While the other group members of Hei Anjing were in the ninth layer of hell, the couple, Hei Anjing and his husband, Ye Xiajie had just finished eating. The two are still lying on the picnic mat and had just finished eating their lunch. They are now having afternoon snacks while watching the live streaming of their teammates.

Hei Anjing is using his husband as a human sofa and leans on his while holding a cup of ice dark mocha frappe in his hand. The large pair of arms were encircling around his waist. Since he was seating on Ye Xiajie the other person can take advantage of their closeness.

Hei Anjing said, "They are still in the ninth layer. It would take time for them to come over."

"Hm~ do you want to meet them halfway? I heard from Yang that you could rest better in the Tenth layer as it's filled with Ice elements," said Ye Xiajie. "You might not enjoy the second phase of this Punishment World if you don't take your rest now."

As the Evil God that overlords this world of Abyssal, Ye Xiajie knew the knowledge of this world thanks to his soul fragment, Yan Lou. Upon hearing his lover's words, Hei Anjing remembered that his man is someone who controls this whole game world.

"By the way, I have a question. Usually, you should be able to merge with the soul fragments at your current state. Why did you take a while to wake up?" asked Hei Anjing.

Ye Xiajie honestly told his wife the answer.

"It's nothing much of a problem. I've just forgotten to suppress my soul. It was too large to enter this mid-tier world to bear. So I've entered hibernation to merge. It wouldn't happen again. I was so worried about you not waking up in the Nether that I didn't notice this problem when entering the world."

"Your soul is truly powerful now. But this is a good thing because it means your soul is about to completely merge as a whole," said Hei Anjing after checking on his husband's soul and seeing it was stable and solid.

Unlike before when it was so weak that he couldn't even leave the world without him guiding. There is even a time when he couldn't even remember that he is a soul not originally from that world and the time that even both of them had no memories of each other where they could only follow and listen to what their hearts are saying.

Seeing Ye Xiajie's state right now, the God of Destruction knew that the second trial was about to be finished. It means his trials are about to be done and the final trial will be for his husband to complete. He heard from his Uncle Baojun and Uncle Siwang that the Final Trial of rebirth is to be completed by the person who was revived. In short, Ye Xiajie would be the one undergoing it himself.

The thoughts of Hei Anjing, 'Uncle Siwang said that the final trial is so hard that he almost took millennia to finish everything but at the same time his Uncle Baojun says it will be easy at some point as long as he could remember who he was. In the end, the one who suffered the most in the last trial happens to be Uncle Siwang and Uncle Baojun was the one who made it hard for the latter to complete.

It seems that at some point in the final trial. The decision-making and control would fall on him again. But it would be their counterpart doing all the hard work. For his uncles' case, it is obvious that his Uncle Baojun had intentionally made it hard for Uncle Siwang.'

But Hei Anjing didn't tell any of this to his husband. First, his Uncle Baojun doesn't allow him to do so, and second, he felt it would be more fun to not inform his husband about it. He was not even informed about the prerequisite to enter the final trial. Because he knew this man wouldn't be able to do it until the end.

'At the end of the Second Trial, I need those things I planned before to be implemented. With Yang, Xiajun, Jue-ge, and Cousin in law, An Liang's help should be okay. Though I feel bad for making my love angry. But that requirement is needed to be fulfilled for his soul to be free and complete. I just hope A'Xia wouldn't get too angry.' Thoughts of Hei Anjing.

Ye Xiajie noticed his wife no longer replying to his voice. He was hugging him so tightly in his embrace and was enjoying the calming scent of sweetness and snow on his lover.

"Baby, are you okay? Do you need to sleep?" asked Ye Xiajie.

Hei Anjing turned off the Live Streaming platform in front of him and said,

"I'm a bit sleepy. Can you take a nap with me?" asked Hei Anjing.

Ye Xiajie smiles and nods his head, "Sure. Do you want to enter the dimensional world within your earring?"

"No need. I can sleep anywhere as long you hug me in my sleep. Waiting here is better as we don't know when those guys will arrive." said Hei Anjing.

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"Heh~ that's also okay. I will use my domain to hide our presence within the darkness. Baby can sleep well in peace in my arms." said Ye Xiajie as he pecked the soft and smooth forehead of his wife.

He watched as Hei Anjing slowly closed his eyes within his embrace. The picnic mat was returned to the dimensional space and a mattress appeared under them and moved their location at some corner of the layer.

The final layer had the smallest area among all layers. This is because the players that could reach this place are too few and most of them either died or were forever trapped in the other layers.

Ye Xiajie's eyes turned emotionless when he looked at Zhi Yang and Zhi Yue floating just a few meters away from him. His kindness and emotions were only for his wife as for the rest he is still the emotionless and ruthless Evil God.

"Check on those fools from time to time. Lou Wuye is there so there shouldn't be a problem but if there is, you two should lend help just in case. This world is enclosed and doesn't welcome outsiders. So there shouldn't be any hidden destroyers like in the last world. I will leave the rest to you two. We are sleeping in my domain for a bit." said Ye Xiajie.

System Yang and System Yue had materialized in their humanoid form and bowed their heads to their creator. After accepting their orders, these two systems paid their respect to the Supreme Lord before them.

"As you wish, Sovereign Lord Ye."

Ye Xiajie no longer replied that he controlled all the darkness around him and activated his domain. Within the darkness, Ye Xiajie had pulled his wife with him to rest. The small white fire wisps Hei Anjing had used to brighten the area flickered for a few seconds only then did Ye Xiajie and Hei Anjing disappear under the eyes of the others.

The Evil God has three God Domains: The domain of Time, the domain of Abyss, and the domain of Hell-Fire. The largest among these three is the domain of Abyss and it is his most powerful domain. After all, this was the place he was born and everything in the Abyss is him as well. No one knew that the abyss had an owner. No one also knew how many entities lived in that darkness.

Sleeping within unknown darkness Ye Xiajie didn't notice how many eyes were watching him and Hei Anjing napping. There are tons of unknown entities in the abyss that have been waiting for him to return. Their sizes varied and none of them showed themselves before the couple but they are always there.

Somewhere within the dark unknown to the couple were whispers they had to silently listen to hear. Countless murmurs were hidden within the darkness saying,

"The Sovereign and his little snow had returned. They've returned."

"They've come back... Soon..."

"Soon... Soon... We can see them again..."

"Abyss... Snow... Together... Again..."

These voices can be heard within the dark but for some reason, the couple couldn't completely hear them. Or is it...

Hei Anjing slowly opens his eyes revealing a silver glint and it looks like it's the only light within that blackness. He stares at the unknown horizons within the dark and gestured a silent sign. With a single finger above his lips, he gestured the sign of silence.

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Shss~

As if following his command the murmuring in the darkness halted. He once again closes his eyes and hugs Ye Xiajie who had fallen asleep faster than he is. They entered a slumber enjoying the quietness and darkness surrounding them.

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Meanwhile at the hell of boiling sand,

Upon finding an Oasis in the middle of the desert, Han Ya and the other three had entered the small paradise to rest. Roaming around the small forest in the Oasis, An Yuan looks around in the area looking confused.

Han Ya and the rest who were picking fruits to eat noticed his weird expression. They thought An Yuan noticed something weird again.

Lan She asked, "Is there something wrong, An?"

"This forest felt real yet fake as well. I couldn't explain it properly. This place is full of energy but it doesn't seem to be mana at all." answered An Yuan.

Thinking for a moment, Han Ya's eye wanders in the fruit Chu Mo is holding in his hands. He grabbed one and gave it to An Yuan.

Han Ya said, "A'Yuan, focus on seeing through the details of this fruit. Ignore the surrounding energy and concentrate your eyes on this fruit instead."

"Okay. I'll try," said An Yuan as he activates his special eyes as an Ancient Human.

On the sideline, Chu Mo was staring at the mango-looking fruit that was emitting the aroma of sweetness and ripeness. He could almost drool at the scent and was about to bite on it when his mouth was suddenly blocked by an energy bar commonly bought in the Abyssal Store. One energy bar caused at least 3 gold coins during the game when it only cost 0.5 gold coins in the city.

The one who placed the energy bar in Chu Mo's mouth is none other than Lan She.

"Don't eat the fruit. As long as An hasn't checked on it yet. Fill your stomach with energy bars first. Caution first. We have enough money for us to eat." said Lan She.

He brought a box of energy bars that cost 1,000 gold coins. He split it into four of them so they could start eating. Han Ya opened one and fed An Yuan who was concentrating on seeing through the fruit. At first, the information on the fruit only says,

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Mango Fruit

An oriental fruit that is known for sourness and sweetness. When it is green in color the taste of the fruit is sour and needs salt or fish sauce for it to be eaten. But when its skin turned yellow, it would be sweeter than an apple and juicier as well. It is delicious especially when cooled.

State: Ripe

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The information stayed like that for a few more tries until he heard his mana had increased and once again checked the information in the fruit in his hand. But what happened next shocked him enough to have a heart attack.

The information before him had changed. The thing in his hand is no longer a fruit but instead, it says,

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Severed Human Hand

Fresh severed human limbs that were hanged in the hell tree for its nourishment.

State: Fresh

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Seeing the information before him, the fog-like feeling within his head and perception were cleared. Now An Yuan could clearly see a hand that was still pouring out some blood on his hand. His face paled as he screamed and threw away the severed hand he was holding.

An Yuan cursed, "What the hell!? AHH!!"