After Zeus finished recounting the information he had gathered,

Chong Jiu looked at him expressionlessly and asked, "How did you know?"

Zeus said, "I found out from the ghost king, a confidant of the originator. That ghost king is fond of beautiful women, so I used my beauty to seduce him into telling me."

Chongjiu looked at him for a while before turning to Yanhuang and saying, "Let's lock him up in the dark dungeon first."

Yan Huang nodded, "I'll have someone take you there."

Chong Jiu nodded, picked up Yuan Qi from the ground, and left the council hall.

Zeus frowned as he watched Chong Jiu's departing figure. "Yanhuang, what is the God Lord doing in the Dark Prison?"

Yanhuang glanced at him and said, "It's nothing. I have something to ask you. I just asked him to send the person in. After all, someone tried to intercept Yuanqi earlier, and I don't trust anyone else to send him."

Zeus nodded, deep in thought.

The King of Hell looked at him indifferently, not in a hurry to ask any questions.

Not long after Shu Jianyue returned to her room, Chong Jiu came back and asked in surprise, "Why so fast? Zeus looked so hurried, I thought something urgent had happened."

“It’s nothing much. I just said that Yuanqi’s original target was Xixi, but because he didn’t have a chance to get close to her, he wanted to control Yu’er to trick Xixi out.” Chongjiu said as he sat down next to her and pulled her into his arms.

Seeing that he was silent, Shu Jianyue asked, "And then, how did he find out? What was Yuanqi's purpose? Did you find out?"

Chong Jiu rested his chin on her shoulder. "His words were half true and half false. If we ask again, I'm afraid we won't know much more."

"However, I can guess their purpose without them saying it. They probably found out about Xixi's identity and want to use her for something."

"Is there a very high possibility that Zeus was involved as well?" Otherwise, it means they don't believe them.

Chong Jiu shook his head. "It all depends on tonight."

"Is the array set up in the prison?" Shu Jianyue leaned against him and nuzzled his ear.

Chong Jiu chuckled and said, "It's just a very simple tracking and trapping spirit array."

"I'll be going out tonight. You can rest by yourself or have Xixi come and keep you company."

Shu Jianyue rolled her eyes in annoyance. "It's not like I can't sleep alone."

"Hmm, can I fall asleep without you holding me?" Chong Jiu looked down at her with a half-smile.

Shu Jianyue felt she could do it.

But that night, it was confirmed that she really couldn't sleep.

So he got up and went to Yan Xi's room. "Xi Xi, are you asleep?"

"Mother, what's wrong?" Yan Xi was about to get up and open the door.

"No need to get up, Mother can open the door herself." Shu Jianyue used her spiritual power to pull the bolt and push the door open, then went inside.

Xi Xi sat on the bed looking at her, "Mom, why are you here so late?"

Is something the matter?

"It's okay, your dad went out on business. I can't sleep alone, so I came to sleep with you." Shu Jianyue pushed Yan Xi closer and lay down.

Yan Xi lay down and snuggled into Shu Jianyue's arms, hugging her and laughing, "Mother, ever since you and Father got married, you haven't been used to sleeping alone. What will you do if Father goes on a long trip and leaves for ten days or half a month?"

Shu Jianyue tucked the blanket around her and said, "You're still here, go to sleep. I guess I'll have things to do tomorrow."

If Xixi isn't around, I'll get used to it in a couple of days at most; I can't possibly have insomnia for that many days.

Yan Xi smiled and nodded, then snuggled into her arms.

That night, just after midnight, the shadowy figure arrived at the dark prison and headed straight for the cell where Yuanqi was imprisoned.

Chong Jiu was drinking tea with Yan Huang when he sensed the fluctuations in the formation and gave Yan Huang a wink.

Yan Huang nodded, waved for the tea-brewing maid to leave, and then got up with Chong Jiu and walked towards the dark prison.

When the two arrived at Yu's cell, they saw the dark figure pacing around inside, seemingly unable to leave.

Having learned from his previous experience of dispersing the shadow, Chong Jiu naturally wouldn't touch it again, but instead wanted to follow it to find its original form.

The King of Hell appeared in the cell, looking calmly at the shadowy figure. "Why are you so impatient? Aren't you afraid this is a trap?"

The dark figure flickered, trying to leave immediately, but no matter which way it went, it would eventually return to the King of Hell.

Yama shook his head and didn't look at him again, but instead looked at Yuanqi, who had already woken up in the prison.

"Your fate is sealed. Take care of yourself."

After Yanhuang finished speaking, he left the dark prison, leaving Yuanqi and the shadowy figure completely bewildered.

Yama has truly left and returned to his palace.

The shadowy figure flickered, glanced at Yuanqi, and then left the dark prison, fearing there might be some trap.

The sudden departure of the King of Hell led him to believe that the King knew he couldn't catch him, so he came to warn him.

Chongjiu followed the shadowy figure all the way to Duanshengtian.

As the dark figure entered Chen Qing's body, Chong Jiu revealed himself and looked at him, "You or Yuan Qi, who is the mastermind?"

Chen Qing first glanced at him in surprise, then lowered her eyes with an expression of relief.

Unlike Yuanqi, who bit his lip and said nothing, he said frankly, "We can't say who the mastermind is. We just realized that Miss Yanxi's identity, so we wanted to ask her to help us leave the Ghost Realm."

The three of them were born from the Ghost Realm at almost the same time, so they have been in the Ghost Realm for hundreds of thousands of years. They are already tired of it, but unfortunately, they can't leave the Ghost Realm.

They tried countless times to leave, but were always bound by a certain force.

Now that there is finally hope, how could we possibly give up?

This was exactly what Chong Jiu had thought, and because of this, Chong Jiu became even more suspicious.

However, did they overhear his conversation with Shu Jianyue last night?

Chong Jiu looked at him and asked, "If you lure her into Feng Yuan, will you achieve your goal?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "No, but we have a way to bring her out of Fengyuan."

"If she appreciates our kindness, our simple request for her shouldn't be difficult to fulfill."

"So, the extremely Yin burrowing beast in the sealed abyss was also arranged by you?" Chong Jiu asked.

Chen Qing nodded, "Yes, that was Yuanqi's arrangement. As long as she entered the mouth of that extremely Yin burrowing beast, she could leave Fengyuan."

"Heh, do you think I'm easy to fool?" Chong Jiu was not too clear about the consequences of entering the mouth of that extremely Yin burrowing beast.

"How could his mouth, which reeks of blood, possibly connect to the outside world?"

Chen Qing nodded and said, "I have no reason to lie to you about this. Now that I've told you, there's nothing left to hide."

"The Extreme Yin Drilling Beast can connect to the outside world, but it is restricted in itself."

Chong Jiu's gaze turned cold as he looked at him. "I can tell the difference between truth and nonsense, so you'd better stop talking nonsense."