The Peacock King's Five-Colored Divine Light

Sweat. The Five-Colored Divine Light I wrote comes from the Investiture of the Gods, not any web novel. Seeing some readers compare it to other online stories is truly speechless. That is from the Investiture of the Gods. Quite dizzying.

In ancient times, that primordial being swept out with Five-Colored Divine Light—gods and buddhas retreated before it. Nothing it could not collect, nothing it could not sweep away, no one could stand against it. Truly, one of the most fearsome figures in heaven and earth.

Thus, when the Peacock King swept out with Five-Colored Divine Light, it immediately shook everyone. Of course, the younger generation’s shock could not compare to that of the old. The young only saw an immensely powerful divine ability, but the elders’ thoughts soared, seeing the essence of the matter and considering all the implications.

The young knew little of ancient legends and myths, barely aware of what the Five-Colored Divine Light represented, let alone its origin. But the elders were different. They had already deduced the identity of the Peacock King’s ancestor! What a formidable background—the mere thought of it was terrifying. It could be said that those who now received the Peacock King and Gold had encountered a heavenly fortune! If they treated the Peacock King and Gold well, they would need fear no threat in the mortal world in the future.

All the spectators had erupted.

Five-Colored Divine Light had actually withstood the Destruction Eye! It must be said that even the elders’ emotions were roused. Without doubt, based on the strength of the Golden Lion King and the Peacock King, only true experts among the older generation could subdue them. Spirit-Treasury realm cultivators could barely withstand these two saint beast kings.

This beast-fighting tournament lived up to its name. It was not merely a nominal event to gather wealth but demonstrated true value. Even those who had been dissatisfied due to the withdrawal of the two dragon kings were now fully appeased.

“Kill!” “Kill! Kill! Kill!” In various halls, in front of numerous crystal screens, many voices shouted.

The Golden Lion King’s gaze was icy cold, standing motionless in the void, staring coldly at the Five-Colored Peacock King. The Destruction Eye had met its match for the first time—something that had never happened before. Because its origin was too great; it knew deeply how powerful and terrifying its divine ability was. Among young sacred beasts, opponents were rare.

“Ooohroar…”

The Lion King’s roar shook the heavens. It opened its vertical eye again, and a streak of blood light burst forth, striking toward the Peacock King.

Flash! Five-Colored Divine Light descended. Azure, yellow, red, black, and white—the five-colored radiance blazed, sweeping aside the Destruction Light. Moreover, the divine light trembled repeatedly, and the Peacock King began its counterattack.

Amidst the dazzling brilliance, several waves of Five-Colored Divine Light instantly engulfed the Lion King. The Golden Lion King struggled violently, letting out an ear-splitting roar of fury, while the Five-Colored Divine Light rippled continuously.

“It swept the Golden Lion inside!” “Five-Colored Divine Light has collected the Golden Lion King!”

Amid the clamor, the Golden Lion King’s Destruction Eye repeatedly lashed out with crimson blood light. It expended great effort to finally break free.

The Peacock King was composed and calm, its feathers gleaming. Although it wished to counterattack, it remained wary of the Lion King’s other two vertical eyes. The Lion King’s gaze was icy. After a moment of silence, it launched no further attack, confronting the Five-Colored Peacock King in the sky.

Meanwhile, on the ground, the White Tiger had also begun its assault. Its roar shot straight into the clouds. Divine patterns on its body blazed with light, and in an instant it stirred up a gale, accompanied by rumbling thunder, its target the Gold ahead.

In a sense, it was the alliance of the Peacock King and Gold that had provoked the Golden Lion King’s killing intent, and it had first attacked the Peacock King. The White Tiger shared the same thought—it had to break this combination—so it charged Gold without hesitation.

The divine patterns emitted a blinding light. The White Tiger’s incarnation directly flew out, a terrifying aura of death surging as it struck straight for Gold’s chest. The spectators all cried out in alarm. The White Tiger had immediately used its incarnation, surely relying on something, meaning it had even sharper and more fearsome divine abilities yet to be unleashed.

Gold was extremely calm. It directly swung its palm, drawing out a dazzling golden light that instantly sealed the space before it, blocking the incarnation’s path. Moreover, the light grew increasingly intense, trying to shatter the incarnation.

“A heavenly god’s great divine ability?” “Such powerful light!” The incarnation’s radiance was blinding as it repeatedly struck the golden light screen, but ultimately retreated without success. Gold pressed its advantage relentlessly. The golden brilliance spread like a curtain of water, penetrating everywhere, surging forward overwhelmingly.

With a screech, the White Tiger was knocked flying. Divine patterns shimmered brightly. Although it neutralized Gold’s attack, it was clear that the White Tiger had been at a disadvantage moments ago.

Gold’s nature was hot-tempered, as had been shown in its match against Keke. Now that it had the advantage, it became even more ferocious and overbearing. It bounded forward in several quick steps, as if crossing space, its figure appearing out of thin air at another location.

Another curtain of light descended with a hiss, this one interwoven with nine lightning bolts as thick as vats, fiercely bombarding the White Tiger. This was no ordinary lightning. Gold tinged with azure—it was clearly heavenly thunder!

“Boom!”

The White Tiger dodged just in time, but was still sent tumbling by the shockwave, leaving it looking quite disheveled.

“Ooohroar—”

A tiger roar shook the fighting arena. Around the White Tiger’s body, strand after strand of ancient script characters emerged, each one like black metal castings, floating into existence as if a tangible metal scripture enveloped the White Tiger. Those were the divine patterns on its body, fully materialized, radiating an extremely powerful energy fluctuation.

At this moment, the White Tiger’s body was as smooth as jade, with not a single black pattern left. All those black metallic characters, like ancient divine runes, arrayed themselves around it, gleaming with black light.

Gold remained unmoved. With a wave of its hand, nine heavenly thunders crashed down upon the White Tiger.

But this time, the lightning vanished silently. The black metal characters around the White Tiger’s periphery did not shine brightly; they merely flickered a few times, absorbing all the thunder. Vaguely, around the black metal characters, countless minute spatial fissures appeared. The lightning had been sent into an unknown space!

Gold flew into a rage. It rushed forward, sweeping out with golden light and summoning thunder. For a time, energy waves surged, quickly overwhelming the White Tiger. Yet when all was calm, the White Tiger stood unharmed, surrounded by its floating black metal characters that neutralized every form of energy, leaving it untouched.

The White Tiger shook its jade-smooth body, rising with an oppressive aura as it advanced step by step toward Gold.

“Transferred to another space…” “The White Tiger’s metal script runes tore open countless invisible spatial fissures, redirecting all energy attacks to unknown spaces.”

The older experts watching were all moved. Another extremely rare and fearsome divine ability. Truly, among the competing young sacred beasts, not one was ordinary.

The White Tiger had actually torn space. With such materialized metal characters protecting it, it seemed invincible!

Facing the White Tiger’s advance, Gold was not nervous. It waited calmly.

The White Tiger let out a long roar and pounced fiercely. Ancient battle techniques were definitely its forte, best suited for close combat. Gold moved with agility and speed. Facing the White Tiger’s assault, it even lashed out with a kick like a human, then leaped into the air and stomped downward. Its foot shadow actually pierced through the gap between the metal characters, nearly touching the White Tiger’s body, forcing the White Tiger to retreat.

One had to marvel: Gold was also proficient in ancient battle techniques, seemingly no weaker than the White Tiger, and its ability to reach inside the metal characters placed immense pressure on the White Tiger.

Still, the black metal characters were tightly packed. Gold had great difficulty breaking through, and combined with the White Tiger’s profound ancient battle techniques, it was clearly at a disadvantage.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The two young sacred beasts moved like bolts of lightning, engaging in pure physical combat without any extraordinary abilities.

Thump, thump, thump!

The collisions of their bodies produced tremendous sounds, like two colossal mountains crashing together, deafening. The watching crowd was awestruck; such power would be unbearable even for a Spirit-Treasury realm expert.

After all, the White Tiger had its divine script characters that ignored energy attacks, gradually gaining the upper hand. But at this moment, Gold suddenly blazed with brilliant light. In an instant, it split into three, then transformed into nine figures.

Nine beams of golden light appeared in the arena. Nine Golds surrounded the White Tiger, and each one, in close combat with the White Tiger, produced the sound of real collision, throwing the White Tiger into chaos.

The crowd erupted in commotion. This was clearly not an incarnation. It was the legendary great divine ability of “condensing the void into substance,” capable of refining shadows into true bodies. At the highest level, the nine bodies cultivated not only possessed combat power no less than the original, but could also regenerate from death nine times—each body a life. This was an utterly perverse, heaven-defying divine ability. With nine lives and an undying body, the outcome against a peer-level opponent was easy to imagine.

“Ridiculous!” “Unbelievable. These sacred beasts are too heaven-defying—a once-in-a-century encounter. Obtaining just one is enough!” The death of any one of these young sacred beasts would be a major loss. However, for them to grow and transform quickly, only such battles could serve, for the essence of ordinary beast kings was insufficient to propel them. Sacred beasts with limitless potential required corresponding sacrifices of their peers!

Beast kings grew stronger through battle!

Young sacred beasts that did not undergo life-and-death combat would remain at the lowest tier of sacred beasts, even if they matured safely.

In the VIP room, Keke sat beside Xiao Chen, watching the crystal screen. It could not sit still, tossing aside the skewer of ginseng kings in its hand, itching to dash into the arena.

“Calm down. Don’t get ideas. Be composed…” Xiao Chen gripped the black iron chain tightly, not daring to let the little creature run out now, or heaven knew what chaos it would cause.

“Ya-ya-ya…” The little beast was agitated, venting its strongest protest. It meant, “‘Calm’? What’s that? I want to sweep away the six sacred beasts!”

Just then, the Little Defiant Dragon and the Blood-Red Dragon King finally began their battle.

The clash of dragon kings was breathtaking—nothing like the probing of the first two pairs. It was direct life-or-death combat!

The Little Defiant Dragon had already taken its Inverse Dragon Seven Steps, the immense force nearly tearing space apart. The Blood-Red Dragon King’s entire body blazed with blood light, wielding purely martial power, riding the blood light into the sky, ranging across heaven and earth, preventing the Little Defiant Dragon from completing its seven steps. Both dragon kings soared into the high sky, using different ancient dragon martial arts to fly through the air. This was terrifying, for what they displayed was not divine abilities like the Lion King or Peacock King’s but sheer ancient battle techniques that allowed flight! Flying through the sky by martial arts alone was a power of half-god level cultivators, yet they, relying on ancient dragon battle techniques, forcibly tapped their latent potential early, enabling them to soar through the heavens.

Smack!

The divine dragon lashed its tail. As the Blood-Red Dragon King rode its blood light, the two passed each other in an instant, and the dragon tail swept in like a heavenly blade. But the Inverse Dragon Seven Steps could not be fully executed; the Little Defiant Dragon could only manage five steps each time. It vanished midair, teleporting to another part of the sky. The Blood-Red Dragon King followed like a shadow, curling its body and charging. The Little Defiant Dragon’s ancient martial battle techniques surged forth—its dragon claws tore at the Blood-Red Dragon King’s chest, its dragon horn slashed toward the Blood-Red Dragon King’s neck.

Thud! Thud!

The two dragon kings collided fiercely in the sky several times, moving so fast that even the older generation found them dizzying. Then they split apart, appearing in different positions. Dragon blood splattered; both dragon kings had sustained wounds. This was life-and-death combat without any flourish—a pure display of true strength.

Whoosh! Whoosh! The two dragon kings circled in the sky, seemingly crossing space, constantly appearing from one position to another in a way that defied understanding.

Xiao Chen was inwardly very surprised. The Little Defiant Dragon had grown extremely fast, its comprehension of ancient dragon battle techniques deepening. With such movement skills, who could guard against it? What it lacked now was raw power; if it had enough strength, it could stand invincible.

Such life-and-death duels captivated everyone watching the crystal screens. The dragon race was indeed the strongest. The dragon king battle stirred hearts. Although the two dragon kings had not yet displayed any divine abilities, the mere fact that they could fly and fight in the air proved their power. Once they revealed their dragon clan great divine abilities, the crowd’s emotions would surely surge even more violently.

“Roar—”

From not far away, a lion roar rang out. The Golden Lion King and the Peacock King shattered the calm, engaging once more.

Then something unexpected happened. The Golden Lion King opened its second vertical eye, and a beam of black light instantly became the only thing in heaven and earth!

“Good heavens, it’s reincarnation!” “It’s the Reincarnation Eye!” “Look, it has opened the gates of hell, sending its opponent directly into reincarnation!”

The Golden Lion King’s combat power had exceeded all estimates. One eye represented destruction, the other reincarnation. Opening them could reduce an opponent to ashes!

In the VIP room, Keke could no longer stay put. It shook Xiao Chen’s arm energetically.

“No. Stay calm. Be composed…”

Whoosh! This time, the snow-white little beast was especially decisive. Ignoring Xiao Chen’s “nagging,” it vanished into thin air.

Xiao Chen was greatly startled. When had Keke gained such a divine ability? He had no idea what divine art the little thing had used, yet it simply disappeared like that. “It’s over!” He quickly looked back at the screen, searching for any trace of the little beast.