"I've had the same dream three days in a row, and it must be an omen, just like when I dreamt about Ye Fei's wedding!"

Upon hearing Chen Hao say such a thing, Ye Yuqiao felt very helpless. Clearly, there was a tacit understanding and resonance between Chen Hao and her Yang Spirit that not even the most sealed and solid Seal Barrier could block.

"Chen Hao, be good, it really is just a dream," Ye Yuqiao said again, with a hint of helplessness in her tone.

"But I—"

"Did you forget that I wasn't at Ye Fei's wedding?" Ye Yuqiao suddenly interrupted Chen Hao's cryptic words, "Do you especially hope that dream will come true?"

Chen Hao was taken aback upon hearing Ye Yuqiao speak like this, then he immediately explained, "Yuqiao, of course not, I definitely don't wish for that dream to be true; we will surely always be together. And my intention wasn't—"

"If that's not what you think, then could you please not take that dream seriously?" Ye Yuqiao interrupted Chen Hao again, her disappointed tone carrying a faint sadness.

Chen Hao uttered an "mm" and then asked with a tone full of concern, "Yuqiao, are you feeling sad? I'm sorry, it's my fault, I shouldn't have brought up Ye Fei's wedding."

After a long while, Ye Yuqiao's cryptic response finally came slowly. She did not answer Chen Hao's question but rather suddenly asked, "Chen Hao, will you still like me?"

"Of course! I will definitely always like you."

"What if you found out I've changed, would you still like me?"

"Changed?" Chen Hao was puzzled, filled with confusion, not understanding why Ye Yuqiao would suddenly ask him such a question.

"I've told you before, I like you no matter what you look like," he said.

"That's good!"

..

..

After ending the conversation with Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao lay in bed, worried about the future. There were many differences between her and her Yang Soul, and many were things she could not change no matter how hard she tried, such as being unable to absorb the Nether King's Power or enter into the Nether Acupoint.

She would always be her Nether Soul; in other words, her Yang Spirit was irreplaceable.

Chen Hao had woken up from his coma just three days ago, and she already felt anxious.

She remembered the warning of the shadowy figure in Chen Hao's mind: Chen Hao would soon realize that she was not his Yang Soul.

After thinking it over for a while, the fear of being exposed by Chen Hao made her cry involuntarily.

Suddenly, she got up, and at the same time, a vortex appeared on the ground in front of her, rolling with countless bright, scorching flames.

Her Yang Soul was imprisoned in the vortex of the fiery pit.

Then, she leaped into the pit of fire.

Just like in Chen Hao's dream, at that moment, Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul was curled up on the ground, crying, constantly enduring the pain of being scorched by the flames.

Because she was born with a fire-aligned destiny, she could still live after being scorched by flames for dozens of days; this was also why her Nether Soul was able to inherit the blood of the Netherworld Azure Bird, whereas the previous three Nether Kings could not.

"Crying and fussing unbecomingly!" Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body said with a look of disgust.

Her Yang Soul looked up, startled, and then immediately got to her feet and rushed over, tightly grasping her hand and pleading urgently, "Please, tell me, how is Chen Hao doing?"

"Want to know? I can tell you, but—"

Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul paused, then proposed a condition: "But you have to promise me one thing."

"Okay, I promise you, I will agree to any condition," she said.

"Would you even agree if I told you to marry Zhao Chong?"

Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body remained silent, clearly unwilling to agree to marry Zhao Chong.

At that moment, her Nether Soul Body suddenly reached out and grasped her throat, eyes gleaming ferociously as she said, "Listen well, your name is Ye Yuqiao, but I am the true Nether King Yuqiao."

"But Chen Hao likes Ye Yuqiao," Ye Yuqiao said, now very calm.

It was Chen Hao's confidence in her that had calmed her.

"But can he tell apart Ye Yuqiao from Yuqiao?"

"Do you really think so?" Ye Yuqiao let out a cold laugh.

Seeing the Yang Soul's confidently filled eyes, Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body felt considerably displeased. After a brief silence, she finally said, "Chen Hao has already woken up."

Hearing this, Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and her expression became exceptionally excited. Then, under the glow of the surrounding flames, the tears that welled up in her eyes were illuminated.

"That's wonderful!" After sobbing for a while, she croaked out these three words. As long as Chen Hao was still alive and well, that was enough for her. Even if it meant enduring further torment in this fiery pit, she was willing.

"Stop crying!" Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body glared at the Yang Soul irritably, showing extreme impatience. "I've told you about Chen Hao's situation. Now it's your turn to tell me."

"What do you want to know?"

"Tell me the secret between you and Tang Jing, as well as anything you said when you were alone together."

"It seems you have already returned to the mortal world and seen Tang Jing and Xiao Feng," Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul said, somewhat disheartened.

"Of course! We've not only met those two, but we've also... cultivated together!"

On hearing what her Nether Soul Body said, Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul trembled violently.

Seeing such an expression on her, her Nether Soul Body couldn't help but laugh with delight.

"She cultivated with you because she mistook you for me; and since you're originally a part of me, it's not considered betrayal at all, and I shouldn't be bothered by it."

"I am not a part of you!" Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body snapped, "You are you, I am me, and if I must be part of anyone, then you are a part of me. Stop wasting time; tell me about what happened between you and Tang Jing. You agreed to this condition."

"You're wasting your efforts. Chen Hao will soon..."

"Enough talk!"

...

...

Dusk.

Before sunset, King Wumeng and King Shuanglin took the lead with forty thousand soldiers into the southern part of the Dayang Mountains, joining forces with over thirty thousand of the royal army soldiers;

In the west, Zhou Ke's fifty-thousand-strong army was also fast approaching the Dayang Mountains.

Meng Xuanwu's secret army of twenty thousand had reached the northernmost part of the Great River Wetlands. As soon as the Dayang Mountains erupted in battle flames, they would launch a surprise attack from the rear on the unsuspecting Ghost King Battalion, forming a pincer attack with Zhou Ke's fifty-thousand-strong army.

Further away, on the cliff mountains where the Hong River meets the Endless Sea, Lin Huashan stood watching the sunset.

On this mountain, bordered by the ocean in the front and the river at the back, the view allowed for sunrise and sunset to become the most beautiful moments.

Just then, within the huge setting sun, many black dots appeared and suddenly enlarged.

Lin Huashan's eyes gleamed as she saw dozens of black-clad figures approaching rapidly on flying eagles.

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