Recaps

After finishing three months of refining the Yellow Earth Divine Sword, Kong Wenxuan learned that the Demon Race had switched to guerrilla warfare around Spirit Taming Pass. He stayed in Dangkang Commandery City to gather news and learned that the Extended Net Moon Deer Prefecture main army had advanced much farther, capturing cities and strongholds.

• Kong Wenxuan ended his three-month seclusion after refining nearly half of the third South Mountain Stubborn Stone into the Yellow Earth Divine Sword.
• Kong Wenxuan learned that Kong Changlan had reached the Third-Tier Purple Mansion Stage and that construction of the first Fourth-Tier Peacock Cloud Boat was progressing smoothly.
• Kong Wenxuan learned that the Demon Race had split into hundreds of groups and was ambushing cultivators who ventured beyond Spirit Taming Pass, so he warned his Lineage to stay inside the pass.
• Kong Wenxuan remained in Dangkang Commandery City and invited the Kang Household's Golden Core True Persons to a banquet to ask about the main army's counterattack.
• The Kang Household's Golden Core True Persons told Kong Wenxuan that the Extended Net Moon Deer Lu Household's army had captured three Demon Race cities and occupied more than ten tribal territories and strongholds.

After returning to Spirit Taming Pass, Kong Wenxuan was summoned by Bi Yanhong and asked to join elite teams hunting scattered Demon Race forces beyond the pass. He accepted the mission and received a Bifang Jade Pendant for protection.

• Kong Wenxuan returned to Spirit Taming Pass as the Kong Household rotated its disciples and encouraged them to learn the Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture.
• Kong Wenxuan answered Bi Yanhong’s summons and met him at the Bi Household’s rebuilt quarters.
• Bi Yanhong explained that scattered Demon Race forces had disrupted scouting parties and ambushed several elite teams sent to hunt them.
• Bi Yanhong invited Kong Wenxuan to join the elite teams, promising doubled merit rewards and stating they would face no enemies above the Fourth Tier.
• Kong Wenxuan accepted the mission, and Bi Yanhong gave him a Bifang Jade Pendant that could withstand several Fifth-Tier attacks.

Kong Wenxuan joined a six-person elite squad at Spirit Taming Pass, where his teammates recognized his exceptional killing power despite his lower cultivation. After getting acquainted over a banquet hosted by Geng Lichun, the squad set out to hunt scattered Demon Race members and Demon Beasts.

• Kong Wenxuan met his five elite-squad teammates: Bi Qingyang, Geng Lichun, Huo Zhengting, Hua Baoyue, and Li Heming, each with a different specialty.
• Kong Wenxuan introduced himself as a Middle Stage Golden Core cultivator who specialized in killing, and his teammates treated him with respect because of his proven combat strength.
• Geng Lichun proposed that the squad share a banquet and take a small mission the next day to practice working together.
• Geng Lichun hosted the squad at a Geng Household Spirit Cuisine Restaurant, where they feasted and got better acquainted.
• The next day, Kong Wenxuan and the others traveled south into Demon Race territory to track down and eliminate scattered enemies.

Kong Wenxuan and five companions used an invisible flying boat to find a pack of wolf demons and beasts deep in Demon Race territory, then trapped them for an ambush. Kong Wenxuan’s Soul-Bewitching Illusion Technique controlled eight Fourth-Tier wolf-type Demon Beasts and sent them into his sword formation to be killed, scoring its first battlefield triumph.

• Kong Wenxuan’s squad traveled undetected in an invisible flying boat and found a force led by three Fourth-Tier wolf demons, accompanied by eight Fourth-Tier wolf-type Demon Beasts.
• Huo Zhengting and Geng Lichun prepared formations to seal off the area while Kong Wenxuan, Bi Qingyang, Hua Baoyue, and Li Heming assigned targets.
• Huo Zhengting activated his geomagnetic formation, trapping the wolves and blocking their howls from reaching nearby forces.
• The Fourth-Tier wolf demons ordered their beasts to charge in every direction and probe the formation.
• Kong Wenxuan used the Five Elements Divine Swords and Soul-Bewitching Illusion Technique to control eight Fourth-Tier wolf-type Demon Beasts, drawing them into his sword formation and killing them.

Kong Wenxuan used the Soul-Bewitching Illusion Technique and the Five Elements Divine Swords to slaughter the wolf demon army, while his companions held off the three remaining Fourth-Tier wolf demons. After the group killed them and hastily gathered the spoils, they fled as nearby Demon Race members and Demon Beasts converged on the battlefield.

• Kong Wenxuan bewitched and killed eight Fourth-Tier wolf Demon Beasts, then controlled and swiftly slaughtered the low-tier wolf demons and beasts.
• The three Fourth-Tier wolf demons detonated demon artifacts to break through Huo Zhengting and Geng Lichun’s formation, but Bi Qingyang, Hua Baoyue, and Li Heming stopped their escape.
• The wolf demons burned their bloodlines to summon demon light and call for help, while Bi Qingyang, Geng Lichun, and Huo Zhengting used their True Spirit Stars to block the rescue.
• Kong Wenxuan confused the three wolf demons with Five-Colored Illusory Light, and he and his companions killed them.
• The group hurriedly collected the wolf corpses and nearby spirit medicines, then fled in an invisible flying boat as surrounding enemies approached.

After their successful first mission, the elite team agreed to center its tactics on Kong Wenxuan’s unexpectedly overwhelming combat strength. Back at Spirit Taming Pass, Kong handed over the spoils and used the lull before their next mission to strengthen his Yellow Earth Divine Sword.

• Kong Wenxuan’s teammates praised his performance, and Geng Lichun proposed finding him a dao companion before Bi Qingyang redirected the conversation to team tactics.
• Geng Lichun proposed that the team coordinate around Kong Wenxuan’s Soul-Bewitching Illusion Technique and sword dao, and the others agreed.
• Kong Wenxuan accepted the central role as the six traveled safely back to Spirit Taming Pass and divided their spoils according to their battlefield contributions.
• Geng Lichun prepared to report the wolf demons’ stronghold to the army, while Kong Wenxuan handed his gains to his household and resumed refining the Yellow Earth Divine Sword.

Kong Wenxuan and his squad had become the most successful of the elite teams hunting demons, but their fame made them targets for increasingly dangerous ambushes. When Geng Lichun gave Kong Wenxuan, Hua Baoyue, and Li Heming Qinggeng Jade Pendants for protection, Kong Wenxuan realized their superiors intended to use them as bait for powerful demons.

• Kong Wenxuan spent the year refining the Yellow Earth Divine Sword while killing demons and collecting spoils, as the elite squads surveyed and purged the Demon Race's territory.
• The Demon Race's resistance intensified, and its traps caused heavy casualties among the elite squads; Kong Wenxuan's squad survived its own ambushes by overpowering the attackers.
• Kong Wenxuan suggested that Geng Lichun suspend their missions because their success could draw Fifth-Tier Demon Race members, but Geng Lichun said their orders could not be ignored.
• Geng Lichun gave Kong Wenxuan, Hua Baoyue, and Li Heming Qinggeng Jade Pendants that could protect them from Fifth-Tier attacks.
• Kong Wenxuan realized the three households' Nascent Soul True Lords and Spirit Transformation Divine Lords meant to use their squad to lure powerful demons, strengthening his resolve to reach the Nascent Soul Realm and raise his lineage's rank.

Kong Wenxuan’s squad lured a Fifth-Tier Qinggeng great demon into an ambush after the demon dispelled his illusion technique. Three Nascent Soul True Lords arrived to block the demon’s escape, and Geng Lichun ordered the squad to retreat.

• Kong Wenxuan’s squad sealed a peach grove inhabited by demon monkeys and attacked them with his Soul-Bewitching Illusion Technique.
• A great peach tree dispelled the illusions and awakened the monkeys, revealing that the grove was a trap.
• A Fifth-Tier Qinggeng demon bird emerged from a spatial rift and attacked the squad, but their True Spirit Jade Pendants protected them.
• The Qinggeng great demon tried to escape, but three Nascent Soul True Lords descended and sealed the surrounding space.
• Geng Lichun ordered the squad to retreat from the battle between the Nascent Soul True Lords and the great demon.

Kong Wenxuan and the others escaped as the three commanderies’ forces entered a decisive battle against the Demon Race, killing several Fifth-Tier Great Demons before two Sixth-Tier Great Demons intervened. The Bi Household Divine Lord slew the Sixth-Tier Bifang Great Demon but suffered grievous injuries, while the battle continued against the remaining Sixth-Tier enemy.

• Kong Wenxuan and the others fled the fighting and watched as more than twenty pairs of Nascent Soul True Lords and Fifth-Tier Great Demons battled in the sky.
• The three Households’ Nascent Soul True Lords killed a Fifth-Tier Huodou Great Demon, then slew a Qinggeng Great Demon, two Bifang Great Demons, and another Huodou Great Demon.
• A Sixth-Tier Bifang Great Demon and a Sixth-Tier Mountain Giant Bear Great Demon entered the battle, and the Bi and Geng Household Divine Lords moved to stop them.
• Kong Wenxuan and the others fled farther from the Sixth-Tier clashes as the battle resumed between the Nascent Soul True Lords and Fifth-Tier Great Demons, with casualties on both sides.
• The Bi Household Divine Lord killed the Sixth-Tier Bifang Great Demon but suffered grievous wounds from its final counterattack.

After the allied forces killed a Sixth-Tier Bifang Great Demon, the remaining Great Demons fled, and the armies of the three commanderies began their invasion of Demon Race territory. Kong Wenxuan reunited with the Kong Household and joined its Peacock County army as it was ordered to pursue fleeing demons.

• Two Fifth-Tier Bifang Great Demons self-destructed, killing one Bi Household Nascent Soul True Lord, while Bi Sitong saved another.
• A Sixth-Tier Mountain Giant Bear Great Demon drove back the Geng Household Divine Lord, damaged the Sixth-Tier Qinggeng Warship, and escaped with the surviving Great Demons.
• The Geng Household Divine Lord ordered the allied forces to advance, and Kong Wenxuan's elite squad disbanded as its members returned to their households.
• Kong Wenxuan reassured Patriarch Kong Changgeng that he had survived the battle, showing him his damaged Qinggeng Jade Pendant and Bifang Jade Pendant.
• The armies of the three commanderies advanced into Demon Race territory, while county forces split off to pursue fleeing groups of demons and Demon Beasts.
• The Kong Household's Peacock County army received orders to pursue and slaughter a fleeing group.

Kong Wenxuan’s Peacock County forces attacked a large fleeing band of Yao and Demon Beasts, using the Peacock Cloud Boat’s formations and illusion techniques to overwhelm them. After many were killed, a Fourth Tier deer Yao escaped the illusion and pleaded for its clan to surrender.

• Kong Wenxuan led the Peacock County army aboard cloud boats and flying boats in pursuit of several groups of Yao and Demon Beasts.
• The Fourth Tier Peacock Cloud Boat blocked the enemies’ attacks with a Five Elements Talisman Formation, then struck their ranks with a Five Elements Sword Formation.
• Kong Changgeng used a Black Water Talisman Slip to trap many Yao and Demon Beasts in an illusion, and Kong Wenxuan used his Five Elements Divine Swords to ensnare the Fourth Tier Yao that resisted it.
• Kong Changgeng led the Kong Household disciples, Peacock Dao Soldiers, and attendant cultivators in slaughtering the trapped enemies, killing more than half the fleeing force.
• A Fourth Tier deer Yao broke free of Kong Wenxuan’s illusion with lightning and begged the Peacock County army to spare its clan and accept its surrender.

Kong Wenxuan accepted the deer demon’s surrender, named him Purple Horn, and tested his loyalty by ordering him to kill a fellow demon. After the remaining demons were confronted, the fox demon also surrendered and was named Wind Tail.

• Kong Wenxuan bound the surrendering deer demon with a White Tiger Command, and the demon accepted the name Purple Horn.
• Kong Wenxuan ordered Purple Horn to kill the Fourth Tier wolf demon, and Purple Horn struck him down with lightning.
• Kong Wenxuan released the fox and white crane demons from the illusion, but the white crane demon attacked and tried to detonate himself.
• Kong Wenxuan killed the white crane demon with the Crimson Fire Divine Sword, and the fox demon surrendered to avoid being struck.
• Kong Wenxuan bound the fox demon with a White Tiger Command and named him Wind Tail.

The Kong Household army cleared out fleeing demons and claimed selected resource sites across the conquered territory while Kong Wenxuan refined the Yellow Earth Divine Sword aboard the Peacock Cloud Boat. After the three commanderies captured Bifang Demon City and Qinggeng Demon City and halted their pursuit, the Kong Household caught up with the main army.

• Patriarch Kong Changgeng led the Kong Household forces to kill or subdue the demons and beasts fleeing under five Fourth-Tier great demons, and the army set out with the subdued Thunder Horn Deer Demon and Wind Tail Fox Demon forces.
• Purple Horn and Wind Tail guided the Kong Household to resource sites and mineral veins, where the army claimed selected Fourth-Tier and lower-tier resources for the household.
• Kong Wenxuan remained aboard the Peacock Cloud Boat for half a year, refining and improving the Yellow Earth Divine Sword while the other forces cleared enemies and claimed territory.
• The three commanderies' army swept across a hundred thousand li, captured Bifang Demon City and Qinggeng Demon City, and halted its pursuit of the fleeing great demons.
• The three commanderies' main force split between the two captured demon cities to rest, and the Kong Household army caught up with it.

After the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty’s armies seized nearly half of the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven, they met fierce resistance from the remaining Demon Race gathered in its central territory. During a temporary ceasefire, Kong Wenxuan returned to Dangkang Commandery to cultivate and improve his strength.

• The armies of the five domains joined forces and claimed nearly half of the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven, leaving the remaining Demon Race concentrated in its central region.
• The Bi, Geng, and Huo Households suffered heavy casualties when they tried to pursue the enemy into the central territory, and Bi Sitong nearly died.
• Kong Wenxuan realized the coming battles would be too dangerous for his current strength and decided to finish upgrading the Yellow Earth Divine Sword and advance his cultivation.
• Kong Wenxuan discussed his plan with Kong Changgeng, then returned to the True Spirit Realm with their battle merits.
• Kong Wenxuan exchanged the merits for cultivation time and entered the core formation eye of Dangkang Commandery’s Origin-Securing Grand Formation.

Kong Wenxuan refined the Yellow Earth Divine Sword into a Fourth-Tier Law Treasure, advancing to Late Golden Core and demonstrating the weapon’s increased power. He returned to his Lineage in Bifang Commandery after learning about the ongoing campaign, intending to complete the Great Five Elements Primordial Magnetism Sword Formation before pursuing Nascent Soul.

• Kong Wenxuan spent two years refining the remaining South Mountain Stubborn Stone into the Yellow Earth Divine Sword, then completed its Earth Sha Treasure Restriction with three months of refinement.
• The Yellow Earth Divine Sword advanced to a Fourth-Tier Law Treasure, and its feedback helped Kong Wenxuan’s Golden Core reach the Late Golden Core level.
• Kong Wenxuan tested the sword’s One Sword Gives Rise to Ten Thousand Laws technique, then recalled it to his Purple Mansion because the cultivated lands around him were unsuitable for a full test.
• Kong Wenxuan considered preparing the Great Five Elements Primordial Magnetism Sword Formation to hone his Golden Core and Peacock Bloodline and improve his chances of advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Kong Wenxuan left Dangkang Commandery’s Origin-Securing Grand Formation, met the newly assigned Kang Household cultivators, and learned about the campaign in the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven.
• Kong Wenxuan used the Starlight Teleportation passage to return to Bifang Commandery and his Lineage.

Kong Wenxuan returned to the Kong Household and learned that Kong Yuyan had advanced to the Golden Core Stage and begun building another Fourth Tier Peacock Cloud Boat. He heard that seizing the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven could eliminate the demonic influence behind Demonic Nature Backlash, while the Kong Household’s other cultivators waited to attempt breakthroughs.

• Kong Wenxuan learned that Kong Yuyan had become the Kong Household’s fourth Golden Core True Person during his two years of seclusion.
• Kong Yuyan gathered the Kong Household’s refiners, shipbuilders, and array masters to build a second Fourth Tier Peacock Cloud Boat in the Peacock Secret Realm.
• Kong Changgeng stopped the Kong Household’s other Peak Purple Mansion cultivators from rushing into Golden Core breakthroughs, urging them to wait until the war in the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven ended.
• Kong Changgeng explained that demonic nature from the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven tainted the True Spirit Realm’s Heaven and Earth Origin and caused Demonic Nature Backlash.
• Kong Wenxuan suspected the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty had spread the account to raise morale for its campaign to seize the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven and remove the source of Demonic Nature Backlash.

Kong Wenxuan returned to the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven after visiting his aging parents and learning that the battlefield remained at a stalemate. He traveled to a valley of purple lightning, arriving as the Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram continued purifying the occupied regions.

• Kong Wenxuan learned from Kong Changgeng that the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty and the Demon Race had been locked in a stalemate for two years.
• Kong Wenxuan spent ten days with his elderly parents before returning to the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven.
• At Spirit Taming Pass, Kong Wenxuan learned that Kong Wenjun was managing trade and Kong Yushuo was guarding the front lines.
• Kong Wenxuan observed that the Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram had purified the surrounding Spiritual Qi and that its four constellations occupied reversed positions in the grotto-heaven.
• Kong Wenxuan flew for several days and arrived at a valley where purple lightning flickered between a black peak and a white peak.

Kong Wenxuan visited the Kong Household’s Primordial Magnetism peaks and Purple Thunder Valley, where his eighth brother Kong Wenmo and other clansmen maintained the territory. He began refining the Great Five Elements Primordial Magnetism Sword Formation at the valley’s center using the twin-pole magnetism and ore they had prepared.

• Kong Wenxuan arrived at the Kong Household’s claimed Primordial Magnetism peaks and Purple Thunder Valley, marked by the Peacock True Spirit Star.
• Kong Wenmo and the stationed clansmen came out to greet Kong Wenxuan, who reminded his eighth brother that they were family.
• Kong Wenxuan learned about the site and acknowledged the clansmen’s work in shaping terrain, managing enterprises, and supporting the Lineage.
• Kong Wenxuan went to the point where the yin and yang Primordial Magnetism powers met and set up his Great Five Elements Sword Formation.
• Kong Wenxuan used the formation to absorb the twin-pole magnetism and refine the Fourth Tier ore Kong Wenmo and the others had prepared.

Kong Wenxuan completed the Great Five Elements Primordial Magnetism Sword Formation and developed a force field powerful enough to challenge a weak Fifth Tier Nascent Soul True Lord. He kept his near-term plan to attempt a Nascent Soul breakthrough private and chose to avoid the distant clashes between the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty and the Demon Race.

• Kong Wenxuan forged the sword formation in Purple Thunder Valley and evolved its Essence Magnetism Force Field into a Five Elements Sword Light Creation and Destruction Force Field.
• Kong Wenxuan tested the formation against the valley’s Primordial Magnetism power and purple lightning, then mastered its force field over several days.
• Kong Wenxuan emerged from the valley and told Kong Wenmo that his cultivation had gone smoothly, but concealed that he expected to attempt a Nascent Soul breakthrough within a year.
• Kong Wenxuan and Kong Wenmo saw distant probing clashes between the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty’s army and the Demon Race’s army, and Kong Wenmo predicted a decisive battle was near.
• Kong Wenxuan considered testing his formation against a Fifth Tier enemy but decided to avoid outside affairs until he had completed his Nascent Soul breakthrough.

Kong Wenxuan returned to the Kong Household while using the Great Five Elements Primordial Magnetism Sword Formation to polish his Golden Core and Peacock Bloodline, bringing his Nascent Soul tribulation closer. He told Kong Changgeng to secretly prepare for the tribulation, and the patriarch began gathering resources while keeping the preparations concealed.

• Kong Wenxuan left the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven and traveled toward Spirit Taming Pass aboard a Peacock Treasure Boat, polishing his Golden Core and Peacock Bloodline along the way.
• After nearly two months of travel, Kong Wenxuan returned to the Kong Household and estimated that polishing would take another six months or so.
• Kong Wenxuan asked Kong Changgeng to secretly prepare supplies and treasures for his attempt to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Kong Changgeng recognized the dangers of the breakthrough and resolved to use the household’s strength to improve Kong Wenxuan’s chances.
• Kong Changgeng planned to expand the household’s purchases of tribulation resources while hiding them from outside attention.

After refining his Golden Core and Peacock Bloodline to the Peak Golden Core level, Kong Wenxuan waited for his clan to prepare a Nascent Soul tribulation site. He and Kong Changgeng arrived at the Land of Five Peaks, where the Kong Household had restored Flying Peak and planned to use it to help withstand the lightning tribulation.

• Kong Wenxuan spent half a year using the Great Five Elements Primordial Magnetism Sword Formation to refine his Golden Core and Peacock Bloodline to the Peak Golden Core level.
• Kong Wenxuan waited three months for the clan to prepare his tribulation resources and site.
• Kong Wenxuan left the Peacock County Seat with Kong Changgeng to undergo his tribulation outside the county seat but within Peacock County.
• Kong Wenxuan and Kong Changgeng traveled by Peacock Treasure Boat to the Land of Five Peaks, the clan's chosen site for the breakthrough.
• The Kong Household restored Flying Peak and refined it using an Imperial Dynasty Treasury inheritance so Kong Wenxuan could use it to draw and endure part of the lightning tribulation.

Kong Wenxuan prepared to undergo the Three-Nine Lightning Tribulation on the Five Peaks, a tribulation ground the Kong Household had reshaped to aid his breakthrough. As his Golden Core began to crack, five-colored thunderclouds gathered above the peaks.

• The Kong descendants transformed the Five Peaks into a Five Elements Grand Formation, redirecting earthfire and underground water and cultivating spiritual resources across the mountains.
• Kong Wenxuan thanked Patriarch Kong Changgeng and the clansmen for preparing the tribulation ground, then received their blessings and promised to raise the Kong Household to a Middle-Grade True Spirit Lineage.
• Kong Wenxuan flew to Flying Peak as the Kong Household's cultivators, including Patriarch Kong Changgeng and Kong Yuyan, formed battle lines around the Five Peaks to guard his tribulation.
• Kong Wenxuan sat in meditation and began circulating the Five Elements True Scripture's method to shatter his Golden Core, relying on his own strength rather than pills or starlight.
• Cracks spread across Kong Wenxuan's Golden Core, releasing five-colored Qi that resonated with heaven and earth and drew thunderclouds over the Five Peaks.

Kong Wenxuan faced a Five Elements Lightning Tribulation while attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, using the Luan Household’s guidance and prepared treasures to withstand its early bolts. As the sixth bolt descended with all five elements, he activated the Primordial Magnetism Lightning-Devouring Pearl, which drew the lightning toward it.

• Kong Wenxuan recognized the gathering five-colored thunderclouds as a Five Elements Lightning Tribulation and prepared to face it cautiously.
• Kong Wenxuan used three Fourth Tier water-element talismans to exhaust the first, fire-element bolt.
• Kong Wenxuan countered the next four single-element bolts with talismans whose elements overcame each bolt’s element.
• Kong Wenxuan took out the Primordial Magnetism Lightning-Devouring Pearl after recognizing that the remaining bolts would be stronger than the first five.
• Kong Wenxuan activated the pearl against the sixth, five-element bolt, and its force field drew the lightning into the pearl.

Kong Wenxuan endured the first round of his Five Elements Lightning Tribulation, using its power of creation, origin, and Principle to reshape his Golden Core into a Nascent Soul and transform his Five-Colored Peacock toward a Dharma Manifestation. The second round began with increasingly powerful lightning bolts, and he barely survived its final Water Element strike by summoning nearly a hundred talismans.

• Kong Wenxuan sacrificed his Fourth Tier Primordial Magnetism Lightning-Devouring Pearl to block the sixth bolt of the first round and absorbed the remaining power of creation.
• Kong Wenxuan used talismans and Law Treasures to withstand the final three bolts of the first round while refining the Five Elements Origin and Principle into his Golden Core and Peacock Bloodline.
• Kong Wenxuan’s shattered Golden Core began reshaping into a Nascent Soul, while his Five-Colored Peacock grew more solid and transformed toward a Peacock Dharma Manifestation.
• The second round began with five single-element lightning bolts falling in the order of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water, each strengthened by the preceding element’s generative power.
• Kong Wenxuan blocked the final Water Element Lightning Tribulation with nearly a hundred Fourth Tier earth-element talismans arranged into layers of mountains.

Kong Wenxuan used pills, talismans, treasures, and the Kong Household’s Five Elements Grand Formation to survive the second wave of his Three-Nine Lightning Tribulation. After the ninth bolt destroyed his remaining defenses, his shattered Golden Core had reshaped into a Nascent Soul that had begun to take human form.

• Kong Wenxuan restored his Law Power and Spiritual Consciousness with the Five-Colored Peacock True Spirit Star and swallowed pills prepared by the Lineage as he faced the second wave.
• Kong Wenxuan used three Primordial Magnetism Lightning-Devouring Pearls to block the sixth bolt and direct its remaining power of creation into his Nascent Soul.
• Kong Wenxuan activated the Five Elements Grand Formation to weaken the seventh and eighth bolts, sacrificing a treasured cauldron Law Treasure and a mountain-peak Law Treasure to block their remaining force.
• Kong Wenxuan used the Five Elements Sword Formation and Five Elements Talisman Formation against the ninth bolt, but the attack shattered the grand formation and its control plate.
• Kong Wenxuan destroyed a canopy Law Treasure to exhaust the ninth bolt’s remaining power and successfully passed the second wave as his Nascent Soul began to take human form.