Xia Chichi hesitated: "You and Zhao Changhe..."

"What kind of relationship do you think it could be? Anyway, I'm not going to compete with you for a man, don't worry."

"..."

"You can ask him yourself later. If you don't trust me, you should trust San Niang, even though she seems unreliable..." Ying Wu picked up a book from beside him and tossed it to Xia Chichi: "Here."

Xia Chichi opened it and was dumbfounded.

Declaration of Surrender.

No, is this your attitude in handing over a declaration of surrender? Someone might think you're issuing a challenge.

"I surrender to my brothers, you are my sister-in-law." Ying Wu said casually, not bothering to explain further, and got up to refill their drinks: "Worldly matters are just like this. Except for Jiuyou still wanting to cause chaos and division, the rest follows the trend, no need to concern ourselves. If we want a unified land, let's resolve Jiuyou. The rest just needs proper governance."

The women looked at each other, puzzled about how their husbands seemed to make everything so simple after wandering out for a while.

While they were still in a daze, Ying Wu went straight to the point: "I've already helped you research the records... It is said that at the end of the last epoch, the White Tiger mysteriously disappeared, and the Emperor Ye issued a decree to search for it but seemed not to have found it."

San Niang said: "I know the White Tiger went mad and disappeared. Wu Ge, did you find anything else?"

"Based on my judgment of various spaces in the Heavenly Realm, if not even Emperor Ye could find it, there are only a few possibilities. Either it's hidden in Ye Jiuyou's Jiuyou Abyss, a chaotic place that no one can investigate; or it's in an extremely special place, where time and space flow are hard to locate... like the typical Tianhe River."

Huangfu Qing said: "In fact, we also considered the possibility of it being in the Tianhe River... Even Emperor Ye himself probably thought about it, but such a place as the Tianhe River, even if reached, it might not be possible to find the person hidden within. At that time, Emperor Ye was pressed for time, so he found nothing... Let alone us now, we can't even find the Tianhe River."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the Tianhe River should still exist in this world. Such a special place would be difficult to completely vanish." Ying Wu handed over a jade scroll: "Also, take a look at this." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Huangfu Qing took the jade scroll: "What is this?"

"It's a personal imprint record from the Night Palace guard, saying that two nights before the celestial change, the Night Palace was robbed..."

"Even the Night Palace can be robbed?"

"Not only can it be robbed, but Emperor Ye was even present at the time. It's said that a very important lotus platform was lost. The guards thought they would be implicated and beheaded, but strangely, Emperor Ye did not punish them."

Everyone looked at each other, incredulous. Xia Chichi said: "Could it be that Emperor Ye had a concubine and deliberately said it was lost to give it away?"

Yue Hongling said irritably: "Do you really think Emperor Ye is like your emperor?"

"That's not necessarily...," Xia Chichi said, stubbornly: "What's wrong with an emperor like me? I did nothing on the way, and my emperor husband has already conquered the Western Regions."

Yue Hongling didn't bother to respond. Your "emperor husband", the only one who hasn't had a wedding here, is on par with Bao Qin in terms of status.

Ying Wu smiled: "After the thief stole the lotus platform, they disappeared, and then the celestial change happened a day later. During this day, someone went to look for it and found a section of riverbank strangely blossomed. When he reported back to Emperor Ye, the apocalypse happened on the way, and everything was too late. But it was precisely because of this that we were able to get this record, since he died on the way rather than returning to the Night Palace."

Xia Chichi stood up suddenly: "Regardless of whether this matter is related to the White Tiger, we can trace back to that section of riverbank through this record, at least find one segment of the Tianhe River!"

"Exactly..." Ying Wu smiled with squinted eyes: "Based on my treasure-hunting experience, we might find where the thief was, possibly even the treasure lotus platform. As for finding the White Tiger, we need to explore other segments of the river through this segment."

"No time to waste, let's go now." Huangfu Qing snatched San Niang's wine glass: "Stop drinking, let's go drink from the Tianhe instead."

"Who knows who bathed in that water, drink if you love it." San Niang reluctantly stood up: "I was hoping to sleep first... Never mind, let's go."

They followed Ying Wu to the place where he found the jade scroll, and Ying Wu sensed the surroundings as they made their way to migrate toward the Tianhe.

Outside the space barrier, Ying Wu pressed his hand against it and pondered slightly: "There is energy response inside, possibly an Ancient Soul... Be careful if you enter."

"It might be the White Tiger." Huangfu Qing bowed to Ying Wu: "Thank you, Wu Ye... The White Tiger is mad, there may be trouble, better not drag you into it, we'll go in ourselves."

Ying Wu smiled slightly. The Four Symbols Sect has their secrets to keep, naturally unwilling to let outsiders see the madness of the Ancient Four Symbols, it might reveal many private secrets. He didn't dwell on it and retreated cheerfully: "If you need assistance, call anytime, I'm off to fight."

Huangfu Qing watched Ying Wu leave and asked San Niang curiously, "Ying Wu wasn't this close with us before, right? Even as you're part of their Brotherhood, it always felt a bit distant..."

"Of course, at heart I'm more inclined towards the Four Symbols Sect." Guigui scratched his head. "I'm not sure why Brother Wu is being so friendly this time, treating us like his own."

"Could there be some kind of trap behind this space?" Huangfu Qing said, "I have a bad feeling."

"Brother Wu's definitely not that kind of person... but I also have an uneasy feeling, not sure why." San Niang sighed, "Maybe it's this awkward feeling of not knowing what's ahead beyond the space that makes it feel unsettling..."

Yue Hongling said, "We're okay; the most we'll face is something like the White Tiger. Changhe's in a bind, going one-on-one to meet Jiuyou and Piaomiao; I'm worried about his situation right now."

Xia Chichi said, "The bad feeling is probably just from worrying about Changhe... It's okay, as long as the Chaotic World Book is steady, it means peace. Let's deal with our own matters first, and then go help him later."

The group exchanged glances and said in unison, "Go in together, don't split up."

With the current strength of these four, entering with an array, they would fear nothing inside, unless Emperor Ye himself appeared.

The four entered with the vigilance of facing the strongest adversary, full of alertness, breaking through the barrier.

It seemed there were no traps... instead, their powerful energy broke into the space, and surely there appeared Residual Souls in the river, instinctively launching attacks.

A faint purple Qi rushed over, accompanied by spiritual power invasion, seemingly accelerating the life force towards death.

The four formed an array and attacked simultaneously: "Which Ancient Spirit is here, we mean no harm..."

From the river, a surprised female voice also echoed: "Huh...The Four Symbols Formation..."

The voice was pleasing, but the spiritual power accelerating time's flow clumsily adjusted with the voice, blocking the purple Qi, as if the Four Symbols Formation terrified the opponent, leading to internal strife.

Indeed, the Four Symbols Formation is impressive.

The river continued with the pleasing soul voice from earlier: "What's Changhe doing, blocking me..."

The four in formation were astonished, desperately turning the array's power in another direction, blasting beside the river, causing a spray of water.

The river sounded with "splash," and amidst the mist, their husbands appeared, clutching another naked woman, fleeing while frantically conjuring clothes.

"Zhao Changhe, you stop right there!" The Four Symbols Formation was wildly activated, recklessly unleashing power comparable to the Imperial Realm Third Layer ahead of the man.

Zhao Changhe halted abruptly, floating backward.

"Coming to a Secret Realm and finding you cheating with others, Zhao Changhe, just die!"

"We're out here worrying for you, planning to help you, and you're here having an affair with a strange fox spirit! Tell me, where did this fox spirit come from!"

"Boom!" The formation exploded on all sides, Zhao Changhe awkwardly crouched in the center, holding his head defensively.

Piaomiao realized what's happening, folded her arms and remained silent. Dating feels great, but forgetting he has a family, and more than one.

What kind of fate is this, even in a place like this found and exposed for infidelity...

Amidst the spray and mist, four stunning women gracefully approached, casting unfriendly glances at Piaomiao.

Xia Chichi was slightly astonished: "Kind of looks like an older Yangyang."

Before the words finished, all four spoke in unison: "Piaomiao!"

Piaomiao sighed: "You've heard of being intruded upon in a Secret Realm mistaken as an Ancient Demon God; well, it's happening now. How does it feel?"

Zhao Changhe "poofed" out of human form, transformed into a white ball, floating away.

San Niang grabbed it back, tossed it up, and with a kick sent it disappearing without a trace.