Su Yu followed Fengtian and arrived at the core of the Phoenix Mini-World.

"Master, only you can enter ahead; even I do not have the ability to do so."

Su Yu nodded. He could already sense that what lay ahead was the Land of Origin for this entire mini-world.

This small world surprisingly had a place where origins converged, which was much more complete than the Dragon Valley.

Of course, it is possible that the first-generation Phoenix God intended to make this the home base of the Phoenix Team, while the Dragon Valley was merely a habitat for the Dragon Race.

After all, the Dragon God of that time was the strongest in the entire Divine Dragon Realm and the ruler of the Divine Realm. The nine Dragon Kings under his command all had Divine King battle strength, so few would oppose the notion that the Divine Realm belonged to the Dragon Race.

The Phoenix Divine Position manifested, and the divine authority of the Divine King Level Phoenix God caused a slight resonance, drawing Su Yu into a peculiar space.

Within this space, Su Yu could feel a strong will sealed inside it.

He looked towards the core of this space, where there was a faintly discernible illusionary phoenix silhouette.

This was merely a wisp of a remnant soul, and even just a hint of its will carried a special and formidable sense of oppression.

To Su Yu, this oppressive force wasn't strong, but its essence was extremely high.

Though the power wasn't great, it still gave Su Yu a sense of pressure.

The moment Su Yu approached, that wisp of remnant soul reacted.

Su Yu's Phoenix Divine Position erupted, and under the influence of this aura, the phoenix silhouette slowly opened a pair of phoenix eyes, looking towards Su Yu.

Initially, there was a haze of confusion in its gaze, then it seemed to recall something and asked in puzzlement.

"Who are you?"

A human with Phoenix Bloodline?

The Phoenix Race has perished?

"I, a junior, by chance received the opportunities and help of the Phoenix Race and condensed the Phoenix Divine Position."

"To be able to elevate the Phoenix Divine Position to the Divine King Level, you are quite remarkable." The will of the first-generation Phoenix God looked towards Su Yu, as if trying to see through him.

However, he found he couldn't perceive through the human in front of him at all.

"You are strong, strong enough to seem like you are about to take that step." He slowly spoke: "Since that is the case, why have you come to awaken me?"

"Senior, the current situation of the Phoenix Race isn't good. They've only barely given birth to a divine-level phoenix due to Douluo Star's ascension. The rest of the Phoenix Race members' bloodline potential is vastly different from how it was during your time," Su Yu explained.

He naturally intended to more concretely understand the process of breaking through to a Supreme Divine King, although he couldn't directly express it for this reason.

"Hmm?" The will of the first-generation Phoenix God was momentarily stunned, controlling the Phoenix Mini-World's origin to perceive the situation within this mini-world, quickly understanding the current state of the Phoenix Race.

"How could this be?" he wondered.

Since the Phoenix Race hasn't perished, then it shouldn't have fallen to the point where they can't even achieve a deity, right?

Could the Divine Realm actually be targeting the Phoenix Race specifically?

"In your time, senior, the Dragon God also perished due to his own issues. Before he fell, he placed a restriction on Douluo Star that prevented Soul Beasts from achieving Divinity," Su Yu said helplessly.

He had received this information from the God of Destruction's mouth.

The Divine Realm wasn't specifically targeting Soul Beasts; rather, inexplicably, Soul Beasts had this restriction, leading human deities to begin a campaign against Divine Beasts within the Divine Realm. Ultimately, backed by successors, the human deities achieved victory, and the Divine Beasts were either killed or enslaved.

As a Divine King, the God of Destruction somewhat understood that this was the Dragon God's means.

However, even the God of Destruction didn't know the Dragon God's purpose in doing so.

Su Yu, naturally, knew even less of the Dragon God's purpose.

The first-generation Phoenix God offered no comment on the Dragon God's actions and didn't even harbor a shred of enmity or hatred upon hearing the name of the one who killed him.

"You mentioned Douluo Star's ascension? Has it ascended to a Divine Star or become a Half-Step Divine Star?"

Su Yu: ???

What is a Divine Star?

First-generation Phoenix God: ...

The silence settled between them.

It seemed a generation gap had appeared.

The first-generation Phoenix God at this point, leveraging the origin, gathered information from within the Phoenix Race of the mini-world to become aware of Douluo Star's transformations.

"So, Douluo Star has also degenerated to below the Divine Level," he sighed.

It seemed that the Dragon God had failed, and as he failed, he too had fallen.

"Senior, what exactly is a Divine Star?"

A Divine-level Planet?

Probably not.

"A Divine Star, that is what the Divine Realm develops into when it reaches an extremely flourishing state, further transforming into an existence beyond all rules. It's an ideal territory detached from everything," the first-generation Phoenix God explained.

"The Dragon God back then wanted to develop the Divine Dragon Realm into a Divine Star, but he likely failed later on."

"Surpassing all rules?" Upon hearing this, Su Yu immediately understood the reason for the Dragon God's failure.

Given the Dragon God's own problematic condition, attempting to defy the cosmic rules would likely cause his illness to erupt directly, which might also explain why the Dragon God fell into madness.

"Senior, I too am about to attempt a breakthrough, but from what I know, whether it's the Dragon God or you, both should have left hidden wounds during the breakthrough, causing a split personality."

The first-generation Phoenix God did not deny this; instead, he nodded, quite approving of Su Yu's caution.

"Breaking further beyond a Divine King isn't just about mastering a single authority, rather it involves developing towards omnipotence, mastering more powers of heaven and earth. Merging two Divine King Level authorities is the most basic step, which is a method to compete for more authority with the cosmos."

However, even two Divine King Level authorities aren't enough.