"I'm right here, come and catch me!" Chen Hao shouted loudly into the depths of the forest while searching for the soldiers he had encountered the night before when he first entered the Dust Realm.

The Dust King, Chen Ji, had told him that the center of the Dust Realm was called Dustfall City, and the royal palace was located to the north of the city. To find Dustfall City more easily, Chen Hao came up with a plan: he would first let those soldiers capture him and then have them escort him to Dustfall City, saving him the trouble of searching for it.

Maybe those soldiers would even bring him before the current Dust King, Chen Yu, with no effort needed on his part.

Half an hour later, after searching for a long time, Chen Hao finally found those soldiers.

At that moment, the soldiers were also searching for their tracks in the forest, and their numbers had multiplied since the previous night.

Chen Hao exhibited his Qinggong skills and landed right in front of the soldiers.

"It's him!" one soldier immediately recognized Chen Hao, "Quick, quick, capture him!"

All the soldiers surrounded him, and then they captured Chen Hao, who didn't resist in the slightest.

"Why aren't you resisting?" the commander found it suspicious.

"I can't find a way to leave this place. Life is worse than death for me, but I don't have the courage to take my own life, so I thought I'd let you help me."

"Is that so?" the commander scrutinized Chen Hao with a questioning gaze, as if he didn't believe Chen Hao's words. Suddenly, he drew the sword from his waist and thrust it toward Chen Hao's chest.

Chen Hao held his head high, chest out, with his eyes tightly closed, a picture of a man resigned to his fate.

"I can tell that you're really not afraid of death. You do indeed wish to die," said the commander, while he retracted the sword in his hand.

Chen Hao opened his eyes, showing a disappointed expression, but in his heart, he was secretly pleased, thinking you're the one who wants to die, if it weren't for my immortal body, I would have dealt with you before this sword of yours could have reached me.

"What about those two girls from last night?" the commander asked Chen Hao again.

"They're dead!" Chen Hao answered.

The commander furrowed his brow, asking with a skeptical tone, "How did they die?"

"I killed them!" Chen Hao explained. "They, like me, wanted to die but didn't dare to do it themselves. Later, we drew lots for life and death, and the one who drew the lot for life had to kill the other two. Unfortunately, I drew the lot for life, killed them, and then couldn't find someone to kill me."

"So there are times when drawing the lot for death is luckier than for life. Desperation is indeed the most frightening thing in this world!" said the commander thoughtfully. After pausing, he questioned again, "Where are their bodies?"

"Buried."

"Where were they buried?"

"In order to let them rest in peace, I will not tell you where they are buried!"

The commander was furious.

"If you're really so angry, then kill me!" Chen Hao said with a cold laugh.

"I won't give you what you wish!" the commander suppressed the anger in his heart, and then ordered, "Men, take him away!"

Chen Hao felt secret joy in his heart, constantly repeating to himself that they must take him to Dustfall City!

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As night fell, Chen Hao, who was trapped in a prison cart, arrived at a town.

Unlike the towns in the mortal world and the Netherworld, the houses in the towns of the Dust Realm floated in the air, for the walls built from condensed dust would soften and erode at the foundations from accumulated rainfall, causing the houses to collapse. Therefore, the houses had to float in the air.

Underneath each household's home, two holes were quickly bored, with one hole at each end blocked by an hollowed-out tree trunk; one end extended deep into the ground, one trunk drawing groundwater for daily use, and the other connected to the latrine to serve as sewage disposal.

Besides this, almost every household liked to grow some bright flowers and shrubs under their houses, and with the ground covered in grass lawns, the entire town looked like a garden.

Seeing such a unique town, Chen Hao couldn't help but exclaim, "This must be what they call a 'garden town'."

The general walking ahead snorted and said, "It's beautiful, isn't it? Does the Netherworld have a place like ours?"

Chen Hao chuckled and thought to himself that if he brought this general to the mortal world to see a modern city, it would surely leave him speechless.

But the general wasn't wrong, the mortal world really didn't have any place more beautiful than this town.

As for whether the Netherworld did, he wasn't sure, as he hadn't yet ridden a flying horse with Ye Yuqiao all over the Netherworld.

"What is this town called?" Chen Hao asked.

"Why do you ask?"

"I suddenly don't want to die," Chen Hao explained. "If I survive this ordeal, I hope to have the chance to live here."

The general snickered and said, "In my opinion, you're certain to die. But there's no harm in telling you—it's called Dust Begin Town."

"Dust Begin Town!" Chen Hao's face showed surprise as he pondered what connection Dust Begin Town had with Dust Settle City.

"Dust Begin Town is the second-largest town in the Dust Realm. The largest is Dust Settle City, where our great king and queen reside," the general continued. "Keep heading northeast from Dust Begin Town, and you'll get to Dust Settle City!"

"Dust Begin Town, Dust Settle City, what strange names."

"The Dust Realm is formed by countless specks of dust through ceaseless cyclical motion. These specks start here at Dust Begin Town and end in Dust Settle City, just like the sun rises in the east and sets in the west every day. Do you understand now?"

Chen Hao shook his head honestly.

"I'm really bored out of my skull, why bother telling you, a dimwit, all of this!" The general rolled his eyes at Chen Hao, his tone full of contempt. "We'll rest here in Dust Begin Town tonight, and set off tomorrow morning to take you to Dust Settle City."

"To Dust Settle City for an inquiry?"

"To Dust Settle City for execution!"

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The night was deep, the Netherworld.

Huiyin Mountains.

After a whole day's flight, Ye Yuqiao finally arrived at the main peak of the Huiyin Mountains, utterly exhausted by this point.

The Huiyin Mountains were still snowing, the entire snow-covered range exuding a chilling air.

"Nether King!" Niu Tou and Ma Mian promptly came before her.

"Where is Chen Hao, where is Chen Hao!" Ye Yuqiao gasped out loudly.

Niu Tou replied, "We haven't found him yet. The soldiers are still searching."

"Where could he have gone!" Ye Yuqiao, feeling utterly drained, cried, "You must return Chen Hao to me, it took me so long to find him!"

Niu Tou and Ma Mian exchanged an awkward glance, and just as Niu Tou was about to console Ye Yuqiao, she collapsed from exhaustion.

When she woke up, it was already the early morning of the next day.

Chen Hao was still nowhere to be found, and she couldn't feel the Nether King's Heart.

Facing the gloomy prospect of possibly never seeing Chen Hao again, she wept until she became a figure of tears.

At that moment, she thought of someone who might sense Chen Hao's presence.

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