Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture, Giant Spirit Martial Cultivator

In the heaven of Ninth-Grade True Spirits, the Peacock True Spirit Star had just been established.

Kong Wenxuan stood atop the newly formed Peacock True Spirit Star. It still looked insubstantial, somewhere between illusion and reality. It was not yet a true, solid star and would need to be continuously perfected and strengthened until, one day, it could become a true star.

Kong Wenxuan formed a hand seal and drew a wisp of Five-Colored Divine Light from his Sea of Consciousness, sending it into the Peacock True Spirit Star. He imprinted the entire inheritance of the Five Elements True Scripture, which he had obtained from the Five-Colored Divine Light, upon the star.

That way, when members of the Kong Household worshipped the Peacock True Spirit Star and awakened their bloodlines in the future, they would be able to obtain the inheritance of the Five Elements True Scripture from it.

As the inheritance of the Five Elements True Scripture was imprinted upon it, the newly formed Peacock True Spirit Star also seemed to become somewhat more solid and substantial, appearing more real.

But that was not enough. Kong Wenxuan took a Star Stone from his Storage Bag. It was the one the patriarch had given him, left behind after the Kong Household's former Peacock True Spirit Star had fallen.

The patriarch had given him the Star Stone so that, if he felt himself flagging while climbing the Starlight Stairway or slaying Demon Beasts and forming the star, he could shatter it and absorb the power within to lend himself a hand.

Besides the Star Stone, the patriarch had followed the experience left by Ancestor Jianling and prepared numerous pills to strengthen and restore his body, Law Power, and Spiritual Consciousness, as well as various talismans, formations, Law Artifacts, and other items for combat, protection, and recovery.

All of them were for him to use during Foundation Establishment, the climb up the Starlight Stairway, and the slaying of Demon Beasts for Star Inlaying.

But Kong Wenxuan was strong enough, and the Five Elements Divine Swords were powerful enough. During Foundation Establishment, he had used only two Vermilion Fruits and some pills to strengthen and restore his body and Blood Qi. He had not used any of the other pills or spiritual items.

He had also climbed the Starlight Stairway entirely by his own strength. While slaying Demon Beasts and forming the star, he had only taken some pills to restore his body, Law Power, and Spiritual Consciousness before fighting the final Second Tier Peacock Demon Beast.

He had barely used any of the other resources and spiritual items the patriarch had prepared. Relying on his five Five Elements Divine Swords to fight his way through, he had successfully established the Peacock True Spirit Star.

Thus, the Star Stone was still intact. Kong Wenxuan took it out and placed it directly into the newly established Peacock True Spirit Star. The Star Stone instantly transformed into a haze of illusory starlight and merged into the new star.

As the Star Stone merged with it, the newly established Peacock True Spirit Star immediately became brighter, more solid, and more real.

At the same time, amid the five-colored starlight streaming from the Peacock True Spirit Star, there was now an illusory starlight that seemed both real and unreal.

The illusory starlight flowed along with the five-colored starlight into Kong Wenxuan's body, merging with his bloodline, Law Power, and Sea of Consciousness. The Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture, which he had never cultivated, immediately began circulating at a tremendous speed. In mere moments, it had also been cultivated and advanced to the Second Tier Foundation Establishment level.

In his Dantian Qi sea, his five-colored Law Power, which had condensed into liquid and advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm, gained an illusory hue. In his newly opened Sea of Consciousness, the five-colored light shining from his nascent Spiritual Consciousness gained a hazy quality. Even the Five Elements Divine Swords circling his body acquired a layer of dreamlike haze.

In addition to the sword techniques of the Five Elements Divine Swords and the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation, he had now mastered illusion techniques and soul-bewitching techniques at the Second Tier spiritual technique level!

When used in conjunction with the sword techniques and formation of the Five Elements Divine Swords, they could undoubtedly produce stronger and more wondrous effects at times.

Kong Wenxuan had not expected that merging the Star Stone into the newly established Peacock True Spirit Star would bring such benefits.

With this, however, two inheritances had been imprinted upon the new Peacock True Spirit Star: the Five Elements True Scripture and the Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture.

When members of the Kong Household kowtowed to the Peacock True Spirit Star and awakened their bloodlines in the future, they should be able to receive both inheritances. How they cultivated them would be up to each individual.

After adapting to the Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture he had just cultivated, Kong Wenxuan sat cross-legged atop the newly established Peacock True Spirit Star. He drew in and refined the starlight radiating from the star's true spirit, swiftly restoring the strength of his body and bloodline, the Law Power in his Dantian Qi sea, and the power of the Spiritual Consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness.

Successfully establishing the star was only half of Star Inlaying. He still had to defend the newly established Peacock True Spirit Star, so he needed to recover as quickly as possible, restoring his body, Law Power, Spiritual Consciousness, and everything else to their best condition.

The starlight radiating from the newly established Peacock True Spirit Star was the best spiritual resource for restoring his body, Law Power, and Spiritual Consciousness, stronger than any pill, talisman, Law Artifact, or other spiritual item.

Standing atop the newly established star, the person performing Star Inlaying had no need to worry about exhausting or replenishing their body, Law Power, or Spiritual Consciousness. This was also the greatest support a True Spirit Star gave its guardian.

At the same time, it undoubtedly showed that the enemies about to attack the newly established star would be even stronger than the Demon Beasts from the earlier Star Inlaying.

Before long, Kong Wenxuan's body, Law Power, and Spiritual Consciousness had all returned to their peak. His first enemy also stepped out of the void ahead: a tall man wielding a pair of hammers.

Clang!

The man struck his hammers together with a thunderous crash. As he strode forward, his body continued to grow taller and larger. In the blink of an eye, he was nearly a zhang tall, like a giant spirit.

That isn't a Bloodline Divine Ability. His body is changing directly, and there's that might bearing down like a mountain!

Is this the "martial cultivator from beyond the domain" Ancestor Jianling spoke of in the inheritance Jade Slip? They supposedly come from a place called the True Martial World...

The thoughts went through Kong Wenxuan's mind, but his hands were not slow. The Azure Wood Divine Sword circling his body was the first to slash out. It flickered in midair and transformed into 108 streaks of cyan sword light, like a Peacock Spreading Its Tail.

Only forty-nine of the 108 streaks of sword light were real. The rest had been conjured from the newly incorporated power of the Soul-Bewitching Illusion Technique. Though they were not tangible sword light, they possessed a powerful soul-bewitching illusion effect.

Kong Wenxuan's attack with the Azure Wood Divine Sword was no longer a mere sword technique. It now incorporated the Soul-Bewitching Illusion Technique he had just mastered.

Sure enough, when the giant spirit martial cultivator, striding forward and growing ever taller as his mountain-like might bore down, saw the sword light spread like a peacock's tail, the illusion immediately bewitched him. He stood rooted to the spot, reacting not at all to the sword light slashing toward him, neither dodging nor defending.

Clang! Clang! Clang... rip...

The unbroken stream of cyan sword light struck the giant spirit martial cultivator, first producing a series of sharp metallic clangs. His body was as hard as iron, and the cyan sword light formed by the Azure Wood Divine Sword could not immediately cut through it.

But after more than forty streaks of sword light struck the same spot in succession, even real metal would have been severed. At last, a tearing sound rang out, and the giant spirit martial cultivator was cut in two on the spot. He let out a roar of grief and rage before dissipating into the void.

Seeing this, Kong Wenxuan knew that the attacker was not a real martial cultivator, but a manifestation of the Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram's power, used to test the person performing Star Inlaying and the newly established True Spirit Star.