The peacock closed its wings, then shrank and transformed. Its claws turned into legs, and its feathers turned into a set of colorful Daoist robes.0

Its face became that of a woman's. She had a five-colored cloud marking on her forehead, and while she wasn’t particularly stunning, it was hard to take one's eyes off her. Her face was as smooth as pure as jade, and her eyes shone with wisdom and spirituality.0

Only now did Su Yi realize that the "ol’ peacock" the toad spoke of was actually a woman. Ah, so she's a ‘Peacock Empress,’ not ‘Emperor.’0

The peacock made no effort to disguise herself. She gazed intently at the yellowed tome, her brow furrowed in thought.0

The white toad was stunned, as she almost never appeared in front of other people in her human form.0

It wasn’t just her; when the denizens of the River of Destiny appeared in human form, it was all too easy for others to discern their true names.0

Every powerful denizen of the River of Destiny had a true name. Once discovered, it was an exploitable, lethal weakness.0

The cloud marking on River Empress Peacock’s forehead...0