Peacock Flies Southeast

In the west, Mount Sumeru, where Luohu's dojo stood.

Ever since he had obtained the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi,

after more than twenty-six thousand years of contemplation, cultivation, and preparation,

Luohu had gradually found, clarified, and firmly settled upon his Dao!

The Path of Slaughter!

Slaughter the world!

Prove the Dao through slaughter!

At the summit of Mount Sumeru,

Luohu sat upon the Twelve Grade World Destroying Black Lotus Platform, gazing at the more than a hundred thousand living beings of his cult below.

His voice thundered through heaven and earth. "Today! I shall establish a cult! It shall be called the Demon Cult! Its followers shall take slaughter as their Dao! All Primordial Beings may be killed!"

"Greetings, Cult Master!"

The hundred thousand beings stirred with excitement and all knelt in homage.

Luohu laughed heartily. "After ten thousand years of contemplation, I have finally understood: the Heavenly Dao is merciless! Its will is to kill!"

"Kill! Kill!"

The countless beings across the mountains roared in a frenzy, their killing intent soaring to the heavens!

The Demon Cult had emerged, and the great calamity was about to begin.

But things remained calm and peaceful where Li Xuan was.

Time continued to pass.

Kong Xuan got along famously with Little Purple, Little Blue, Bright Rabbit, and the others.

Eventually, even Qi Ying couldn't resist joining in.

For a time, the four became a force to be reckoned with within hundreds of thousands of li of Mount Taixuan.

Kong Xuan especially, because of Li Xuan,

had found a sense of home and belonging.

And with Bright Rabbit and the others there to accompany him as he grew,

the boy was clearly nothing like the haughty Peacock Great Bright King Li Xuan remembered.

He was still proud, but he was no longer lonely.

But then again, that made sense.

In the Primordial Wilderness of the world before Li Xuan had crossed over,

though no one knew how Kong Xuan had survived,

his journey growing up must have been incredibly difficult, painful, even torturous.

That was why, once he grew up,

he had become the violent, supremely arrogant Peacock Great Bright King.

But now...

Watching the boy stand with his hands on his hips, directing a group of beings to run around while laughing loudly,

Li Xuan thought that the kid had a bright future ahead of him...

In the blink of an eye, another fifty thousand years passed.

Over those fifty thousand years, Kong Xuan had grown into a young man of sixteen or seventeen.

He was naturally handsome and graceful, with an air of pride.

His cultivation had long since reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

He was now a ninth-level Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

In particular, his Five-Colored Divine Light had begun to show its power!

Even when Bright Rabbit, Little Purple, and Little Blue, all Grand Unity Golden Immortals,

joined forces with Qi Ying, who was at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, to attack him,

they were no match for him at all.

One day,

a streak of Five-Colored Divine Light shot over and landed atop Mount Taixuan.

Li Xuan calmly opened his eyes and looked at Kong Xuan.

Kong Xuan strode over to him and called out, "Dad, I'm so bored. I'm thinking of heading out to see the world. What do you think? Are you for it or against it?"

Li Xuan raised an eyebrow. "I've told you countless times that I'm not your father. You're old enough now to know who your real parents are. Don't call me that again."

"I know my parents are Yuanfeng and Divine Phoenix, but they died ages ago! I never even met them. You're my dad, whether you like it or not. Anyway, I said I want to go out and see the world. Are you giving me permission or not?"

Kong Xuan rolled his eyes, completely unconcerned, and asked again.

Li Xuan could only sigh helplessly.

Over the years, he had told Kong Xuan countless times that he wasn't his father.

But it was no use, and now he could only let the boy have his way.

After pondering for a while, he said, "The Primordial Wilderness is full of killing intent right now. Unless something unexpected happens, Hongjun and that scoundrel Luohu will soon clash. When they do, slaughter will be everywhere, and the entire Primordial Wilderness will be caught up in it. They might even shatter the land, splitting the whole Primordial Wilderness into four great continents. With your level of cultivation, going out there would be suicide. So I don't recommend it."

Li Xuan had hoped to scare Kong Xuan into staying on Mount Taixuan.

That was why he had said all that.

But to his surprise, Kong Xuan only grew more excited.

His eyes shone with longing as he bounced on his feet and shouted, "It's going to be that exciting!? Then I definitely have to go see!"

"You..." Li Xuan was speechless. He raised a hand and pointed at Kong Xuan. "Did you even understand what I just said? I meant, don't go out. Stay here. Isn't your life comfortable as it is? Why go looking for trouble?"

Kong Xuan clearly wasn't listening to Li Xuan.

After all, Li Xuan wanted to lie low forever,

and didn't care at all about what was happening outside.

But Kong Xuan couldn't stand being cooped up.

He bounced around the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform, wanting to climb onto it but stopped by the protective barrier.

All he could do was circle it and shout, "But I'm so bored! There's nothing fun left within hundreds of thousands of li! Bright Rabbit, Little Purple, and Little Blue all hold back when they play with me now, and Qi Ying's run off the moment I ask him to spar ever since I beat him up a few times! I'm so bored, Dad!"

"Hmm..."

Li Xuan fell silent too. After a moment, he sighed. "Fine, fine. You're naturally free-spirited. How could I keep you cooped up here? If you want to go see the world, then go."

"Thanks, Dad!"

Kong Xuan was overjoyed.

He let out a strange cackle and soared into the air, shouting, "Little Purple! Little Blue! Bright Rabbit! And Qi Ying! Dad said we can go out! Let's go, hurry! Don't give Dad a chance to change his mind!"

Li Xuan's eyes twitched.

Good grief. He wasn't content to go by himself.

He had to take the other four along, too.

But then Li Xuan shook his head and decided not to worry about it.

There were five of them together, and all were at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Kong Xuan in particular—probably even an ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortal wouldn't withstand the wash of his Five-Colored Divine Light.

So they should be able to protect themselves across the Primordial Wilderness.

He might as well let them go.

Sure enough, at Kong Xuan's words,

the other four turned into streaks of light and took off, each of them beaming with delight.

Sitting in solitude to cultivate

was something only someone like Li Xuan, who was a worrier to the bone, could enjoy.

The other four had grown tired of being bored long ago, too.

It was only because Li Xuan was there, and because they had once sworn an oath,

that they couldn't leave, and didn't dare bring it up with him.

But now that Young Master Kong Xuan, the Great One's son, was taking them out,

they had no reason to feel guilty about it!

As they flew farther away and were about to leave the Grand Profound Illusory Realm Array,

Li Qing waved a hand.

The Qiankun Diagram and the Jade Pure Bottle immediately rose into the air and appeared before Kong Xuan in the blink of an eye.

"Take these two treasures with you. And remember, go out and have fun, but don't draw attention to yourselves, don't cause trouble, don't bully the weak, don't let anyone fool you, and don't..."

Li Xuan's voice kept coming, rambling and nagging...

Kong Xuan reached out, grabbed the two treasures, and shouted with a grin, "Don't worry, Dad! I, got, it!"

As he spoke, the five streaks of light, led by Kong Xuan,

shot out of the Grand Profound Illusory Realm Array

and vanished at the southeastern horizon.

"Ah, the peacock flies southeast..."

As he watched them disappear, Li Xuan suddenly felt a hollow ache in his heart.

He shook his head and sighed, then withdrew his attention and continued to contemplate the Great Profound Dao with his eyes closed.

He had now reached the ninth level of the Golden Immortal realm.

His Incarnation Outside the Body, meanwhile, had reached the ninth level of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!