After deactivating the Nether Vision Technique, Chen Hao transformed into a shadowy figure, swiftly moving to the front of the beast creature at the end of the path.

Following a deep growl directed at Chen Hao, the beast creature slowly rose from the ground,

"How come you possess the Nether King's Heart?" the beast creature asked, "And you have also cultivated the Nether King's Power, could it be that you are one of the next few generations of the Nether King?"

"You could say that," replied Chen Hao, "I am your great-granddaughter's boyfriend."

"Boyfriend?"

Chen Hao couldn't help but smile and explained, "You and your great-granddaughter are engaged to be married, it was she who handed the Nether King's Heart over to me."

"My great-granddaughter should be the Fourth Generation Underworld King, I never expected a female Nether King to emerge after me."

"Yeah, she is very beautiful, the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my life." Speaking of Ye Yuqiao, Chen Hao suddenly had a lot to say in his heart.

The mastiff beast chuckled twice before asking again, "What brings you here?"

"Of course, I came to retrieve a fragment of the ancient city's map."

Sparkles of brilliance flashed through the beast's crimson eyes, "So you've heard about the ancient city."

"I also know that the Nether King's Heart in my left eye was originally called the Glacier Heart. And the Glacier Heart in my body is only half, the other half is still in the ancient city," Chen Hao added.

Another sparkle of brilliance flashed through the beast's eyes, as he hadn't expected this young man who claimed to be his great-granddaughter's suitor to know so much.

"What else do you know?"

"A lot," said Chen Hao, "but my main purpose for coming here is to retrieve the map fragment that leads to the ancient city, so I can save your great-granddaughter."

"What happened to her?"

"It's a long story! To put it briefly, it all started because of the foster son you adopted, who was later known as the Ghost King, Jie."

"What about him?" the beast creature asked, each question sounding more surprised than the last.

"He's already dead," Chen Hao said matter-of-factly, "killed by me. You once seized control of the Netherworld from your great-granddaughter, and a few months ago, she took it back. Yet, in order to kill the Ghost King, Jie, your great-granddaughter made the ultimate sacrifice."

The beast let out a long sigh.

"This is my second visit to the Demon-Sealing Scroll, the first time I saw the physical representation of your power was a sand rock demon. Now, I have already acquired six pieces of the map, while another was destroyed by your son, the Second Generation Nether King."

"What!" The beast creature let out an extremely shocked cry, which caused numerous pebbles to fall.

"Why would he destroy this Demon-Sealing Scroll?"

Chen Hao snorted coldly and said, "He probably didn't want anyone else to find the ancient city."

"Could it be that he wants to!" the beast abruptly stopped. Then, looking at Chen Hao with suspicion, he felt as if Chen Hao was trying to extract information from him.

"What does he want?" Chen Hao pressed.

The beast creature shook its head and after a long pause said, "I'm not very sure!"

"Then why did you leave behind these eight maps to the ancient city?"

The beast creature looked at Chen Hao, hesitating. After thinking it over seriously, it then spoke, "First tell me, what else do you know about the ancient city or about me?"

"There shouldn't be anything else!" Chen Hao answered honestly, "But I do find one thing odd – why is your physical manifestation here that of a beast creature, and moreover, one that greatly resembles one I have seen before."

"Where have you seen it!" the voice of the beast creature became hurried.

Chen Hao slightly furrowed his brows. He didn't understand why the beast creature had such a sudden and strong reaction.

"On the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade," Chen Hao explained, "That day after I killed the Ghost King, the Blade Souls of the beast creatures suddenly emerged from the blade, intent on devouring my Yin Soul. You should know that the Ghost King Jie was also a beast creature. Those Blade Souls must have wanted to avenge it, which is why they suddenly appeared."

The glow in the beast creature's eyes suddenly faded, and its gaze became dull and lifeless. After a moment of shock, it slowly lay down on the ground and said, "The Blade Soul of the beast creature you saw is actually Jie's father."

Chen Hao was initially surprised, then calmed down, sighing, "So that's the case! That means his father died by your hand."

The beast creature nodded, speaking softly, "Back then, his father had saved me, later I betrayed him, and furthermore, I personally killed him."

After that, the beast creature told Chen Hao about how it was forced to flee into the Polar Ice Land with King Nanlin and was then saved by the leader of the Dog Tribe, who was also the Ghost King's father, only to later betray the Ghost King's father in order to obtain the Glacier Heart.

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"The reason I left behind the fragments of the map to the ancient city and the eight embodiments of power is to prevent the Snow Mountain Tribe from one day seeking revenge and trying to take back the Nether King's Heart. If the day I fear ever comes, I will be able to tell my descendants the way to the ancient city, so they can then seek revenge against the Snow Mountain Tribe," the beast creature explained the reason to Chen Hao.

"However, the Second Generation Nether King destroyed one of the map fragments, and he also didn't pass on the knowledge about the ancient city to the Third Generation Nether King. It seems he may have been plotting to monopolize the other half of the Nether King's Heart," Chen Hao guessed.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a trace of worry; could the two separated Glacier Hearts possibly sense each other?

If so, then would the person controlling the Nether King's Heart within the ancient city become aware of everything happening to him, including his intention to complete the Nether King's Heart?

If it was indeed the Second Generation Nether King who has monopolized the other half of the Nether King's Heart, he would definitely prevent Chen Hao from doing so.

However, this was merely his speculation, and there are many unexplainable points: for instance, if the Spiritual Power contained in the two Nether King's Hearts was equivalent, why would the Second Generation Nether King give up his original Nether King's Heart, sacrifice his Yin Soul, let his Nether Soul start anew in the ancient city, and then try to monopolize another Nether King's Heart?

Such actions would clearly be redundant.

"Why would he inherit the position of the Nether King," the beast creature suddenly said, "wasn't I planning to pass the Nether King's title to Jie?"

Chen Hao was quite astonished, saying, "The Second Generation Nether King is your own son, while the Ghost King is simply your adopted son. Even though you feel guilty about the Ghost King's father, there's no need to hand over the title of Nether King to the Ghost King."

"The Second Generation Nether King is not my own son; he is the child of my eldest brother and my wife," the beast creature explained, "Later, when I reported this to my father, the Hell King, he took sides with my eldest brother, telling me to keep the peace. In a fit of rage, I conspired with King Nanlin to kill them all and seal them inside the Gate of the Nether King."

Chen Hao was struck dumb. For a moment, many of his doubts were resolved.

"If only I had strangled that bastard to death back then!" the beast creature raged uncontrollably, "You're right; he must have seized that heart and perhaps even the entire ancient city."

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