The Phoenix God Awakens, the Phoenix God Continent Above the Sky!

Above Douluo Star's boundless sky, a vast "continent" floated beneath the clouds ten thousand meters high.

It stretched for thousands of miles, its mountains and valleys crisscrossed by rushing rivers.

Cities filled with towering buildings were even visible, moving slowly with the entire continent.

Between the cities, great aircraft shuttled back and forth, trailing long white contrails.

Sunlight, moonlight, and starlight shone upon it, yet none could pierce the continent's true secret.

For the entire continent was not land at all.

It was the body of the Phoenix God, a Supreme God King!

Phoenix God Continent. The Spirit Hall Empire. The Divine Mountain.

"Above the heavens and beneath the earth, all worship the Phoenix God!"

At the Divine Mountain's summit stood a towering statue of the Phoenix God, a thousand zhang tall.

Its wings spread wide, as though they could hold up the entire sky.

Before the statue stood Feng Ji ge, the reigning empress of the Spirit Hall Empire, dressed in golden imperial robes and wearing a phoenix crown.

She led the empire's ministers, the heads of its Soul Master sects, and representatives of its Soul Master families in kneeling before the altar.

Incense smoke curled upward. The imperial bell rang nine times!

Among the mountain of offerings were ten-thousand-year blood ginseng and meteoric iron from beyond the heavens.

There was even Gods' Dusk, the Level 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell newly developed by the Spirit Hall Empire's Royal Academy of Sciences!

Any one of those offerings, if it fell into other hands, would have every Soul Master on Douluo Star fighting until rivers of blood flowed.

Yet now, these treasures that could have stirred a storm of blood vanished from the altar in a streak of light that shot into the sky.

Wild joy appeared on every face, including Empress Feng Ji ge's.

The offerings had been accepted!

The Phoenix God had awakened!

Kneeling at the very front of the ministers was an old man in a white-and-gold robe, a staff in his hand.

He was Spirit Hall's current Great Enshrined, a Level 99 quasi-god: Golden Crocodile Douluo!

At that moment, Golden Crocodile Douluo trembled from head to toe with excitement.

"The Phoenix God has bestowed a miracle!"

Ten thousand years ago, Spirit Hall had fallen on the Douluo Continent, its legacy almost severed!

It was the Phoenix God who had brought the entire Spirit Hall lineage to the kingdom in the sky!

Under the Phoenix God's protection, Spirit Hall had risen from the ashes.

Now the Spirit Hall Empire counted tens of millions of Soul Masters. It was stronger by far than it had been even at its height ten thousand years ago!

Who could have imagined that Spirit Hall, once hated by everyone on the Douluo Continent, would receive such divine grace?

Empress Feng Ji ge's phoenix eyes shone with the same wonder.

At only thirty, she had cultivated to the rank of Level 99 Limit Douluo and was now a demigod!

She owed it all to the trace of Phoenix God blood flowing through the imperial family's veins.

"Pass on my decree!"

Feng Ji ge rose, her imperial robes whipping in the wind as her voice carried across the Divine Mountain.

"The Phoenix God has awakened. Let all under heaven celebrate!"

"The entire empire shall be exempt from taxes for three years!"

"We shall wait here for the Phoenix God's divine decree!"

Cheers like roaring mountains and surging seas shook the clouds.

At that same moment, high above the sky, a pair of closed eyes snapped open.

Two rays of chaotic divine light cut through the darkness, as though two stars had suddenly blazed to life.

On the Divine Mountain, divine light flared in the eyes of the thousand-zhang statue. It seemed to come alive.

Across the Phoenix God Continent, every living creature dropped to the ground in worship.

Feng Xuanyuan had awakened!

He breathed out slowly.

"Whew..."

That single breath swept the clouds clear for tens of thousands of miles, revealing an expanse of pristine sky.

Then he gave a casual stretch.

The Phoenix God Continent on his back remained as steady as Mount Tai, not shifting an inch.

But the gale stirred by that stretch swept downward and raised a towering tsunami a hundred meters high on the sea below.

Feng Xuanyuan's boundless divine sense swept across the entire Phoenix God Continent in an instant.

Its vast lands and countless living beings all came into view.

Aircraft crossing the air, Soul Beasts chasing one another through the forests, people living in peace among mountains and rivers stretching thousands of miles...

The whole Phoenix God Continent had been transformed since he had fallen asleep ten thousand years ago.

"Hmm. These little fellows have done rather well."

"Another ten thousand years asleep. I wonder how much stronger I've become this time."

Feng Xuanyuan spoke inwardly.

The next instant, a crisp mechanical chime sounded in his mind, right on time:

[Ding! The host has completed this round of sleep. Duration: 10,086 years.]

[Calculating rewards...]

[Congratulations! The host has successfully condensed a second godhead: the Annihilation Godhead!]

[Congratulations! The host's divine body has been fully restored to the level of a Supreme God King!]

"The Annihilation Godhead. It's finally fully condensed..."

Feng Xuanyuan smiled in satisfaction.

"System, show me my current status!"

[Host: Feng Xuanyuan]

[True form: True Phoenix]

[Realm: Supreme God King (two godheads)]

[First godhead: Creation Godhead.]

[Traits: Creates all things in the world; simulates all forms of energy and all laws!]

[Second godhead: Annihilation Godhead.]

[Traits: Annihilates all things, tangible and intangible. Those struck cannot heal or be reborn. Ignores all defenses!]

[Innate divine artifact: Divine Flame Xuanyuan Sword (Super Divine Artifact).]

Feng Xuanyuan looked at the information on the screen before him and nodded with satisfaction.

A hundred thousand years ago, he had crossed into this world.

Only to discover that he had become the legendary Phoenix God, a Supreme God King.

The Dragon God and the Phoenix God had fought for dominion over the Divine Realm. Their battle had lasted three thousand years.

The two Supreme God Kings had nearly shattered the Divine Realm, and countless gods had fallen.

In the end, the Dragon God had suffered grievous wounds.

The Phoenix God's divine body, meanwhile, had shattered and his godhead had cracked. He had fallen straight from the Divine Realm to the Douluo Continent.

Feng Xuanyuan had crossed over at the very moment of that fall. His life force had dwindled to almost nothing.

The divine power within him had been utterly exhausted.

Fortunately, when heaven closed one road, it left another open. Feng Xuanyuan had awakened the Sleep System.

All he had to do was fall asleep, and his wounds and depleted divine power would steadily recover.

The longer he slept, the richer the rewards he received.

And so, for a hundred thousand years, Feng Xuanyuan had spent almost all his time asleep.

During that sleep, his damaged Creation Godhead had quietly begun to repair itself.

The Creation Godhead possessed power much like that of a creator.

As Feng Xuanyuan slept through the ages, the power of creation shaped land, mountains, rivers, and forests upon his body...

In time, his body became an island in the sky, floating above the nine heavens.

It drifted across the sky of Douluo Star.

Sometimes it descended and met another continent, drawing humans and Soul Beasts onto the sky island to live and multiply upon his body.

After witnessing the island's many miracles, every one of those humans and Soul Beasts became Feng Xuanyuan's most devoted followers.

Over a hundred thousand years, the number of believers had grown to a staggering size.

The power of faith flowed toward him day and night like the tide.

Seizing the opportunity, Feng Xuanyuan had opened a Divine Realm of his own within his body: the Phoenix God Realm!

He transformed the power of faith into immortal spiritual power unique to that realm and began nurturing new divine seats within it.

Now Feng Xuanyuan's old wounds had healed completely.

His cultivation had advanced even further, reaching the peak of the Supreme God King realm!

And not only had the Creation Godhead fully recovered, but the system had also rewarded him with another equally powerful godhead: the Annihilation Godhead!

Creation and annihilation. One made worlds; the other destroyed them.

With both godheads in his possession, even the Dragon God of old was likely no longer Feng Xuanyuan's match!

The next instant, Feng Xuanyuan dismissed the system panel.

A figure in a black-and-white Daoist robe stepped out of his true body.

In a flash, he entered a space within his body that shimmered with chaotic light.

The Phoenix God Realm. The Angel Temple.

Feng Xuanyuan stepped into the hall and looked toward the throne at its highest point.

On the throne sat a blonde woman, her hands folded as she slept with her eyes closed.

Six holy wings spread behind her, and her face was breathtakingly beautiful.

Feng Xuanyuan looked at her, a gentle smile touching his lips.

"Xiao Xue, time to wake up!"