After a while,

With a booming "bang," Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao, who had been lost in bliss, were jolted awake.

Calling out, they immediately turned to look toward the ancient city ruins, just in time to see a fiery red blaze shooting up from the rubble, piercing the sky, its dazzling light illuminating the surroundings.

"It must be the Volcano King's heart reviving!" exclaimed Chen Hao, looking up at the intact Glacier Heart suspended in the air.

"Mhm," Ye Yuqiao uttered, then stood up, her left hand still tightly clasping Chen Hao's.

At this moment, Xiao Bai, carrying a group of people on its back, was fleeing the ancient city ruins at high speed.

"Goddess!" Xie Xiaofeng shouted from afar toward Ye Yuqiao, with a smile on his face.

"Roar!" Xiao Bai appeared overjoyed as well.

They all rejoiced at Ye Yuqiao's rebirth.

However, the others beside Xie Xiaofeng—Ou Yuanlin, Tu Yi, Han Shuang, and the young girls of the Snow Mountain Tribe—were fraught with anxiety.

These young girls had just been rescued from the ruins by Xie Xiaofeng and the others.

As the Volcano King's heart revived, without the Snow Mountain Tribe elders, no one knew the method to unleash the Glacier Heart's power to suppress the Volcano King's heart.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

...

More and more flames burst out of the rubble and smoke, soaring toward the heavens.

Gradually, the ancient city turned into a sea of fire, and the ground around began to undulate violently.

Once they reached Chen Hao, Han Shuang urgently said, "Chen Hao, quickly find a way to use the power of the Glacier Heart to suppress the Volcano King's heart, or not just the Polar Ice Land, but the entire Netherworld continent might be destroyed!"

Chen Hao furrowed his brows deeply and asked, "Haven't you maidens always been with the Snow Mountain Tribe elders in the temple? Didn't he ever tell you how to manipulate the complete Glacier Heart?"

"No!" Han Shuang shook her head. "Such critical spells have always been known to him alone."

"Chen Hao, haven't you been carrying half of a Glacier Heart all this time, can't you control the entire Glacier Heart?" Han Shuang then asked Chen Hao.

Chen Hao shook his head blankly: "I've never tried, I don't know."

"No!" Ye Yuqiao suddenly interjected, "The power of this complete Glacier Heart far exceeds that of half a Glacier Heart. Forget Chen Hao, even I, who possessed half of the Glacier Heart for twenty thousand years, cannot tame it. If a whole Glacier Heart were placed on Chen Hao, he would be devoured by its power immediately!"

"What should we do then?" Han Shuang said anxiously.

At this juncture, a girl young enough to be called cardamom-aged stepped out from the group of maidens and walked behind Han Shuang with her head bowed low.

"Elder, Yue'er knows the spell that split the Glacier Heart into two halves," the girl said with a trembling voice, looking extremely nervous.

Han Shuang turned her head and looked at the maiden claiming to be Yue'er, asking, "Who are you? I don't remember seeing you before."

"Han Shuang, her name is Yue'er. Not long after you were taken away, the elder brought her to the ancient city to replace you," explained a slightly older girl as she looked at Han Shuang.

"Senior, my name is Yue'er. I was brought here by the elder not long ago to be a servant girl." Yue'er continued, "On the way here, the elder told me the secret spell to split the Glacier Heart and instructed me to keep this matter confidential until it was necessary to speak of it. I think now is the time to reveal it, so."

"That's great!" Han Shuang showed a gleeful expression and tightly grasped Yue'er's hand.

Then she looked toward Chen Hao and said, "Chen Hao, once the Glacier Heart is split in two, you will take one half, then use it to freeze the heart of the Volcano King.

The reason Han Shuang didn't mention giving the Glacier Heart to someone within the tribe was that when the Glacier King's son entrusted the Glacier Heart to the sages of the Snow Mountain Tribe, they swore a blood oath never to possess the Glacier Heart, to prevent internal coveting within the tribe.

On the other hand, familiarizing and controlling the Glacier Heart is a lengthy process. For example, it took Chen Hao twenty years to adapt to the Glacier Heart and to cultivate the ultimate Nether King's Power.

"Ah!" Chen Hao was somewhat taken aback, "I have to carry it with me again?"

He had an indescribable feeling towards the Nether King's Heart.

"It seems like it's destiny between you and it!" Ye Yuqiao said to Chen Hao.

"Right, Your Majesty, I can hand over the Glacier Heart to you, haven't you been carrying it for over twenty thousand years?"

"Uh-uh," Ye Yuqiao smiled, "I still have the blood of the Netherworld Azure Bird in me; I can't carry the Nether King's Heart, so you'll just have to obediently carry it. Besides, without the Nether King's Heart, you won't be so powerful anymore, will you still deserve me?"

Chen Hao's eyes instantly narrowed, partly in anger, thinking to himself that he still possessed the Dust Power and the Yang Energy Power—how could he not be powerful?

"Chen Hao, there's no time," Han Shuang's expression became more and more urgent.

Chen Hao numbly nodded, reluctantly agreeing.

"Something's not right!" suddenly spoke up Xie Xiaofeng, looking puzzled.

He walked up to Yue'er and asked, "Why didn't your elder directly tell you the spell to control the entire Glacier Heart, but only the spell to split it?"

Yue'er thought for a moment before replying, "Perhaps the elder knew I couldn't handle that spell, so he only told me the latter."

"There's another possibility," Ye Yuqiao continued Yue'er's line of thought, guessing, "Your cunning and crafty elder, to prevent us outsiders from taking possession of the entire Nether King's Heart, in other words, he wanted to keep your Snow Mountain Tribe lineage here."

Yue'er furrowed her brows, finding Ye Yuqiao's words somewhat profound.

Ye Yuqiao snickered and asked, "Did your Snow Mountain Tribe elders also entrust you, if someone wanted to take half of the Glacier Heart, they would have to vow to forever protect this place and prevent the heart of the Volcano King from reviving?"

Yue'er looked shocked, "Sister, how did you know?"

Ye Yuqiao let out another cold laugh, "That's why I said he is cunning and crafty; he knows relying on your Snow Mountain people's own strength might not be enough to protect the Glacier Heart, so he wants to borrow our strength, just like over sixty thousand years ago when he handed half of the Glacier Heart to the Ancestor of the Nether King!"

"Will you agree?" Yue'er suddenly became very calm.

"Little girl, I almost underestimated you!" Ye Yuqiao said while walking over to Chen Hao, then took his hand.

"Can we refuse?" she looked at Chen Hao and said, "If we don't agree, the entire Netherworld and Hell are gone! Right, the new Clan Leader of the Snow Mountain Tribe?"

"Ah!" Hearing what Ye Yuqiao said, all the girls, including Han Shuang, were dumbfounded.

"That's right," Yue'er said expressionlessly, "I am the new Clan Leader appointed by the elder just before his death. Sister, you are incredible, you've seen through everything. Time is urgent; I will start to split the Glacier Heart again!"

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