The Day the Butterfly Flaps Its Wings

Chapter: The Day the Butterfly Flaps Its Wings

God Realm.

At this moment, the expressions of all the gods present were exceptionally grim.

The turbulence of time and space was about to sweep the God Realm away; this seemed to be a foregone conclusion, so how could they not be panicked?

Furthermore, the Golden Dragon King showed signs of unrest, forcing God King Tang to leave the God of Emotions, Huo Yuhao, here to support the God Realm while he went alone to investigate the situation with the Golden Dragon King.

Watching God King Tang walk away, a strange glint flashed in the depths of the God of Emotions' eyes.

The Butterfly Goddess, Tang Wutong, was standing right beside him at this moment, resisting the turbulence of time and space along with everyone else. Huo Yuhao turned his head to look at her.

She was always so exquisite and beautiful, like a porcelain doll meticulously carved by someone, with every behavior and thought pattern shaped according to the carver's design.

With such a perfect wife, having parents and a family, and having a father-in-law and mother-in-law who held high positions in the God Realm, logically, the God of Emotions should be very satisfied with his current life.

However, as time passed, he always felt as if he had forgotten something.

At this moment, facing the turbulence of time and space, at this moment when countless planes were intersecting and colliding, he seemed to remember—

He had forgotten the pain of losing his loved ones in his youth, forgotten the death of his mentor, Elder Yi, forgotten the shattering of his teacher's relics and the thousands of tortures he endured in the Valley of Love and Emotion, and forgotten the vow he made in his heart the day he captured the Ice Empress with the help of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

I want this sky to no longer be able to cover my eyes; I want this earth to no longer be able to bury my heart...

Noticing that something was wrong with the God of Emotions, Tang Wutong walked over and asked softly, "Husband, what's wrong? Your complexion is so bad. We must hold on until Father returns. If you cannot support it alone, you can use the Haotong Divine Power."

Haotong Divine Power! When Huo Yuhao heard this term, the sorrow in his heart reached its peak. As things stood, he was likely the only one who still called this divine power by its original name.

The pale-faced God of Emotions shook his head at the Butterfly Goddess beside him and opened the Eye of Destiny on his forehead.

"I'm fine, Wutong," he said. "It's just, do you believe there are world lines where we head toward a different ending?"

Tang Wutong was startled. Not just because of the content of these words, but because the tone Huo Yuhao used was very calm, yet also carried a distinct sense of detachment. Ever since the two of them ascended to the God Realm, she had always been meticulously cared for by Huo Yuhao; when had he ever spoken to her in such a tone?

But at this moment, Huo Yuhao had no time to concern himself with her emotions. He saw something—the place where his Eye of Destiny was looking contained another world line of the Douluo Continent.

According to the God Realm's theory, the development of every plane has many possibilities, but once the future is determined, other possibilities collapse and gradually disappear. Clearly, the world line he saw was a collapsed Douluo Continent.

Because he had already become a god and reached this point, that possibility had been erased.

Although he did not know what that plane would eventually develop into, Huo Yuhao decided to take a gamble at this moment. He was unwilling to continue this life, which had been arranged by the "pure and noble" God King Tang.

He would use the Eye of Destiny to trigger that collapsed world line. Once that world line was revived under the power of destiny, it would overwrite the world that had already become a foregone conclusion, awakening the version of himself that had been completely denied before he had the chance to change his fate!

"Come," he whispered.

The next moment, the Eye of Destiny on his forehead shone brilliantly. Triggering a world line was not easy; he immediately ignited his divine soul and channeled all his divine power toward that location.

Tang Wutong screamed in terror, "What are you doing! Without your power to maintain it, the God Realm will...!"

Huo Yuhao, however, smiled—a smile of great relief.

"Wutong. No, Dong'er, Qiu'er, let us start over. This time, let's do it right."

"If there really can be a next time, let us not..."

The second half of his sentence was drowned out by the sound of the God Realm collapsing.

The God Realm was destroyed in the turbulence of time and space, but this was not the end; it was a brand-new beginning. Because the triggered world line was emitting a dazzling light under the influence of Huo Yuhao's power of destiny.

The overwrite had begun.

Star Dou Great Forest.

A black-haired, thin youth was leaning against a tree, seemingly having just regained consciousness. Fine ice shards had fallen onto his hair, his eyelashes, and his thin shoulders, as if he had just come into contact with some ice-attribute soul beast, yet lying beside him was only a ten-year-old Wind Baboon.

Yes, this youth was none other than Huo Yuhao, who had just fused with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Logically speaking, having received such immense power, he should not have regained consciousness so soon; he should have remained in a coma until Bei Bei and Tang Ya arrived. Yet, he seemed to have been awakened prematurely by a powerful wave of soul power.

This wave of soul power caused him extreme headaches. He could only barely sense that the person who released it was extremely powerful, and that the nature of this soul power was very close to his own, but a hundred times purer than his own power.

How could the current Huo Yuhao catch a glimpse of the stories of gods and the God Realm? He could only judge that, likely, another powerful soul beast was approaching.

Despite his body aching all over, he forced himself to stand up immediately; he could not stay here any longer!

However, before he could take a few steps, he was slammed back against the tree by a massive force. Leaves fell in a rustle, and his back made intimate contact with the tree roots, causing him to frown in pain.

Instinct made Huo Yuhao want to reach for the White Tiger Dagger at his waist, but his arm was pinned down by a claw, unable to move.

"Human," a female voice sounded from right in front of him.

"To think it's a human. Could it be that the silkworm sacrificed itself to you just to escape?"

Huo Yuhao looked at the soul beast that had pinned him down.

It had dreamlike, pale-gold fur like crystal, the body of a lion, the sharp claws of a dragon, and eyes that were red within gold. Most uniquely, there was a third eye on its forehead, and that eye was completely blood-red. At this moment, that red eyeball was staring at Huo Yuhao, making him shiver.

This was another soul beast he absolutely could not afford to provoke!

The appearance of Brother Sky Dream earlier had already frightened him enough; how many years of cultivation did this one have? Huo Yuhao dared not believe that every soul beast could be as kind-hearted to him as Brother Sky Dream.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was clearly in a panic. Could it be that the person he had just chosen was about to be eaten by a soul beast? That shouldn't be! He was certain he had hidden well when he escaped; how could a powerful soul beast have followed him?

Seeing Huo Yuhao remain silent, the three-eyed big cat tilted its head and brought its nose tip close, as if it were about to eat him. The air exhaled from its nostrils was exceptionally scorching, causing Tian Meng in the Sea of Consciousness to let out a wail:

"How does this guy have a fire attribute too! Little Yuhao, just consider me unlucky; the two of us are finished here today."

Huo Yuhao nervously closed his eyes and began to complain in the Sea of Consciousness: "Brother Sky Dream, I don't want to be eaten yet, I haven't avenged my mother... Stop shouting and help me think of a way!"

Just as the boy and the silkworm were at a loss, the three-eyed big cat seemed to have discovered something about Huo Yuhao. Its red eye blinked, looking somewhat surprised.

"Mental type?" it asked.

"Yes." Huo Yuhao answered immediately. As long as they could communicate, everything was negotiable.

"Hmm... strange. Very strange." The big cat looked him up and down again, "This thing on you..."

At this moment, the big cat—no, the Three-Eyed Golden Ni—was feeling very confused inside.

She shouldn't have been here in the first place, and she hadn't even been interested in chasing that big silkworm; after all, her food consisted only of light-attribute soul beasts, and that silkworm was nothing but ice elements and mental power, tasteless to eat.

But not long ago, a powerful force of destiny had suddenly fluctuated in the direction the silkworm had fled, which had surprised her immensely. As the Emperor Lucky Beast, she was the most sensitive to the forces of luck and destiny, so while Di Tian and the Scarlet King were still searching for the location of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, she had darted out in that direction in a single bound.

A human; this force of destiny actually came from a human.

Furthermore, the mental power within that force of destiny was very similar in nature to the mental power of the human boy before her. But this guy looked so weak; could he really carry such a formidable force of destiny?

Other thoughts began to emerge in her mind.

She had lived for over ten thousand years and had witnessed the Star Dou Great Forest grow increasingly weak ever since those few humans instantly became gods and ascended ten thousand years ago; it was precisely the time when luck was needed.

"I won't eat you," the Three-Eyed Golden Ni said, "However, there is a prerequisite."

"Please speak!" Huo Yuhao said hurriedly.

Just a moment ago, Tian Meng had proposed a plan to temporarily possess Huo Yuhao to escape, but if he did that, the other fierce beasts would immediately locate Tian Meng, making it a desperate last resort.

"You must stay in the Star Dou Great Forest," she said.

"This..." Huo Yuhao hesitated for a moment. "This... senior soul beast, do I not have any other choice?"

"Are you trying to negotiate with me?"

"No," Huo Yuhao shook his head, "If this is the only way to survive, I have no choice. But I still have things I must do in the human world... I haven't avenged my mother yet."

The Three-Eyed Golden Ni shook the fur on her body, seemingly indifferent to this:

"What kind of reason is that? Wouldn't it be the same if you waited until you reached the seventh or eighth ring of cultivation in the Star Dou before going out to take revenge? It would even be more convenient."

Huo Yuhao seemed to be swayed. Meanwhile, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hurriedly said in his Sea of Consciousness:

"No way, Yuhao, don't forget that you still have me inside you! The fierce beasts in this Star Dou Great Forest, except for this one in front of you, all want my life. Do you think if they find out I'm inside you, what will happen to you? A lower-level fierce beast might not be able to detect the source of your soul skills, but can Di Tian not know?"

These words made Huo Yuhao shudder; he had almost forgotten why Brother Sky Dream insisted on becoming his wisdom soul ring.

Tian Meng immediately continued: "Try to negotiate a bit more. If you cultivate in this forest for decades until you reach the seventh or eighth ring without interacting with humans, only with soul beasts, you'll be no different from a soul beast by the time you leave, just with a human shape! I think this girl is still reasonable, and since she needs you, she certainly doesn't want you to die."

"Just soften your tone, a real man knows when to yield and when to stand tall..."

"Who are you listening to?" the Three-Eyed big cat asked, looking at Huo Yuhao, who appeared vacant but was actually communicating with the creature in his Sea of Consciousness.

"Nothing at all!" Huo Yuhao said, "I was thinking, since you need me to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest, there must be a reason... otherwise I would have already become your lunch. Can this reason be resolved by me returning to the Star Dou Great Forest at regular intervals?"

The big cat was stunned: "That seems possible too. But you are so weak, it won't be easy for you to survive in the human world, right? It would be safer to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest."

Huo Yuhao smiled bitterly: "You just said I was weak, so how do you think I would be safe in the Star Dou Great Forest? I was almost killed by that baboon just now... besides, I will work hard to become stronger."

The beautiful golden soul beast before him seemed to fall into thought. However, she didn't think for long before raising her head, as if she had made up her mind. She said:

"Then wait a moment, I have a way."

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