Holding a lantern, guiding souls across, Lady Hou comes from the underworld.

Xia Ximo looked around and saw that the rocks inside the cave seemed to be condensed by a force, and even the ground beneath his feet trembled violently.

Seeing this, she could only stand up, stand in front of Ren Fengjue, and intently observe her surroundings.

At that moment, a voice came faintly from the depths of the cave.

"Mogu, are you satisfied with my 'Nine Netherworld Illusion'?"

Xia Ximo recognized Xue Yin's voice and immediately retorted sarcastically, "Compared to the real Nine Nether Prison, it's far inferior."

Xueyin also gave a cold laugh, "Even so, you can withstand it, but the young master behind you may not be so sure."

She then tentatively asked, "You wouldn't have the heart to watch him die in front of you, would you?"

Xia Ximo frowned, his fingers hidden in his sleeve trying to exert force discreetly, but it still didn't work.

This small gesture was clearly seen by Xueyin, who was hiding in the shadows.

"No need to waste your energy. Your soul is locked inside your body. You can't leave the illusion or use bone techniques. You're no match for me."

"But I can give you a chance."

"Between you and him, only one of you can live: either you kill him, or he kills you."

Upon hearing this, Xia Ximo remained unmoved, and instead asked her, "So you just want to see us kill each other?"

Xueyin replied, "That's right, I like to see the selfishness, greed, and hypocrisy hidden in human nature."

"I also want to see if the once-renowned Nine Nether Soul Prisoner Mo Gu would risk his life to save people under these circumstances?"

Xia Ximo coldly replied, "Of course not. I have always been a selfish and greedy person."

As she spoke, she bent down beside Ren Fengjue and picked up his longsword.

Ren Fengjue, who was leaning against the stone wall, opened his eyes upon hearing the sound of a long sword being drawn.

Under the light of the sword, he was clearly dazed.

"ink…"

I wanted to speak, but even making a sound was difficult.

Although his consciousness was hazy, he clearly heard their conversation, but his body was stiff and he couldn't speak.

At this moment, Xia Ximo stood in front of him, having already drawn his long sword.

The cold, sharp sword light and that icy gaze startled him slightly.

For a moment, he truly believed that the other person was going to kill him.

But then he thought, even so, he probably wouldn't blame her...

Seeing Xia Ximo draw his longsword, Xueyin couldn't help but laugh heartily, clearly pleased with himself.

She said, "Very well, as long as you kill him now, I will immediately let you out of the illusion."

Xia Ximo looked at Ren Fengjue on the ground. At this moment, he had no power to fight back.

Even if she couldn't use her soul power, killing him would be a piece of cake.

Ren Fengjue half-opened his eyes and barely glanced at her before quickly closing them again.

Although he didn't say anything, Xia Ximo instantly understood his thoughts.

However, she said calmly, "But I hate threats and orders."

Xueyin had been hoping that the longsword in her hand would pierce Ren Fengjue's body...

Hearing this, I knew it wasn't that simple.

She countered, "At this point, do you think you still have a choice?"

"Of course there's a choice."

Xia Ximo slowly turned around, his back to Ren Fengjue, and looked into the depths of the grotto.

"Although I am a selfish and greedy person, I am not hypocritical and I hate being controlled by others."

"Any choice I make is because I want to choose it, not because I'm forced to choose it."

"What right do you have to make me choose?"

A cold glint flashed in her eyes, and unexpectedly, she reversed her longsword, mercilessly thrusting the blade towards herself…

Ren Fengjue, standing behind her, never expected her to do this.

A warm current spread from my heart, and I instantly regained feeling in my hands and feet. Even the pain in my shoulder disappeared.

He almost rushed forward to support Xia Ximo, his voice trembling slightly: "Why...why did you do this?"

Xia Ximo drew his longsword without even flinching.

She didn't even look down to check her injuries, but simply said slowly, "When the body dies, the soul naturally leaves the body."

As soon as he finished speaking, a red figure sprang out of his body, exuding a menacing aura.

Xueyin never expected that she would use this method.

She was indeed reckless, harming the enemy by a thousand while losing eight hundred of her own.

The soul, detached from the body, flew straight into the depths of the cave like an arrow released from a bow.

Not long after, a loud "boom" was heard, and the piled-up rocks suddenly collapsed.

Two figures, one in red and one in white, emerged from within.

Xueyin was no longer the "Hanyuan Attendant" he once was, and having consumed too much spiritual energy over the years, he was no match for Mogu.

Mo Gu, however, was already filled with murderous intent and showed no mercy in his actions.

At this moment, she floated in mid-air, her red clothes fluttering, her posture proud, and her eyes looking down on others.

As for Xueyin, under the control of bone techniques, she had nowhere to hide.

She knew she was no longer the other person, yet she still provoked him with words: "Mo Gu, would you rather hurt yourself than kill this man?"

Mo Gu snorted coldly, his face full of disdain.

"To kill a stranger in exchange for survival, I feel utterly worthless."

Xueyin asked, "If you lose the chance for reincarnation because of this, won't you regret it?"

"The worst-case scenario is that I'll stay here for another hundred years."

Although Mo Gu was indifferent, he still turned around and glanced at Ren Fengjue not far away. The two souls met in the dark space.

She quickly looked away and turned to look at Xueyin.

"But you, did you really steal the Book of Life and Death for a man?"

This question left Xueyin looking stunned.

But then she smiled calmly and said, "That's right."

Mo Gu asked again, "Do you regret it?"

Xueyin replied, "It's not a matter of regret. Given the outcome, whether I did it or not, I would have regretted it."

She countered with a question to Mogu: "What? Want to know why I'm at Bright Moon Manor?"

"I don't want to know things that don't concern me."

Xueyin replied, "But this matter is not entirely unrelated to you..."

Mo Gu frowned, giving her a cold look: "What do you mean by that?"

Xueyin smiled mysteriously and said, "I have no comment."

Knowing she was just being deliberately mysterious, Mo Gu didn't fall for it.

"It's alright if you don't want to talk. Once I kill you and break this illusion, the truth will come out."

The mark on her forehead became visible, and a murderous glint flashed in her eyes. Suddenly, she retracted the five fingers of her left hand…

Just as Xueyin was about to be "shattered to pieces", a voice suddenly descended from the sky.

"Mo Gu, show mercy."

Upon hearing the voice, Mo Gu knew that the Lord of the Underworld had arrived.

She glanced around and said coldly, "Finally, you've come out to clean up your mess."

"..."

A gust of cold wind swept by, and the Ghost King arrived, sweeping away the remaining clouds like a whirlwind. The illusions in the grotto vanished, turning into nothingness.

Xueyin felt the restraints disappear, and then she saw a ghost king mask appear in the dark mist. She immediately knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice, "Hanyuan greets the Earth Lord."