The mist in the distant east dissipated, and the morning sun burst forth, awakening the slumbering Netherworld continent, yet unable to drive away the chill brought on by winter.

Riding winged horses, Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao, Lin Huashan, and Yi Ning left the Huiyin Mountains in the gentle sunlight.

"It's time to part ways!" Chen Hao suddenly reined his horse and turned to Lin Huashan and Yi Ning on his left, speaking out.

"Chen Hao," Lin Huashan said with a forlorn expression, looking toward Chen Hao.

Chen Hao's lips curved into a slight smile as he said, "Huashan, I promised your parents once that I would take good care of you. But after today, you'll need to take care of yourself. Go to Qian Feng; he will look after you."

Lin Huashan's eyes immediately reddened as she said with reluctance, "Chen Hao, thank you for rescuing me. Although right now you won't believe anything I say, I really have never betrayed you."

Chen Hao smiled faintly again: "I believe that you haven't betrayed me."

"Thank you!" Lin Huashan cried and laughed, "When will I see you again?"

She actually wanted to ask Chen Hao where he and Ye Yuqiao were planning to go next, but remembering that Chen Hao now considered her as one of Qian Feng's people, and that Chen Hao harbored animosity towards Qian Feng, she refrained from speaking.

"We will meet again!"

With that, Chen Hao shifted his gaze to Yi Ning and said, "Take care as well, and maybe next time you can come to seek revenge on me."

Yi Ning was at a loss whether to cry or laugh, looking at Chen Hao and asking, "Next time I come to seek revenge on you, will you let me off again?"

"I won't!" Chen Hao said very seriously after thinking for a moment.

Yi Ning's countenance darkened slightly, a hint of disappointment in her expression.

"Then I probably won't come to seek revenge!" Yi Ning said. "I don't want to die by your hand!"

After speaking, Yi Ning suddenly spurred her horse into a gallop, leaving behind a slender silhouette in the warm golden morning sun.

"Chen Hao, it's time for me to leave too!" Lin Huashan said huskily, her eyes brimming with tears and filled with reluctance.

Chen Hao nodded and squeezed out a smile toward Lin Huashan.

It was a smile of courtesy; seeing it, Lin Huashan felt very sad. In her eyes, at this moment in the very depths of Chen Hao's heart, she probably couldn't even count as a friend.

With heavy heart, she rode her winged horse slowly away.

With every little distance she traveled, she couldn't help but turn back to glance at Chen Hao.

Not until she looked back for the third time did Chen Hao suddenly call out to her loudly: "Huashan, take care; we will definitely meet again!"

Hearing those words from Chen Hao, Lin Huashan burst into tears. After a while, she waved her hand and shouted back loudly: "Chen Hao, take care of yourself and Yuqiao, and I hope our next meeting comes soon!"

After saying that, Lin Huashan rode her horse away at high speed.

Watching Lin Huashan's figure shrink to a dot, Ye Yuqiao suddenly spoke, "Jerk, both those girls seem to like you quite a bit. I didn't expect you to be so popular with the ladies."

"Aren't you a girl too?" Chen Hao's eyes squinted into a line as he smiled warmly; being with Ye Yuqiao always felt so relaxed and delightful.

"Yuqiao, are you jealous?"

Ye Yuqiao huffed, "Seeing them so reluctant to leave you just now, I cursed you so many times in my heart! But then I remembered, the Nether King's Heart has frozen over, unable to hear my secret curses."

Chen Hao chuckled softly, then leaned slightly forward to press close to Ye Yuqiao, whispering by her left ear, "Now it's just the two of us, I really love this feeling."

"Mm!" Ye Yuqiao leaned back and fell into Chen Hao's arms, her eyes closed as she spoke sentimentally, "Happiness came so suddenly. Not long ago, I was imprisoned in a fire pit, and now here I am, lying in your arms."

"You suffered during this time!" Chen Hao's left hand let go of the reins and wrapped around Ye Yuqiao's waist.

"It's okay, really, don't blame yourself. It will break my heart!" Ye Yuqiao showed a faint smile on her face, and a blush slowly appeared on her pale cheeks.

"By the way, Yuqiao, when were you imprisoned by her?" Chen Hao asked.

Ye Yuqiao's half-closed eyes suddenly opened wide with a hint of fear, as if her heart was still unsettled by the incident Chen Hao had mentioned.

"The day you fell into a coma after killing King Wanfa." Ye Yuqiao recalled and said, "At that time, it was Ma Mian who used his avatar's soul to temporarily save your Yin Soul, and then we headed to the Huiyin Mountains together. That night, she appeared and took me captive."

"Zhao Chong was there at that time too, right?" Chen Hao said empathetically, "You must have been very scared."

Ye Yuqiao leaned her body slightly to the right and then turned her head to the left to look at Chen Hao, her hand slowly climbing along Chen Hao's chest until it reached his left face, shaking her head, "I was very scared at the time. However, it wasn't the imprisonment I feared, but the fear of never seeing you again. You were still in a coma at that time, with your life hanging in the balance. As long as you were alive, that was enough for me. Even if it meant being imprisoned forever, I was willing to pay that price."

"Yuqiao!" Chen Hao was moved beyond words by Ye Yuqiao's speech and could only express his feelings with a kiss.

A while later, Ye Yuqiao looked down to end the kiss, and said shyly, "Okay, let's hurry up and continue our journey."

"Where do we go next?" Chen Hao asked.

"Anywhere," Ye Yuqiao completely reclined into Chen Hao's arms, "Wherever you want to go, Yuqiao will follow."

Chen Hao gently tugged the reins, and the flying horse began to move forward slowly.

"Didn't we agree to travel the entire Netherworld together? If that's the case, then let's wander the ends of the earth."

"Sounds good!" Ye Yuqiao smiled with her eyes closed.

After traveling some distance.

"By the way, Yuqiao, the Yuqiao who came to look for me in the Dust Realm was you, wasn't it?" Chen Hao asked again.

Ye Yuqiao made a sound of affirmation and then asked, "Tell me how you realized she was the fake Yuqiao, and what's the secret between Tang Jing and me?"

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Night had fallen.

Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao rode their flying horse to the northwest of the black forest, arriving at the shore of a blue lake.

After tying their horse to a large rock, Chen Hao led Ye Yuqiao closer to the blue lake.

"Wow, it's so beautiful!" Chen Hao couldn't help but exclaim. The water of the blue lake was transparent, directly revealing the soul-attached aquatic plants and the golden sand at the bottom.

"It's only early winter now. When it gets colder, the lake will freeze over, and it will look even more beautiful. In summer, many strange fish swim around in the lake."

"Yuqiao, don't talk as if you've been here before," Chen Hao teased.

"Annoying Chen Hao," Ye Yuqiao said coquettishly, "Why do you have to ruthlessly expose me like that? Even if I haven't been here, can't I have heard about it from others?"

"Okay, okay!" Chen Hao embraced Ye Yuqiao in his arms, "Then let's spend the night by the lake."

"But I want to go home!"

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