The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife

The Fire Dragon within was quickly catalyzed back to its original form. Its little face showed a hint of nervousness, but it seemed to have made up its mind.

Soon, two types of Spiritual Flames, one Yin and one Yang, began to slowly rotate and chase each other within the celestial energy in a Taiji pattern.

Chu Xuan sat motionless, wholeheartedly focused on refining. Soon, another six months passed, and he effortlessly broke through a minor realm.

At this moment, the Spiritual Flame in the Scarlet Palace had already united Yin and Yang, completely transforming into "Jadefire Dan Flame."

This was a jade-white, almost translucent flame, full of spirituality, lively and jumping in the celestial energy. It soon condensed into the shape of a dragon-shaped fire spirit, looking exactly like the previous Taishao Yan Dragon.

Chu Xuan communicated with it using his Divine Sense, confirming that its Spiritual Sense had indeed not been extinguished; it was still the original one.

Moreover, this little dragon seemed quite eager to please, with an intention of closeness and reverence in its thoughts.

Chu Xuan nodded in satisfaction. It seemed it had already surrendered, so in future battles, he wouldn’t need to be distracted by controlling it; releasing the fire would allow it to confront enemies independently.

"Since you have reshaped yourself, I now name you ’Xuan Ye.’

The little dragon nodded repeatedly, happily accepting the name.

As the celestial energy was once again absorbed into the abdomen by the Nascent Soul, the Jadefire Dan Flame also integrated into it, quietly lying dormant for cultivation.

After finishing this task, Chu Xuan finally had the time to check the situation of the celestial corpse evil entity inside the Six Souls Banner.

Over this long period, after knowing that it couldn’t escape, it no longer went mad, but instead kept its eyes shut and motionless all day. There was no Spiritual Qi in the banner, so it probably couldn’t cultivate and was most likely just slumbering.

Seeing this, Chu Xuan first took out the storage ring left by the old ghost, which could no longer be opened normally. He drew his sword and slashed it open violently.

The ring exploded in front of him, and the fragile items inside were instantly torn to pieces by the forces of space, leaving only the parts Chu Xuan tried his best to salvage.

Fortunately, the precious items were all separately sealed, giving him a chance to save them.

Besides artifacts, elixirs, talismans, Spirit Stones, and other items, most of the rest were some netherworld items, which Chu Xuan had no use for, so he just tossed them aside to be sold later.

However, there was an interesting little blood-colored tree among them, which seemed like some kind of Heaven and Earth Spirit Root. Chu Xuan planned to give it to his master, find a place to plant it, and consider it a contribution to the sect.

Finally, Chu Xuan sent his Divine Sense into the Six Souls Banner, waking up the Head of Beauty.

This evil entity was incredibly agitated upon waking, shrieking and screaming incessantly.

This time, Chu Xuan did not indulge it, and a swath of ghostly green light surged forward, encapsulating and refining it.

Using this light inside the banner was much easier than summoning it outside, a technique Chu Xuan could wield since the third realm, and now he showed no mercy, intensifying the refining!

For evil entities like this, inherently harmful, Chu Xuan had no sympathy. Even if it hadn’t claimed many lives, or perhaps none at all, releasing it to the outside world would surely result in a disaster, a bloodbath.

Back when the old ghost faced such torment, he could still keep his depths, pretending nonchalance while bargaining with him.

However, the Head of Beauty lacked such schemes, immediately letting out wails of agony, repeatedly resisting with its own Divine Techniques.

It sprayed platinum light from its mouth, while wisps of purple smoke flowed from its eyes to protect itself, surprisingly managing to put up an semblance of a fight.

Chu Xuan frowned, as more ghostly green light gathered and coalesced, and at the same time, he slightly opened his mouth, allowing a jade-white flame to instantly enter the Six Souls Banner, which was the freshly refined Jadefire Dan Flame.

With the Spiritual Sense of the Fire Dragon Xuan Ye, this flame was extremely agile. Each time the Six Souls Banner resisted and exhausted the techniques of the Head of Beauty, it would surge forward and blaze, making the head scream in pain.

The only thing giving Chu Xuan a headache was that this evil entity, being a celestial corpse transformation, was impervious to blades and spears, invulnerable to water and fire. If not for the high grade of the Jadefire Dan Flame, it would just have been like a hot spring treatment for it.

Even with the Six Souls Banner refining in this way, no immediate effect could be seen, and truly wanting to refine it to death would probably take at least ten or twenty years, if not more.

So after refining for a while, Chu Xuan transmitted his intentions through his Divine Sense:

If you don’t want to die, then surrender obediently to me.

But the evil entity seemed to lack clear consciousness, only returning violent, frenzied, murderous thoughts, making communication impossible.

Chu Xuan could only shake his head helplessly, inputting all his Magical Power into the Six Souls Banner, and the ghostly green light instantly magnified, refining with all its might.

The Jadefire Dan Flame could only cause it pain without much substantial harm, so he retracted it.

In conclusion, refine it for three days and nights first. If no progress is made, then just leave it here.

After all, it poses no immediate threat, nor bears any deep grudge, and Chu Xuan had no time to waste day after day, year after year on fruitless labor.

As he refined, he suddenly remembered something, transferring the Qianming Celestial energy into the Six Souls Banner, mixing it with the ghostly green light, to see if it could enhance the effect.

This result startled Chu Xuan!

Within the banner, a dazzling light erupted, as if treating the celestial energy as fuel, causing him great distress, and he quickly withdrew it.

The Head of Beauty let out a scream as if temporarily losing consciousness.

With the celestial energy leaving the Six Souls Banner, its size seemed to shrink slightly, but luckily, upon returning to the outside world, it seemed to naturally draw Spiritual Qi from its surroundings to replenish the consumed part, allowing it to gradually recover its original state.

Chu Xuan looked at the Six Souls Banner in his hand and shook his head repeatedly, lamenting, "Why do you consume everything? If you have the ability, why don’t you burn this celestial corpse as fuel, bullying the soft and fearing the hard?"

The Six Souls Banner, naturally unresponsive, reverted to its original scale, quietly "simmering."

Thus, three days and nights quickly passed, during which the Head of Beauty showed no response, leading Chu Xuan to suspect it might have been refined to death by that fierce burst?

Just as he was about to stop, the previously still and quiet Head of Beauty suddenly shed two streams of clear tears from its eyes.

Chu Xuan was taken aback. Previously, the face of this head always bore two streaks of bloody tear stains. Even when its Divine Techniques were overexerted, what flowed from its eyes was fresh blood; this seemed to be its first time "crying."

To be honest, it even made Chu Xuan feel a little guilty, especially remembering its previous abode, which surprisingly was kept rather tidy, even including a jade bed, meditation cushion, and incense burner for daily living.

These things didn’t seem like they were originally there but looked as if the Head of Beauty had collected them from the battlefield one by one.

Chu Xuan simply stopped the refining process. "Forget it. You and I have no grievances, and speaking of which, I’ve taken your stuff."

"However, as an evil entity, inherently bloodthirsty and blood-craving, I can’t possibly release you to harm the world. You better sleep here peacefully."

The Head of Beauty showed no reaction, leaving it unclear if it understood, continuing to silently shed tears there.

So Chu Xuan left it be. Since it had the ability for self-induced slumber, it likely wasn’t too difficult for it to endure.

Before closing his retreat, Chu Xuan took out the small jade bottle, extracting the fragments of the [Qianming Celestial Bottle] inside. He originally wanted to study the prohibitions and patterns, but lacking the foundation in Artifact Refining, he could only store them away for now, planning to later show them to his master.

Additionally, he casually tied the small jade bottle to his waist, as it was quite effective in absorbing various types of energy attacks.

This retreat lasting one year and three months not only allowed Chu Xuan to heal his injuries but also significantly increased his power, enabling him to rival even ordinary fifth realm cultivators, with the possibility of contending against those in the sixth realm.

Overall, before his true identity is exposed, Chu Xuan will continue to enhance his strength as much as possible to better prepare for future changes.

Just as he was about to get up and leave, Chu Xuan suddenly remembered why he didn’t recall seeing the Six Souls Banner before traversing time when growing up in the Yunshan region?

Was it deliberately covered up by the Six Souls Banner? Or during the Celestial Evil Period, did he intentionally apply a seal to himself?

Chu Xuan thought about it but couldn’t figure out the problem, so he could only temporarily set it aside.