Yao Xunan had no patience for more nonsense. She flicked her wide sleeve.

Yu Manhua’s body shattered in an instant.

A pure cluster of light rose slowly, wrapped in divine power.

Ye Yu could clearly see it was Yu Manhua’s soul.

So even a mid–God Monarch Realm expert was as helpless as a child before Yao Xunan?

Yao Xunan gathered Yu Manhua’s soul into her spacious sleeve, intending to take her back for a slow interrogation, then produced a communication stone and handed it to Ye Yu.

“Thank you for your help, Dao friend. If you run into trouble in the future, you may contact me once.”

With that, Yao Xunan’s figure faded where she stood.

Here in a flash, gone in a flash.

Staring at the stone in his hand, Ye Yu narrowed his eyes.

This was a pleasant surprise.

When he invited Yao Xunan, she had only agreed to come; nothing else had been promised.

Did this count as winning the friendship of a God Monarch Realm powerhouse?

Probably not.

She’d spoken plainly: one contact, meaning one favor.

As expected, everything has a price.

Helping Yao Xunan locate Yu Manhua was worth exactly one favor.

That was fine—transparent terms.

If he needed help later, Ye Yu would not hesitate for a second.

He put the communication stone into his storage and hurried to Yu Buxia’s side, giving her a gentle shake.

She slowly woke.

Seeing Ye Yu beside her, Yu Buxia was stunned. “Am I dreaming?” she murmured.

Ye Yu shook his head and told her what had just happened.

Yu Buxia seemed to be suffering a bit of soul shock; after a long while, she finally steadied—

And accepted reality.

She felt no regret on Yu Manhua’s account; her only complaint was that she hadn’t killed Yu Manhua with her own hands.

After all, the only reason she was still alive was that she hadn’t yet completed the severance with the Balance Scale.

Once the Balance Scale became ownerless, her cousin would have been the first to kill her.

Under those circumstances, Yu Buxia had no room for mercy.

It was a pity that in Balance City, both she and Yinghuo had failed to match Yu Manhua.

She had to admit—Yu Manhua was strong.

At that moment, Ye Yu asked after Yinghuo.

“Why haven’t I seen her at all? Where is she?”

Yu Buxia thought for a moment and whispered, “I... I don’t know. In the battle back then, Yinghuo meant to burn her soul and descend the Starfall Apocalypse, but before she could, Yu Manhua blasted her away. I don’t know where she fell.

After that, Yu Manhua took me.

Everything after, I don’t know.

But I’m certain—if it was only that single strike, Yinghuo would not have fallen.”

Hearing this,

Ye Yu’s expression turned odd.

So Yinghuo was missing?

Sensing Ye Yu’s unease, Yu Buxia hurried to comfort him. “Husband, don’t worry too much. Yinghuo’s fate is tough; she’ll be fine. I’ll send people to search for her. I’m sure we’ll have news soon.”

Ye Yu forced a thin smile.

Even Tao Hua at the House of the Demon God couldn’t find Yinghuo; if they had to rely on Yu Buxia alone, hope was even slimmer.

Where should he even start?

His mind was a blank fog.

The two didn’t linger. They left quickly.

Balance City was in ruins; rebuilding was meaningless.

And with one wife already missing, Ye Yu refused to let anything happen to Yu Buxia.

He proposed that she come to Ye Manor to stay with Bone Consort and Shen Fuxin.

He would also call Little White back to stand guard.

The fellow had gone out to forage two days ago and still hadn’t returned; it was time for him to pull his weight.

Yu Buxia agreed without hesitation.

In truth, she and Bone Consort bore no deep, irreconcilable grudges.

She had remained in Balance City only to keep Yinghuo company.

Any place without Ye Yu was just an empty city.

Now that she could enter Ye Manor smoothly, Yu Buxia accepted gladly.

Soon, they returned to Ye Manor in Newbuilt City.

Ye Yu gave a brief account of what had happened.

When she heard that Yinghuo was still missing, Bone Consort clenched her fists and said in a low voice, “Husband, let’s go find her together.”

Ye Yu was surprised.

He hadn’t expected Bone Consort to be so forward.

“Don’t look at me like that. We don’t get along, but when it comes to life and death, I won’t split hairs.

She’s one of the sisters, after all.”

Bone Consort sighed helplessly.

Seeing her so reasonable, Ye Yu was pleased—

But he stopped her.

“Leave the search for Yinghuo to me. You two stay here and protect yourselves. Your safety is what matters most.

Nothing can happen to either of you.

And on the way here, Yu Buxia already rallied nearly three hundred gods to look for Yinghuo.

We should have news soon.”

There was a touch of awe in Ye Yu’s tone.

He’d known Yu Buxia’s network was wide, but he hadn’t expected it to be this wide.

Nearly three hundred gods, just like that.

And that was only during the trip. Even now, Yu Buxia was still calling in favors.

At this rate, he wouldn’t be surprised if the number crossed five hundred.

It was his first real look at the power of a God Realm network.

Honestly, with that many friends, why bother running a trading hub like Balance City?

Just build an intelligence web and put Tao Hua out of business.

It would earn far more.

Ahem—not the time. One step at a time.

That afternoon,

Little White returned.

He hadn’t grown larger—if anything, he’d shrunk a size.

The whole sheep looked bright-eyed and vigorous.

“I’m getting closer and closer to a breakthrough. Half a year at most and I’ll cross the boundary.

Anyway, boss, why call me back now?

Miss me?”

“I miss you, my foot.”

Ye Yu flicked a horn and laid out the current situation.

When he finished, Little White was furious.

As the White God of Balance City, someone had dared to break in while he was out? Outrageous.

Too late to complain now.

Little White pledged again and again that he would protect the safety of all the sisters-in-law.

There would be no slipups.

Ye Yu nodded and left Ye Manor.

Without sure news that Yinghuo was safe, he simply couldn’t sit still.

Even if it was like searching for a needle in the sea, he had to try combing the God Realm.

Two days later,

Ye Yu hadn’t found Yinghuo—

But he did run into another old acquaintance.

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