"Since that's the case, I'll speak plainly. The first condition is that since the Nether King no longer has a Yin Soul, naturally you cannot have children anymore. The Nether King to follow you in the next five generations should be chosen from among our several major families. Moreover, it's best for you, the Nether King, to marry someone from one of our major families, so that everything will be legitimate and right."

After Zheng Yang finished speaking, a brief silence fell over the room.

Ye Yuqiao's eyes narrowed to slits, as if deliberately concealing the murderous intent and chill within.

She was extremely upset, unable to understand why these clan leaders, like defeated dogs and vanquished generals, had the audacity and face to propose such conditions to her.

"Continue," Ye Yuqiao said coldly, doing her best to suppress the rage in her heart.

"The second condition," Zheng Yang went on with diminishing confidence, his complexion somewhat embarrassed, "after eliminating the Ghost King, the control of the Yin Souls in the mortal world should be handed over to our major families, and you, the Nether King, must not interfere. Additionally, the gates to the Netherworld and Hell should also be managed by our families."

Suddenly, Ye Yuqiao slammed the desk and stood up, glaring angrily, "Then why don't you directly say that the Netherworld should be handed over to your major families!"

"This..." Zheng Yang nodded slightly, avoiding Ye Yuqiao's sharp gaze.

At that moment, Wu Kun and Wang Yun displayed a hint of a smile on their faces. They were quite confident that Ye Yuqiao would agree to the conditions; otherwise, she wouldn't have personally come all this way to the Dayang Mountains. Surely, Ye Yuqiao was well aware of the current situation: if the Dayang Mountains were lost, the alliance of her and Zhao Zhou's forces would be in a very passive position.

However, while the two were still quietly rejoicing, Ye Yuqiao's next statement caught them completely off guard.

"You all got beaten like dogs and still have the face to negotiate terms with me, you really should just go die sooner!" Ye Yuqiao declared, her words vulgar.

In everyone's memory, the Fourth Generation Underworld King, though naturally cold, has always been dignified and graceful. They never imagined that one day she would utter such a crude and blunt statement.

The three clan leaders surmised it was because Ye Yuqiao had picked up swear words during her time in the mortal world.

Zhao Chong, just like the Wu, Zheng, and Wang clan leaders, was shocked to hear Ye Yuqiao utter such words. For a time, he struggled to accept that the Nether Soul Body before him was very different from the Ye Yuqiao he grew up with, instead, it was the Yang Soul of Ye Yuqiao that resembled the original her.

After a brief stunned moment, Wu Kun, Wang Yun, and Zheng Yang exchanged glances full of astonishment and disappointment, silently communicating on how to deal with the situation.

Clearly, they were at a loss in the face of an apparently unreasonable Ye Yuqiao.

"You have two choices!" Ye Yuqiao said, "The first is to submit to me obediently right now. Once I have regained control of the Netherworld, your status and positions will remain unchanged as before; the second is to wait for death here on the Dayang Mountains, waiting for the Ghost King's soldiers to decapitate you and raise your heads on the tips of their spears in celebration, or have your Yin Souls whipped with Nether Tiger skin whips and ****, until your souls disperse."

Listening to Ye Yuqiao's threatening words, the clan leaders couldn't help but shiver with fear.

"If we lose the Dayang Mountains, the Ghost King's army will have a huge advantage, and you won't be able to resist for long."

"Three people about to die simply have no right to negotiate the future with us. Rather than worrying about what we'll do in the future, you'd better think about how miserable your own deaths will be in a few days!" Ye Yuqiao sneered.

Wu Kun, Wang Yun, and Zheng Yang were left speechless and livid by Ye Yuqiao's remarks.

Unnoticed, the temperature inside the tent rose, and sweat began to bead on their foreheads and hair.

It was now November, and the Dayang Mountains were about to welcome the first snow of the year. It wasn't time to start fires for warmth in the tents yet, so it shouldn't be this hot.

Quickly, Wu Kun, the clan leader of the Wu Family, realized that the sudden surge of heat emanated from the Nether King Yuqiao in front of them.

A surge of invisible, blistering energy swirled around her.

Just as Wu Kun was gaping, speechless, suddenly, the energy around Ye Yuqiao transformed into a ball of fire.

In their vague perception, several clan leaders thought they saw a firebird within that flame.

"Firebird, Azure Bird!" Zheng Yang exclaimed, his eyeballs nearly popping out of their sockets before his trembling lips stammered, "So the Nether King is that same Firebird who destroyed the Nether King Palace two months ago! That mysterious woman who inherited the bloodline of the Netherworld Azure Bird."

"That's right!" Ye Yuqiao said coldly, her voice seeming to burn with heat, "I came here today, perhaps to save you, or perhaps to kill you! With just one fire, I can turn the top of Falling Shade Mountain into a sea of flames. Whether you end up buried in it or leave Falling Shade Mountain only to be killed by the soldiers of the Ghost King's troop, the choice is yours to make."

Wu Kun, Wang Yun, and Zheng Yang were stunned; this outcome was completely unexpected to them.

Zhao Chong was also shocked. He had not expected Ye Yuqiao to force the three families to obey using such aggressive means. However, he was pleased with Ye Yuqiao's actions, as during desperate times, extraordinary measures were necessary for extraordinary people.

If it had been the previous Ye Yuqiao, she probably would have accepted the excessive conditions proposed by the three family heads for the sake of the bigger picture.

The fire on Ye Yuqiao's body burned more fiercely, soaking the clothing of the other four in the tent with sweat. If this went on, the tent would likely be burned down.

"Nether King, I, Wu Kun, will listen to you in everything from now on," the clan leader of the Wu Family was the first to kneel down.

After exchanging glances, Wang Yun and Zheng Yang also knelt, saying, "I will too, willing to serve you faithfully, Nether King!"

In fact, the three men had submitted not solely because of the coercion from Ye Yuqiao but also because she had inherited the bloodline of the Netherworld Azure Bird.

The three had originally thought that without the Yin Soul, Ye Yuqiao's Yin Qi Spiritual Power was insufficient to assume the position of the Nether King, but Ye Yuqiao turned out to be the mysterious woman who destroyed the Nether King Palace in front of the Ghost King and rescued Niu Tou and Ma Mian.

"Since you are willing to serve, then make an Oath of Blazing Flame before me," Ye Yuqiao declared coldly, "If you ever dare to be disloyal in the future, you will be immediately reduced to ashes by the blazing flames."

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Half an hour later.

After Wu Kun, Zheng Yang, and Wang Yun made the Oath of Blazing Flame in front of Ye Yuqiao, she was ready to leave with Zhao Chong.

Ye Yuqiao was eager to see Chen Hao as soon as possible.

But as they stepped out of the tent, an immense army suddenly surged over the distant horizon, encircling the mountaintop.

Soon after, the sound of battle drums thundered, and countless streaks of fire appeared in the sky.

It was the troops of the Ghost King's unit launching a sudden assault on the top of Falling Shade Mountain.

"Form up!" a general in charge of the night watch cried out, and all the soldiers who had been sleeping on the ground woke up in a panic, quickly forming into several battle formations.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!" Tens of thousands of fire arrows were shot from all directions toward the top of Falling Shade Mountain.

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