The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife

This is not a solution... During the refining process, Chu Xuan can vaguely sense that there indeed is a trace of Qianming Immortal Qi within the bottle, capable of splitting into Yin and Yang energies, wearing out and refining the contents of the bottle.

With the damage to the Jade Net Bottle, this object is being refined by him, and coupled with the immortal Qi maneuvering method from the "Jade Capital Secrets," under these three premises, Chu Xuan indeed has a method to slowly extract that trace of Immortal Qi.

But once the Immortal Qi is extracted, this bottle is bound to shatter, and once the beautiful head inside escapes and releases that bloody world again, the two of them may not be able to get away.

Time is pressing, and as the resources within his body gradually deplete, Chu Xuan has to make a decision quickly—should he abandon and retreat, or fight desperately?

No, wait!

Chu Xuan suddenly thought about the small jade bottle he acquired earlier. Is there a way to transfer the contents of the Celestial Bottle into it?

After all, the small jade bottle has already been refined by Chu Xuan, and is completely under his control.

Quickly, a bold idea emerged in Chu Xuan’s mind...

No time to delay, he immediately took out the small jade bottle and threw it to Senior Sister, instructing her to remove and seal each spiritual object inside, and first empty it.

Qin Mengyao naturally completed it swiftly, then Chu Xuan enlarged it just enough to fit the Celestial Bottle inside.

Next, he focused on two tasks: while refining and suppressing, he slowly shoved the small jade bottle into the Six Souls Banner, enveloping the Celestial Bottle within.

Chu Xuan’s idea was simple—he wanted to extract the Immortal Qi and inject it into the small jade bottle, making it the new "Qianming Celestial Bottle!"

After all, the foundation of this Immortal Artifact is that trace of Immortal Qi; the other materials, restrictions, etc., are secondary factors. If it can be imbued with Immortal Qi, the power of the small jade bottle would be greatly enhanced.

Even if Chu Xuan succeeded, he couldn’t create a true Immortal Artifact—at most an excellent, or even just a high-grade Celestial Tier treasure—but it would be completely controllable, being able to temporarily trap the beautiful head shouldn’t be a problem.

As long as he could control it for a few moments, he could toss it into the Six Souls Banner, then even if the beautiful head escaped from the bottle, it should be unable to escape from the banner.

Although this wicked Immortal corpse doesn’t belong to the ghost category, rather more to the zombie-like, it might not be submissive within the banner. But as long as it doesn’t escape, Chu Xuan could slowly refine it over time and naturally wear it down.

Of course, he also prepared for failure.

If this bold plan fails, then Chu Xuan would decisively abandon the small jade bottle, take the Immortal Qi and Senior Sister, make a swift escape.

Even though the power of the jade bottle cannot compare to the Celestial Bottle, it should at least hold for a moment, right?

What Chu Xuan needed was merely a fleeting moment for escape. As long as he eluded the coverage of the bloody world before the small jade bottle exploded, this venture would be truly worthwhile.

After quickly reviewing all in his heart, Chu Xuan didn’t hesitate for a moment, fully operating the cultivation technique, the four layers of Jade Pavilion and the two cities within his body emitted dazzling lights!

The Nascent Soul seated within the Crimson Palace further performed seals with its hands and recited a true word:

"Qian ming zhi, descend and determine Taiyi; Heavenly and earthly mysteries, Yin and Yang magic, decree!"

With the utterance of the true word decree, that trace of Immortal Qi from the Qianming Celestial Bottle was gradually extracted from the broken bottle, accompanied by the crackling sound as the bottle shattered.

If not for Chu Xuan forcibly stabilizing the Celestial Bottle with greenish light, it likely would have completely exploded midway through extraction.

Qin Mengyao could only see her junior brother drenched in sweat, brows deeply furrowed, evidently facing tremendous pressure.

At this moment, she had already taken out the Yuan Tu and A Bi swords, combined as one, ready at any moment for a swift retreat, just waiting for a signal from her junior brother to immediately leave.

During the extraction of Immortal Qi, Chu Xuan was attempting to inject it into the small jade bottle. Although the process was smooth, unfortunately, the two did not merge together.

To describe it, it’s like throwing a piece of ice into a cup of water— the ice remains ice, the water remains water, it simply does not melt, rendering no enhancement effect.

Thus, Chu Xuan had no choice but to grit his teeth and inject part of the greenish light into the small jade bottle, attempting to mix the two, even if only temporarily.

This division made the Celestial Bottle even more unstable, and Chu Xuan already heard the violent shrieking in his ears! It vibrated so violently that his eardrums burst, bleeding.

As for the old ghost, there was utterly no movement, likely already dead in the hands of the beautiful head—either swallowed by it or pulverized into ashes—highlighting even more the horrors of this evil Immortal corpse.

Three, two, one.

"Bang~!"

The more urgent the situation, the calmer Chu Xuan became, silently calculating the last three breaths in his heart, at the very last breath, he entirely abandoned the Celestial Bottle, channeling all the greenish light from the Six Souls Banner into the small jade bottle!

The once renowned, even the Master of the Ghost Market had heard of, [Qianming Celestial Bottle], finally met its complete destruction.

The raging beautiful head escaped, then found itself trapped in yet another bottle.

This led to its breaking point—it opened its mouth and spewed out a mist of Immortal Qi, tinged with a bizarre, sinister platinum light.

This light contained destructive power; the Master of the Ghost Market had been sprayed to death by the beautiful head in just such a manner.

Moreover, its head, transformed from an Immortal body, was impervious to blades and resistant to fire and water; the old ghost’s various dark and ghostly divine techniques and aspects were nothing more than tickles when attacking it; it only suffered hits without retaliating, trapped and unable to escape, ultimately resulting only in death.

Before dying, the old ghost cursed fiercely, but alas, Chu Xuan couldn’t hear it. Not until its final soul was extinguished by this wicked creature was any regret felt.

Had it adhered to its agreement with Chu Xuan honestly, with his cultivation speed, the fifth realm consummation was estimated to be only decades away. Had it demonstrated diligence during that period, it might indeed have regained freedom...

But alas, too late.

Over on Chu Xuan’s side, the trace of Immortal Qi had been fully injected into the small jade bottle; unfortunately, even with assistance from the Six Souls Banner, merely ten to twenty percent truly integrated into the bottle.

In truth, his Magical Power and Divine Sense had already been exhausted, at this point employing the secret technique from "Jade Capital Secrets," specifically designed to squeeze the body and force potential, only managing to sustain.

The small jade bottle took a hit from the platinum light, causing him to spew a large mouthful of blood.

Qin Mengyao’s expression changed, "Junior brother, why not abandon it?"

Chu Xuan’s complexion was pale as he shook his head; the small jade bottle had not shattered from the hit, the fusion progress instead increased slightly, granting him hope.

Thus, Chu Xuan spared no effort, once more urging the Six Souls Banner, continuously channeling greenish light in reverse, using the beautiful head’s attacks to "hammer" the Immortal Qi, forcing it to integrate into the bottle.

Inside the bottle, the beautiful head’s eyes opened, pupils flashing with purple light, sending plumes of purple smoke mixed with crimson blood air—the smoke contained Immortal illusions and endless slaughter—striking the bottle, resulting in a sizzling corrosion sound.

Then it shook its head, "Bang~!" a spine covered in blood smashed against the bottle, causing the small jade bottle to teeter.

Its attacks repeatedly consist of just these three tricks, yet the power was terrifyingly immense. Had it encountered Chu Xuan and Qin Mengyao first, tossed aside those broken sword and bottle, they wouldn’t say immediate death, but at least heavy injuries.

During the beautiful head’s relentless assault, Chu Xuan, interconnected with the small jade bottle’s spirit, suffered injuries repeatedly. Ultimately, the blood he spewed carried a hint of jade white color, a sign of foundational damage.

Qin Mengyao watched with teary eyes, bitterly lamenting her powerlessness.

Yet, the one piece of good news was facing the evil Immortal corpse’s successive attacks, the small jade bottle’s movements grew increasingly subdued. Initially swaying wildly upon impacts, it eventually settled into occasional vibrations, significantly lessening Chu Xuan’s injuries.

This was due to the continuous hammering from the beautiful head, paired with assistance from the Six Souls Banner, the Qianming Immortal Qi was progressively integrating into the bottle, now reaching fifty to sixty percent completion.

This small jade bottle’s origin unknown, its material truly extraordinary—enduring such torment without damage, akin to typical Celestial Tier treasures, even with Immortal Qi infusion, likely would have cracked and broken; yet it remained unscathed.

An hour later, the beautiful head continued its ceaseless assault on the small jade bottle—exhausted from spraying—multiple times opening its mouth with nothing emerging, eyes opening and closing devoid of any purple light, only shedding blood tears atearlessly while frantically striking the bottle with its spine.

At that moment, the small jade bottle was firmly stable.

Chu Xuan already couldn’t muster strength to wield the Six Souls Banner anymore, merely sustaining Magical Powers, now hesitantly ceased—yet the jade bottle remained intact. With a victorious smile, he dropped the bottle into the banner and collapsed unconscious.