Kong Xuan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Kong Xuan was born during the Dragon-Han Calamity. Under pressure from the Heavenly Dao, Yuanfeng abandoned rebirth through nirvana and sacrificed her bloodline to produce two children: the first peacock, Kong Xuan, and the first Golden-Winged Great Peng 30.

Her Five-Colored Divine Light attracted powerful enemies soon after her birth. Yuanfeng fought to protect her and died at Fallen Phoenix Slope. Kong Xuan escaped, and Yuanfeng’s corpse disappeared with her 63.

Because Golden-Winged Great Peng had weaker talent and foundations, Kong Xuan hid him for his protection. The siblings eventually separated to avoid being captured together, remaining apart for countless years while secretly watching over one another 97.

Kong Xuan devoted herself to locating the scattered survivors of her mother’s clan. She eventually gathered slightly more than forty thousand Phoenix Clan members into a hidden refuge. They revered her as the Peacock King and their guardian, although Colorful Phoenix remained the clan’s actual leader 67 75.

Appearance

• Human form: Tall, slender, and exceptionally beautiful, with an aloof bearing. She is barely shorter than Ye Xuan 97 528.
• Clothing: Frequently wears robes resembling five-colored clouds 310 565.
• Male appearance: Can transform into a tall man; even in this form, her beauty remains striking 65 66.
• Peacock form: Described as a red peacock with staring eyes and a slender crest. During Zhunti’s suppression, her true form reaches ten thousand zhang and bears brilliant, multicolored plumage 64 89.
• Divine plume: Her feathers unfold like a fan behind her when she invokes the Five-Colored Divine Light. Their display carries enough of Yuanfeng’s presence to astonish watching experts 66 525.

Personality

Kong Xuan is proud, fiercely independent, and unwilling to accept coercion. When Zhunti attempts to turn her into his mount, she would rather die than submit. Her pride also governs her martial conduct: against Ancestor Minghe, she refuses to use other abilities while they are competing solely in saber and sword mastery 80 89 90.

Her caution comes from protecting others as much as herself. She initially resists entering the wider conflict because revealing her whereabouts could expose the Phoenix Clan. Even after agreeing to help Ye Xuan, she carefully conceals their presence and karmic traces while approaching Qilin Cliff 66 105.

With people she trusts, her reserve gives way to affection and vulnerability. She urges Ye Xuan not to risk his life avenging her humiliation, cries after learning he concealed his identity, and warmly embraces her long-separated brother. She nevertheless holds Golden-Winged Great Peng to demanding cultivation standards 98 398 565 566.

Abilities & Skills

Five-Colored Divine Light

Her signature innate ability originates from Yuanfeng’s essence combined with innate Five Elements Qi. Its colors are azure, yellow, red, black, and white 64 89.

• Capture and suppression: Can sweep up treasures, physical bodies, primordial spirits, and Dao arts into a mysterious Five Elements space 66 89.
• Overwhelming pressure: Restrains Ye Xuan’s Quasi-Saint physique during their spar, although his yin-and-yang power allows him to escape 66.
• Concealment: Obscures the workings of heaven, enabling Kong Xuan to remain hidden for years. She also uses it to sever her and Ye Xuan’s karmic traces at Qilin Cliff 80 105.
• Treasure counter: Suppresses and sweeps away Lu Ya’s Immortal Slaying Flying Knife 526.
• Saint-level limitation: Briefly captures Zhunti, but he destroys its source and collapses the internal world, gravely injuring her 89 97.
• Resistance to imitation: Su Daji’s Demon Fox Ten Mysterious Transformations cannot reproduce it, even though the technique copies many of Kong Xuan’s other traits and abilities 536.

Saber Dao

Kong Xuan follows a domineering martial path, wielding an enormous saber with precision rather than relying on its size alone. Ancestor Minghe calls her the foremost Saber Dao master in the Primordial World 79 80.

• Splits Minghe’s vast Blood Sea Sword Qi by striking an opening in the attack 79.
• Blocks Blood River One-Line Kill and meets Great Sun Firmament Slash head-on 80.
• Fights Minghe without a decisive winner in their saber-and-sword contest; both sustain wounds from the other’s martial intent 81 82.
• Cleaves Lu Ya’s Solar True Fire and engages his Solar Divine Wheel with her saber 522.

Nirvana True Fire

A five-colored flame inherited from Yuanfeng, also called the Flame of Regeneration. It combines destructive power with regenerative uses 82 521.

• Invoked against the lingering sword intent that repeatedly reopens her wound after fighting Minghe 82.
• Gradually gains the upper hand over Lu Ya’s Solar True Fire during their initial flame contest 521.
• Can threaten nearby Ashura experts merely through its release 82.
• Does not make her limitless against other divine flames: after swallowing Lu Ya’s Scarlet Fire True Dragon, she recognizes that repeatedly consuming Solar True Fire could exceed her tolerance 522.

Physical Combat and Battle Experience

Kong Xuan supplements her divine abilities with powerful close-quarters combat and extensive practical experience 523 609.

• Identifies Lu Ya’s lack of combat experience and changes tactics to force him into close combat 523.
• Battles King Yinshi directly in peacock form, dispersing his black smoke while losing feathers in the exchange 609.
• Exploits King Yinshi’s weakened foundation until he enlarges his body merely to withstand her attacks 610.

Transformation and Flight

• Human transformation: Assumes both female and male human appearances 65 97.
• Totem concealment: Hides as a flame totem on Ye Xuan’s hand while escaping Duobao and Golden Spirit Holy Mother 30.
• Flight: Travels faster than Ye Xuan during their early journeys and carries him by auspicious cloud 75.
• Avian pursuit: Keeps pace with the fleeing Lu Ya during their aerial chase 528.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Cold Radiance Saw — An enormous crescent-shaped saber, described at different appearances as roughly three to four meters long. Although a postnatal treasure, it earns Ancestor Minghe’s recognition during their duel 65 79 80 522.
• Treasured robes — Block two of Minghe’s sword strikes during their close-quarters exchange 81.

Relationships

• Yuanfeng — Mother. Died protecting Kong Xuan, who escaped with her corpse. Kong Xuan reacts with murderous suspicion when Ye Xuan first raises the subject of Yuanfeng 63 69.
• Golden-Winged Great Peng — Younger brother. Their separation was intended to preserve their chances of survival. They openly reunite in Chaoge, where Kong Xuan praises his progress before criticizing his lax cultivation 97 565 566.
• Ye Xuan / Wuming — Rescuer, ally, and romantic interest. They become sworn brothers while Ye Xuan mistakenly believes her male. She develops deep feelings for him before discovering that Wuming and the Human Emperor are the same person; no marriage is established in the supplied events 398 528 566.
• Colorful Phoenix — Actual leader of the Phoenix Clan and Kong Xuan’s trusted collaborator. Kong Xuan leaves clan arrangements with her before traveling and later introduces her to Golden-Winged Great Peng as a possible partner 75 566.
• Qilin King — Early benefactor whose auspicious blessings helped her survive and grow stronger. His romantic feelings are unreturned, and he recognizes her attachment to Ye Xuan 566.
• Ancestor Minghe — Martial rival who comes to respect her Saber Dao. Later helps Ye Xuan rescue her from Zhunti 80 96 97.
• Su Daji — Acquaintance who addresses her as “Sister.” Their relationship is strained when Daji impersonates her during intimacy with Ye Xuan; Kong Xuan forbids any repetition outside special combat situations 521 536.
• Huo Ling — Regards Kong Xuan as a beloved elder sister and teacher. Kong Xuan taught her the Fire Dao when she was young 566.
• Saint Zhunti — Enemy who attempts to abduct her into the Western Teachings and make her his mount 89 90.
• Daoist Lu Ya — Opponent defeated outside Chaoge. Kong Xuan ultimately spares him, partly out of sympathy for their similarly devastated families 523 528.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Meeting Ye Xuan and Entering the Tribulation

• Kong Xuan first reaches Ye Xuan’s cloud as an exhausted streak of five-colored light. He agrees to shelter her from Daoist Duobao and Golden Spirit Holy Mother, who wounded her after escaping from being swallowed 29 30.
• Ye Xuan later seeks her out to recruit her as Chaoge’s protector. Their encounter becomes a prolonged spar before they discuss the danger that public involvement would pose to her clansmen 65 66.
• After seeing the Ancestral Dragon under Ye Xuan’s control, she suspects that his real objective is Yuanfeng. She subsequently decides to enter the tribulation and cooperate with the Human Emperor’s preparations 69 75.

Blood Sea Journey and Zhunti’s Attempted Capture

• Kong Xuan directs Ye Xuan toward Nine Unlikenesses, also known as Diting, whose auspicious blessings may help him reach Qilin Cliff safely 74.
• At the Netherworld Blood Sea, she duels Ancestor Minghe to a standstill in saber and sword mastery. Ye Xuan intervenes before they settle the contest through their other powers 79 80 82.
• Zhunti subsequently suppresses her and attempts to claim her as a mount. Ye Xuan, aided by Minghe, knocks Zhunti away and carries her out of his control 89 90 96.
• Her return to female human form reveals Ye Xuan’s mistaken assumption about her gender. After Zhunti withdraws, Ye Xuan gives her a Heavenly Pool essence crystal to aid recovery; they continue to Diting and then Qilin Cliff 97 99 105.

Arrival in Chaoge

• Kong Xuan visits Chaoge seeking the Human Dao Saint Wuming. Ye Xuan reveals their shared identity by producing the Prajna Asura Tribulation, leaving her hurt by his prolonged deception 396 398.
• Ye Xuan comforts her and welcomes her strength as protection for the city during his absences 398.
• While cultivating above Chaoge, she finds its auspicious fortune substantially more beneficial than cultivation elsewhere 532.

Defeating Lu Ya and Exposing the Impostor

• Kong Xuan answers Lu Ya’s challenge outside Chaoge, identifying herself as Yuanfeng’s descendant and the first innate peacock 520.
• She counters his flames, outmatches his close-combat experience, and neutralizes his Immortal Slaying Flying Knife before pursuing him away from the city. She ultimately allows him to escape 521 522 523 526 528.
• She later discovers someone using her appearance to be intimate with Ye Xuan. The resulting duel exposes Su Daji’s transformation ability; the real Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light is an ability Daji cannot copy 532 533 534 536.

Reunion and the Western Zhou Campaign

• After briefly taking charge at Three Mountains Pass, Kong Xuan returns to Chaoge with Colorful Phoenix and reunites with her brother. The siblings resolve to stand openly with the Human Emperor 565.
• During Western Zhou’s rebellion, Ye Xuan secretly stations her with Wen Zhong’s forces. Initially, only Wen Zhong and Yuan Hong know she is present 608.
• She intervenes against King Yinshi and gains the advantage in their divine-bird battle. When Haotian Shangdi demands deference, she rejects his authority and prepares to fight; Ye Xuan arrives before their confrontation proceeds 609 610 612.

Notable Quotes

“What harm is there in telling you the truth? I am a descendant of the phoenix, the first Innate peacock, Kong Xuan!” 520

“Isn’t the path of cultivation itself a path of defying heaven?” 520

“Give you some face? What face do you have? How dare you spout such nonsense before me, Kong Xuan?” 612

Trivia

• The gender misunderstanding is explicitly resolved: Kong Xuan was female throughout. Her male appearance follows Ye Xuan’s mistaken comments, rather than revealing her original sex 65 528.
• “Chaoge’s Black Bird” is an intentionally ambiguous identification: Lu Ya initially means Yuanfeng, but Kong Xuan accepts the designation when confronting him. Chaoge’s people later celebrate her victory as proof that the city has more than one Black Bird 520 528.
• Peacock Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva belongs to the original course of events Ye Xuan recalls, not an appointment Kong Xuan receives in the documented storyline 30 64.