Ye Yuqiao used her hand to prop up Chen Hao's head resting on her legs.

However, just at that moment!

Chen Hao suddenly opened his eyes!

Then he raised his hand to caress Ye Yuqiao's cheek, giving her a faint smile.

Seeing this, Ye Yuqiao pursed her lips with tears gleaming in her eyes, then released Chen Hao's head from her hand, letting it gently fall back onto her soft legs. Next, Ye Yuqiao extended her left hand and gently pinched Chen Hao's cheek, her voice somewhat choked as she said, "You're finally back!"

"I'm sorry, I came back late!" Chen Hao said, looking at Ye Yuqiao with affection.

At that moment, the only thing in their eyes was each other.

Hearing Chen Hao's voice, Xie Xiaofeng, who was controlled by the Undead Bones and unable to move at all, croaked out, "You two deities, could you please not be lovey-dovey at such a critical time?"

After hearing this, Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao looked at each other and smiled. Then Chen Hao got up from the ground, his left eye shooting out flames that filled the entire space enclosed by earthen walls.

The Undead Bones, as well as the Yin Souls of Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao, were burned by the Nether Eye's Fire into twinkling Primordial Spirits and Primordial Souls, slowly ascending into the air.

Next, Chen Hao closed his eyes, brought his palms together, and raised the index fingers of both hands to merge them, muttering a few incantations to perform the great spell of summoning the spirit and restoring the soul.

When Chen Hao opened his eyes again, a golden palm formed by the Yang Energy from his body appeared above their heads, forcibly pressing Xie Xiaofeng's, Tang Jing's, and Tang Chao's Primordial Spirits and Primordial Souls back into their bodies, reviving their Yin Souls.

Meanwhile, the Undead Bones that hadn't entered the space enclosed by the earthen walls and had luckily escaped disaster burrowed into the ground and fled.

After being rescued, Xie Xiaofeng was the first to withdraw his spell, and the earth and sand that had formed the six walls fell to the ground next to them. Then, he teased Chen Hao by saying, "You jerk, they say timing is everything, and you sure have it!"

Chen Hao bent down to help up Ye Yuqiao, who was sitting on the ground.

Because her thighs had been propped by Chen Hao's head until just now, Ye Yuqiao's legs were somewhat numb as she stood up, causing her to collapse into Chen Hao's arms.

"It's all your fault!" Ye Yuqiao whispered her blame as she fell into Chen Hao's embrace. Although she said that, her heart was filled with a warm feeling.

Chen Hao's right hand wrapped around Ye Yuqiao's back, holding her waist tightly as he softly said, "Your Majesty, I was wrong!"

"The two deities are being nauseatingly sweet again!" Xie Xiaofeng looked at Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao with a sidelong glance and contempt in his tone. "By the way, Chen Hao, did you kill the remaining three nightmare spirits?"

Xie Xiaofeng specifically mentioned the remaining three nightmare spirits, fearing that everyone would forget he had eliminated one of them.

"Of course!" Chen Hao nodded proudly and then took out the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword, shrunk to the size of a key, from his pocket. After shouting "Grow" twice, the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword returned to its original size. "It was this sword that guided me to find those nightmare spirits! Those three put up quite a fight to hide; one turned into a banana tree; another into a stone; and one even turned into a pile of cow dung!"

"That sword is amazing!" Xie Xiaofeng's eyes widened with admiration as he watched the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword. He walked over and took the sword from Chen Hao's hand to examine it.

However, the moment Xie Xiaofeng grasped the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword, a faint hissing sound emanated from the palm of his hand, and a wisp of white smoke rose. After a shout of pain, he could not help but throw the sword on the ground, shaking and shouting, "It's freezing me to death!"

Seeing this, the other four people present were all astonished into silence.

Startled for a moment, Tang Jing walked up to the sword and crouched down, slowly stretching out her hand to touch the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword. After involuntarily shivering, she got up from the ground, turned back to the other four, and explained, "It seems that, like the Book of Yin and Yang Exorcism, this sword can only be touched by the people of the Chen Family!"

"What a pity!" Chen Hao sighed and then whispered to Ye Yuqiao in his arms, "I was actually planning to give this sword to you for self-defense."

Hearing Chen Hao say this, Ye Yuqiao immediately left Chen Hao's embrace and took a few steps forward, bending down to pick up the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword.

"Be careful not to get frozen!" Xie Xiaofeng warned.

However, what surprised everyone was that the sword did not repel Ye Yuqiao at all, even as she held the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword in her hand, picked it up, turned around, and walked back to Chen Hao.

Seeing this, Tang Jing's face suddenly darkened, and a faint trace of jealousy surfaced in her heart.

"Even the sword has become such a flirt, it seems we truly live in an era where appearance matters!" Xie Xiaofeng lamented.

"It's not that the sword is a flirt," Chen Hao retorted with a smile, and then, gazing deeply into Ye Yuqiao's smiling eyes, he said dreamily, "This shows that the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword already considers Yuqiao as one of its own!"

Xie Xiaofeng made a mischievous face, then took Tang Jing and Tang Chao by the hand towards the tent, not forgetting to mockingly say, "Let's head back to the tent to rest, so we don't get complained at for being a third wheel!"

After Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao returned to the tent, Chen Hao took Ye Yuqiao to sit by the fire.

Chen Hao spread his right hand out, allowing Ye Yuqiao to lean back against his chest, and whispered, "From now on, keep this sword with you for protection! I have a dagger from your great-grandfather, and you have a sword from our Chen family's heritage, so now we can consider it an exchange of family heirlooms, and our marriage is happily settled!"

Ye Yuqiao closed her eyes, not responding to Chen Hao, but a slight smile curled up at the corner of her mouth, thinking how adorable Chen Hao seemed at that moment.

"You should go back to the tent and sleep! I'll keep watch outside since I have already..."

"Already slept in your dream, right? Naughty!" Ye Yuqiao chastised softly, her voice as soft as her figure. Leaning against Chen Hao's chest with her eyes closed, she shook her head and said, "No, let's just lie here like this!"

"Do you not want to leave me?" Chen Hao asked with a laugh. Then, he couldn't resist leaning forward to kiss Ye Yuqiao's lips gently, murmuring, "Tastes like candy, a bit sweet."

"Really?" Ye Yuqiao asked, her cheeks already blush with embarrassment.

"Is it not?" Chen Hao countered. Without waiting, he leaned in once more to kiss Ye Yuqiao.

After a long moment, their lips parted, and Chen Hao asked, "Isn't it a little sweet?"

Ye Yuqiao lifted her hand to cover her flushed cheeks, her eyes squinted into two curved lines filled with laughter, stubbornly shaking her head.

"I like you!" Chen Hao whispered into Ye Yuqiao's ear.

Ye Yuqiao opened her eyes, her gaze hazy as she stuck out her tongue at Chen Hao and said, "Your queen is going to sleep now, if you talk again I might get angry!"

Chen Hao looked at Ye Yuqiao with a helpless and slightly aggrieved expression.

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Atop Mount Jade Peak, inside the Heavenly King's Palace, the Queen Mother...

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