The Purple Mansion Tribulation: One Success, One Failure

After sending a message to Ya Zhaoying and entrusting the matter to the Ya Household, Kong Wenxuan and his group did not delay any longer and continued to drive the "Five-Colored Peacock Feather Boat" to "Cuckoo Town". After transiting through "Cuckoo Town", they headed south back to "Peacock County". There were no more accidents along the way, nor did they encounter any other Demon Race, martial arts cultivators or other enemies.

It seems that although some Demon Race have spread to the vicinity of Fire Crow County and Cuckoo Town, they are still only a minority and have not posed a significant threat or caused much damage.

Even so, after Kong Wenxuan and his group returned to "Peacock County", they informed the clan chief. After discussing with the clan chief and his elder brother, they dispatched several more patrol teams to patrol inside and outside Peacock County, and even to the "South Lake Mountains" to the south, in order to prevent Demon Race, martial arts practitioners, and others from infiltrating, attacking, or causing damage.

Kong Wenxuan returned to the "Peacock Secret Realm" to continue his secluded cultivation, refining and upgrading the "Azure Wood Azure Wood Divine Sword Azure Wood Divine Sword" in order to complete its final advancement as soon as possible, raise his cultivation to the late stage of the Third Tier Late Purple Mansion Stage, and push his combat power to its peak.

In fact, it wasn't just Kong Wenxuan who knew that the current situation in "Bifang Commandery" was only temporarily stable and could be swept up in the turmoil of invasion by Demon Race and martial arts cultivators at any time. Therefore, there were still many cultivators in the Kong Household who had reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Aunt Kong Yujin, Aunt Kong Yuyin, Uncle Kong Yuluo, Uncle Kong Yutang, Aunt Kong Yuling, and eldest brother Kong Wenzhang, among others, have all begun to enter the "Peacock Secret Realm" Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak for seclusion, preparing to break through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage in order to enhance the Lineage's strength and combat power, so as to cope with the turbulent situation that may come at any time.

They secluded themselves on this "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak" to break through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage. They could not only use the power of this "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak" to accelerate their cultivation and increase their success rate in breaking through to the Purple Mansion Stage, but also have Kong Wenxuan, who was in seclusion on the mountaintop, protect them.

If anyone fails to break through to the Purple Mansion Stage and shows signs of degenerating into Demon Beast, Kong Wenxuan can promptly intervene to suppress and kill them, thus preventing greater damage and impact.

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Kong Wenxuan was refining and enhancing the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" on the top of "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak" and devouring and refining another "Black Water Paulownia Wood" spiritual material when he suddenly sensed something, got up, and looked up at a pavilion on the mountainside of "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak".

The Spiritual Qi there was fluctuating rapidly, with a large amount of Spiritual Qi converging there. Although it hadn't yet formed a vortex, it was still far greater than in other places.

Kong Wenxuan could sense that the Peacock Bloodline within was restless and fluctuating violently, sometimes strong and sometimes weak.

He knew that this commotion was caused by someone from his clan attempting to break through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage.

"That should be where Third Aunt Kong Yuyin is in seclusion. She's about to break through to the Purple Mansion Stage!"

Kong Wenxuan immediately understood.

"Unexpectedly, it was Third Aunt Kong Yuyin who took the lead and reached the point of breaking through to the Purple Mansion Stage Realm."

Kong Wenxuan pondered these thoughts, his gaze sweeping over the various pavilions and houses on "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak." In these places he looked, there were now Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator from his Lineage in seclusion, preparing to break through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage.

However, there has been no movement in these places yet.

Therefore, he turned his attention to where his third aunt was in seclusion. He didn't know if his third aunt would succeed in breaking through to the Purple Mansion Stage. If she failed and was devoured by the demonic power in the Peacock Bloodline, falling into the form of Peacock Demon Beast, he would have to kill her in time.

The Eighth-Grade Peacock True Spirit Star was ultimately too low-ranking to protect all clansmen attempting to advance to the Purple Mansion Stage. Inevitably, some would fail and fall into Demon Beast form.

Perhaps only by advancing to the mid-grade level of True Spirit Star can the clansmen be protected more safely and have a higher success rate during their cultivation and advancement in the lower Third Tier.

However, when that time comes, the troubles of that time will naturally follow.

Lili!

At that moment, the clear chirping of Peacock rang out.

In the sky above the "Secret Realm," the "Peacock True Spirit Star," shining like a great sun, shone brightly. Above it, the "Five-Colored Peacock True Spirit" manifested, raising its head and singing a clear song, spreading its wings and displaying its tail feathers, and letting down a large amount of Five-Colored Starlight, which fell on the mountainside of the "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak," in the pavilion where the Three Aunts were in seclusion and breaking through.

Clearly, Third Aunt Kong Yuyin's breakthrough to the Purple Mansion Stage has reached the final critical moment. Facing the Demonic Nature Backlash within her Peacock Bloodline, she has no choice but to draw upon the power of the "Peacock True Spirit Star" to assist and suppress it.

At this moment, Kong Wenxuan also focused his attention on the situation in the pavilion on the mountainside. The Third Tier "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" in his Purple Mansion was already slightly raised and humming, ready to strike out from the Purple Mansion and strike the pavilion on the mountainside at any time if anything was wrong.

Although he was quite familiar with his third aunt Kong Yuyin, back when his Lineage was still the Du Household's servant Lineage, he served in the "Demon-Suppressing Pass" with her and received a lot of care from her. Over the decades, she has made great contributions to the Lineage, never missing any crucial battles or territorial expansions, and is now a major fighting force for the Lineage.

However, if the opponent fails to suppress the Demonic Nature Backlash in the Peacock Bloodline when attempting to reach the Purple Mansion Stage, and falls into the form of Demon Beast, then no matter how unwilling or reluctant he is, he can only slash with his sword to deliver the opponent from this predicament.

Kong Wenxuan's mind raced, his gaze fixed on the pavilion halfway up the mountain, the place where the Third Aunt was in seclusion. He prayed that she could successfully suppress the Demonic Nature Backlash and advance to the Purple Mansion Stage.

Chant!

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, a sword's cry suddenly rang out from the pavilion on the mountainside. A streak of azure sword light shot out from the pavilion, flying straight into the air. In a flash, it transformed into more than two hundred azure sword lights, which, like agile fish, crisscrossed and intertwined in the air like a net.

It was none other than the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" forged by Third Aunt Kong Yuyin!

Upon seeing this, Kong Wenxuan knew that the other party had successfully advanced to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage, suppressing the Demonic Nature Backlash of her bloodline. With another Purple Mansion Stage cultivator in the Lineage, he laughed and congratulated her, "Congratulations, Third Aunt, on successfully advancing to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage!"

Upon hearing his words, many Lineage members in the "Peacock Secret Realm" who were concerned about the Third Aunt's breakthrough were overjoyed. They loudly congratulated the Third Aunt on her successful breakthrough, cheered that their Lineage had gained another Purple Mansion Stage cultivator, and cheered that their Lineage' strength had greatly increased.

At the same time, the successful advancement of the Third Aunt Kong Yuyin also greatly boosted the confidence of the other Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator in the clan who were still in seclusion trying to break through to the Purple Mansion Stage, and they all accelerated their efforts to break through to the Purple Mansion Stage.

However, joy turned to sorrow.

Less than a month after Third Aunt successfully advanced to the Purple Mansion Stage, Sixth Uncle Kong Yushan, who was also in seclusion on the other side of the "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak", also rushed to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage. However, he was unable to suppress the Demonic Nature Backlash in his bloodline. With a Peacock cry full of demonic energy, he was directly devoured of his humanity and degenerated into Third Tier Peacock Demon Beast.

Kong Wenxuan, who was stationed atop the "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak" to refine his sword and cultivate, and also to protect them, had no choice but to take action. He unleashed his Third Tier "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" at nine times the speed of sound, instantly killing his sixth uncle Kong Yushan, who had fallen into the form of Demon Beast.