The Future of Consequences

After the death of Longwei, Jiao-Long noticed that the symbol of brotherhood in his palm has vanished. He just began to laugh, "Kekeke!!" and didn't even notice that tears were also falling.

"My Lord, what's happening?" Iris asked.

But, instead of answering Iris's question, Jiao-Long continued to laugh and he cried even more. Then, one of the elders came, "My Lord, the demon Prince is stable now. However, he must fully awaken his demonic powers to become the fully pledged Demon Prince."

After hearing those, Jiao-Long suddenly stopped what he was doing and glared at the elder, "How can a sleeping demon be able to cultivate himself?! Arggh!!"

Everyone kneeled with fear. "M-my Lord, please! Calm down." Says the other elder.

Jiao-Long's eyes were full of rage and held the elder who told him to calm down by the Neck. "I-I can't breathe my Lord…"

"You're telling me to calm down!? While the Demon Prince is still in critical condition!?" Because of Jiao-Long's anger, he killed the elder.

After killing him, Jiao-Long walked towards the elder who reported him about the condition of the Demon Prince.

"Now, where were we?"

"M-My Lord…"

"Huh!!" Furiously said by Jiao-Long.

Then, another elder butt in the middle of the conversation. "My Lord, we know that the Prince is in critical condition and we are also worried about it. Please, if you don't calm down, we won't be able to come up with a better plan."

"Yes. My Lord, the elder is correct. Please..." Iris added.

Jiao-Long also calmed down. "Alright, what do you suggest?"

"The Demon Prince's Primordial Spirit is severely damage but, we can still save it."

"Oh? How?"

"Only dark energy can heal him. We need to find a person who also hold same attribute energy and transfer the person's Primordial Spirit to our Demon Prince."

"Then, do you have someone in mind?"

"According to my knowledge, there are only two people that can do this. One person is you, my Lord. Since, you are his father. and the other person is the Princess."

"The Princess?"

"Yes. Since the Chains of demons were casted on her, half of the dark powers from the Demon prince is shared with her. The Chains of demons is connected to her and to our Prince. However, since the transfer is troublesome, the only viable option is the Princess."

"Troublesome? Troublesome how?" Iris asked.

"The one who transfers the energy will die."

Iris's face showed shock and Jiao-Long noticed it. "Your face looks worried."

"I-I'm sorry my Lord."

"I can't blame you since, you're the one who took care of the Demon Princess when she is here. But, the life of the Demon Prince is more important than her life."

"Yes, my Lord."

"We have to find the Princess my Lord." The Elder added.

"Where could she be hiding?"

"My Lord, I have to go. I still need to clean the Prince's room."

"Hmm."

After Iris left, Jiao-Long ordered one of the guards. "Guard."

"Yes, my Lord?"

"Follow Iris. Something tells me that I should be vary of her."

"Yes, my Lord."

The Guard left and began to follow Iris.

Meanwhile, at Mt. Penglai. Taiyang stood at in the Training Field and wherever he looked at, the memories of his interactions with Longwei came to mind.

"Father…" Tears gathered in the eyes of Taiyang. Elder Lu arrived and called out to him.

"My Child."

As soon as Taiyang heard Elder Lu's voice, he wiped off his tears, turned and greeted Elder Lu with a smile.

"Greetings Elder. What brings you here?"

"Hmm, I am just worried about you. Are you alright?"

The smile slowly vanished, replacing it with bitterness. "Yes, I just remembered father."

"Hmm."

"We only met recently and didn't even have much time together. I just can't believe that he is already gone. I shouldn't have used my Spirit to kill Xiexie. This is all my fault."

"It's not your fault my child. That was, you father's decision, and his decision alone."

"I am more worried that, Yǐ sī tiē didn't know about father. She will be very sad if she found out about it."

"That's one of our problems. Also, she doesn't know how to control her emotions. I hope the Emotion Severing pill can be of any help to her."

"Elder, I have question."

"Speak. What is it?"

"I can't feel the Princess's feelings anymore. It's been months since the last time. This started after Xiexie took her away. Before, I can feel her pain, her sadness, her happiness. But now… it's all gone. Do you know the reason for why it might be happening?"

"Sigh. Like you, I'm also clueless. It's very disturbing since, you two are twins. Your feelings are always connected. It shouldn't happen. Unless… Xiexie did something about it."

"Did we do the right thing?"

"About us pushing her to take the Pill?"

"Yes, Elder Lu."

"I hope so my child… I hope so."

Inside the Small house at White Lotus Sect, Yueliang was preparing her Tea. She accidentally dropped her teacup. She felt something and ran outside to look at the moon.

The Moon increased its brightness. Yueliang was shown a vision of the future with no hope, filled with death and darkness. "Why you're letting me see this!? Why!?" She asked from the moon while gnashing her teeth.

"Can't you see? My heart was torn when that Man decided to abandon them and left me alone! You're the one who told me to follow him! You are the reason why my children's life is this miserable!"

The moon showed no response and showed her another vision. A future filled of happiness without any pain. A future where everyone is free.

"What is this? What are you showing?" Then suddenly, Yueliang realized that the Moon is showing her two different futures. Her choice was the deciding factor in how the future unveils.

"H-how…? But why are there two futures?" Yueliang mumbled in confusion.

After showing her the two futures, the Moon returned to normal, and the light subsided. Yueliang fell on the back, mind filled confusion. "How can there be two futures?" she whispered. "This can't be happening. If there are two of them then… my plan… no. no, no, no… this… this can't be happening. I can't make any mistakes."

She wrote a message and called her falcon. "Go find Bai and make sure she sees this message. Please be safe on your travel."

The Falcon flew away in direction of Bai's departure.

"I hope Bai made it through…"