After Chen Hao violently grabbed Ye Yuqiao's neck, she immediately felt suffocated.

Unable to breathe, she could not speak a word, but she called out to the Nether King's Heart within Chen Hao's mind, "Bastard, are you trying to strangle me to death?"

Not long after, Ye Yuqiao's face, originally pale as snow, flushed red, her eyes slightly closed as she was about to pass out. She planned to use the Nether King's Power to escape this crisis but then abandoned the idea. Instead, she covertly said to Chen Hao, "Bastard, you've been saying that you'd take responsibility for me in the future, but now you've been bewitched by a little ghost baby into trying to strangle me! Wake up quickly, your queen is about to be strangled by you!"

Suddenly, tears welled up in Ye Yuqiao's eyes. She firmly believed that Chen Hao would definitely wake up in time, so she decided to take a gamble.

However, a few seconds later, although Chen Hao's mind was still confused, he released the hand that was choking Ye Yuqiao's neck because the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword suddenly emerged from her room and pierced through his chest, killing him.

After withdrawing from Chen Hao's body, the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword floated in front of Ye Yuqiao and flickered as it emitted a "whimpering" sword sound, as if it were comforting and caring for her.

Ye Yuqiao collapsed onto the sofa, gasping for air. After a few breaths, she slowly raised her hand to touch the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword twice, weakly saying, "It's you who treat me well!"

"Whimper, whimper, whimper!" The sword sound from the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword became even more sorrowful. Ye Yuqiao did not know whether the sword was feeling sorry for her or pleading on behalf of Chen Hao.

Not long after, the fresh red blood on the blade of the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword flowed back into Chen Hao's body. Then, Chen Hao lying on the ground came back to life and woke up.

Upon opening his eyes, Chen Hao looked at Ye Yuqiao incredulously and asked, "What happened?"

"Hmph! Bastard!" Ye Yuqiao cursed with a stern face. Then, sitting on the couch, she suddenly threw herself onto Chen Hao, pinching his ears and complaining, "Bastard, you were just controlled by the Yin Soul of a Shadow Demon. If it weren't for the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword intervening in time, I guess I would have been strangled by you!"

"Ah!" Chen Hao was shocked, then gently lifted Ye Yuqiao with both hands. After seeing the fresh red fingerprint on Ye Yuqiao's neck, his face darkened and he reproached himself, "Yuqiao, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

After speaking, he gently released Ye Yuqiao's hands and started slapping his own ear while saying reproachfully, "I deserve to be hit, I deserve to be hit, how could I harm you!"

Ye Yuqiao quickly grabbed Chen Hao's hands to stop him, and with a saddened face said, "Even if the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword hadn't come out to stop it, I also believe that you would have come to your senses in the end."

"Yuqiao, why didn't you fight back just now?" Chen Hao asked with a pained expression, "Next time, if I do something to harm you, you must fight back because that one isn't the real me. The real me would never do anything to harm you!"

"Mm!" Ye Yuqiao nodded with a wronged look. Then she reached out and touched Chen Hao's face, which he had reddened from slapping himself, and said, "Don't hit yourself anymore even if you feel remorseful in the future, that would hurt me too. You should turn your sadness and anger into strength."

Hearing Ye Yuqiao say that she felt heartache for him, Chen Hao was deeply touched. He hugged Ye Yuqiao tightly, allowing her to rest her cheek against his chest, and said, "My queen, rest assured, I will never let this happen again."

"I believe you!"

After getting up, the two sat on the couch together. Chen Hao began to recall the events before he was controlled by the Shadow Demon's Yin Soul: he was cooking at the time, and suddenly, he heard a scream from the opposite building. He looked over to the other building, and his sight was immediately attracted by a dazzling light from a window on the fifth floor, which, after the light faded, he realized was a mirror.

After seeing his own reflection in the mirror, Chen Hao felt his body out of control and his consciousness also became blurry. When he regained consciousness, he found himself lying on the floor in front of the sofa.

After listening to Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao thoughtfully said, "So, that means the Shadow Demon controls a person's actions through their mirror image within the mirror. That's why this morning, when that boy jumped off the building to commit suicide, we couldn't sense any Yin Qi from it, nor could we see anything possessing him."

"Mhm!" Chen Hao nodded in agreement.

"I just can't quite understand," Ye Yuqiao continued, "how the Shadow Demon was able to control your actions after that since you didn't face any mirrors afterward?"

A light suddenly flickered in Chen Hao's eyes as he said, "Didn't Lin Xiaofan say that the world inside the mirror is interconnected? So once the Shadow Demon captures our mirror image through one mirror, it can then control our mirror image's actions within the Mirror Realm. The Shadow Demon probably can't come out from the Mirror Realm, or else it would have appeared in person to take revenge on me by now."

"Mhm!" Ye Yuqiao nodded, "To get rid of it, we'll need to enter the Mirror Realm, it seems we still need the help of your ex-girlfriend!"

Seeing Ye Yuqiao's face suddenly showing displeasure, Chen Hao grazed her nose with his finger and chuckled, "Your Majesty the Queen, are you getting jealous again?"

..

After lunch, Chen Hao called Lin Xiaofan, asking her to take him into the dream realm once more. Without asking any further questions, Lin Xiaofan immediately agreed to Chen Hao's request.

Half an hour later, Lin Xiaofan arrived at Chen Hao's house.

When Chen Hao talked about a terrifying ghost baby that might still be in the Mirror Realm, Lin Xiaofan's body couldn't help but tremble.

"Can you take us both?" Ye Yuqiao asked Lin Xiaofan, "If I am there, I can watch over you, and he can feel at ease to confront the Shadow Demon."

Lin Xiaofan looked troubled and explained, "It's possible, but it wouldn't be easy to traverse different levels of the Mirror Realm."

"That's fine!" Chen Hao said happily, "The Shadow Demon was born less than a day ago and probably doesn't know how to traverse within the Mirror Realm. Yuqiao is right, as long as she is with me, I can be at ease chasing the ghost baby."

Lin Xiaofan reluctantly agreed. For her, taking two people into the Mirror Realm was no problem, even taking ten people wouldn't be an issue. Her unwillingness was due to her hidden animosity and aversion towards Ye Yuqiao.

After a few seconds of silence, Lin Xiaofan added, "Can I set a condition? May I have the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword protect me?"

"Ah!" Chen Hao was somewhat surprised, thinking that isn't the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword being by your side the same as having Ye Yuqiao by your side.

Before Chen Hao could respond, Ye Yuqiao accepted the request by looking at Lin Xiaofan and said, "Sure! You can!"

After speaking, Ye Yuqiao suddenly said in Chen Hao's mind, "She probably considers the sword to be your avatar, just like me."

"Uh!" Chen Hao was at a loss for words.

"Let's enter the Mirror Realm now!" Lin Xiaofan said.

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