Although the Suzaku creature died, some mythical beasts with close blood relatives survived. The ones I know of include the Green Luan, the Honghu, and the Garuda. This Dapeng is said to have followed the Buddha later. Oh, by the way, there is also the Peacock God. It was the most ferocious when it was born and could eat people. It seems that it was later subdued by the Buddha....