Dragon Phoenix Heaven

"Junior Xiao Chen pays his respects to Senior."

After the system's scan, Xiao Chen had obtained all the information about the altar.

This altar had been formed from the life of a Saint-grade Heavenly Supreme from the Great Thousand World. Its purpose was to slowly wear down the sealed Heavenly Demon Emperor through the power of time.

According to the system, that Heavenly Supreme's soul had fused with the altar and had not been utterly destroyed in body and spirit.

Instead, he had survived in another form.

That was precisely why he had been able to seal the Heavenly Demon Emperor for tens of thousands of years, with the seal suffering little damage.

As for the Heavenly Demon Emperor, only a trace of residual demonic will remained. At most, he would completely perish within a hundred years.

"Little Fellow from a lower plane, this is not a place where you should remain. Leave."

The imposing voice descended heavily upon Xiao Chen like towering mountains. As that vast and boundless force pressed down on him, the blood and Dou Qi within Xiao Chen's body nearly froze.

Even more terrifyingly, he felt that the speaker only needed a single thought to utterly destroy him, body and soul alike.

This unprecedented feeling brought a rare trace of fear to his heart.

And the feeling of having his life controlled by another's whim made him extremely displeased.

"Forget it. It was not easy for you to come all this way."

Suddenly, a figure of light emerged from the altar. The figure wore white robes and carried himself with carefree composure.

Yet an indescribable pressure also faintly radiated from him.

It was like the majesty of an emperor, inspiring reverence and awe.

"Strange. You possess both True Dragon and True Phoenix bloodlines, yet you are clearly human."

"I originally intended to pass down only a divine ability to you, but now that seems rather petty. Forget it, consider yourself lucky."

After muttering to himself, the figure extended a finger toward Xiao Chen. A streak of golden light then shot straight into Xiao Chen's glabella.

Boom! Xiao Chen's body jolted violently. It was as though a volcano had suddenly erupted inside his mind, and the deafening roar caused the blood within him to churn fiercely.

In an instant, Xiao Chen felt as though the world were spinning, and darkness abruptly fell before his eyes. Yet it lasted only a moment before golden light filled the darkness. Mu Chen looked around. At this moment, he seemed to be standing above a golden sea.

The golden sea began to tremble. Waves surged across its surface before gathering into a gigantic wave tens of thousands of feet high that swept toward him, blotting out the sky. Xiao Chen stared at the enormous wave, his eyes suddenly narrowing. He saw

a figure sitting cross-legged atop the wave, golden light radiating from his body.

His appearance could not be seen clearly, but the pressure emanating from him made Xiao Chen feel immense strain. The mysterious figure sat silently upon the giant wave before suddenly

raising his head and letting out a long howl. The sound was exceedingly strange, like a dragon's roar, like a phoenix's cry, and like a perfect fusion of both. It was ancient, yet filled with unparalleled power.

Whoosh! Golden light burst from the mysterious figure's body and, under Xiao Chen's stunned gaze, transformed into an incomparably massive True Dragon and a True Phoenix soaring with spread wings.

Just as Xiao Chen watched with burning envy, the mysterious figure seemed to rise from atop the giant wave. With a sweep of his sleeve, the circling True Dragon and True Phoenix suddenly let out long cries before colliding with one another. Dazzling golden light erupted, and Xiao Chen's expression gradually stiffened, replaced by deep shock. As the golden light exploded, the True Dragon and True Phoenix vanished, replaced by an enormous mysterious creature whose end could not be seen.

It possessed the body of a giant dragon, its immense form covered in dark golden dragon scales that gleamed brilliantly. Yet from that dragon body extended a pair of enormous phoenix wings, each roughly tens of thousands of feet long. When spread, they concealed the sky and covered the earth. The dragon-like, phoenix-like mysterious creature coiled in the void, majestic and enigmatic, like the most perfect existence in heaven and earth. It involuntarily inspired reverence.

"The body of a True Dragon, the wings of a True Phoenix. The Dragon Phoenix True Form... Isn't that Mu Chen's Dragon Phoenix Body?"

A flash of insight suddenly struck Xiao Chen, and he cried out in surprise.

In the original story, Zi Yan from Jia Nan Academy seemed to be a Dragon Phoenix.

However, he had already refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Thus, Zi Yan's only hope of becoming a Dragon Phoenix had been completely extinguished.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen felt the guilt of having snatched a lollipop from a child.

At that moment, the "Dragon Phoenix" in the sky gradually faded before turning into countless golden motes that drifted down. The mysterious figure atop the giant wave flicked his finger, and the golden light gathered before Xiao Chen, forming ancient words...

Xiao Chen immediately turned his gaze toward them. At the very top of those ancient words were four ancient characters that danced like dragons and phoenixes, radiating endless majesty. "Dragon Phoenix True Scripture!"

The golden characters finally turned into streams of light and rushed into Xiao Chen's mind. The golden sea before him began to shatter, while the figure atop the giant wave slowly dissipated. Yet as he vanished, Xiao Chen seemed to feel his gaze land upon him. Beneath that gaze,

it was as though even his soul had been pierced through. Before Xiao Chen could savor that mysterious gaze, his eyes opened.

"This Dragon Phoenix True Scripture was won by this Emperor from the True Dragon Emperor in a wager before my death. You have gotten quite the bargain, brat."

The figure of light smiled.

"Do not disgrace the name of the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture."

"Thank you, Teacher, for your generous gift."

Suddenly, Xiao Chen dropped to both knees, his face filled with sincerity.

"Teacher? Haha! You are quite an interesting brat. This Emperor has been dead for tens of thousands of years, yet I have unexpectedly gained a disciple. Not bad at all."

The figure of light was startled by Xiao Chen's words, "Teacher." For some reason, his expression suddenly changed, and the way he looked at Xiao Chen became increasingly kind and affectionate.

The pressure on Xiao Chen had long since been withdrawn.

"A Favorability Card can increase the target's favorability by one hundred percent. Duration: ten minutes!"

This was the reward he had received not long ago for taking Qing Lin into the Xiao Family.

Just as Xiao Chen was preparing to take advantage of the opportunity and press his luck,

golden light suddenly filled the space above his head, eventually forming a massive spatial vortex.

"Teacher, what are you...?"

Before he could finish speaking, an irresistible and vast suction force erupted from the spatial vortex and sucked Xiao Chen inside.

Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range. This ancient region had been an extremely famous ancient land in the Northern Realm ever since the Northern Realm came into existence. Especially after Dragon Phoenix Heaven was discovered, this vast area had become one of the most bustling places in the Northern Realm.

And now was precisely the time when Dragon Phoenix Heaven opened once more. The popularity of this region had reached a terrifying level. Within hundreds of thousands of miles, the sounds of wind tearing through the air almost never ceased. Countless figures swept across the sky like locusts, heading toward the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range. Dragon Phoenix Heaven's reputation in the Northern Realm was simply too great. Nearly every expert of the younger generation would not give up such an easy opportunity to make a name for themselves. Of course, the most important reason was Dragon Phoenix Heaven's own allure.

An ancient city, so towering that its end could not be seen, stood ahead. The city was covered in the mottled marks of time, and an ancient, savage aura permeated the air, shrouding the world in a sense of desolation.

At the edge of the city stood stone towers tens of thousands of feet high. Faint residual spiritual energy fluctuations could still be sensed from them, and Mu Chen was no stranger to such fluctuations. They belonged to spiritual arrays. In ancient times, there must have been an immensely powerful spiritual array here, one capable of looking down upon the heavens. Yet with the passage of time, that once-mighty array had been worn away.

The city's grandeur was shocking. Even though streams of light continually flew in from the sky and descended upon the ancient city like locusts, it showed no sign of congestion.

For any ascender from a lower plane, the most dangerous hurdle was the assimilation of spiritual energy.

Without help from others, a single mistake could prevent the two different energies from fully assimilating and merging, destroying one's foundation and turning one into a cripple.

A golden pavilion stood quietly. Its design was exquisite, with dragons and phoenixes singing in harmony. Faintly, true dragon might and phoenix aura seemed to spread from it. At this moment, many figures in the city were flying toward it.

At that moment, a pale-faced young man with somewhat unsteady steps entered the pavilion.

The young man was none other than Xiao Chen, who had been sucked into the spatial vortex.

He had originally thought that the cheap Teacher he had so easily acknowledged was merely sending him away.

But he had not expected the other party to directly transport him to Dragon Phoenix Heaven in the Great Thousand World.

Was this truly something a Saint-grade Heavenly Supreme who had long since fallen could accomplish?

Upon entering the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion, Xiao Chen's view instantly widened, and noisy voices poured into his ears. Raising his eyes, he saw that the pavilion was divided into several orderly levels, each filled with figures. Powerful spiritual energy fluctuations rippled around every person, and from some of the higher levels, astonishing spiritual pressure spread out, making one's heart tremble.

Xiao Chen's entrance into the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion naturally drew the attention of many people.

"Interesting. A mere First-grade Sovereign actually dares to come to Dragon Phoenix Heaven. He certainly has some courage."

"Tch, what courage? Can't you see that the kid's face has gone pale from fright?"

"Are you sure he has not simply been drained dry by wine and women?"

"Haha!"

As soon as those words were spoken, laughter rang out from every floor of the Dragon Phoenix Tower.

After assimilating spiritual energy, Xiao Chen's strength was only that of a First-grade Sovereign.

As for why the Teacher he had only recently acknowledged had sent him here, Xiao Chen could roughly guess it: to cultivate the Dragon Phoenix Body.