But, it was surrounded and could not escape the dense corpses around it.
It had no choice but to take out a blood-red bead.
This was the intermediate divine artifact, the Blood Soul Bead, which could enhance the bloodline power of the Blood Phoenix Patriarch, allowing it to unleash power close to that of a main god for a short period.
As the Blood Phoenix Patriarch activated the Blood Soul Bead, its blood seemed to burn and boil.
Its aura also expanded rapidly, approaching the aura of a main god.
Immediately after, scorching phoenix flames surged from its body, like a suddenly erupting tsunami, engulfing the surrounding corpses.
The raging flames turned many corpses into ashes.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch also seized the opportunity to escape the encirclement.
Zheng Dong watched the fleeing Blood Phoenix Patriarch and also disappeared from his original spot.
He used spatial teleportation to pursue it.
He had noticed the Blood Phoenix Patriarch when it took out the Blood Soul Bead.
Although the Blood Soul Bead was an intermediate divine artifact, it was very suitable for him.
He could use the Blood Soul Bead to further strengthen the bloodline power within his body.
Not only could it make his bloodline clones stronger, but it could also enhance his bloodline divine body.
He quickly caught up to the Blood Phoenix Patriarch and punched its back.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch was very large, with wings spanning dozens of meters.
Its back was like a blood-red carpet floating in the air.
As Zheng Dong punched down, the Blood Phoenix Patriarch's back rapidly caved in.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch could not withstand Zheng Dong's power and its entire body began to fall.
It looked at Zheng Dong in terror.
It did not expect Zheng Dong to chase after it and quickly begged for mercy:
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I'll do whatever you want!"
Zheng Dong looked at the Blood Phoenix Patriarch.
This fellow's strength was not bad, perhaps it could be subdued and made to lead the way.
After all, he was unfamiliar with this area.
With the Blood Phoenix Patriarch leading the way, it would be easier to find the corpse of the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
"I won't kill you if you hand over the bead in your hand," Zheng Dong said.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch hesitated immediately.
This Blood Soul Bead was also something it had obtained with great difficulty, and it was reluctant to just hand it over.
Zheng Dong did not care if it was reluctant and threw another punch.
The power of this punch was even more terrifying than before.
If it were hit, it would likely be skinned alive even if it didn't die.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch panicked and quickly said:
"I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you now!"
Saying that, the Blood Phoenix Patriarch threw the Blood Soul Bead to Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong took the Blood Soul Bead without examining it immediately.
Instead, he put it away and took out the Faith Holy Grail to control the Blood Phoenix Patriarch.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch did not know what Zheng Dong was doing with the Holy Grail and instinctively became vigilant.
"I've given it all to you, you can't go back on your word!"
Zheng Dong ignored it and quickly activated the Faith Holy Grail.
A strange power sent a jolt through the Blood Phoenix Patriarch, and it tried to escape.
Unfortunately, Zheng Dong was always blocking its path.
"Why are you running? I said I wouldn't kill you, and I won't kill you."
Under the effect of the Faith Holy Grail, Zheng Dong quickly controlled the Blood Phoenix Patriarch.
And signed a divine soul blood pact with it.
Afterward, Zheng Dong took out the Blood Soul Bead and slowly refined it.
After refining it, he also understood the ability of the Blood Soul Bead, which could continuously enhance bloodline power.
And it could burn blood to gain stronger power in a short period.
Zheng Dong planned to continuously enhance his bloodline power and cultivate his bloodline divine body to become stronger.
He looked at the Blood Phoenix Patriarch and asked:
"Where did you get the Blood Soul Bead from?"
With the Blood Phoenix Patriarch's abilities, it was impossible to refine an intermediate divine artifact like the Blood Soul Bead.
This meant that the Blood Soul Bead was either a divine artifact inherited by the Blood Phoenix clan or obtained by the Blood Phoenix Patriarch by chance.
Influenced by the Faith Holy Grail, the Blood Phoenix Patriarch did not hide anything from Zheng Dong and quickly said:
"I found this Blood Soul Bead in the Absolute Phoenix Valley. It's very dangerous there. Even a main god entering might perish. I didn't dare to go deep inside, I just picked up the Blood Soul Bead on the periphery."
Zheng Dong continued to inquire about the situation in the Absolute Phoenix Valley.
The Absolute Phoenix Valley often had spatial storms, or temporal illusions, and also encountered curse spirits.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch did not recognize the curse spirits, only treating them as terrifying black shadows.
Zheng Dong planned to go and see.
With the Blood Phoenix Patriarch leading the way, he quickly arrived at the Absolute Phoenix Valley.
Sharp peaks like those cut by a knife stood on both sides of the Absolute Phoenix Valley. Mist filled the valley, making it impossible to see the situation inside clearly.
Even with Zheng Dong using various perception skills, he could only see about a few hundred meters around him. He could not perceive anything further.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch quickly led Zheng Dong to the place where it found the Blood Soul Bead.
This was on the outskirts of the Absolute Phoenix Valley, not yet inside.
Within minutes of arriving here, multiple spatial storms erupted around them.
The surrounding space was extremely unstable, like shattered glass, with cracks appearing.
Terrifying power surged from the cracks, shredding the surrounding space and forming spatial storms. One could easily be caught in the spatial turbulence.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch cautiously flapped its wings, avoiding the surrounding spatial storms.
Zheng Dong was also a little surprised, not understanding why the space here was so fragile.
It seemed that a slight touch could cause the space to shatter.
If one were to fight here, it would be like fighting on a glass bridge. Without doing much, the glass beneath would shatter, leading to a complete downfall.
Zheng Dong felt that a slight swing of his fist could widen the cracks in the space.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch also reminded him:
"The situation inside the Absolute Phoenix Valley is even more complicated. Forget fighting, just using a little force could cause you to fall into spatial turbulence and be swept away."
However, Zheng Dong still wanted to go into the Absolute Phoenix Valley to see.
He felt that the Purgatory Divine Phoenix was very likely in the Absolute Phoenix Valley.
He was not very afraid of spatial turbulence.
He had mastered many spatial skills, and his pets like Little Purple and Youyou also possessed spatial attributes. Even if he were caught in spatial turbulence, he could escape.
"Actually, we are not very afraid of spatial turbulence, but the spatial turbulence in the Absolute Phoenix Valley is different from other places. Within the spatial turbulence, you will also encounter terrifying black shadow attacks, and your body will rapidly decay and dissolve!
You will also encounter temporal illusions, making it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion, and you will get lost within them, never being able to get out." the Blood Phoenix Patriarch continued.
Being brainwashed by the Faith Holy Grail, it was very concerned about Zheng Dong's safety.
The black shadows mentioned by the Blood Phoenix Patriarch, which were curse spirits, Zheng Dong was not afraid of them at all.
He had the Blade of the Past and the Infinite Tower, so dealing with curse spirits was not a problem.
The only thing he was worried about was the temporal illusions, which made it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion.
At that time, Zheng Dong could only place his hope on the Temporal Cat Demon to distinguish between reality and illusion.
Seeing that Zheng Dong wanted to enter the Absolute Phoenix Valley, the Blood Phoenix Patriarch walked ahead to scout the way for Zheng Dong.
As soon as they stepped into the Absolute Phoenix Valley, curse spirits lunged at the Blood Phoenix Patriarch.
The Blood Phoenix Patriarch was so scared that it retreated in a hurry.
Curse spirits themselves did not possess offensive abilities, but the decaying and withering aura of the previous era that they emitted could assimilate the Blood Phoenix Patriarch, causing it to rapidly decay and perish.
This was a power that the Blood Phoenix Patriarch could not do anything about.
Even if it attacked the curse spirits, it was useless.
Ordinary attacks could not kill curse spirits at all.
Seeing that the curse spirits were about to cover the Blood Phoenix Patriarch, Zheng Dong summoned the Curse Beast.
The Curse Beast grew quickly and possessed quasi-divine strength. It unleashed its Extreme Curse Domain, quickly saving the Blood Phoenix Patriarch.
Immediately after, the Curse Beast killed the approaching curse spirits and absorbed the curse power from them.
This surprised the Blood Phoenix Patriarch.
It did not expect Zheng Dong to have a pet that could deal with curse spirits.
Facing these curse spirits, it was helpless. In the past, when it encountered them, it could only try to escape and get away, but it could not kill them at all.
After dealing with the approaching curse spirits, they continued deeper into the Absolute Phoenix Valley.
The further they went, the more fragile the surrounding space felt.
Spatial cracks were visible everywhere.
It was a miracle that such fragile space had not collapsed.
Zheng Dong did not know why this space had not collapsed. In other places, the space where the Absolute Phoenix Valley was located would have long been destroyed.
He looked around. Not only were there spatial cracks everywhere, but there was also a strange mist that obscured his vision.
The range Zheng Dong could perceive was not very large. Anything further away was unknown.
This was also the first time the Blood Phoenix Patriarch had ventured deep into the Absolute Phoenix Valley.
It looked around nervously, afraid that a slight mistake would cause a spatial storm and collapse this area.
If Zheng Dong had not insisted on coming, it would have turned back and fled long ago.
It saw many phoenix corpses. Many of them were far stronger than it was in life.
These phoenixes had their eyes wide open, as if they had died with great unwillingness.
They did not even have the chance to be reborn through nirvana. After death, they were casually discarded on the ground and continued to decay.
Logically speaking, these powerful phoenix corpses should not decay so quickly. In their lives, they had all constructed their own divine bodies, intending to forge their divine bodies into something immortal and indestructible.
Although they had not reached immortality, they should not have decayed so quickly.
Many phoenix corpses were reduced to mere skeletons.
Only a few powerful phoenixes, perhaps at the Dominator realm in their lives, still retained parts of their bodies and could be seen with ruby-like eyes.
Among these corpses, the Blood Phoenix Patriarch saw powerful phoenixes such as the Hell Nether Phoenix, the Sun Divine Phoenix, and the Lunar Ghost Phoenix.
In front of these phoenixes, it was nothing.
This made it even more nervous and fearful.
"Divine Lord, why don't we go back!" the Blood Phoenix Patriarch said.
Under the influence of the Faith Holy Grail, it had become a fervent believer of Zheng Dong, hence calling Zheng Dong Divine Lord.
Zheng Dong did not pay attention to the Blood Phoenix Patriarch's address.
He also looked at the surrounding phoenix corpses.
The decay of these phoenix corpses might be related to the curse spirits.
Although curse spirits were not interested in corpses, their frequent presence in the Absolute Phoenix Valley also affected the decay of the corpses.
Of course, Zheng Dong was more concerned about why these phoenixes had all died here.
Even powerful phoenixes like the Sun Divine Phoenix and the Lunar Ghost Phoenix were killed before they could even have a chance at nirvana.
How terrifying were their enemies?
Could it be Supremes?
Only Supremes could easily kill transcendent beings at the Dominator level.
However, the Phoenix clan also had Supremes. Their ancestor, the Chaos Divine Phoenix, would definitely not stand by and do nothing.
The Chaos Divine Phoenix's strength was second only to the Undying Dragon God. Who could kill so many phoenixes in front of it?
Just as Zheng Dong was wondering, the environment in front of him changed drastically. Both he and the Blood Phoenix Patriarch were drawn into a temporal illusion.
Suddenly, Zheng Dong felt his vision blur. When he looked around again, he saw magnificent palaces.
All the palaces were suspended in the air, and countless phoenixes shuttled between them.
Zheng Dong was stunned and realized that he had somehow transformed into a phoenix.
He was wearing armor, holding a weapon, and patrolling outside the palaces with a team of phoenix guards.
What was going on?
Zheng Dong was a little confused.
It seemed as if he had transmigrated again.
However, he quickly realized that he must have fallen into a temporal illusion.
Everything he saw might have existed in some past time and space.
He had also become a phoenix in this time and space, and the power he could exert was only the power of this phoenix.
This was the terror of temporal illusions.
It was very difficult to escape from a temporal illusion.
His real body might have lost control, been swept into spatial turbulence, and his consciousness trapped in the temporal illusion.
He had not expected the temporal illusion to arrive so quickly.
He hadn't even had a chance to summon the Temporal Cat Demon.
In a very short period, in the moment he was stunned, he had fallen into the temporal illusion.
He did not know who the Blood Phoenix Patriarch was now.
He could only follow the phoenix guards on patrol, searching for a way to escape the temporal illusion.
For several consecutive days, he patrolled.
Everything seemed peaceful.
Looking at the phoenix guards beside him, he even doubted if he was truly a phoenix.
If he were trapped in a temporal illusion for a long time, he might forget himself and be lost in the illusion forever.
Fortunately, after a few days of peace, a large number of phoenixes arrived.
They were ordered by the Chaos Divine Phoenix to return.
Zheng Dong saw the Sun Divine Phoenix, the Lunar Ghost Phoenix, the Undying Nether Phoenix, and the Purgatory Divine Phoenix, whom he had been searching for.
Only these powerful phoenixes were qualified to enter the main hall to see the Chaos Divine Phoenix.
The Chaos Divine Phoenix transformed into human form, sitting on the throne with a solemn expression.
Without further ado, it directly ordered the Sun Divine Phoenix and other phoenixes to activate the defensive barrier.
Under the urging of numerous phoenixes, the colorful defensive barrier covered the surrounding palaces.
The Sun Divine Phoenix and other phoenixes were also confused, not knowing why the Chaos Divine Phoenix was doing this.
Even if the Abyss Dragon God came, the Chaos Divine Phoenix would not be afraid and had never activated a defensive barrier.
What was happening this time?
Could it be that multiple Supremes were joining forces to deal with their Phoenix clan?
The Sun Divine Phoenix guessed, and looked at the Lunar Ghost Phoenix beside it.
"Do you know what's happening?"
The Lunar Ghost Phoenix shook its head indifferently.
However, the Undying Nether Phoenix said:
"I heard that the Endless Hell was destroyed, and the Ancestor summoned us."
"How could the Endless Hell be destroyed? Where is the King of the Endless Hell?" the Purgatory Divine Phoenix questioned.
"I don't know, it seems to have disappeared!" The information the Undying Nether Phoenix had was very limited.
While they were chatting, the defensive barrier suddenly shattered without warning.
The phoenixes maintaining the barrier suffered backlash.
The Sun Divine Phoenix and others widened their eyes, unable to believe what they were seeing.
Who could easily destroy the defensive barrier set up by the Chaos Divine Phoenix? Even Supremes could not do it easily.
Before they could react, the Chaos Divine Phoenix flew out of the main hall.
Immediately after, the Chaos Divine Phoenix unleashed its strongest power and used the divine skill, All Heavens Destruction!