Recaps

Kong Wenxuan’s family entrusted him with the hope of restoring the Kong Household’s Peacock Bloodline and gave him Vermilion Fruits to strengthen his cultivation. After two months of secluded cultivation at the Demon-Suppressing Pass, he had greatly accelerated the refinement of the Crimson Fire Divine Sword and expected to reach Qi Refinement Eighth Layer within three months.

• Kong Yushuo explained that the Kong Household’s weakness left it subject to the Du Household’s exploitation, and said Kong Wenxuan might restore their Peacock Bloodline to Ninth-Grade True Spirit status.
• Kong Yushuo gave Kong Wenxuan two of the four Vermilion Fruits left after the household paid its taxes, crediting him for his fighting against Lang Household cultivators and wolf demons.
• Kong Yushuo told the service squad to remain at the Demon-Suppressing Pass while the household contacted its patriarch and arranged to send the Vermilion Fruit tree back to the lineage.
• Kong Wenxuan secluded himself to consume Vermilion Fruits, refine spirit fire, and advance the Crimson Fire Divine Sword.
• After two months, Kong Wenxuan had refined three and a half portions of spirit fire and more than half the sword, so he left seclusion to relax and learn about the situation outside.

Kong Wenxuan learned that factions across the southern mountains were closing in on the weakened Lang Household and became eager to seize the Dark Iron at Wolf Fang Mountain. After returning from seclusion, he learned the Kong Household had joined the planned siege and rushed back to finish the Crimson Fire Divine Sword before the attack.

• Kong Yuyin told Kong Wenxuan that the Lang Household had suffered heavy losses and that factions were discussing a siege of its ancestral home at Wolf Fang Mountain.
• Kong Wenxuan discovered that Wolf Fang Mountain contained Dark Iron, the First-Tier Superior-Grade metal-element material he needed for the White Metal Divine Sword, and asked Kong Yuyin to alert him if a siege became likely.
• Kong Wenxuan spent two more months in seclusion refining the Crimson Fire Divine Sword, leaving only half of the final spiritual flame unfinished.
• Kong Yushuo told Kong Wenxuan that the Kong Household had joined the alliance against the Lang Household and would wait a month for him to reach the Qi Refinement Eighth Layer before setting out.
• Kong Wenxuan promised to complete the sword within a month and returned to seclusion.

After forging the Crimson Fire Divine Sword and reaching the Qi Refinement Eighth Layer, Kong Wenxuan joined the assault on the Lang Household’s ancestral grounds at Wolf Fang Mountain. As the siege began, the Kong Household faced the strongest defenses at the central peak, and Kong Wenxuan unleashed his sword’s Sword Qi Thunderclap against the attacking wolf demons.

• Kong Wenxuan left Demon-Suppressing Pass with his relatives to join the siege of the Lang Household’s ancestral grounds.
• Kong Wenzhang warned Kong Wenxuan not to attack the factions waiting nearby and explained that they could help probe the Lang Household’s defenses.
• Kong Wenxuan learned that the Kong Household’s assigned target was the central peak, which held the best Dark Iron vein and the strongest defenses.
• A signal launched from a nearby peak marked the start of the general assault, and the Lang Household’s formations raised a copper-and-iron dome that sent wolf demons against the attackers.
• Kong Wenxuan’s Crimson Fire Divine Sword flashed into the wolf demon pack and cut the creatures apart with Sword Qi Thunderclap.

Kong Wenxuan used his newly refined Crimson Fire Divine Sword to annihilate the copper-iron demonic wolves attacking the Kong Household and frighten away nearby cultivators hoping to steal their spoils. When more wolves charged, he unleashed all four divine swords and killed them, leaving even the remaining onlookers fleeing Wolf Fang Mountain’s other battlefields.

• Kong Wenxuan killed more than ten charging copper-iron demonic wolves with a single Crimson Fire Divine Sword strike, stunning the Kong Household members.
• Nearby cultivator “hyenas” fled toward other peaks after seeing Kong Wenxuan’s sword strike, while a few stayed to watch.
• More than thirty copper-iron demonic wolves emerged from the barrier and charged Kong Wenxuan and the others.
• Kong Wenxuan used the Azure Wood Divine Sword to entangle the wolves, then killed them with his other three divine swords before the Kong Household members could attack.
• Kong Wenzhang said he would switch to the Five Elements True Scripture, and the remaining cultivator “hyenas” fled to other battlefields.

Kong Wenxuan and the Kong Household were nearly overwhelmed by the Lang Household’s Second Tier protective formation on Wolf Fang Mountain, but Kong Yushuo used the Crimson Plume Feather Fan to repel its attack and lead the group to safety. The Kong Household retreated beyond the formation’s range, realizing that the Lang Household’s defenses were far stronger than they had been told.

• Kong Wenxuan killed the copper-iron wolf demons, provoking the Lang Household’s formation to summon a Second Tier copper-iron wolf demon that suppressed the Kong Household’s minds.
• The Five-Colored Divine Light dispelled the force in Kong Wenxuan’s mind, restoring his consciousness as the wolf demon formed a huge set of jaws and lunged at the group.
• Kong Yushuo awakened and used his Bloodline Divine Ability to activate the Second Tier Crimson Plume Feather Fan, summoning a flaming peacock that destroyed the wolf demon’s attack.
• Kong Yushuo ordered the Kong Household to retreat while he recovered from the strain of using the fan, and the group withdrew beyond the formation’s range.
• Kong Yuyin and the others realized the Lang Household’s formation was an offensive Second Tier formation and credited the fan with saving them.

The Kong Household escaped the Lang Household’s Second Tier formation demon, but the demon began attacking the other siege forces and threatened to break the assault. Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo agreed to help the “Shrike” Lao Household hold it back for a quarter of an hour in exchange for a share of the spoils, leaving the Kong Household bound by a contract as the organizers prepared their next move.

• The chapter explained that the Crimson Plume Feather Fan was the Kong Household’s last Bloodline-Inherited Spirit Artifact and that Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo wielded it.
• The Copper-Iron Wolf Demon attacked the forces besieging Wolf Fang Mountain, causing panic and heavy disorder among them.
• Third Aunt Kong Yuyin warned that the siege might fail, and Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo said the outcome depended on the “Shrike” Lao Household’s preparations.
• A cultivator from the Lao Household asked Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo to use a Second Tier illusion formation to restrain the demon.
• Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo negotiated for the Kong Household to become a fifth organizer and receive one-fifth of the Lang Household’s treasury and resources, alongside the dark iron vein.
• Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo and the Lao Household cultivator signed a contract requiring the Kong Household to hold the demon for at least a quarter of an hour unless something unexpected occurred.

The Kong Household’s illusion array held off the Lang Household’s Bronze-Iron Wolf Demon while the Shrike Lao Household destroyed a Wolf Fang peak with Earth-Shaking Talismans. With the Lang Household’s protective array broken, invaders charged into the ancestral grounds, where fighting erupted and a Second Tier chameleon Demon Beast reached the ancestral hall unnoticed.

• Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo and the Kong Household activated the Second Tier illusion array, drawing the Lang Household cultivators and Bronze-Iron Wolf Demon into a battle with the Blue Peacock illusion.
• Kong Wenxuan watched the array as the Shrike Lao Household and its allies used Earth-Shaking Talismans to collapse an outer Wolf Fang peak.
• The damaged peak caused the Lang Household’s protective array and Bronze-Iron Wolf Demon to crack and collapse.
• Sieging cultivators rushed into the Lang Household’s ancestral grounds to loot its resources, while Lang Household defenders fought back.
• A Second Tier chameleon Demon Beast changed its colors as it climbed to the highest peak and reached the Gray Wolf Lang Household’s ancestral hall unnoticed.

A second-tier chameleon from the Demon Court offered the besieged Lang Household a way to survive by joining the Demon Race. The Lang Household patriarch accepted, and the chameleon prepared to lead them out of the encirclement while promising they could return for revenge later.

• The second-tier chameleon entered the Lang Household ancestral hall unnoticed and found the patriarch activating an array that threatened to destroy Wolf Fang Mountain.
• The chameleon revealed that it belonged to the Demon Court and offered the Lang Household survival in exchange for joining the Demon Race.
• The patriarch learned that the Demon Court could not fight the besieging cultivators without attracting the Du Household, but could help the Lang Household escape.
• The chameleon explained that the Lang Household would embrace its demonic nature during breakthroughs while retaining its intelligence through the Demon Court's methods.
• The patriarch agreed to lead the Lang Household into the Demon Court, and the chameleon promised they could return in one to three years to take revenge on their attackers.

The Lang Household patriarch accepted Long Ke’s help to escape Wolf Fang Mountain and set the Mountain Collapse and Earth Split array to activate after they left. The array devastated the battlefield, while Kong Yushuo protected the Kong Household from the collapsing peaks and eruptions of metal Qi.

• The Lang Household patriarch agreed to leave with Long Ke, who promised answers about the Du Household and Cuckoo County later.
• The Lang Household patriarch changed the Mountain Collapse and Earth Split array to detonate after a delay, then gathered his clansmen and their remaining resources.
• Long Ke led the Lang Household out of the Wolf Fang Mountain battlefield using his Bloodline Divine Ability, and the patriarch introduced him as their rescuer.
• After the Lang Household escaped, the delayed array caused the peaks to collapse and the earth to split, killing and injuring cultivators who were plundering the ancestral grounds.
• Kong Yushuo used a volcanic stone treasure seal to protect the Kong Household from the collapsing ground and metal Qi, while the others fought back.

After Wolf Fang Mountain collapsed, the Kong Household searched for dark iron but discovered the Lang Household had escaped with its treasures. The attacking forces turned against the Kong Household over their diminished spoils, and Kong Wenxuan secretly sent the Crimson Fire Divine Sword away.

• Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo confirmed the Kong Household members were safe and ordered them to search for enemies and gather dark iron for Kong Wenxuan.
• Kong Wenxuan said he needed at least nine portions of First-Tier Superior-Grade dark iron spiritual metal to refine the White Metal Divine Sword.
• The Kong Household found no surviving Lang Household members or additional bodies, and saw that the ancestral tablets and other belongings had been removed from the ruined ancestral hall.
• Kong Yushuo contacted the Shrike Lao Household and other forces, and they confirmed that none had seen the Lang Household escape.
• The gathered forces blamed the Kong Household and demanded that its shares of the dark iron and resources be revoked, while the Shrike Lao Household stayed silent.
• Kong Yushuo glanced at Kong Wenxuan, and the Crimson Fire Divine Sword vanished.

Kong Wenxuan’s sword strike silenced the factions accusing the Kong Household, and the Shrike Lao Household’s representative helped defuse the confrontation. After the others left Wolf Fang Mountain, the Kong Household collected first-tier superior-grade Dark Iron spirit metal from the shattered vein, though the vein was rapidly losing its value.

• Kong Wenxuan cut the throats of the accusing cultivators with a warning strike, frightening them into silence.
• Kong Yushuo asserted the Kong Household’s claim to Wolf Fang Mountain’s resources, and the Shrike Lao Household’s representative redirected the crowd toward searching for the Lang Household fugitives.
• The other factions left, and the Lao cultivator praised Kong Wenxuan before taking his leave.
• Kong Yushuo ordered the Kong Household to search the exposed Dark Iron vein, and they collected more than a dozen pieces of first-tier superior-grade Dark Iron spirit metal.
• The Kong Household found that the Lang Household’s sabotage had caused the vein’s Spiritual Qi and Metal Qi to leak away, threatening to reduce it to ordinary iron within months.

Kong Wenxuan continued forging the White Metal Divine Sword when Du Zhimin arrived at Wolf Fang Mountain with the Cuckoo Du Household. The Shrike Lao Household revealed it had offered the damaged Dark Iron vein to the Du Household, whose leader suppressed the protesting factions and threatened to destroy them.

• Kong Wenxuan forged the White Metal Divine Sword with the white Peacock Feather and estimated he could finish the sword and reach the Qi Refining Ninth Layer within a year to a year and a half.
• Du Zhimin arrived at Wolf Fang Mountain aboard the Cuckoo Du Household's Second-Tier Feather Boat with Du Household cultivators.
• Lao Zerui welcomed Du Zhimin and confirmed that the Shrike Lao Household would give the damaged Dark Iron vein to the Du Household.
• The factions that had joined the Lao Household in taking Wolf Fang Mountain protested that the Lao Household had no right to sell the vein without their consent.
• Du Zhimin used his Spiritual Consciousness to suppress the protesters, claimed the vein for the Du Household, and threatened to send troops to raze their Lineages and factions.

Du Zhimin warned the Kong Household by granting it a smaller tax reduction than the Lao Household for surrendering the damaged Dark Iron vein. He and the Du Household used the Cuckoo True Spirit Star to move the vein from Wolf Fang Mountain into the Cuckoo Secret Realm.

• Du Zhimin asked Kong Yushuo whether the Kong Household would offer its damaged Dark Iron vein to the Du Household, and Kong Yushuo agreed.
• Du Zhimin granted the Lao Household three years of tax relief and the Kong Household a year and a half, signaling his displeasure with the Kong Household.
• The Du Household spent several days preparing arrays and restrictions to move the damaged Dark Iron vein while the Kong and Lao Households watched.
• Du Zhimin drew power from the Cuckoo True Spirit Star, causing the Kong and Lao cultivators to feel its influence on their bloodlines and Dantian Qi seas.
• The Dark Iron vein transformed into a starlight python, flew to Cuckoo County, and entered the secret realm beneath the county seat.

Kong Wenxuan completed the White Metal Divine Sword, reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, and mastered its ability to refine the sword into threads. After coming out of seclusion, he learned that large numbers of Demon Beasts were rampaging south of Demon-Suppressing Pass and might gather to attack it.

• Kong Wenxuan finished refining the White Metal Divine Sword from the white peacock feather and broke through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
• Kong Wenxuan tested the sword’s Refining the Sword into Threads ability and practiced controlling all five Five Elements Divine Swords.
• Kong Wenxuan left seclusion and thanked Kong Wenzhang and Kong Wenjun for standing guard while he cultivated.
• Kong Wenxuan learned that the Du Household and other forces had remained peaceful, while Kong Yushuo and the others had been safely gathering resources beyond the pass.
• News arrived that large numbers of Demon Beasts were rampaging south of Demon-Suppressing Pass, causing casualties and showing signs of forming a horde to attack.

As Demon Beasts surged toward Demon-Suppressing Pass, Kong Wenxuan learned that his eldest uncle and the others might be trapped near Black Snake Valley. Despite his family’s objections, he set out at night to search for them and received a talisman to protect himself.

• Kong Wenxuan watched the mountains fall into chaos as Demon Beasts clashed with cultivators and worried about his relatives beyond the pass.
• Kong Wenjun reported that the garrison office had ordered an investigation into the uprising, while Kong Wenzhang said a team had heard a peacock cry near Black Snake Valley.
• Kong Wenzhang used a Jade Slip map to show Kong Wenxuan where Black Snake Valley lay and suspected his relatives were in danger after using a powerful attack.
• Kong Wenxuan insisted on leaving immediately to rescue them, arguing that delay would increase the danger and that he could defend himself.
• Kong Wenzhang gave Kong Wenxuan a Second-Tier bone talisman, and Kong Wenxuan rushed into the mountains at night.

Kong Wenxuan raced through the mountains toward Black Snake Valley, cutting down attacking Demon Beasts with the quiet White Metal Divine Sword. Finding no one there, he used the Crimson Fire Divine Sword to signal his eldest uncle and the others, then followed the Blue Peacock’s appearance to a forest surrounded by wolves.

• Kong Wenxuan hurried through the shadowed mountains, using the White Metal Divine Sword’s Refining the Sword into Threads to kill attackers without drawing more beasts to him.
• He noticed that Demon Beasts and Demonic Birds avoided places touched by starlight and moonlight, but set the question aside to focus on finding his eldest uncle and the others.
• Kong Wenxuan reached Black Snake Valley and, finding it empty, fired the Crimson Fire Divine Sword into the sky with Sword Qi Thunderclap to reveal his location.
• A Blue Peacock appeared in the distant sky, and Kong Wenxuan recognized it as a sign that his eldest uncle and the others were nearby.
• Kong Wenxuan rushed toward the Blue Peacock and found nearly a hundred wolf-type Demon Beasts attacking a stretch of mountain forest.

Kong Wenxuan rescued Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo and the others from a wolf pack that had besieged their illusion array. After learning that a second-tier gray wolf demon had gravely wounded Kong Yushuo before being driven off, the group set out for Demon-Suppressing Pass.

• Kong Wenxuan attacked the wolf demons surrounding the woods with four of his Five Elements Divine Swords and killed more than half of them.
• The surviving wolf demons fled, and Kong Wenxuan kept his swords close while watching for the hidden wolf king or a cultivator controlling the pack.
• The illusion array collapsed, revealing that Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo and the others were wounded, with Kong Yushuo having lost an arm.
• Third Aunt Kong Yuyin explained that a second-tier gray wolf demon had wounded Kong Yushuo with a bite but had itself been severely injured by the Crimson Plume Feather Fan and then disappeared.
• Kong Wenxuan led the group toward Demon-Suppressing Pass, while Fifth Uncle carried the gravely injured Kong Yushuo.

Kong Wenxuan led the Kong Household survivors toward Demon-Suppressing Pass while his completed Five Elements Divine Swords cut down waves of wolf demons. After the pack retreated at dawn, they continued fleeing and were rescued by Kong Changgeng, Kong Wenzhang, and Kong Wenjun aboard a Feather Boat.

• Kong Wenxuan used his Five Elements Divine Swords to protect the group and slaughter the First Tier wolf demons sent after them by the Second Tier gray wolf demon.
• The Kong Household members feared the Second Tier gray wolf demon might attack, but it continued sending First Tier wolves instead.
• After following the group for hours, the gray wolf demon howled, and the wolf pack retreated as dawn broke.
• Kong Yushuo recovered enough to speak and urged everyone to keep moving toward Demon-Suppressing Pass without stopping at their supply outposts.
• Kong Changgeng, Kong Wenzhang, and Kong Wenjun arrived aboard a Feather Boat, and the survivors boarded it and flew back to Demon-Suppressing Pass.

As the Demon Beasts gathered outside the Demon-Suppressing Pass, Kong Wenxuan weighed attempting Foundation Establishment before the crisis worsened. The Du Household summoned the county’s Foundation Establishment cultivators to defend the pass just as a rumor accused it of secretly stealing servant Lineages’ bloodlines and preparing to sacrifice them all.

• Patriarch Kong Changgeng took the gravely injured Kong Yushuo back to the Lineage, while Kong Wenxuan and the others remained at the Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Over the next month, Demon Beasts gathered outside the pass, including four revealed Second-Tier beasts, and Kong Wenxuan considered whether to attempt Foundation Establishment and star inlaying.
• The Du Household summoned more cultivators from Cuckoo County’s servant Lineages, including Patriarch Kong Changgeng, to defend the pass as two more Second-Tier Demon Beasts appeared.
• A rumor spread that the Du Household’s true Bloodline Divine Ability was The Cuckoo Occupies the Magpie's Nest, which let it steal other Lineages’ bloodlines and turn their cultivators into controlled Demon Beasts.
• The rumor claimed the Du Household planned to use the remaining servant Lineages’ bloodlines to raise its Cuckoo True Spirit from the Ninth-Grade to the Eighth-Grade.

Kong Wenxuan and the Kong Household connected rumors about the Du Household to the suspicious history of Cuckoo County’s bird-bloodline families. Convinced that danger was approaching, Kong Wenxuan resolved to establish his foundation and inlay a star, then left the Demon-Suppressing Pass to return to Peacock Ridge.

• Kong Yuyin, Kong Wenzhang, and Kong Yuluo compared the rumors with the repeated destruction of servant-cultivator households and the Du Household’s plans to advance to Eighth-Grade True Spirit.
• Kong Wenxuan recalled that the Cuckoo True Spirit Star projection had tried to steal his Peacock Bloodline power, and he decided the rumors were true.
• Kong Wenxuan told his relatives that he planned to establish his foundation and inlay a star, raising the Kong Household’s Peacock Bloodline to Ninth-Grade True Spirit.
• Kong Yuyin contacted the patriarch, and Kong Changgeng arranged to meet Kong Wenxuan north of the Demon-Suppressing Pass and take him home on the Feather Boat.
• Kong Wenxuan left the pass, traveled north with others amid the turmoil, and reached Kong Changgeng and the waiting Feather Boat.

Kong Wenxuan returned to Peacock Ridge, received the clan’s aid, and entered seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment and Star Inlaying. He opened his Sea of Consciousness and formed Spiritual Consciousness, successfully reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage.

• Kong Changgeng brought Kong Wenxuan to the ancestral hall, where they paid respects and Kong Wenxuan received the Star Stone and supplies for his breakthrough.
• Kong Changgeng led Kong Wenxuan to a secluded chamber, where he began cultivating without meeting the other clan members to keep the attempt secret from the Du Household.
• After seven days, Kong Wenxuan prepared his body and Law Power, then summoned his five-colored peacock bloodline spirit into his Dantian.
• Kong Wenxuan’s peacock merged with the Five Elements Divine Swords and charged into the chaos of his Sea of Consciousness.
• The five Divine Swords shattered the chaos, allowing Kong Wenxuan to open his Sea of Consciousness, form Spiritual Consciousness, and advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Kong Wenxuan suppressed the Peacock Bloodline’s demonic backlash and completed Foundation Establishment with help from the Five-Colored Divine Light. He climbed the starlight stairway into the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven to set a star for his Lineage.

• The five-colored peacock attacked Kong Wenxuan’s newborn Spiritual Consciousness, but the Five-Colored Divine Light let him refine and control it.
• Kong Wenxuan reached beyond his newly opened Sea of Consciousness, and the Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram guided him toward the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven.
• Kong Wenxuan refused to abandon the ascent and used the Five Elements Divine Swords’ sword intent to cut through the pressure blocking his way.
• Kong Wenxuan entered the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven and found himself surrounded by countless stars.

Kong Wenxuan faced the trials of inlaying a star in the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven, battling endless First-Tier Demon Beasts and then a Second-Tier peacock. He used the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation to defeat the peacock and completed the Peacock True Spirit Star.

• Kong Wenxuan circulated his Peacock Bloodline, and the starlight transported him to a battlefield where countless First-Tier Demon Beasts attacked.
• Kong Wenxuan used his five Five Elements Divine Swords to slaughter the beasts as their remains gathered into a forming star.
• After the First-Tier beasts vanished, a Second-Tier peacock Demon Beast appeared, and Kong Wenxuan took pills to restore himself.
• Kong Wenxuan arranged the five swords into the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation, which defended against the peacock's elemental and soul-bewitching attacks.
• Kong Wenxuan's sword formation drew in and killed the Second-Tier peacock, whose starlight completed and lit the star beneath him.
• The five-colored peacock merged with the lit star and transformed it into the Peacock True Spirit Star.

Kong Wenxuan strengthened the newly established Peacock True Spirit Star with two inheritances and a Star Stone, gaining soul-bewitching techniques that helped him defeat its first attacker. After restoring himself with the star’s starlight, he faced a giant spirit martial cultivator manifested by the Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram.

• Kong Wenxuan imprinted the Five Elements True Scripture onto the Peacock True Spirit Star and merged the Star Stone into it, making the star more solid.
• The Star Stone’s power awakened the Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture in Kong Wenxuan, advancing it to the Second Tier Foundation Establishment level and adding a second inheritance to the star.
• Kong Wenxuan restored his body, Law Power, and Spiritual Consciousness by refining the star’s starlight.
• A giant spirit martial cultivator appeared, and Kong Wenxuan recognized him as a likely test from the True Martial World.
• Kong Wenxuan combined the Azure Wood Divine Sword with soul-bewitching illusions to trap the attacker and cut him in two, discovering it was a manifestation of the Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram.

Kong Wenxuan defended the Peacock True Spirit Star through escalating trials, defeating martial cultivators and a chariot formation before fighting a green-robed sword cultivator to a standstill. The sword cultivator vanished, and Kong Wenxuan realized he had passed the trial.

• Kong Wenxuan used three Five Elements Divine Swords to slay three attacking martial cultivators, then defeated five more with all five swords.
• Kong Wenxuan formed the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation and used its peacock illusion to make ten martial cultivators fight one another before the formation killed them.
• Kong Wenxuan fought a chariot and ten soldiers whose battle formation resisted his illusions, then used the Peacock True Spirit Star's starlight to overpower and annihilate them.
• Kong Wenxuan faced a green-robed sword cultivator whose pure sword techniques matched his own, and the two fought evenly for a prolonged battle.
• The green-robed sword cultivator vanished, and Kong Wenxuan realized he had passed the trial to defend the Peacock True Spirit Star.