Strictly speaking, Kong Xuan and Great Peng's foundations lay in the innate Qi of the Five Elements and innate Yin Yang Qi, making them innate beings.
However, because they had been born through Yuan Feng and taken the forms of birds, it was not wrong for them to acknowledge Yuan Feng as their mother.
In terms of their innate foundations, there was virtually no difference between Kong Xuan and Great Peng.
Yet in certain actions taken after their birth, they had ended up on vastly different paths.
Kong Xuan used the Five Elements Origin to refine five three-foot tail feathers, gaining the divine ability—Five-Colored Divine Light.
It was said that within the Five Elements, there was nothing it could not collect.
Although it had failed to sweep away the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag in the Investiture of the Gods War, its performance had still been remarkable.
Such a divine ability was enough to make many Great Powers take notice.
Great Peng, meanwhile, had evolved a Personal Spirit Treasure: the Yin Yang Two Qi Bottle.
During the Lion Camel Ridge calamity of Journey to the West, he had used it to capture Sun Wukong.
Even with Sun Wukong's abilities, he had been unable to escape. Only by using the Life-saving Hairs given to him by Guanyin had he managed to get away safely.
When it came to the declining Phoenix Race, Kong Xuan and Great Peng, the two brothers, had chosen different paths as well.
They had karma connecting them to Yuan Feng.
As the leader of the Phoenix Race, Yuan Feng had been different from ordinary Cultivators.
When ordinary Cultivators died, their karma dispersed;
Though Yuan Feng had died, a portion of her karma had been transferred to the Phoenix Race.
This was also a characteristic of clan leaders. They