A Narrow Victory with Fewer Than One in Ten Surviving; Promoted to Peacock Commandery Governor
Li! Li li----
Amidst the clear cries of the Five-Colored Peacock True Spirit, Kong Wenxuan, along with the clan leader, elder brother, and the remaining less than five hundred clansmen, left the Peacock True Spirit Star, their minds and power returning to their physical bodies.
After he killed the leading Fifth Tier sword True Lord, the remaining first to Fourth Tier True Immortal Realm cultivators were naturally no match for him and his clansmen, and were quickly wiped out, thus completing this Sixth-Grade True Spirit Heaven Rank Advancement Trial.
However, compared to the previous Rank Advancement Trial of the Lower-Grade True Spirit Heaven, this "Rank Advancement Trial" saw the Kong Household participate in more trials, with greater combat power and strength. However, their casualties and losses were undoubtedly the most severe, far exceeding those of the previous Rank Advancement Trial of the Lower-Grade True Spirit Heaven.
Not only was the Peacock County Seat, which manifested and condensed above the Peacock True Spirit Star, completely destroyed and turned into ruins, but the more than five thousand members of the Kong Household family, Peacock Dao Soldiers, and servant cultivator Lineage members who participated in the Rank Advancement Trial were reduced to less than five hundred in the end.
The casualty rate is already over nine out of ten!
If this were not merely Rank Advancement Trial, derived from the Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram, even if the clansmen and disciples who participated perished, they would only lose some of their mental energy and power, without harming their physical bodies.
Otherwise, let alone a 90% casualty rate, even if the death and injury rate exceeded 30%, the Kong Household army would probably have collapsed and chosen to retreat, and it would have been impossible for them to hold out until the end.
It can be said that the Kong Household's success in passing all the Rank Advancement Trial the Sixth-Grade True Spirit Heaven and successfully elevating the Peacock True Spirit Star to the sixth-grade upper level was extremely risky.
He survived entirely by demonstrating fearlessness and selflessness during the Rank Advancement Trial.
If they were to encounter such a battle in reality, Kong Wenxuan and the Kong Household army would probably only be able to complete the most basic fighting at most.
The test of Sisang is simply insufficient to complete the additional test of the lips and face.
And this is only the Rank Advancement Trial for the Sixth-Grade True Spirit Heaven. The Rank Advancement Trial for the higher-grade True Spirit Heaven will only become more difficult and dangerous. It is conceivable that the Rank Advancement Trial tests for the Fifth-Grade True Spirit Heaven, the Fourth-Grade True Spirit Heaven, and even the High-Grade True Spirit Heaven will only be more difficult and dangerous.
No wonder, the higher the level of True Spirit Lineage, the fewer there are.
"Later, when the Lineage attempts to break through to the Fifth-Grade True Spirit Heaven, we must accumulate more strength and resources. We absolutely cannot be as hasty and unprepared as we were this time when we attempted to break through to the Sixth-Grade True Spirit Heaven."
Because now is the time when the armies of various factions in the True Spirit Realm are launching a counterattack against the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven, the rights, benefits, and guarantees that Middle-Grade True Spirit Lineage and Low-Grade True Spirit Lineage can obtain in this counterattack are completely different.
Therefore, in order to gain more benefits and interests for himself and his Lineage in the upcoming counterattack, Kong Wenxuan actually chose to undergo tribulation, break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and lead his Lineage to break through to the Sixth-Grade True Spirit Heaven.
If it weren't for this counter-offensive, Kong Wenxuan would have been absolutely willing to further hone and accumulate his and his Lineage's strength and resources, and would have been more confident in doing these things later.
However, regardless of the circumstances, although it was somewhat rushed and dangerous, he and his Lineage successfully achieved their goals.
He successfully transcended the tribulation and advanced to the Fifth Tier Nascent Soul Realm, Lineage also successfully advanced to the Sixth-Grade True Spirit position, aiming for the sixth-grade superior True Spirit position. Therefore, all his hasty and risky choices were not a problem.
Record these experiences and lessons as a warning for the future, and then turn your energy and attention back to the present and the things to come.
Yo! Yo----
Ring! Ring----
At this moment, the sounds of deer crying and phoenix singing rang out in the sky. In Peacock County Seat, Kong Wenxuan, who had just recovered his mind and strength and summarized the experience and lessons learned from this Rank Advancement Trial, immediately looked up.
Then, the sun and stars appeared in the sky Extended Net Moon Deer True Spirit Star and Vermilion Bird True Spirit Constellation manifested in the sky, with their respective True Spirit raising their heads and crying out. They then lowered their starlight, which fell directly down into the Peacock County Seat below, towards the location of Kong Wenxuan.
At the same time, he also sensed that his Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal was vibrating and buzzing, as if it wanted to jump out.
Having experienced this several times before, Kong Wenxuan immediately understood its meaning. He then took out the Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal, raised it, and faced the falling starlight.
Sure enough, starlight descended and entered the official seal directly, causing it to burst forth with brilliant starlight and mysterious yellow light. The entire Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal was rapidly changing and reshaping under the shroud of starlight and mysterious yellow light.
The original Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal, which was only about three inches in size, now doubled in size to six inches amidst the starlight and the mysterious yellow light.
On it, the side that was originally carved with images of various "True Spirit" originally had the patterns of "Extended Net Moon Deer True Spirit", "Bifang True Spirit Peacock True Spirit True Spirit" carved. However, at this time, "Bifang True Spirit" gradually disappeared in the starlight and the light of Xuanhuang, leaving only the patterns of "Extended Net Moon Deer True Spirit" and "Peacock True Spirit".
Of course, the "seal knob" formed by the intertwining of the Vermilion Bird True Spirit " and the Golden Crow True Spirit" above the "official seal" remains unchanged.
However, the biggest change is that the inscription on the bottom of the official seal, which was originally the Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal, has now been changed to the Peacock Commandery Governor's Official Seal under the starlight and the light of the dark yellow!
After the Kong Household successfully advanced to the Sixth-Grade True Spirit position, although the Kong Household had not yet completed the new expansion war and "expanded the territory of Peacock County into Peacock Commandery", Extended Net Moon Deer Prefecture and Vermilion Bird Royal Court, as the superiors, had already promoted him to a higher official position, from county magistrate to prefect.
Although the official positions in the True Spirit Realm are not as precious as those in the True Emperor Realm, and the benefits are limited, this undoubtedly represents the attitude and goodwill of the superiors Extended Net Moon Deer's Lu Household and Vermilion Bird's Zhu Household.
Moreover, the promotion of the official seal from "Magistrate's Official Seal" to "prefectural governor's seal" will significantly enhance the permissions, exchange scope, and information acquisition level within the "Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty," which are all tangible benefits.
Kong Wenxuan naturally wouldn't refuse such goodwill and benefits. So, after the official seal "devoured and refined all the starlight, upgrading from Magistrate's Official Seal to a prefectural governor's seal," he caught the falling seal, bowed to the manifested Extended Net Moon Deer True Spirit Star and the Vermilion Bird True Spirit Constellation in the sky, and proclaimed, "Your subject, Kong Wenxuan, Prefect of Peacock Commandery, thanks you for your grace!"
Yo-yo!
Ring! Ring----
In the sky, the starlight shone brightly above Extended Net Moon Deer True Spirit Star and the Vermilion Bird True Spirit Constellation. The True Spirit manifested, raised its head and sang a clear song, as if in response, before finally disappearing after a long while.
This time, the official title conferment was different from the previous ones. The manifestation of the Bi Household's Bifang True Spirit Star was missing. The Bifang True Spirit pattern that was originally carved on the newly conferred official seal has now been erased.
All of this signifies a rise in the status of the Kong Household; at least on a larger scale, some of Kong Household rights and positions have already...
They caught up with their original superior, Bifang, from the Bi Household.