"Don't! Child abuse!"
A miserable cry came from inside the eggshell.
Dizhao stood before the Immortal Egg, holding the immortal artifact Sky-Breaking Hammer, her gaze fixed on the egg with utmost seriousness.
She raised her fair hand and fiercely swung the Sky-Breaking Hammer at the Immortal Egg!
"Ah!!! Save me, Sister... please let me go!"
Little Phoenix trembled all over. Though she had yet to hatch, she already knew the fear of life and death.
"I am helping you hatch. I once divined your birth date—it is today!"
Dizhao's expression remained calm as she resolutely brought down the hammer.
Bang—
A deafening boom rang out, and a crack appeared on the Immortal Egg.
Little Phoenix inside the shell also fell silent.
Dizhao continued hammering. The crack quickly widened, and before long... the entire eggshell shattered.
A tiny, fiery-red phoenix curled up as she rolled out from the broken shell.
However, Little Phoenix had already been knocked unconscious!
"I did not use much immortal power. Otherwise, even with restraints on your eggshell, you could not have survived," Dizhao said slowly.
"You... waaaah!"
Little Phoenix's mentality completely exploded. Dazed and disoriented, she staggered to her feet. She was about the size of a human fist, like a tiny ball of flesh.
No one would have imagined that this little thing was actually a pure-blooded phoenix.
"You were fated to be born today. This is your destiny!" Dizhao said.
Little Phoenix: "..."
What destiny? Clearly, you forcibly made me hatch! She had originally planned to lie low for a while longer. After all, the moment she came out, she would have to become someone else's slave!
"Oh? As expected of an ancient phoenix. You are already at the Quasi-Emperor realm the moment you hatch." Dizhao's eyes lit up.
"That suits the Heavenly Emperor's