Chapter Summaries

Kong Wenxuan and the Kong cultivators fought off five Bandit Cultivators, killing them with their divine swords, formations, and talisman techniques. The last attacker died despite claiming ties to the Bi Household, leaving the Kong party victorious.

• Kong Wenxuan used the Five Elements Divine Swords to kill the bear-blooded Bandit Cultivator and the flame Bandit Cultivator.
• Kong Wenxuan trapped the feather-fan Bandit Cultivator in the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation and killed him with the White Metal Divine Sword.
• Third Aunt Kong Yuyin trapped the poisonous-water Bandit Cultivator in her azure sword net, but he shattered much of it with a thunder bead and fled.
• Second Elder Kong Changlan used a Black Water Talisman Slip to ensnare the fleeing Bandit Cultivator in an illusion and knock him down with black water.
• Third Aunt Kong Yuyin struck through the Bandit Cultivator's weakened defenses and killed him despite his surrender plea and threat to invoke the Bi Household.

Kong Wenxuan, Kong Changlan, and Kong Yuyin defeated five Bandit Cultivators and avoided a potentially dangerous confrontation in Egret Town as they returned to Peacock Ridge. They arrived safely and learned that Kong Wenzhang had become the Kong Household's seventh Foundation Establishment cultivator.

• Kong Wenxuan and his companions killed five Bandit Cultivators, cleared the battlefield, and collected their spoils.
• Kong Wenxuan decided they should bypass Egret Town rather than risk demanding answers from the local rulers.
• The three concealed their Feather Boat and traveled south without encountering further attacks.
• After crossing into Cuckoo Town's territory, the companions rested before continuing toward Peacock Ridge.
• Kong Wenxuan, Kong Changlan, and Kong Yuyin returned to their ancestral land and learned that Kong Wenzhang had reached Foundation Establishment.

After celebrating Kong Wenzhang’s advancement, the Kong Household announced the start of its expansion war, and its three servant Lineages prepared to join despite the risks. Kong Wenxuan and the other senior cultivators then headed for Crescent Moon Lake with Ya Zhaoying to secure the Kong Household’s chosen base.

• Kong Wenzhang reached Foundation Establishment, and the Kong Household held a feast to celebrate and announce its expansion war.
• Yan Zhiyu, Ma Zhenyu, and Yun Qishen accepted the Kong Household’s orders, weighing the danger against the chance to become pioneers of Peacock County.
• The three patriarchs gathered their principal cultivators and sent them to Peacock Ridge to drill alongside the Kong Household’s forces.
• Kong Wenxuan, Kong Changgeng, Kong Changlan, Kong Yujin, and Kong Yushuo flew toward the second alternative site to clear its dangerous Demon Beasts and establish a base.
• Kong Wenxuan and Kong Changgeng rejected Kong Changlan’s plan to use the Household’s formation and beast-taming methods, choosing instead to have Ya Zhaoying help subdue the Stone Disc Turtle Demon Beast safely.

The Kong Household prepared to suppress and subdue a Third-Tier Stone Disc Turtle Demon Beast with their newly established Mountain Formation. The formation pinned the beast briefly, but it escaped by burrowing through the earth, leaving the attempt unresolved.

• Kong Wenxuan thanked Ya Zhaoying for agreeing to help protect the Kong Household’s new territory and received her promise of aid against the Du Household.
• Ya Zhaoying discussed the resources in the southern mountains and encouraged the Kong and Cuckoo Households to develop the region together.
• The Stone Disc Turtle Demon Beast crawled out of Crescent Moon Lake and entered the mountains to feed on Shoushan Stone.
• Kong Changlan and Kong Yujin activated the Mountain Formation, which formed a mountain-shaped shadow and suppressed the beast.
• The Stone Disc Turtle Demon Beast sank into the Shoushan Stone deposit and escaped by burrowing through the earth, shocking Kong Wenxuan and the others.

The Stone Disc Turtle burrowed through the mountain range and attacked the Kong Household, forcing Kong Wenxuan to lure it toward Ya Zhaoying. Ya Zhaoying trapped and captured the Third Tier demon beast, leaving Kong Wenxuan to decide whether to subdue it.

• The Stone Disc Turtle burrowed beneath the mountains, shaking the formation and attacking Second Elder Kong Changlan and Second Aunt Kong Yujin.
• Second Elder Kong Changlan used the Mountain Formation’s mountain shadow to block the Stone Disc Turtle, while Kong Wenxuan struck it with the Crimson Fire Divine Sword to draw its attention.
• Ya Zhaoying told Kong Wenxuan she had only one chance to strike and needed him to lure the Stone Disc Turtle over.
• Kong Wenxuan prepared his Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation as the Stone Disc Turtle burst from the ground and lunged at him.
• Ya Zhaoying trapped the Stone Disc Turtle inside her Fire Crow Divine Fire Shield, cutting off its escape underground and suppressing it in a sea of fire.
• Ya Zhaoying told Kong Wenxuan that the Stone Disc Turtle had been captured and urged him to subdue it.

Kong Wenxuan used the Black Tortoise Command and the Peacock True Spirit Star’s power to subdue the Third Tier Stone Disc Turtle, then stored it inside the command. He recognized that the command’s dependence on the Wu Household’s artifact and its heavy costs made it only a stopgap, and planned for the Kong Household to develop its own beast-commanding methods.

• Kong Wenxuan activated the Black Tortoise Command while the Peacock True Spirit Star sent starlight into it.
• The Black Tortoise Command broke through the Stone Disc Turtle’s defenses, imprinted it, and brought it under Kong Wenxuan’s control.
• Kong Wenxuan noticed that the command itself controlled the turtle and worried the Wu Household might have a way to seize control of it.
• Kong Wenxuan drew the Stone Disc Turtle into the Black Tortoise Command’s beast-commanding space, and Ya Zhaoying withdrew the Fire Crow Divine Fire Shield.
• Kong Wenxuan explained that the Third Tier Treasure Artifact consumed too much Law Power and Spiritual Consciousness for regular use, while Ya Zhaoying judged it less useful than talismans and pills.
• Kong Wenxuan planned to connect the Black Tortoise Command to the Kong Household’s protective grand formation and study the Five Elements True Scripture for an independent beast-commanding inheritance.

Kong Wenxuan and the Kong Household subdued a Third-Tier Stone Disc Turtle with the Black Tortoise Command, securing a powerful guardian for their new territory. After Ya Zhaoying left, the household investigated Crescent Moon Lake and discovered a Third-Tier Crystal Stone vein beneath the highest peak.

• Kong Wenxuan used the Black Tortoise Command to summon and subdue the Third-Tier Stone Disc Turtle, though controlling it consumed immense power.
• Kong Wenxuan asked the second elder to explore linking the Black Tortoise Command to the Third-Tier treasure formation so the formation could help control the turtle.
• Ya Zhaoying accepted the Kong Household’s offer of shops in Peacock County Seat and left for Cuckoo Town after confirming that Crescent Moon Lake held no other Third-Tier Demon Beasts.
• Kong Wenxuan and Eldest Uncle Kong Yushuo stayed on shore while the patriarch, the second elder, and Second Aunt rode the Stone Disc Turtle into Crescent Moon Lake to investigate.
• The patriarch returned from the lake and reported that they had found a Third-Tier Crystal Stone vein deep beneath the highest peak.

The Kong Household discovered a Third Tier Crystal Stone vein beneath Crescent Moon Lake and decided to use it for Peacock City and its Mountain and Water Layered Waves Formation. After assigning tasks to prepare the city and secure the surrounding territory, Patriarch Kong Changgeng left the work underway.

• Kong Changlan and Kong Yujin returned from the lakebed with Crystal Stone ore, and Kong Yujin explained that its colors could be concealed for city construction.
• Kong Changgeng assigned Kong Changlan and Kong Yujin to revise the city and formation plans around the Crystal Stone vein.
• Kong Changlan proposed using the formation to control the Stone Disc Turtle and mine the difficult-to-reach lakebed vein.
• Kong Changgeng tasked Kong Wenxuan with clearing the mountains of Second Tier Demon Beasts while leaving the lake's beasts for possible cultivation.
• Kong Changgeng and Kong Yushuo set out to bring Kong, Yan, Ma, and Yun Household cultivators to develop the future Peacock County.

Kong Wenxuan cleared the Second Tier Demon Beasts from the future city site, then focused on refining his sword while the Kong Household prepared to expand Peacock County. The patriarch returned with hired cultivators from Demon-Suppressing Pass, and Kong Wenxuan learned how the Lineage planned to use and control them.

• Kong Wenxuan killed the last Second Tier Demon Beast in the mountain range and confirmed the area was clear.
• Kong Wenxuan refined the Crimson Fire Divine Sword and cultivated while waiting for the Lineage's pioneering teams to arrive.
• A month later, Kong Changgeng arrived with Kong Household cultivators and nearly a hundred hired bloodline cultivators aboard eleven Feather Boats.
• Kong Changgeng explained that he had recruited cultivators at Demon-Suppressing Pass to help expand Peacock County, because the Kong, Yan, Ma, and Yun Households lacked enough manpower.
• Kong Wenxuan worried that the Rogue Cultivators might steal resources, but Kong Changgeng said their contracts and the Peacock True Spirit Star would let the Kong Household punish any thieves.

Patriarch Kong Changgeng began the Kong Household’s development of Peacock County by asserting its claim to the land beneath the Peacock True Spirit Star and assigning the cultivators their duties. The operation started with teams preparing a base and surveying nearby territory, while Kong Wenxuan stayed behind to cultivate and guard against threats.

• Patriarch Kong Changgeng summoned the Peacock True Spirit Star, silencing and cowing the unruly cultivators gathered at Crescent Moon Lake.
• Patriarch Kong Changgeng declared that all land and resources within a thousand li beneath the star’s light belonged to the Kong Household, and warned the cultivators to report discoveries and avoid stealing.
• Patriarch Kong Changgeng spread the star’s light across the surrounding land, startling Demon Beasts and demonic birds, though most stayed to protect their resource sites.
• Patriarch Kong Changgeng assigned teams to build lodgings and a city, prepare supplies, and survey and hunt in the mountain range under the direction of Kong Changlan, Kong Yujin, Kong Yushuo, and Kong Wenzhang.
• Kong Wenxuan declined to join a surveying team and chose to guard the camp and cultivate in seclusion, with Patriarch Kong Changgeng agreeing that his strength was vital to the Kong Household.

Kong Wenxuan received an urgent request for help against a flock of powerful Lightning Falcon demonic birds while refining the Crimson Fire Divine Sword. He left the Kong Household’s developing Peacock County Seat and rode toward the battle site, arriving in less than half a day.

• Kong Wenxuan completed the third stage of refining the Crimson Fire Divine Sword with Second Tier Orange Heart Flame, bringing its advancement one-third of the way to completion.
• Kong Wenxuan read an urgent message describing two late Second Tier Lightning Falcons that Kong Wenzhang and Kong Yushuo could not defeat because the birds were swift, agile, and well defended by lightning.
• Kong Wenxuan saw Kong Changlan and other Kong Household cultivators building crystal stone walls and preparing the Mountain and Water Layered Waves Formation around Peacock County Seat.
• Kong Wenxuan tested the improved Crimson Fire Divine Sword and found that it could reach one and a half times the speed of sound.
• Kong Wenxuan rode the Crimson Fire Divine Sword to the location provided by Kong Yushuo and the others, arriving in less than half a day.

Kong Wenxuan and his family attacked the Lightning Falcons occupying a mountain with a Second Tier Primordial Magnetism vein. After Kong Wenxuan killed the two late Second Tier leaders, the others quickly slaughtered the remaining birds and secured the summit.

• Kong Wenzhang told Kong Wenxuan that the Lightning Falcons occupied a mountain rich in lightning resources and that two late Second Tier birds had driven the earlier attack force back.
• Kong Wenxuan waited until the thunderclouds dispersed, then climbed the mountain with the others and found the exhausted Lightning Falcons resting.
• Kong Wenxuan wounded one leading Lightning Falcon with the Crimson Fire Divine Sword, then blocked the pair's counterattacks with his divine swords.
• Kong Wenxuan trapped both late Second Tier Lightning Falcons in the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation and killed them with Golden Light Sword Threads.
• Kong Yushuo and Kong Wenzhang killed the remaining First Tier Lightning Falcons using their divine swords.

Kong Wenxuan inspected a Second Tier Primordial Magnetism ore vein and returned to Peacock City, where the Kong Household continued developing its resources and expanding its workforce. The Ya Household delivered supplies and transported the Kong Household’s goods to Bifang Commandery City, earning a middleman’s margin while helping the development war proceed faster.

• Kong Wenxuan and Kong Wenzhang discussed the Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation and the Kong cultivators who might complete its Five Sword requirements.
• Kong Wenxuan inspected the Second Tier Primordial Magnetism ore vein, while Kong Yushuo’s group marked the mountain’s resources and recorded its materials.
• Kong Wenxuan returned to Peacock City and saw the patriarch and second elder welcome bloodline cultivators arriving on Fire Crow Feather Boats.
• The Ya Household exchanged development-war goods for supplies, buying the Kong Household’s gathered resources and bringing back pills, artifacts, talismans, and other necessities.
• The Kong Household accepted the Ya Household’s trading services and help recruiting cultivators, saving time and manpower for Peacock County’s development.

Kong Wenxuan reported to the Bifang commandery governor on Peacock County’s expansion and the Demon Race in the South Lake Mountains. The governor ordered him to kill Du Household and Cuckoo Demon Race members on sight, then questioned him about the spirit medicine garden before ending the report.

• Kong Wenxuan used the Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal to enter the Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram and meet the Bifang commandery governor.
• Kong Wenxuan reported his household’s progress in opening territory and establishing Peacock County.
• Kong Wenxuan told the governor that the Du Household had joined the Demon Race and become active in the South Lake Mountains.
• The Bifang commandery governor ordered Kong Wenxuan to kill Du Household cultivators and Cuckoo Demon Race members whenever he found them.
• Kong Wenxuan truthfully described the discovery and seizure of the Fifth Tier demon’s spirit medicine garden by the Ya Household.
• The Bifang commandery governor ended the report, and Kong Wenxuan withdrew.

Kong Wenxuan kept quiet about the Bifang Commandery governor’s questions concerning the spirit medicine garden and spent more than two years refining the Crimson Fire Divine Sword as the Kong Household expanded through Peacock County at heavy cost. He advanced the sword to a Second Tier Spirit Artifact and gained enough cultivation progress to complete half the work needed for the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

• Kong Wenxuan decided not to inform the Ya Household that the Bifang Commandery governor had asked about the spirit medicine garden, then resumed refining the Crimson Fire Divine Sword with Orange Heart Flame.
• The Kong Household expanded across Peacock County over the next two years, but more than ten of its cultivators died, including Kong Yutang and Kong Wenyuan, while the costs strained its treasury and slowed Peacock City’s construction.
• The patriarch and Second Elder disagreed over whether Peacock City’s construction standards and expenses should be reduced.
• Kong Wenxuan completed the Crimson Fire Divine Sword’s refinement, advancing it from a First Tier Law Artifact to a Second Tier Spirit Artifact and gaining Law Power and Spiritual Consciousness.
• Kong Wenxuan realized that advancing one more of his three remaining Law Artifact-grade divine swords should bring him to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Kong Wenxuan tested his newly advanced Crimson Fire Divine Sword and chose the Yellow Earth Divine Sword as his next Spirit Artifact project. Patriarch Kong Changgeng warned him that Demon Beasts were gathering beyond Peacock County’s borders, possibly under the direction of the Demon Race, the Du Household, and the Cuckoo Demon Race.

• Kong Wenxuan tested his second-tier Spirit Artifact Crimson Fire Divine Sword and found that it could fly at three times the speed of sound and turn nimbly.
• Kong Wenxuan decided to advance the Yellow Earth Divine Sword next, using second-tier Shoushan Stone from the frontier mountains.
• Kong Wenxuan noticed Peacock County Seat was progressing slowly and considered supporting Patriarch Kong Changgeng’s concerns about the construction standards.
• Patriarch Kong Changgeng told Kong Wenxuan that Demon Beasts and demon birds had gathered outside the marked borders and might be preparing a tide against the Kong Household.
• Patriarch Kong Changgeng suspected the Demon Race, the Du Household, and the Cuckoo Demon Race might be directing the gathering to disrupt the frontier war.

Kong Wenxuan and Kong Changgeng arrived at the frontier, where Kong Yuyin and Yan Zhiyu watched over a growing gathering of Demon Beasts and demon birds. With no sign of the Demon Race or Du Household, Kong Wenxuan proposed setting up Peacock County’s Boundary Stele, and Kong Changgeng revealed he had brought it.

• Kong Wenxuan and Kong Changgeng landed at the frontier camp and greeted Kong Yuyin and Yan Zhiyu.
• Kong Yuyin reported that Demon Beasts and demon birds had gathered in increasing numbers, though she and Yan Zhiyu had found no trace of the Demon Race or Du Household.
• Kong Changgeng thanked Yan Zhiyu for the Yan Household’s support as the group discussed the limited Foundation Establishment forces available to the Kong Household.
• Kong Wenxuan suggested leaving the gathered creatures alone for now and placing the Boundary Stele to weaken anything that attacked Peacock County.
• Kong Changgeng took out the Shoushan Stone Boundary Stele, marked with Peacock County’s map and the designation “South One.”

Kong Wenxuan began erecting the Peacock County Boundary Stele while Kong Yuyin led the Kong Household against the attacking beast tide. Her Second Tier Azure Wood Divine Sword devastated the beasts, but a Second Tier Cuckoo Demon appeared and drove the survivors into a frenzied charge.

• Kong Wenxuan used the Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal and the Peacock True Spirit Star to activate the Boundary Stele and guide it toward the county border.
• The Cuckoo Demon Race sent the beast tide charging at the Kong Household as the Boundary Stele began sinking into the ground.
• Kong Yuyin charged into the beasts and used her Second Tier Azure Wood Divine Sword to kill hundreds, slowing the attack and raising the Kong Household's morale.
• A Second Tier Cuckoo Demon appeared behind the beast tide and used a Demon-Summoning Banner to make the remaining beasts and demon birds attack more fiercely.

The Kong Household’s sword and spell cultivators used True Spirit Battle Formations to fight off the Demon Beast tide. Their combined attacks showed that the Lineage could defeat more than a thousand beasts even without Kong Wenxuan.

• Kong Yuyin and Yan Zhiyu attacked the charging Demon Beasts with their divine abilities.
• Kong Yuchui led the sword cultivators in forming a Five-Colored Peacock battle formation, whose illusions and Five Elements Divine Swords killed the beasts.
• Kong Yuluo led the spell cultivators in forming a second Five-Colored Peacock battle formation, which trapped the beasts and struck them with five-element spells.
• The Kong Household’s battle formations and Foundation Establishment cultivators proved strong enough to slaughter the entire tide without Kong Wenxuan’s help.

The Cuckoo Demon unleashed bloodlight-controlled avian puppets whose corpses spawned explosive Bloodlight Cuckoos, threatening the Kong Household’s battle formations. Kong Wenxuan saved Kong Yuyin, but the puppets continued advancing and drew nearly everyone into the fight.

• The Cuckoo Demon summoned more than a hundred bloodlight-eyed demonic birds that ignored Kong Yuyin’s illusion and swooped at the Kong Household cultivators.
• Kong Yuyin’s sword light cut down several birds, but Bloodlight Cuckoos burst from their corpses and exploded against her defenses.
• Kong Wenxuan used the Crimson Fire Divine Sword to destroy the Bloodlight Cuckoos before they could kill Kong Yuyin, who warned the lineage members about the puppets’ ability.
• The Kong Household’s sword and spell battle formations coordinated to kill the avian puppets and the Bloodlight Cuckoos emerging from them.
• The avian puppets overwhelmed the formations, forcing Patriarch Kong Changgeng, vassal cultivator teams, and Kong Yuyin to join the fight as the threat advanced toward camp.