Defying the Dao: Dragon and Phoenix

In Yaoguang City, a once-prodigious talent falls from grace, reduced to the third level of Body Forging, mocked by all. The world abandons him, but a true phoenix stays by his side. The true dragon defies the Dao to protect the true phoenix, and the true phoenix mourns only for the true dragon. When the dormant dragon awakens, they will traverse all realms together. Cultivation realms: Body Forging, Blood Qi, Mystic Comprehension, Divine Treasury, King, Emperor, Saint, Great Emperor, Heaven Emperor, Dao Source, and Beyond Dao Source. — Description from novelcodex.org