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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

Well remember, a phoenix is a mythical creature that is constantly reborn from its own ashes. Phoenix was destroyed by Flame Dragon Style. So when we see him in the end looking completely fine, that means he was pretty much reborn.

So in a way, while he can be defeated, he's still somewhat immortal in a way.

I feel like an idiot for not putting that together. When he came back at the end I was like, what the heck!? But, yeah, that totally makes sense.