The effects of the Inferior Revival Water lasted for one hour.
Drinking the Genuine Resurrection Water after consuming the Inferior Revival Water was futile; one could only choose to drink one of the two.
The production of the Genuine Resurrection Water was extremely limited, with only three bottles released each day, amounting to just over a thousand bottles a year. For a vast alliance with a massive population, this was far from sufficient.
As for the Inferior Revival Water? It was readily available, with a bottle costing between three to five million on the black market.
Li Cunxu downed the Inferior Revival Water in one gulp, then used a knife to make a deep cut in his chest, severing the connection between his heart and body. Blood sprayed everywhere as he removed his heart and placed it in a solution to preserve its vitality. He then quickly inserted the Curse Celestial Heart into the cavity.
His movements were swift; if he delayed, the wound would heal under the effects of the Inferior Revival Water, and he didn't want to make another cut.
The Inferior Revival Water only healed; it didn't block the pain, especially the unbearable itching sensation during the healing process.
Moreover, if he was too slow, it wasn't just the wound that would heal—his heart would regenerate as well.
The powerful healing ability of the Inferior Revival Water would create a new heart.
If he was too slow, he'd have to remove his heart again, and that wasn't all—it would also consume a massive amount of his lifespan.
The Curse Celestial Heart quickly integrated with his body.
Having lost a significant amount of blood, Li Cunxu's face turned deathly pale.
"It's time to begin the curse transfer."
Li Cunxu poured three bottles of Clarity Potion into Lin Qingwei, bringing her consciousness back.
He then roughly shoved the left eye of the Black Cat Sculpture into her mouth.
"Swallow it."
Li Cunxu himself consumed the right eye of the Black Cat Sculpture.
The eyes of the Black Cat Sculpture were no ordinary glass beads—they were the eyes of the Doom Bipolar Tiger.
The eyes of the Doom Bipolar Tiger had the miraculous ability to transfer curses to others, a power that ultimately led to the extinction of the Doom Bipolar Tiger clan.
Li Cunxu could feel a connection forming between himself and Lin Qingwei as the Evil Dragon Curse began to transfer to him.
However, the Evil Dragon Curse was stubborn, and the transfer was progressing slowly.
The eyes of the Doom Bipolar Tiger had significantly weakened over the long passage of time. He had to complete the transfer before their effects wore off; otherwise, the curse transfer would fail.
"It seems I'll have to use that method after all."
"Where is your Reverse Scale?"
Lin Qingwei, who had just regained her senses, was still a bit dazed. Li Cunxu had to repeat the question several times before she answered.
"On my back."
"Ah, right. You haven't drunk the Inferior Revival Water."
"No."
Lin Qingwei shook her head.
Li Cunxu tossed her a bottle of Inferior Revival Water.
"Drink it."
Lin Qingwei's face flushed slightly.
Wait, why are you blushing just from drinking Inferior Revival Water?
Watching Lin Qingwei consume the Inferior Revival Water, Li Cunxu commanded,
"Turn around."
Lin Qingwei obediently turned her back. In the next moment, Li Cunxu roughly tore open the girl's clothes, exposing her back.
Her back was like a delicate painting, her skin as smooth as fine jade, glowing with a soft luster. The golden dragon scales added a sense of strength without compromising her grace.
Li Cunxu's face turned slightly red, feeling a bit awkward. The girl had been wearing a white dress, and now, with her clothes torn, only her undergarments remained to cover her modesty.
"The heart of a healer is like that of a parent, the heart of a healer is like that of a parent."
Repeating this mantra several times to suppress his inner turmoil, Li Cunxu began the procedure.
He took a pair of pliers made of Spirit Restriction Iron, clamped onto the Reverse Scale on the girl's straight back, and yanked it off. The girl let out a piercing scream.
Dragons have Reverse Scales; touching them means certain death.
Moreover, this wasn't just a touch—it was a forceful removal.
The moment the Reverse Scale was removed, the room plunged into darkness as something shattered the ceiling light.
Li Cunxu felt something sharp pressing tightly against his forehead. He instinctively ducked and stepped back.
In the endless darkness, a pair of golden eyes shone like dazzling stars, emitting an intimidating radiance. Golden dragon scales flickered in the faint light, each one resembling a meticulously crafted piece of art, exuding a noble yet cold aura.
Had Lin Qingwei turned into an Evil Dragon due to the pain?
Li Cunxu turned on his phone's flashlight and saw a four-meter-long Golden Evil Dragon coiled up, its ferocious maw gaping wide—right where his head had been moments ago.
Li Cunxu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Good thing I had the foresight to put an Enslavement Collar on her, or I'd have ended up in the dragon's mouth."
He assessed the progress of the curse transfer and found it had accelerated dozens of times compared to before.
He frowned again. "It's faster, but at this rate, the curse won't be fully transferred before the effects of the Misfortune Bipolar Beast's eyes wear off."
"I need to speed things up."
Li Cunxu commanded the Golden Evil Dragon, which wore the Enslavement Collar around its neck, "Close your mouth, flip over, and expose your belly."
He thrust a knife toward the dragon's heart, but an awkward situation arose.
The blade broke, and the dragon scales on the heart remained unscathed.
"I forgot—ordinary weapons can't pierce dragon scales. What should I do? Where can I find a weapon capable of breaking through an Evil Dragon's defenses?"
Seeing the glint of the dragon's claws, Li Cunxu had an idea.
He ordered the Golden Evil Dragon to use its own claws to peel open its chest.
Li Cunxu noticed that the Enslavement Collar around the dragon's neck was straining, likely unable to hold much longer.
Using the broken knife, he made an incision in the dragon's heart.
The Golden Evil Dragon struggled violently.
"Don't move."
Li Cunxu climbed onto the dragon, buried his head in its chest, and began sucking the Golden Dragon Blood from its heart.
The blood in the dragon's heart wasn't ordinary dragon blood—it was Dragon Essence Blood, the Cursed Source Blood that turned people into dragons through the Evil Dragon Curse.
As he consumed the Cursed Source Blood, the curse transfer progress jumped to 90%.
Li Cunxu felt a bit awkward.
With the loss of the Cursed Source Blood, the Golden Evil Dragon reverted to a beautiful young girl. Having transformed into a dragon earlier, her clothes had been torn apart, leaving her completely naked.
And he was still lying on top of her, his head buried in her chest.
Li Cunxu quickly got up and brushed off his clothes.
The curse transfer progress reached 100%. The dragon scales on the girl's body vanished completely, and Li Cunxu's pupils turned into vertical dragon eyes. His left arm itched, as if dragon scales were about to grow.
Li Cunxu narrowed his eyes slightly. "The Evil Dragon Curse has been suppressed. My earlier guess was correct."
The way the Curse Celestial Heart suppresses curses is through curse confrontation—using one curse to suppress another. Only one curse can be active in a single body at a time.
For example, if a person is cursed to die by hanging and drowning, the most likely cause of death would be being hanged under a bridge pier, where they are both strangled by the rope and drowned by the river water below.
However, with the Curse Celestial Heart, the person will only die from one curse—either by hanging or by drowning—but not both simultaneously.
Isn't it the same as being cursed to death?
No, it's different.
Before death, either the hanging curse completely suppresses the drowning curse, causing the hanging curse to take effect, or the drowning curse completely suppresses the hanging curse, causing the drowning curse to take
effect.
If one curse never fully suppresses the other, then neither curse will ever take effect.
This is the principle of how the Curse Celestial Heart suppresses curses.
Using one curse to suppress another.