Yan Muxue pursed her lips, and just as she was about to speak, she suddenly remembered what Gu Liyan had said to her: You have to ask your own heart!

"My feelings?"

Yan Muxue slowly relaxed her brows, and immediately made a decision: "Since that's the case, I've decided..."

Upon hearing this, the Nine Netherworld Emperor stared intently at Yan Muxue, as if her decision foreshadowed something...

Seeing that Yan Muxue wanted to stay, Baili Huangyi was overjoyed, but...

"I'm sorry, Brother Huang Yi." Yan Muxue withdrew Baili Huang Yi's hand and said seriously, "I want to leave with the Holy Son and the Grand Strategist and return to the Demon Clan!"

Upon hearing Yan Muxue's words, the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and smiled easily.

On the other hand, Baili Huangyi looked at Yan Muxue in disbelief. "Yan Muxue, you, you say it again!"

Yan Muxue pursed her lips and said firmly, "Brother Huang Yi, I want to go back..."

Baili Huangyi's chest heaved with anger as he pointed at Yan Muxue, shouting, "Why did you go back! Didn't you come out to find me?"

Baili Huangyi patted his chest and said, "Now that I'm here, what's the point if you leave!"

Yan Muxue lowered her head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Brother Huang Yi, I..."

Before Yan Muxue could finish speaking, Baili Huangyi suddenly exclaimed, "Oh! I know! You want to go find your lover, right? That Mo Li! You want to go back so you can find him, right?"

Yan Muxue hurriedly protested, "No, I didn't!"

"Nothing? Nothing's happened between you and him these past few days?" Baili Huangyi pointed at Yan Muxue and cursed, "You betrayed me before we were even married! Yan Muxue, you're something else! You're such a slut!"

"I didn't! I really didn't! Brother Huang Yi, you have to believe me!" Yan Muxue looked aggrieved, and her eyes immediately reddened.

Although she and Gu Liyan lived in the same mansion, they lived separately. They only spent their days together looking at the mountains and rivers and appreciating the sunrise and sunset. There was no other romantic relationship between them!

Otherwise, Gu Liyan wouldn't have suggested that Yan Muxue return to Baili Huangyi, nor would he have resolutely chosen to leave.

"You expect me to trust you? I'm going to stay in the Nine Netherworld for the rest of my life, and instead of staying to serve me, you're going to go and serve Mo Li!" Baili Huangyi said fiercely. "Your current status is that of a second-class monarch. If you were here, who would dare to bully me except for the Nine Netherworld Emperor!"

Yan Muxue was so frightened by Baili Huangyi's ferocious and ugly face that she dared not take a step closer. Cangyi also frowned when he saw this. Before he and Cangmu could stop him, their vision suddenly blurred and they saw that the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor had already arrived in front of Baili Huangyi.

Baili Huangyi was startled by the sudden appearance of the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor and fell to the ground with a thud. "Heavens, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor..."

"Do you really know what the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor is?" The Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor squinted at Baili Huangyi.

Baili Huangyi subconsciously shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

The Nine Netherworld Emperor laughed and said, "Fool! What the Nine Netherworld Emperor means is that in this Nine Netherworld, I am the heaven! I am the earth!"

The Nine Netherworld Emperor pointed at everyone and said, "As long as you, you... all of you are in the Nine Netherworld, you are nothing but ants in my hands, your life and death are in my hands!"

Baili Huangyi stared at the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor in disbelief. "No, it can't be..."

One person's power is ultimately limited; they can never possess the power to control life and death! Unless that person isn't human, but—

Baili Huangyi's eyes widened immediately, and he suddenly remembered a rumor:

Among the demon race, there is a divine artifact whose whereabouts are unknown. Legend has it that this artifact is ever-changing, possesses its own sentience, and, even more miraculously, has the ability to tear apart space and time...

Could it be that...

Baili Huangyi looked at the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor and subconsciously swallowed. "No, it's impossible, you..."

The Nine Netherworld Emperor locked his eyes on Baili Huangyi, and with a swift movement, grabbed Baili Huangyi by the throat.

"Uh—" Baili Huangyi groaned, his eyes wide as he stared at the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor. "Your Majesty, Heavenly Emperor, I..."

The Nine Netherworld Emperor squinted and chuckled, "I didn't want to take action myself, but it seems you know something you shouldn't!"

Baili Huangyi hurriedly spoke up, "Heavens, Your Majesty, I won't, I won't say it, I won't..."

Before Baili Huangyi could finish speaking, the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor gripped his neck tightly and smiled slightly, "Sorry, I don't believe you!"

With a snap, Baili Huangyi's head slumped down, his pupils unfocused and lifeless.

Yan Muxue was so frightened that her face turned pale and her whole body trembled. Her legs went weak and she knelt on the ground. Cang Yi and Cang Mu, who were standing to the side, lowered their heads and dared not say anything.

"Don't worry, there is no such thing as death in the Nine Netherworlds!" The Nine Netherworld Emperor said with a smile.

Having said that, he raised his hand and waved it lightly. Baili Huangyi's mask shattered, revealing a ferocious and terrified face.

"Ah—" Yan Muxue screamed in fright.

The Nine Netherworld Emperor hurriedly waved his hand again, and a black cloak covered his body. Then, countless ashes fell from beneath the cloak...

"This, this is..." Cang Yi's eyelids twitched when he saw the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor's methods.

"Hehe, in the Nine Netherworld, the dead have no right to rest!" The Nine Netherworld Emperor laughed. "This is why Baili Huangyi has to stay here for his entire life to learn the rules!"

Baili Huangyi, cloaked and dazed, stared blankly like a walking corpse. He was none other than the undead skeleton army that Gu Liyan and Yan Muxue had encountered on their journey!

“Now I finally understand why there’s an Undead Squad in the Nine Netherworlds…” Cang Mu swallowed hard and spoke.

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