Seeing Chen Hao approach in his ghostly form, the Erlang God was initially surprised, then his face twisted into a sly smile.

Just now, due to the mysterious seal on Chen Hao's left eye, it was nearly impossible for the Erlang God to kill him; but now that Chen Hao's Yin Soul had left his body, killing it would be a piece of cake for the Erlang God.

In mid-air, the Erlang God raised his long halberd and stabbed towards the falling Chen Hao.

However, at that moment, a dazzling green light flickered in the pitch-black night sky overhead. The Erlang God realized that Chen Hao suddenly had a dagger in his hand that shimmered with a green glow.

Chen Hao waved the dagger in his hand, and a green light appeared in the air, followed by the green beam flying towards the Erlang God, carrying a strong and fierce blade aura.

The Erlang God was momentarily stunned until the blade aura neared before he snapped back to reality. Subconsciously, the Erlang God withdrew his halberd aimed at Chen Hao, hovering it in front of his chest to block the green light and the blade aura it carried.

A gust-like "whoosh" sound rose up beside the Erlang God's ears.

After the whoosh, the Erlang God's halberd was chopped by the green light, and he was sent flying to the ground. Upon hitting the ground, the Erlang God immediately stood up and roared furiously at Chen Hao above, his face twisted horrifically with his mouth agape, a blood-curdling sight.

At that time, dozens of ghost riders riding horses made of white paper circled by Chen Hao's side and headed straight for his home's balcony.

Chen Hao immediately turned around, his dagger tracing two trajectories in the air on either side of him.

Two streaks of green light suddenly appeared on either side above Chen Hao and then pounced on the ghostly riders heading towards his balcony, each carrying extremely fierce blade auras.

The green lights and blade auras swept towards the two rows of ghost riders like a gale, and in an instant, the two rows of ghostly soldiers vanished without a trace.

Then Chen Hao turned back around, his dagger continuously casting green lights towards the thousands of false soldiers entangled by tree roots on the ground.

In an instant, the sky above the group of ghost riders seemed to turn entirely green.

Afterward, wherever the green light went, Yin Souls and ghost riders were eradicated. After the blade aura subsided, the once vast army of thousands of ghostly soldiers was gone, leaving only four Onmyojis and the Erlang God without his halberd.

"Team leader Ren, should we retreat for now?" an Onmyoji quietly asked Ren Deshan.

Ren Deshan thought for a moment, then quietly led the three Onmyojis away.

Seeing the Onmyojis fleeing, the Erlang God glowered, yelling towards the vanishing sound of the Onmyojis, "Wait till I take care of this brat, then I'll settle the score with you!"

"Do you think you still have a chance?" Chen Hao floated in front of the Erlang God and asked.

"Just a mere Yin Soul, you think I can't handle you!" the Erlang God said with disdain. After speaking, the third eye on the Erlang God's forehead flashed a dark purple light.

Suddenly, a dark purple vortex appeared above Chen Hao's head.

"Hmph! I'll suck in your entire Yin Soul!" the Erlang God sneered.

Although Chen Hao felt himself being uncontrollably pulled towards the vortex, his face remained very calm.

Just then, Tang Chao, holding Chen Hao's body, leaped down from the balcony and shouted loudly, "Chen Hao, get ready for your Yin Soul to return to the body!"

"No need!" Chen Hao looked at Tang Chao and smiled, as a tuft of his hair, swept up by the wind, had already been sucked into the vortex.

"Ah!" Tang Chao was astonished, and, having just thrown Chen Hao's body, he hurriedly reached out to pull it back.

At that moment, Tang Jing, supporting Ye Yuqiao, came onto the balcony. Seeing Chen Hao about to be sucked into the vortex, the weak Ye Yuqiao panicked and fainted.

"Die, Erlang God!" Chen Hao shouted loudly, as he raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed towards the vortex.

The moment the dagger pierced the vortex, it emanated a huge green light that collided with the vast dark purple light from the vortex, creating a blinding brilliance that forced onlookers to close their eyes.

In the end, the green light devoured the dark purple light, and in that moment, it seemed as if the entire world turned a lush green.

"Ah!" the Erlang God let out a shrill scream of agony, dark purple blood flowing from the eye on his forehead.

Chen Hao's lips curled upward, his face remaining serene. Niu Tou had once told him that the blade of the Ancestor of the Nether King could wound even the Ghost King, let alone an eye abandoned by the Ghost King. Therefore, as he was being sucked into the vortex, he wasn't worried at all.

The Erlang God covered his bleeding eye and, in an instant, a patch of dark green clouds sprouted beneath his feet, carrying him away.

"The art of Wood, nowhere to escape!" Xie Xiaofeng shouted from the balcony upstairs, using his technique.

A vine as thick as a thigh emerged from the ground beneath Chen Hao's feet, stretching upwards rapidly and tightly binding the Erlang God, who was trying to flee on the dark clouds.

"Chen Hao, finish him off!" Xie Xiaofeng bellowed.

Chen Hao grunted in acknowledgment, then used the dagger in his hand to carve the character for "kill" onto Erlang Shen's back.

"Ah!" Erlang Shen screamed and struggled. In the instant he turned his head to look behind him, the "kill" character, glowing with a green light, came at him with a powerful surge of blade energy.

With two "whooshes," the blade energy whisked away, vanishing until not a trace of Erlang Shen's Yin Soul remained.

"Chen Hao, you defeated him!" Tang Chao laughed as he looked up at Chen Hao after landing, "Hurry and return to your body."

Chen Hao grunted, his face brimming with triumph.

"Chen Hao, there's trouble!" Tang Jing, standing on the fourth-floor balcony, called out anxiously to Chen Hao, "Ye Yuqiao has fainted, and... and she has vomited a lot of blood."

Chen Hao's complexion abruptly changed..

The next day, at seven in the morning, inside the hospital.

Chen Hao, due to his biological clock, opened his eyes on time. He, who had slept beside the bed all night, sat up, first wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth, then forcefully pinching his flattened and deformed left cheek.

Once awake, he leaned forward to take a closer look at Ye Yuqiao, who was lying on the hospital bed, deep in sleep. Ye Yuqiao looked so peaceful while sleeping that her breathing was almost inaudible.

Last night, Ye Yuqiao suffered internal organ damage from being struck by Chen Hao's Yin Qi. Fortunately, she was promptly taken to the hospital for treatment and was out of danger. All she needed was to stay in the hospital for observation for a couple of days, after which she could be discharged if no complications arose.

After observing Ye Yuqiao for a while, Chen Hao felt from the bottom of his heart that she grew more beautiful by the look. He couldn't help but guess that many must have pursued her back in the Netherworld, being attractive and possessing wealth, power, and strength.

Thinking about it, Chen Hao couldn't help but rejoice to himself, muttering, "By this analysis, I've reversed my fortunes with a rich beauty. I never imagined such a wonderful thing could really happen to me. Ah! If only she were just an ordinary person, then... no, no, that's wrong. If she were ordinary, she wouldn't have spared me a glance."

Chen Hao got up and quietly walked to the window, gently pulling the curtains open. He wanted the morning sun to light up the cold hospital room, so when Ye Yuqiao woke up, she would feel better.

Unfortunately, even though he tried to be as gentle as possible, he still woke Ye Yuqiao up.

"Hmph!" Ye Yuqiao opened her eyes and glared at Chen Hao with an angry and drowsy expression. "You're so noisy!"

"Eh!" Chen Hao made a pained face and decisively pulled the curtains wide open. The tender warmth of the morning sun flooded through the glass, shining on Chen Hao's still boyish face.

Ye Yuqiao's eyes widened as she saw Chen Hao in the sunlight, looking bright and handsome, causing her heart to involuntarily beat wildly. But she didn't enjoy this sensation, so she blamed Chen Hao, as it was he who made her feel this conflicting emotion, both loved and hated.

"Leave!" Ye Yuqiao said coldly with a darkened face.

The initially beaming Chen Hao's face darkened, and then with a demoralized and disheartened posture, he walked to the side of the bed. After a pause, he said, "Ye Yuqiao, I just want to ask you, do I still count as your boyfriend right now?"

Ye Yuqiao closed her eyes, her face expressionless, "I hope not."

"Fine then!" Chen Hao's face turned uglier, "Then after I rescue Grandpa, you can take back your Nether King's Heart. I won't help you fight the Ghost King."

"You!" Ye Yuqiao's eyes snapped open, a flash of anger flickering through them. "Are you threatening me?"

Chen Hao leaned in close to Ye Yuqiao's face and sneered, "That's exactly what I'm doing!"

Ye Yuqiao's eyes rounded with fury, her complexion alternating between pale and flushed. After coughing, she said with disdain, "We can talk about this matter later."

"Sure!" Chen Hao said with a smile as he sat down on the bed, "So by that, I am still your boyfriend right now, and as such, it's only right that I stay to take care of you."

Ye Yuqiao glared at Chen Hao, speechless.

Suddenly, Chen Hao leaned his face close to Ye Yuqiao, gazing into her eyes, and whispered softly, "Ye Yuqiao, you clearly fainted out of worry for me, so why won't you admit you care about me? Why, out of the blue, do you reject and distance yourself from me? Is it really just because I kissed Tang Jing?"

Ye Yuqiao closed her eyes; she was afraid Chen Hao might see through her inner thoughts by looking into her eyes.

After a long silence, seeing that Ye Yuqiao kept her eyes closed and did not wish to respond.

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Atop Tianwang Mountain's Jade Peak, inside the Hall of the Heavenly King.

King Ning, who had assumed the role of the Jade Emperor, had only just learned of Chen Hao dispersing Erlang Shen's Yin Soul. In the Hall of the Heavenly King, his golden statue trembled thrice, causing the entire Tianwang Mountain to quiver along with it.

Before long, a celestial dressed as a princess floated into the hall, knelt before the golden statue of the Jade Emperor, and said, "I ask that Father Emperor calm his anger. Your daughter is willing to undertake the mission to eradicate those troublemakers and thus relieve Father Emperor's worries."

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