Forty thousand years ago, the Ghost King Jie, who was appointed by the Ancestor of the Nether King to guard Hell, broke the seal of the Gate of the Nether King on his own, releasing three Primordial Demons of the Underworld that were confined within. This resulted in the destruction of the Eighteen Levels of Hell by the Primordial Demons of the Underworld and allowed the most vicious and nefarious ghosts confined within the Eighteen Levels of Hell to take advantage of the chaos to escape to the mortal world via the Samsara Path.

Latter, only by sacrificing his own Yin Soul, did the Ancestor of the Nether King reseal two of the Primordial Demons inside the Gate of the Nether King, and he also confined the Ghost King Jie, who brewed the disaster, within it.

After the death of the Ancestor of the Nether King, the Crown Prince Feng Yi ascended the throne and became the Second Generation Nether King.

To purge the thousands upon thousands of vicious and evil ghosts that had fled to the mortal world, the Second Generation Nether King first gathered a large amount of the Nether King's Power within his left hand, then chopped off his own left hand, and lastly, the Ancestor of the Nether King divided the Yin Soul of the severed left hand into seventeen segments and attached each of the seventeen segments to the left hand of each of his seventeen loyal personal guards.

Armed with the power of the Second Generation Nether King's attached left hand, these seventeen personal guards came to the mortal world, searching everywhere for the vicious ghosts and fierce ghosts that had escaped from the Eighteen Levels of Hell during the chaos caused by the escape of the Primordial Demons of the Underworld.

As long as these seventeen guards slapped their left hand onto the shoulder of the ghosts escaping in the mortal world, those ghosts would be immediately sent back to the Eighteen Levels of Hell—hence the origin of the term "Hand of Death."

However, after three months, the deadline for the return of the evil ghosts and fierce ghosts to the Netherworld had arrived. In the end, only sixteen guards reported back to the Second Generation Nether King—one was missing.

Before they were dispatched to the mortal world, these seventeen guards had made a pact in front of the Second Generation Nether King to live and die together. Because one of the seventeen did not return, the sixteen who reported back were beheaded not long after.

For the next ten thousand years, the Second Generation Nether King had many times ordered people to search the mortal world for the guard who had not reported back, but until the Second Generation Nether King became the seal of the Gate of the Nether King, he had not found the guard, nor had he sensed the use of the Nether King's Power in the mortal world.

Having heard the story of the Hand of Death from Ye Yuqiao, Chen Hao nodded thoughtfully and said, "So, the person who was hidden in the mist just now is that guard who never reported back?"

"It's very likely him!" Ye Yuqiao replied with a grim expression, "He was not hiding in the mist just now; he himself was that mist."

Taken aback, Chen Hao had many doubts in his heart, so he asked Ye Yuqiao in his mind, "Then why didn't I feel his presence when I used Nether Vision to see that mist the night before yesterday?"

"Maybe it's because he only has a Nether Soul and no Yin Soul?" Ye Yuqiao explained to Chen Hao through the Nether King's Heart.

"Just how powerful is the Nether King's Power?" Chen Hao asked Ye Yuqiao again, "Just having one-seventeenth of the power from our grandfather's arm can send people to the Eighteen Levels of Hell, wouldn't having the power of a complete arm be defying the heavens?"

"Our grandfather?" There was a hint of doubt in Ye Yuqiao's voice.

"Yeah!" Chen Hao laughed inwardly, "Isn't the Second Generation Nether King your grandfather? And isn't your grandfather also my grandfather?"

Ye Yuqiao snorted disdainfully and replied, "Why do I feel like you're taking advantage of me again? Hmph, now that you've seen how powerful the Nether King's Power is, will you dare to complain or dislike it in the future? Be careful or I'll slap your shoulder and send your wretched Yin Soul to the Eighteen Levels of Hell."

"You definitely wouldn't bear to do that!" Chen Hao thought smugly to himself, "How can you say I'm taking advantage? You're my girlfriend, and taking advantage of you is my right and benefit."

"So, the two brothers from our association were killed by the Hand of Death?" Tang Jing, who had been lost in thought, suddenly spoke up, her eyes filled with worry. "That's why we can't find their Yin Souls."

Ye Yuqiao nodded.

"Yuqiao," Tang Jing's worry was quickly replaced by confusion, "how do you know so much about things that happened forty thousand years ago?"

Feeling a bit panicked by Tang Jing's question, Ye Yuqiao didn't know how to respond, so she silently sought help from Chen Hao, "Boyfriend, it's your turn to step in."

The first time Ye Yuqiao called him boyfriend, Chen Hao felt both shocked and delighted. He couldn't help but grin foolishly before looking at Tang Jing proudly, "You've known my girlfriend is well-informed, not from today. Forget about something forty thousand years ago; even the origin of the universe billions of years ago, the formation of the solar system, and the emergence of humankind, she knows them all perfectly well."

Tang Jing helplessly glanced at Chen Hao and had no words to respond, her thoughts instantly derailed by Chen Hao's nonsensical comment.

"So what should we do next?" the usually silent Tang Chao asked.

Both Chen Hao and Tang Jing turned their eyes to Ye Yuqiao.

Ye Yuqiao shrugged her shoulders, her face expressionless as she said, "I can't think of anything good either!"

As she spoke, Ye Yuqiao looked at Chen Hao and commanded, "Jerk, aren't you full of cunning ideas? Come up with something good, quick!"

Chen Hao's face showed a bitter smile as he said sadly, "If someone as experienced and knowledgeable as you can't think of anything, how could I possibly have an idea."

"Boyfriend, come on, think hard!" Ye Yuqiao's gentle and somewhat childlike voice echoed in Chen Hao's mind.

In an instant, Chen Hao felt a softness in his heart and his whole being felt lighter; his eyes alight with infatuation, he said, "Give me another two minutes!"

"Mhm!" Ye Yuqiao giggled and nodded.

Two minutes later, Chen Hao's eyes suddenly sparkled with light as rapid thoughts raced through his mind, and he excitedly looked at the three of them, "What do you think of this idea..."

Twenty minutes later, Tang Chao and Tang Jing had already left.

"I'm going downstairs too!" Ye Yuqiao waved goodbye to Chen Hao.

Just as Ye Yuqiao was turning to leave, Chen Hao, standing two meters away, suddenly stepped forward briskly to her side and pressed her against the door.

"What are you trying to do?" Ye Yuqiao rolled her eyes at Chen Hao, then coldly, with an expressionless face, said, "I'm going back to sleep, so kneel for your farewell!"

Chen Hao leaned close to Ye Yuqiao, his lips less than two centimeters from hers, and whispered, "I want to hear you call me boyfriend again. Make it as soft as just now."

"No!"

"Why not?"

"Hmph!" Ye Yuqiao lifted her hand and pinched Chen Hao's cheek, "You can only have what I give you; if I don't give it to you, don't even dream about it!"

"Okay then!" Chen Hao sighed in disappointment, then leaned in again to kiss Ye Yuqiao.

After Ye Yuqiao glared at Chen Hao, she closed her eyes, placed her hand on Chen Hao's shoulder, and enjoyed the kiss with him, no longer awkward.

After a long moment, when they parted, Chen Hao, holding Ye Yuqiao's waist, said, "Oh right, in a couple of days it's time to visit Grandpa in the Netherworld, do you have any messages you want me to pass on?"

Suddenly, Ye Yuqiao's heart violently trembled; she almost forgot she still had a secret she hadn't told Chen Hao.

That secret could destroy everything she and Chen Hao had painstakingly built.

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