At that same moment, on the Purple Star, the Five-Colored Divine Light shot into the heavens.
Five hues blanketed the starry sky. The Five Elements Great Dao chased one another, separating the power of the stars into five utterly distinct essences wherever they passed.
Kong Xuan sat cross-legged atop the Purple Star.
The young woman wore a flowing five-colored dress, her black hair falling to her waist, a rare solemnity in her eyes.
Qing Xuan and Qing Yi stood in the distance.
Qing Xuan raised a hand to contain the chaotic five-element essences around them, keeping the shock waves from reaching the Purple Star Palace.
Qing Yi spread her Creation Dao Light to stabilize the Purple Star's earth veins and stellar core, leaving Kong Xuan to master that increasingly violent power herself.
In the end, she had to walk the path to Great Luo on her own.
The red divine light was the first to slip out of control. A sea of fire swept over the summit, only to be quenched by black water-light a moment later.
White metal-light surged out of the water, becoming countless keen edges that nearly shredded Kong Xuan's Auspicious Cloud.
Still, Kong Xuan did not open her eyes.
Only when the Five-Colored Divine Light lost all balance did she suddenly disperse every trace of magical power protecting her.
Qing Yi's gaze shifted slightly.
Freed from restraint, the five-element essences collided in an instant. Terrifying Dao might swallowed Kong Xuan completely, and the entire summit dissolved into nothingness amid the five-colored radiance.
The next moment, a clear, ringing cry resounded across the starry sky.
The Dharma Form of a Five-Colored Peacock spread its wings within the light, its magnificent tail feathers filling the heavens.
The five-element essences that had been crashing against one another all froze,