Xie Xiaofeng nodded, then turned his head to look at the owl demon standing at the door. In a sudden, his gaze became sharp and piercing.

The owl demon let out a contemptuous, shrill laugh and said, "The Yang Energy in your body is quite special, your Yin Soul must be delicious too."

Having said that, the owl demon's eyes abruptly enlarged. Looking at Xie Xiaofeng, its gaze once again became like the stare of the Grim Reaper, and a series of "hoots" followed.

At that moment, countless grains of sand swiftly rose between Xie Xiaofeng and the owl demon, accumulating into a wall, shielding Xie Xiaofeng from the demon's attack.

The owl demon's head made a complete spin, then two beams of green light shot from its eyes, piercing through and collapsing the wall, exposing Xie Xiaofeng once more to its view.

Just as it was about to suck out Xie Xiaofeng's Yin Soul again, suddenly, countless cracks appeared under its feet, and dozens of thick roots and vines emerged from within, quickly entwining around the demon, binding it tightly.

The owl demon was dumbfounded.

"Slap slap!" Two vines, as thick as a human arm, repeatedly lashed against the owl demon's body. The owl demon let out a high-pitched wail, struggling desperately to break free from the roots and vines.

Just when it saw a glimmer of hope, Xie Xiaofeng summoned even more vines to entangle it, plunging it into despair.

Then, more than a dozen sharp, cold, gleaming sword tips emerged from the ground around the owl demon, slowly stabbing towards it.

"Ah!" The owl demon's screams were tinged with a crying tone as it pleaded, "Don't kill me, please don't kill me. I was just following orders to kill you, it wasn't my intention!"

At this time, Tang Jing patted Xie Xiaofeng on the shoulder from behind and whispered, "Xiao Feng, keeping it might be useful."

Xie Xiaofeng nodded slightly and said quietly, "I know, I was just trying to scare it."

After a smile, Tang Jing walked forward, circumventing the owl demon and leaving the room. She returned quickly, in her hands were a Yellow Talisman and a wine jar.

She first stuck the talisman on the owl demon's head, then muttered an incantation.

Then she opened the lid of the wine jar, and aimed the mouth at the owl demon. As the Yellow Talisman attached to the owl demon flashed a yellow light, the demon's size gradually shrunk until it was eventually drawn into the jar.

"Let's go, we need to find the bastard quickly!" Tang Jing urged Xie Xiaofeng impatiently.

Xie Xiaofeng blinked in surprise and said, "Going out in pajamas doesn't seem quite appropriate."

"Oh, right!" Tang Jing had an epiphany, then walked over to Xie Xiaofeng and stuffed the wine jar into his hands.

A few seconds later, seeing that Xie Xiaofeng hadn't moved, Tang Jing's face darkened, and she snapped, "Xie Xiaofeng, what are you standing there for? Get out! I need to change clothes!"

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A dozen minutes later.

Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing arrived at Chen Hao's house.

At the sound of knocking, Chen Hao was woken up.

Meanwhile, in the Netherworld atop the Huiyin Mountains, Ye Yuqiao was anxiously waiting for the owl demon sent to kill Tang Jing to return, while keeping tabs on Chen Hao's every move through her connection with the Nether King's Heart.

Upon learning that Chen Hao was suddenly awakened by a series of knocks, she became panicked, and at the same time, a bad premonition emerged in her mind.

"Zhao Chong, Chen Hao is awake, someone has come looking for him!" She looked anxiously at Zhao Chong. "Who could be looking for him at this time? It couldn't be Tang Jing, could it?"

Zhao Chong's expression suddenly darkened, and without a word, he furrowed his brows and quietly watched Ye Yuqiao.

Ye Yuqiao closed her eyes slightly, and the image that appeared in her mind was of Chen Hao slowly leaving the room.

"Who is it?" Chen Hao asked while passing through the living room, his voice groggy.

Finally, Chen Hao reached the door. By then, Ye Yuqiao's heart was in her throat, and her breathing was suffocated.

The door slowly opened.

At the sight of Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng standing at the door, Ye Yuqiao's face turned ashen, her eyes dim and lifeless.

Seeing her like this, Zhao Chong urgently asked, "Could it really be Tang Jing?"

After a long time, Ye Yuqiao looked at Zhao Chong, her voice as low as it could go, "It's her!"

With that, a line of clear, translucent tears fell from her ashen face.

She knew very well that she had lost, lost to her own Yang Spirit, to the Yang Spirit that returned Chen Hao to her.

Zhao Chong walked over to Ye Yuqiao, his eyes filled with guilt and sympathy. He lifted his left hand and gently wiped the tears from her left cheek, saying, "Don't rush to conclusions. Let's see what Tang Jing has to say first."

However, a moment later, even more tears fell from Ye Yuqiao's eyes, like a flood breaking through a dam.

Zhao Chong did not wipe away her tears again but gently embraced her, soothingly stroking her hair, just like an elder brother comforting a disheartened sister.

Ye Yuqiao closed her eyes, crying to her heart's content in Zhao Chong's arms. Meanwhile, her mind was still synchronizing with what Chen Hao was experiencing:

"Tang Jing, Xiao Feng!" Chen Hao sounded very surprised.

Tang Jing didn't rush to speak but instead pulled Xie Xiaofeng into Chen Hao's house. Once the door was closed, she turned to Chen Hao and explained, "Idiot, just now Zhao Chong sent an owl demon to kill me, but it has been captured by my Xie Xiaofeng."

"What!" Chen Hao was stunned, then incredulously asked, "Did I mishear? You said Zhao Chong sent a demon to kill you?"

Tang Jing snatched a wine jar from Xie Xiaofeng's arms and, uncovering it, shook the jar vigorously over the ground. After a few shakes, the owl demon tumbled out of the jar and expanded its form.

"This is the demon. It confessed that it was sent by Zhao Chong. If you don't believe it, ask Xie Xiaofeng," Tang Jing said, pointing at Xie Xiaofeng.

Xie Xiaofeng nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"Oh!" Chen Hao believed her but still looked perplexed.

Tang Jing immediately showed a look of disgust and said, "Idiot, how could your intelligence have declined so much. Can't you understand? When you came to me earlier to talk about that matter, the fake Yuqiao overheard our conversation, so she wanted to silence me. To avoid suspicion, she didn't do it herself but instead found a demon!"

On hearing Tang Jing's words, Chen Hao, who was slightly dazed initially, instantly snapped to alertness, goosebumps rising all over as his mind repeated every word that Tang Jing had just said.

Although he had mentally prepared himself for a long time, when the truth finally came to light, he still found it hard to accept the reality.

"How could the Yuqiao who has been by my side all this time be an imposter? Where did the real Yuqiao go?" He wondered to himself.

Later, using the Art of Sealing, Chen Hao froze the Nether King's Heart in his left eye, severing the connection between Ye Yuqiao and the Nether King's Heart.

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