The night was deep and silent.

The living room lay quiet; Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body had already departed, and the shadowy figure had returned to Chen Hao's body. Only the ticking of the clock hands on the wall could be heard.

"Cough, cough!" After a light cough, Chen Hao slowly opened his eyes.

"Ah!" He was startled to see the familiar scene in the living room. "How come I'm at home? Wasn't I already..."

"It was me who saved you!" At that moment, a voice echoed in Chen Hao's mind.

Chen Hao immediately recognized that it was the voice of the shadowy person in his mind.

"You!" Chen Hao was somewhat angry, "Why did you stop me!"

He felt as though he hadn't seen the shadowy person in a long time and had almost forgotten about him.

"Because you didn't need to die, I came to rescue you!" the shadowy person explained.

Chen Hao closed his eyes, and then a light appeared in his mind. Within that light, he saw the shadowy person.

"You should understand what's in your heart."

"I understand!"

"Then why did you still stop me?" Chen Hao asked angrily.

"Because I know a better choice."

"What choice?"

"To release your Yuqiao from the Nether King's Heart and bring her back to you."

Hearing these words from the shadowy person, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed across Chen Hao's bleak and desperate eyes, and warmth surged through his heart. It was as if groundwater had suddenly gushed into a dry well.

"What did you say!" he exclaimed in disbelief, his voice trembling violently.

"I said your Yuqiao can be saved. Your Yuqiao can be saved. Your Yuqiao can be saved!" the shadowy person repeated three times.

Chen Hao's lips couldn't help but curve into a slight, barely noticeable smile, his voice filled with skepticism, "Are you telling the truth, or are you just trying to stop me by lying to me?"

"Why would I lie to you?" the shadowy person said helplessly, "Besides, I might deceive you for a moment, but not for a lifetime. Give me three months. If your Yuqiao isn't back by your side by then, I promise I'll never stop you again."

He had set a three-month deadline because by then, Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body would have reached the final term of the oath she made to the Netherworld Azure Bird.

Hearing the shadowy person say this, Chen Hao was fully convinced and ecstatic beyond measure. Apart from bringing Ye Yuqiao back to him, nothing and no one could change his mind in such a short period of three months.

After a burst of joy and excitement, Chen Hao gradually calmed down and asked the shadowy person urgently, "Tell me quickly, what do I need to do?"

"The Nether King's Heart in your left eye is not complete; it's only half. You need to find the other half of the Nether King's Heart and make the two halves whole. Only then can Yuqiao's Yang Spirit's Primordial Spirit and Primordial Soul be released."

"But Ye Yuqiao has been gone for so long, Yuqiao's Primordial Spirit and Primordial Soul can't be restored with a resurrection spell," Chen Hao's face turned ashen.

"This world doesn't have only one kind of resurrection spell. There are more powerful spells, and I can teach you one. I told you not to delay the practice of the Yang Energy spell, but you wouldn't listen! Luckily, there's still time, as long as you step up your practice."

Chen Hao's face lit up again, and he said, "So you're saying that as long as we find the other half of the Nether King's Heart, we can restore Yuqiao?"

"No, no, no!" the shadowy figure shook his head repeatedly, "There's still a lot more to be done. Even if Yuqiao's Yang Spirit can be restored, she would only be like a vegetative person. The only way to awaken her is to fuse her Yin Soul with it."

"Isn't her Yin Soul on the Gate of the Nether King?"

"Indeed. Her Yin Soul has merely transformed into a seal and has not perished. So what you need to do is think of another way to seal the Gate of the Nether King before you undo her Yin Soul's seal."

"How about using my Yin Soul for the seal?" Chen Hao suggested.

"Are you an idiot? If Yuqiao wakes up and finds you gone, do you think she would want to keep living?" the shadowy figure scolded loudly, "Since I'm telling you, naturally there is a way."

Chen Hao clenched his teeth, resentfully saying, "Then why didn't you say so earlier, making me anxious and nervous, is that fun, is that interesting?"

"Don't you have the Unreal Moon Banishing Evil Sword?" the shadowy figure hinted to Chen Hao.

"Ah!" Chen Hao realized, "I can use the Unreal Moon Banishing Evil Sword to cast a sealing spell on the Gate of the Nether King."

"That's still far from enough," the shadowy figure immediately refuted, "Though the spell cast by the Unreal Moon Banishing Evil Sword is unalterable, it only applies to the mortal world, because of the abundant Yang Energy there it can constantly draw upon. If it were in the Netherworld, where Yang Energy is scarce, the seal could only be temporarily maintained by infusing Yang Energy into the sword."

"So that's how it is," Chen Hao sighed, "How do you know so much."

"Sealing the Gate of the Nether King with Yuqiao's Yin Soul seal is only secondary; your life is the main concern."

Chen Hao's eyes suddenly widened, and after a moment of stunned silence, he slowly said, "Are you saying that if we don't have the Nether King's Heart, I'm going to die? But it doesn't matter if I die, as long as the Yin Soul remains, that's enough."

"What concerns me is your Yin Soul! Now the Nether King's Heart is tightly fused with your Yin Soul, and forcefully extracting your Yin Soul might result in your soul being utterly dispersed."

"I have the power of Dust inside me, I can merge my Yin Soul with the Dust particles when the time comes!" Chen Hao thought of a solution.

"It's exactly that your Yin Soul might not have enough time to merge with the power of Dust that worries me," said the shadowy figure with a tone full of concern, "But don't worry, when the time comes, I will definitely think of a way to rescue you."

"Thank you!"

"No need, really, no need!" the shadowy figure bitterly smiled. Hearing Chen Hao say thank you made him feel like he had a split personality.

"By the way," Chen Hao suddenly remembered something, "After talking for so long, I still don't know where the other half of the Nether King's Heart is."

"In the ancient city!"

"The ancient city!" Chen Hao was very surprised. Ever since two years ago, he had sequentially learned some things about the ancient city, not expecting that now this ancient city would be so crucial for him.

He suddenly felt fortunate, for after killing the Ghost King three months ago, he had nearly missed the five map fragments to the ancient city that the Ghost King had collected.

"It's a good thing I picked up those five map fragments on a whim!" He suddenly felt a sense of relief.

"It seems that there is a predestined plan in the mystery of the universe, that Yuqiao and I are destined to go to the end, just needing to go through some tribulations." He suddenly became hopeful about the future.

"Now I have a total of six map fragments to the ancient city in my hands, two are missing, one should be with Qian Feng, the other is in the hands of Li Zuole."

The shadowy figure "hmm'd" in response and said, "Then you first return to Netherworld City to ask Qian Feng and Li Zuole for them, and don't forget to have a good talk with Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body. She will definitely help you, so be nice to her."

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