The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

Lu Yao entered Luofeng Pavilion, only to find that the scene inside was completely different from the outside.

All he could see was black ice, extremely cold black ice, and the chill emanating from it made Lu Yao feel somewhat uncomfortable.

These ice crystals are definitely not ordinary ice; they must be at least ten-thousand-year-old ice crystals, otherwise they wouldn't have such a chilling aura.

These ancient ice formations, like sharp swords, have created an ice forest.

Lu Yao's expression shifted slightly. Deep within this mysterious ice, he sensed a scorching heat wave.

With doubts in his mind, Lu Yao walked into the ice forest and came to the center.

Upon seeing the scene, Lu Yao gasped in shock.

What he saw was a phoenix!

Still alive!

However, the phoenix in front of Lu Yao was a bit small and looked terrible, like a drowned rat with its feathers completely lifeless.

The little phoenix's neck and feet were tightly bound by chains made of ten-thousand-year-old black ice, limiting its range of movement to no more than ten meters.

"Clang clang?"

The little phoenix sensed the presence of humans and slowly opened its pair of bright red phoenix eyes.

"Qiang Qiang!"

The phoenix's face suddenly contorted into a ferocious expression, and it let out a weak, low cry at Lu Yao, clearly showing its extreme disgust for humans.

"It was Indra who killed you, and it was Indra who imprisoned you. Why are you yelling at me?"

Lu Yao couldn't help but roll his eyes. It seemed that the phoenix had been bullied terribly by Di Shitian.

However, Lu Yao also had some doubts. In the original story, the phoenix was killed by Di Shitian and had its essence taken away. How could it still be alive?

"Could it be like the dragon turtle?"

Lu Yao had a guess in his mind: since the dragon turtle could revive itself, the phoenix, which had the supernatural power of rebirth, could naturally do the same.

This phoenix had clearly been resurrected not long ago, but was captured again by Emperor Shitian, who used these millennia-old ice crystals to suppress its growth and imprison it here.

As a sacred beast, Fengfeng naturally understands human language. However, he has been imprisoned by Emperor Shitian for a long time and distrusts all humans.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yao took out the dragon vein directly.

As the dragon vein appeared in Lu Yao's hand, a golden light emerged, enveloping the phoenix.

The phoenix seemed to be basking in the sunlight, displaying an expression of enjoyment.

A moment later, the phoenix's disheveled appearance disappeared, its eyes became bright and piercing, and its phoenix feathers shone brilliantly. It was no longer the drowned rat it had been just moments before.

"Qiang Qiang."

The little phoenix's gaze towards Lu Yao softened considerably, revealing a hint of affection.

"Is this dragon vein that powerful?"

Lu Yao looked at the dragon vein in his hand. Could this dragon vein be a Poké Ball containing the Four Holy Beasts? It was so easy to capture the dragon turtle and the phoenix.

Wouldn't that mean he wouldn't need to prepare six Grandmasters at the late stage to slay the dragon, and could just take the dragon vein and make the dragon bow down and submit?

Lu Yao shook his head. This was obviously impossible; there must be a reason he didn't know.

With a thought, Lu Yao condensed three sword energies, transforming them into streams of light, and slashed at the Xuanbing iron chains binding the little phoenix.

"Crack!"

With three crisp sounds, the Xuanbing Iron Chain snapped and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the mysterious ice chains binding it were gone, the little phoenix happily flapped its wings and flew through the air.

A moment later, the little phoenix flew back to Lu Yao's side and landed on his shoulder.

"You little guy, you look small, but you're quite heavy."

Feeling the weight on his shoulders, Lu Yao couldn't help but chuckle.

Upon hearing this, the little phoenix immediately smacked Lu Yao's hair, spitting out wisps of phoenix flames, and then revealed an arrogant expression.

Lu Yao was taken aback and quickly used his true energy to extinguish the flames burning above his head.

However, Lu Yao did not expect that the flames spewed by the little phoenix were extremely strange and harder to extinguish than ordinary flames. However, they did not cause any harm to Lu Yao and were extinguished by him in an instant.

According to Lu Yao's observation, this little phoenix was extremely weak, probably only at the Innate Realm, which was far from the prestige of the Four Sacred Beasts.

"Didn't I hear that phoenixes are very powerful? What's wrong with you?"

Lu Yao turned to look at the little phoenix on his shoulder, his eyes filled with doubt.

"Qiang Qiang!"

Upon hearing this, the little phoenix immediately bristled, fluttering its wings and vividly recounting its experiences to Lu Yao.

Although Lu Yao couldn't understand what the little phoenix was saying, he could roughly understand its meaning.

It's simply because it was imprisoned and abused by Indra, deprived of food, and suppressed with these mysterious ice crystals, that it ended up like this.

Lu Yao guessed that Di Shitian also wanted to subdue this little phoenix, after all, it was a legendary sacred beast. Once subdued, it would be an extremely powerful mount and helper.

Unfortunately, Indra did not get his wish. Perhaps it was because he had killed a phoenix, or perhaps it was because he lacked the dragon vein and the little phoenix looked down on him.

In the end, Emperor Shitian had no choice but to imprison the little phoenix, intending to force it to submit by training it like a hawk.

Unfortunately, before Di Shitian could succeed, he was killed by Lu Yao, and the little phoenix was also taken in by Lu Yao.

Lu Yao and the little phoenix thoroughly searched the Void Sacred Realm but found no trace of the Sacred Heart Technique, indicating that Emperor Shitian had not left it here.

"Oh dear! Since Luo Xian has cultivated the Sacred Heart Technique, she must have it in her cave."

Lu Yao slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing that Luo Xian must have some secret manual to learn the Sacred Heart Technique.

With that thought in mind, Lu Yao took the little phoenix and left the Void Sacred Realm, entering the Free Land and heading straight for Luo Xian's cave.

When Lu Yao entered the Free Land, the Ice Emperor was also there.

"My lord! The disciples of Tianmen have been settled and there has been no disturbance."

Ice Emperor, accompanied by two martial artists at the early stage of Grandmaster level, approached Lu Yao and spoke respectfully.

The two grandmasters behind him were the last two grandmasters in the Heavenly Gate. They were not strong enough to become divine generals, which is why they survived by chance.

At this moment, the two of them also showed respect, after all, the Ice Emperor had already told them what kind of powerful person the person in front of them was, and that they absolutely could not be his enemy.

"Hmm, well done. Take me to Luo Xian's cave."

Lu Yao nodded. The fact that the Ice Emperor was able to take control of the Heavenly Gate so quickly clearly showed that he still held some prestige within the Heavenly Gate.

"Yes, sir! What's that on your shoulder, sir?"

The Ice Emperor cupped his hands in response, looking somewhat hesitant, before finally asking the question.

As soon as Lu Yao appeared, he saw the little phoenix on Lu Yao's shoulder. After all, the little phoenix with its red feathers was very eye-catching.

As Emperor Shitian's eldest disciple, Ice Emperor naturally knew that his master possessed phoenix blood, which enabled him to live forever.

Now that a live phoenix has appeared before him, how could he possibly suppress his curiosity?

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"

Lu Yao's expression turned slightly cold as he glanced indifferently at the Ice Emperor.

"Excuse me, my lord!"

The Ice Emperor was startled and quickly suppressed his curiosity, leading the way.