Yu Qing Fairy and Feather Fairy were stunned.
They had never seen a human maintain Sage Mode so naturally.
Normally, senjutsu chakra required absolute concentration. A slight imbalance between physical energy, spiritual energy, and natural energy would result in petrification. Even experienced practitioners could only sustain it for a limited time.
Yet Chen Xing could gather natural energy while moving.
If this stability continued, his combat strength would far exceed ordinary Sage Mode users.
"Use senjutsu chakra to perform a basic ninjutsu," Feather Fairy said.
Chen Xing hesitated. "I might damage the clearing."
"Just a low-level technique."
Chen Xing stepped forward and formed hand seals.
"Sage Art: Fire Release — Great Fireball Technique."
Flames burst from his mouth.
The fireball expanded instantly—far beyond the standard ten-meter diameter described in the Uchiha clan's technique. Upon impact, it exploded outward, transforming into a sea of fire that engulfed the field.
Heatwaves forced the two elders to retreat.
When the flames died down, the clearing was scorched black.
Yu Qing Fairy stared. "That was only a C-rank Fire Release…"
Under senjutsu enhancement, even basic techniques multiplied in scale and destructive force.
After several more days refining control, Chen Xing returned to the Land of the Celestial.
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Integration
Two days later, Chen Xing stood atop the waterfall in his secluded valley.
"Sage Mode."
His eyes turned scarlet. Three tomoe rotated steadily. His hair shifted into deep blue once more as natural energy merged perfectly with his chakra.
He formed a seal.
"Peacock Form."
Violet chakra erupted around him, expanding into a massive peacock-shaped construct—wings spread wide across the valley. Compared to before, the form was denser, more stable.
But then—
His Sharingan spun violently.
The three tomoe fused—
Mangekyō Sharingan.
An immense surge of power erupted from his eyes.
Green chakra began forming within the peacock avatar, constructing a skeletal framework from the inside outward—ribcage, spine, arms—just like the initial stage of Susanoo, the Mangekyō's ultimate ability.
Chen Xing's pupils contracted.
He had not consciously activated it.
Yet Sage Mode's amplification had triggered the Mangekyō's power.
The skeletal structure expanded, muscles and armor forming over it. The peacock construct was no longer hollow chakra—it now possessed an internal Susanoo framework, perfectly fused with the outer Peacock Form.
Unlike the Uchiha's humanoid Susanoo, Chen Xing's manifested as a colossal armored peacock.
Its eyes bore the Mangekyō pattern.
Its wings radiated violent chakra.
The ground trembled beneath its presence.
---Peacock Aurora
The colossal peacock ascended into the sky, casting a shadow over the forest.
Patrol shinobi below nearly panicked before recognizing Chen Xing standing within its brow.
He guided it toward an uninhabited wasteland.
Hovering high above, the Mangekyō rotated slowly.
Chen Xing formed seals within the construct.
"Peacock Aurora."
The peacock opened its beak.
A sphere of condensed chakra formed—compressed and stabilized through senjutsu enhancement and Mangekyō control. It was not a true Tailed Beast Ball, but its density approached that principle of extreme chakra compression.
The sphere fired downward.
Impact.
A blinding white explosion swallowed the wasteland.
A hemispherical shockwave expanded outward, flattening everything in its path. Trees, stone, soil—reduced to dust. A massive crater formed at the center.
Moments later, groundwater burst upward, filling the depression.
When the dust cleared, a vast crater remained—soon to become a lake.
Chen Xing exhaled slowly.
He dispelled Sage Mode.
The peacock avatar dissolved, followed by the Susanoo framework. Only faint purple chakra wings remained behind him before fading completely.
Nearly half his chakra reserves were gone.
Even with Sage Mode reducing consumption, the fusion of Mangekyō and senjutsu was extremely taxing. Unlike a jinchūriki, he did not possess a tailed beast's endless supply of chakra.
Still—
The power was undeniable.
He looked over the forming lake in silence.
The Peacock King had entered a new realm.