Netherworld, Eighteen Levels of Hell, beside the Purgatory Fire Pool.

Zhao Chong stood quietly beside the Purgatory Fire Pool, waiting. His silhouette was cast on the door panels of the Gate of the Nether King by the light of the Purgatory Fire, so thin and forlorn.

"Cough cough!" Zhao Chong coughed twice.

A sound like the turning of waves arose beside the Purgatory Fire Pool, and then the smooth back of a woman appeared.

"You've arrived."

"Yes!" Zhao Chong softly replied, his eyes not looking at that smooth back, abiding by his gentlemanly principle of 'see no evil'.

"How are preparations coming along?" the woman continued, turning her head slightly backward allowing Zhao Chong to see her profile.

It was a profile that Zhao Chong was mesmerized by, one that had captivated him for a very long time, still did now, and would continue to do so in the future.

Zhao Chong frowned and said, "There has been a slight complication."

"What complication?"

"Besides us, several other families among the Eight Great Clans are also making their moves in secret. It seems that what was once a secret is now out in the open, with only the Ghost Kings and the Eight Great Law Kings remaining unaware."

"Oh?" The woman scoffed disdainfully, then said, "Except for Qian Feng, the rest are of no concern."

Zhao Chong shook his head, his brows deeply furrowed, as he said, "Don't underestimate the Zhou Family's strength. The four newly-inducted clans in the Eight Great Clans all defer to the Zhou Family's Clan Leader. If those four clans join forces, their strength is not to be taken lightly!"

"They won't join forces, and even if they did, they would simply be a group outwardly harmonious but inwardly divided, just like your old Four Great Clans."

"Why are you so sure?" asked Zhao Chong.

"Because of human nature!" the woman said, her voice laced with laughter, "Chen Hao was right; human nature is selfish."

Zhao Chong's face darkened, and he reluctantly lowered his head, muttering, "Always him. Why do you all like him so much?"

Suddenly, the woman turned around and began to explain, "Because..."

Meanwhile, in the mortal world, Dazhou Mountain, Dazhou Town.

The night was deep and peaceful.

After meditating for a while, Chen Hao entered the Nether Acupoint with Ye Yuqiao.

Because the Yin Qi Spiritual Power of the Cyclops Demon King inhaled into his body was slowly being digested and converted into his own Spiritual Power, the Nether King Orchid Heart within him was surging with immense energy and emitting dazzling black-purple light.

Below the Nether King Orchid Heart, Ye Yuqiao held Chen Hao's hand and said, "Boyfriend, let's begin. You have to believe in yourself, you can definitely overcome the Blade Soul of the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade."

Chen Hao nodded, thinking that he could not disappoint Ye Yuqiao no matter what.

After chanting the Yin Soul Separation Curse a few times, Chen Hao's Yin Soul detached from his physical body.

Then, he took out the main and auxiliary blades, which were smelted by the Ancestor of the Nether King, from his left pocket and right waist, and he joined the two green-light-emitting blades into one to form the purple-colored Nether King's World-Slaying Blade.

"Boyfriend!" Ye Yuqiao smiled at Chen Hao, giving him encouragement with her most beautiful smile, while her right hand tightly clasped Chen Hao's left arm.

After kissing Ye Yuqiao's forehead, Chen Hao lifted the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade in his right hand, closed his eyes, and tried to sense the Blade Soul within the blade.

Before long, a cold Yin Qi surged into Chen Hao's body from the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade, along with strange voices following it.

"Kid, why should we obey you?"

"With your abilities, you think we will submit? Don't delude yourself."

"I will devour your soul!"

...

The strange voices were not merely sounds; they also contained powerful Spiritual Power, demonic Magic Power, or Beast Soul strength that gradually disturbed Chen Hao's mind and eroded his consciousness.

Seeing Chen Hao turn pale, with cold sweat streaming down his forehead like rain, Ye Yuqiao hurriedly sent a silent message to him, "Boyfriend, boyfriend, don't panic. First, tell me, promise me that you can hear my voice."

"Quickly tell me you can hear my voice!"

...

After Ye Yuqiao repeated herself several times, Chen Hao finally responded to her.

"Girlfriend, I can hear your voice," Chen Hao said, his voice trembling greatly. At that moment, apart from the strange voices, visions of ferocious demons and peculiarly shaped birds and beasts emerged in his mind.

Ye Yuqiao turned to look at Chen Hao, her eyes filled with concern. As she wiped the cold sweat from Chen Hao's face, she said to him, "Boyfriend, you have to conquer those monsters that frighten you with your own strength. Quickly channel all your power into the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade and dispel those noisy voices."

"Mhm!" Chen Hao grunted with furrowed brows, his eyes still tightly shut, and sweat continued to stream down his forehead.

After taking a deep breath, he tried to inject all the Spiritual Power inside his body into the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade.

To Chen Hao's surprise, after a while, all the voices and the terrifying faces that haunted his mind vanished. However, he could not feel happy at all because it all went too smoothly.

Indeed, just as Chen Hao had thought, not long after, he discovered that all the Yin Qi Spiritual Power and Yang Energy Power inside his body were being sucked into the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade by an unstoppable force.

He tried to stop it, only to find that there was nothing he could do.

"Girlfriend, the blade is absorbing my Yang Energy Power and Yin Qi Spiritual Power!" Chen Hao thought in panic.

Ye Yuqiao's brows furrowed deeply as she muttered, "How can this be?"

Hearing Ye Yuqiao say this, Chen Hao became even more panicked because he could feel that the Spiritual Power and Mana inside him were almost gone.

"Boyfriend, don't worry, I'm here for you!" Ye Yuqiao's left hand interlocked her fingers tightly with Chen Hao's right hand.

When all the Spiritual Power and Mana inside him had been absorbed by the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade, suddenly, excruciating pain spread through every part of Chen Hao's Yin Soul, through every organ, and even every cell. His head felt as if it had exploded, and then as though millions of ants and flies had crawled inside, buzzing around.

"Ahh!" Chen Hao let out a pained scream, his body convulsing violently.

"Boyfriend!" Ye Yuqiao held Chen Hao tightly and tiptoed to whisper in his ear, "Boyfriend, just hang on a little longer, just a moment."

Chen Hao did not respond to Ye Yuqiao but screamed even louder in pain.

"Haha, kid, with that little Spiritual Power, you think you can conquer us? You're not even scary enough!"

"Now you don't have a trace of Yin Qi or Yang Energy left in your body, I would like to see what you can do."

...

At that time, those strange voices and evil faces swarmed out again, reappearing in Chen Hao's mind. Then, different forces started pouring into Chen Hao's body from the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade, causing his eye color to change rapidly and alternately: now green, then white; no sooner had red appeared than it was replaced by purple.

"Ugh, it hurts so bad!" Chen Hao's screams turned hoarse from the agony; his convulsing Yin Soul was becoming increasingly cold and stiff.

"Boyfriend!" Ye Yuqiao held Chen Hao's cheeks with both hands, her face full of pain for him. After a pause, seeing Chen Hao could hardly cope with the terrifying black blood vessels spreading throughout his eyes, she tiptoed to kiss Chen Hao, constantly thinking, "Boyfriend, wake up, please wake up."

Half a minute later, with a "bang," the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade fell to the ground. Ye Yuqiao opened her eyes to see that the black blood vessels were gradually fading from Chen Hao's eyes, leaving only faint traces.

"Boyfriend, can you hear Yuqiao's voice?"

"I can't hear anything, oh," Chen Hao suddenly said, smiling faintly.

Ye Yuqiao took two small steps back, snorted lightly, and said, "You still have the nerve to joke! I was almost worried to death just now."

Chen Hao opened his eyes, his face weary, with a lingering hint of anguish in his eyes.

"I'm fine!" Chen Hao said, taking two steps forward to wrap his arms around Ye Yuqiao's waist, "It's just that the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade has absorbed all the Yin Qi and Yang Energy from me. What should I do now?"

Ye Yuqiao gave Chen Hao a white look and said coldly, "What would you do if I were taken away by someone else?"

Chen Hao's face darkened, and he fell silent for a moment, then let go of Ye Yuqiao's waist to bend down and pick up the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade lying beside him.

"Of course, I'd take it back!" Chen Hao said angrily.

Ye Yuqiao's mouth twisted in a smile that wasn't quite a smile, then she stepped forward and threw herself tightly into Chen Hao's arms. She was well aware that the real test for Chen Hao was just beginning.

It wasn't long before she heard Chen Hao's heart beating faster and felt his shaking growing more intense. Looking up at him, Ye Yuqiao saw that Chen Hao's jaw was tightly clenched, and his facial expression was a mix of three parts pain to seven parts stubbornness, struggling and challenging all the while.

Not much later, the colors on Chen Hao's face began to change intermittently again, but the pain and the convulsions were clearly less than before.

He was gradually overcoming it.

Ye Yuqiao smiled, reaching out to touch Chen Hao's cheek, her eyes brimming with admiration. To her, a stubborn and unyielding Chen Hao was utterly enchanting.

The intense trembling appeared again, but this time it wasn't Chen Hao who trembled—it was the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade in his hands.

Immediately after, Ye Yuqiao noticed that the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade was returning the Yin Qi and Yang Energy to Chen Hao.

"Boyfriend, there's one last hurdle left; you have to hold on!" Ye Yuqiao said, her brows furrowed as she looked at Chen Hao.

As Ye Yuqiao waited anxiously, the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade finally returned the Yin Qi and Yang Energy that belonged to Chen Hao. However, the last and most difficult challenge arrived only now: the blade transferred the Yin Qi Spiritual Power that had been stored within it for a long time into Chen Hao's body.

If Chen Hao could not withstand this powerful Yin Qi Spiritual Power, his mind and consciousness would be eroded and devastated.

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