"Beside Nie Chu stood another figure, over three zhang tall, ferocious in appearance, with a green face and protruding fangs."
"This person was none other than the Second Elder of the Fallen Soul Sect, Yue Ziwei."
"He had heard every word of °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° the conversation between Ye Yu and Zheng Ya just now."
"Panic had already filled his heart, and he immediately dropped to his knees!"
"Sect Master, it was my failure. I actually let the Grand Elder see through the clues."
"I deserve death. I will go kill Ye Yu at once and bring the Grand Elder back!"
Nie Chu said nothing, yet his eyes shone with unusual brightness.
During the silence that followed, Yue Ziwei’s soul body began trembling uncontrollably.
As Nie Chu’s confidant, he knew very well the methods of this Sect Master.
Anyone at fault would face a fate worse than death.
Just as Yue Ziwei was considering whether he should take his own life for a swift end,
Nie Chu finally spoke softly.
"This matter is not your fault. The Heaven-Defying Three Souls and Seven Spirits—I deliberately guided Zheng Ya into learning about it."
Upon hearing this, Yue Ziwei’s eyes widened in disbelief.
"Sect Master, what do you mean by this?"
Nie Chu merely shook his head slightly and did not answer. Instead, he continued,
"From now on, act as if you know nothing. Do not touch Ye Yu or Zheng Ya. I want to see what kind of waves they can stir up."
Yue Ziwei’s expression turned strange.
Why keep such a potential danger alive?
If the two of them actually succeeded, wouldn’t that mean the end of him?
Yue Ziwei had just opened his mouth to dissuade him when Nie Chu waved his hand. Helpless, he could only withdraw.
After Yue Ziwei left, Nie Chu lightly touched Zheng Ya’s delicate face within the Water Moon Mirror Flower.
Ripples spread from the contact.
A trace of tenderness surfaced in Nie Chu’s eyes.
"I truly like you. If you hadn’t gone looking for Ye Yu, perhaps I would have softened and spared your life before Shattering the Void."
"Although you are indeed the best choice, replacing you with another ghost is not impossible."
"Why couldn’t you just stay obedient? Why insist on seeking death?"
Nie Chu’s soft murmur echoed within the chamber,
until it finally dissolved into silence.
In the time that followed,
Zheng Ya did not break her word. She personally entered the Underworld, selecting suitable candidates, asking about their dreams, and then handing them to Ye Yu to fulfill.
Although she did not dare to act openly, even in secret she managed to bring nearly a hundred ghosts.
After all, in this turbulent Underworld,
being barely able to survive was already fortunate.
How could the lower-tier ghosts dare to hope for too much?
Thus, most of their dreams could be resolved with Nether Stones.
This quantity-based method was indeed simple and efficient.
In just three days, Ye Yu successfully stepped into the Ghost Immortal Realm.
But this was also a watershed.
After reaching the Ghost Immortal Realm, this mass approach no longer worked.
The wishes of lower-tier ghosts were too small, the difficulty too low, and they no longer provided cultivation rewards.
As a result, the rewards had almost entirely become Nether Stones.
Those things were utterly useless to Ye Yu.
Thus, he had no choice but to change direction and target ghosts with slightly greater strength.
But the stronger they were, the grander their dreams.
Completing them was by no means easy.
Fortunately, Zheng Ya assisted him.
Backed by the Fallen Soul Sect, she had access to vast resources.
She helped Ye Yu considerably.
So much so that in just three months, Ye Yu advanced from the Ghost Immortal Realm into the Ghost Monarch Realm.
Such speed could not be called slow.
Yet Ye Yu could clearly sense that this was already the limit.
The stronger he became, the more he felt the weakness of the rewards.
It was not difficult to deduce that in the future, simple dreams and ordinary dreams would likely yield no cultivation rewards at all.
Only dreams of greater difficulty would meet his needs.
However, such people could not simply be found by searching—they had to be encountered by chance.
After much consideration, Ye Yu decided to meet Zheng Ya and bid her farewell.
If he ventured out to travel, perhaps he could increase his cultivation more quickly.
Mount Resentment.
This was the place where Ye Yu and Zheng Ya met in secret.
There was no choice. Before Nie Chu was dead, Zheng Ya had insisted on utmost caution.
Thus they chose this remote and silent location.
She had even carved out a cave here for their discussions.
Ye Yu made his way there with familiarity.
Yet before entering the cave, he saw a tall figure standing outside.
Yue Ziwei, Second Elder of the Fallen Soul Sect.
Ye Yu had previously seen his image in Zheng Ya’s projection stone, so he recognized him at a glance.
As Nie Chu’s confidant, if he appeared here now, did that not mean Nie Chu already knew everything?
Ye Yu stopped and began to think.
But in Yue Ziwei’s eyes, this action looked more like fear.
That greatly satisfied his vanity.
To frighten a reincarnated one—he would have something to boast about in the future.
However, in this world, it was always so.
Strength was king.
Reincarnated or not, before absolute power, everyone must bow.
Yue Ziwei called softly toward the cave.
"Sect Master, the guest has arrived."
Upon hearing this, Nie Chu slowly walked out of the cave, his arm wrapped around Zheng Ya’s waist.
At first glance, the two seemed intimately close.
Yet Zheng Ya’s face was pale and extremely grim.
"Senior, the place you chose with my Dao companion is truly excellent—sufficiently hidden. Unfortunately, I still discovered it. What should we do now?"
Nie Chu’s voice was very soft, as though he were chatting with a friend.
But Yue Ziwei had already begun walking toward Ye Yu’s rear.
Clearly, he intended to block his retreat.
Ye Yu ignored him completely and remained where he stood.
"What do you intend to do?" he asked softly.
Nie Chu did not answer directly. Instead, he spoke as though musing to himself.
"In just a few months, from the Unity Realm to the Ghost Monarch Realm."
"That is astonishing. To be honest, if not for this sudden complication, I truly wished to see with my own eyes what method you would use to kill me after stepping into the Emperor Realm. Unfortunately, I can no longer wait."
"Ancient texts say that upon reaching the peak of the Emperor Realm, one will feel a mysterious summoning. That is the omen of ascending to the God Realm."
"Yet why do I feel nothing at all?"
"Tell me—how does one ascend to the God Realm? If you do, I will spare both you and Zheng Ya. What do you say?"
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