZun softly pats the young man's cheeks. 'MingAn...' He muttered but Zhao MingAn was not moving. 'I'm sorry...' YeZun cried, 'I'm sorry...You got hurt again because of me,' He said in the middle of sniffling.

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Shen Wei and Zhao YunLan stand together at the hill of snow, they face the jade stage as the sunshine is peeping on the eastern horizon. Zhao YunLan lifts his binoculars, tries to locate both YeZun and Zhao MingAn but all he sees are just the enhanced humans that guard the site. 'They are still not seen everywhere yet...' He sighed.

'They will come, the sun will rise quite soon.' Shen Wei replied. His voice tone is calm but Zhao YunLan knows that Shen Wei is worried about his younger brother.

'Mhm...' Zhao YunLan nodded, he couldn't let his lover be even more concerned.

'Are you ready?' At the same time, Ma TiHua asked YeZun who was not looking prepared.

'I am.' Shen YeZun replied.

'With that office worker appearance?' Ma TiHua can't believe his ears, 'don't you should be wearing a robe or something?'

'I will, but later...'

'You better not try to trick me!'

'No, I won't. You can stand as close as possible to me if you are afraid that I will trick you.' Shen YeZun replied firmly.

Ma TiHua smiled, 'I don't need to. Let's say that I trust you.' He gives a code to his guard. The guard comes with a box with him. Ma TiHua puts the box in YeZun's hands. 'That is the jewel. Let's begin the ritual.' He leans closer to YeZun, 'after the ritual, you can no longer avoid me. So make sure that you prepare yourself.' He whispered.

'One meter.' Shen YeZun muttered.

'What?'

'I've been purified.' YeZun replied. 'The closest distance allowed between us is one meter.'

Ma TiHua laughed, 'alright.' He steps backward. 'Then, let's go.' He lets YeZun walk first and follows the man along with his companions.

'There!' Zhao YunLan passed his binoculars as he pointed at a spot where he saw YeZun, Zhao MingAn walking with a blank expression while Li Qian led the young man to climb the stairs. Shen Wei grabs the binoculars and tries to find his brother and when he spotted YeZun, he smiles in relief. Zhao YunLan gives a code to Chu ShuZhi. The man nods and quickly informs the other. Soon, the camp is lightened up. Everyone suddenly becomes very busy as they prepare for the rescue mission.

'Ge...' Chu NianZhi gave a code to his elder brother. They both take a black robe that matches Ma TiHua's guards' attire and quickly merge into the crowd. They try to get as close as they could to Shen YeZun and Zhao MingAn.

'YeZun will be fine.' Zhao XinChi whispered to his tense best friend.

'Your son's condition is much more worrisome than my son's, don't bother to comfort me.' Shen YongZheng growled.

Ma TiHua and his companions stop at the highest stage of the white jade but YeZun still climbs to the black jade stage. When he reached the top, Shen YeZun could see a stand behind the enormous lense. He has never been there but somehow, he knows what to do.

After putting down the jewel on the stand, YeZun steps back three steps and slowly, for the first time in his entire life, unleashes his power. Black purple energy engulfed YeZun's body and his appearance changed as the sunshine touched him. His hair grows longer, its color turns silver, fluttering beautifully under the sunlight while a snow-white cloak materializes and covers his entire body. He lifts his both hands to the sun and absorbs the energy through the lens and focuses the heat on the jewel.

Everyone gasps as they witness the magnificent shift even Zhao YunLan as he has never seen this such picture. But when everyone is stunned, Shen Wei jumps into them. As Shen Wei opens the attack, Chu ShuZhi and Chu NianZhi reveal themselves. Zhao YunLan rushes to find Zhao MingAn while Zhu Hong transforms into her snake form and clears the man's way to reach his younger brother.

Ma TiHua greets his teeth, he never thought that they could trace him. 'Everyone! Enter the full transformation! Don't let them come near this place!' He commanded.

'Yes!' The guards open their coats and begin their transformation. Everyone is halted as they see how those humans turn themselves into horrific creatures.

'Geez, it seems so painful...' Lin Jing said unconsciously.

'Soldiers, ready!' Shen YongZheng couldn't wait any longer, he must stop this nightmare. 'Attack!' He shouted.

Zhu Jiu runs at lightning speed, grabbing Zhao MingAn and Li Qian off the stage. 'Li Qian!' Zhao YunLan rushed to get the girl while Zhu Jiu went back to the battlefield to support his comrades. 'Are you alright?' He asked.

'Yes...'

'Ah Ming! Ah Ming!' Zhao YunLan patted his brother's cheeks but the young man did not react.

When everyone is busy fighting the monsters in the snowfield, Shen YongZheng glares at Ma TiHua who stands on the white jade stage along with Ouyang Zhen and Zhang Tian. Anger and disgust merge into one in his mind. The man that he considers a good friend once is no more than a traitor that stabbed him from behind. The old general unleashes his power. His cloak is as black as Shen Wei's so is his hair but there are strips of grey hair on his head as he is no longer young. Lifts his hand, concentrating his power and an iron stick is manifested in his grip.

'YongZheng, be careful!' Zhao XinChi shouted.

'I'm not stupid.' The old general replied as he jumped to attack the keep smiling man that did not even budge. But when Shen YongZheng swings the stick, he feels like hitting a strong layer of energy that throws him back.

'YongZheng!' Zhao XinChi caught his friend's back. 'Are you alright?'

'What on earth?' Shen YongZheng touched his pained arm.

While there is an epic battle below him, Shen YeZun is focused on the sunlight. With his power, he absorbs more and more energy from the strongest source in the solar system. The rays penetrate the lens and start to burn the jewel as it reaches the focus point. As the sun emerges higher into the sky, the rays that are collected create a huge explosion inside the jewel. The blast is strong enough to stop the battle.

Everyone turns their head to the source and finds a beautiful yet chilling view. The sunlight is biased by the jewel, creating an enormous rainbow in the sky and engulfing Shen YeZun's body. Soon, they could see pictures of several places in the sky like shadows of fata morgana in the desert. However, nobody could see clearly the places that are pictured in the sky because YeZun is collecting too much energy that is finally disrupting the scenes.

'Oh, no!' Li Qian shouted.

'What happens?' Zhao YunLan who struggles to keep both Li Qian and his younger brother safe, can't help but ask.

'Professor Shen told me once that he wanted to destroy the jewel using the power of the sun. He is not planning to do the ritual, he wants to destroy the map but with such a close distance, he won't destroy just the jewel but also himself!' Li Qian is panicking.

'Shen Wei!' Zhao YunLan shouted at his lover, he could care less about who can hear him apart from Shen Wei. 'Go get YeZun! He is about to destroy himself along with the jewel!'

'What?!' Now everyone is panicking. Not just Zhao YunLan and his comrades, Ma TiHua is also in shock, turns his head in YeZun's direction, and almost runs toward the man if Ouyang Zhen and Zhang Tian are not stopping him.

'Ah Wei, they have a strong energy shield. Be careful!' Shen YongZheng shouted. Shen Wei throws his enemies and strikes at YeZun, slamming the energy shield with his power but all in vain.

'YeZun!' Shen Wei shouts, 'YeZun!' He calls his younger brother's name desperately. He can care less about enemies that strike at him, all he could think now is to get YeZun out. Luckily, Chu ShuZhi and Chu NianZhi stand behind him and face the enemies while Shen Wei keeps trying to break the seal.

Every good memory between them flashed in Shen Wei's mind, their happy childhood times, the moment when YeZun brought him a bouquet when he finished his military school, the moment when YeZun lost his dog because of age. Every moment they spent together. YeZun is a good brother in this life, he can't let his baby brother die. No, he can't lose YeZun once again.

Suddenly, Zhao MingAn moves. He puts something in his hands and without delay, he grabs the soul gun from his brother's waist. 'Ah Ming!' The shocked Zhao YunLan was too late to react as Zhao MingAn had already left for the jade stage.

Zhao MingAn pressed a button on his palm. Blue light shines from the tools and dissolves the energy shield. Everybody gaps when they see the young man enter the jade stage. Shen Wei looks at his lover who shakes his head as he also doesn't understand how it's happening. Ignoring every risk, Zhao MingAn runs toward the black jade stage where his lover stands while everybody just can stand in stun as they witness the clumsy young man now become a brave warrior.

Shen YeZun, who is not aware of what happened, keeps absorbing the sun's energy. He realizes that his body can't tolerate more than the power he collects this time. And when he sees the crack in the jewel, he smiles. 'Ge, I'll redeem all sins I committed to you...' He muttered. Close his eyes, he is ready to accept the energy explosion when someone pulls his waist. However, Shen YeZun has no time to see his savior because the ice below them is shaking. The jade stages are cracking and in a split second, they fall into a deep ravine.

The butterfly nebula, the remnant of the dying stars. The gas that is released by the dying star races across space and forms a delicate shape of a celestial butterfly before it blows into a supernova...

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