Tang Jing nodded affirmatively and said, "Yuqiao and I have a secret that you don't know about. If you take me to see her tomorrow, a single question will reveal the truth."

"A secret?" Chen Hao's eyes filled with curiosity, "What kind of secret?"

"Idiot, I obviously can't tell you. If you keep thinking about it after you find out, what if the fake Yuqiao learns about it through the Nether King's Heart?" Tang Jing looked at Chen Hao with disdain.

"Right!" Chen Hao blinked, then smiled foolishly, before adding, "Indeed, coming back to find you was the right choice."

After a smile, Tang Jing's expression suddenly darkened, and she looked at Chen Hao with a worried face, "Bastard, if it turns out to be a fake Yuqiao, who could her real identity be?"

Chen Hao shook his head and raised his hands to scratch his hair, speaking in a very deep voice, "I don't know. But since she can sense the Nether King's Heart, it's very likely that she's a close relative of Yuqiao, just like King Nanlin."

"Then, where has the real Yuqiao gone?" Tang Jing asked again.

Chen Hao's face grew increasingly solemn as he looked down at the glass table top of the sofa table, where he saw a bitter reflection of himself.

"I am certain that the Yuqiao who experienced life-and-death trials with me in the Dust Realm was the real one," Chen Hao finally spoke after a long time, "But I have no idea why she left after returning to the Netherworld. Maybe she hasn't left. Perhaps in the presence of others, she needs to act more like a queen."

"It must be the fake Yuqiao. I felt this way even before you told me these things; now that I've heard you out, I'm even more convinced she's an imposter," Tang Jing said with certainty, "But I'm a little worried, worried that the real Yuqiao might be in some kind of danger."

"Danger!" The word made Chen Hao's heart twitch. The dream that had recurred over the last few days suddenly came to his mind. In that dream, Ye Yuqiao was surrounded by a raging inferno. Coupled with thoughts of the woman transformed into a phoenix, he couldn't help but wonder if the real Yuqiao might have been imprisoned by that phoenix woman.

"Chen Hao, don't overthink it right now. Everything will become clear tomorrow. You go back first, and I'll find you tomorrow to go to the Netherworld together," Tang Jing said.

Chen Hao nodded in agreement, then stood up and left.

After waiting a while for Chen Hao to leave, Tang Jing immediately took out her phone and made a call.

After calling twice, the phone was finally answered, and Xie Xiaofeng's complaining and drowsy voice came through— "Tang Jing, why are you calling me in the middle of the night? Can't a person get a good night's sleep?"

"Xie Xiaofeng, snap out of it and listen carefully. I have something very important to tell you."

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Half an hour later, braving the cold night wind, Chen Hao walked back from Tang Jing's place to his own apartment building.

All the way, he was thinking about that matter. Naturally, he hoped that the Ye Yuqiao by his side was real and had never been impersonated by anyone else.

But the thought of the dream where Ye Yuqiao was trapped in a sea of fire worried him greatly.

When he got home and wiped his face with a warm wet towel, he lay in bed, hoping that daybreak would come soon and the mystery of the real and fake Ye Yuqiao would be swiftly resolved.

However, he didn't know that at that moment, in the Huiyin Mountains of the Netherworld, Ye Yuqiao was not asleep.

She was listening to his heartbeat through the Nether King's Heart, lying in bed silently shedding tears. She had heard the conversation between Chen Hao and Tang Jing, and Chen Hao's discoveries and doubts made her feel scared and sad.

She was afraid of losing Chen Hao and even more frightened that Chen Hao would hate her after knowing the truth.

After Chen Hao fell asleep, Ye Yuqiao summoned the Fire Cave and jumped into it.

Seeing her Nether Soul Body enter, Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul asked indifferently, "Why have you come again?"

Although she had been enduring the torment of the flames, ever since she returned from the Dust Realm, her heart was no longer in despair. She firmly believed that Chen Hao would soon realize that the Ye Yuqiao by his side was an impostor, and she would soon be able to leave this place.

Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body glanced at the Yang Soul with disdain and hatred, then turned its gaze to a blazing fire on the right and asked, "What secret do you have with Tang Jing?"

"Why would you ask that?" Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul replied.

"Tell me!" Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body suddenly changed its expression and eyes flashed with a murderous look.

Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul looked straight into the eyes of the Nether Soul Body, contemplated for a while, and then her lips curved up slightly with excitement, "Could it be that Chen Hao has begun to suspect you? I didn't expect it to happen so fast!"

Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body snorted angrily, becoming infuriated, and placed her scorching left hand on the neck of the Yang Soul.

In an instant, her left hand transformed into a flame, illuminating the Yang Soul's face, which slightly revealed a pained expression.

"Don't forget the Fiery Vow we made!" Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul reminded hoarsely.

When she had entered the Dust Realm to search for Chen Hao, she and her Nether Soul Body had made a Bluebird Blood Oath. After returning, she was to be imprisoned in the Fire Cave until Chen Hao discovered that her Nether Soul Body was not her. At that time, her Nether Soul Body would release her and Chen Hao. Should anyone renege, they would be immediately burned to ashes by the flames.

Therefore, her Nether Soul Body could not do anything to harm her.

"I can't kill you," Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body said with a cold laugh, "but I can kill Tang Jing! If you don't tell me the secret, I will go and kill her."

"No!" Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul shook her head, "She's innocent!"

"It's her own fault for meddling and trying to help Chen Hao identify me!" Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body said with a fierce glint, "If you tell me the secret, I can promise to spare her."

"But I've already told you everything about Tang Jing and me."

"You had better think it over carefully before you reply."

Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul frowned deeply, lost in thought. After a long while, she looked up at her Nether Soul Body and said, "I've thought it over carefully, and there really isn't any secret."

"Then don't blame me for laying hands on her!"

At that moment, a dark Nether King's Power suddenly surged out from within Ye Yuqiao's Yang Soul, like a black withered hand grasping the Nether Soul Body's neck.

"So you still have quite a bit of Nether King's Power left in you!" Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body said in surprise.

"I warn you, don't touch Tang Jing! Don't think I can't leave this place. If I find out you've harmed her, I will rush out and perish together with you," she threatened.

By the time she finished speaking, her Nether Soul Body was almost suffocated by the pressure of the Nether King's Power.

After glaring at each other for a while, Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body released her hand, and the Nether King's Power wrapped around her neck also retreated.

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