In 1916, Einstein considered stimulated photon emission of electron radiation, offering the theoretical foundation for laser1, technically achieved in 19602. To date, the laser has been emerging as cutting-edge modern technology from fundamental research to daily life3-8. However, the byproduct thermal phonons, along with heat creation of ineluctable non-radiative transition, is ineffective, even playing a detrimental role in lasing process. Despite the powerful ability of phonons, e.g., Raman process9,10 or Cooper pairs in superconductors11,12, it seems impractical to use random thermal phonons to help a highly coherent laser generation far beyond the inherent fluorescence spectra. Here, we realize a photon-phonon collaboratively pumped laser enhanced by heat in a counterintuitive way. We observe a clear laser transition from phonon-free 1064 nm lasing to phonon-pumped 1176 nm lasing in Nd:YVO4 crystals, associated with the phonon-pumped electron population inversion under gradually increasing temperature. Moreover, an additional temperature threshold (Tth) appears as the trigger besides ordinary photon pump power threshold (Pth). A two-dimensional lasing phase diagram of parameter space is revealed and experimentally verified with a general threshold curve ruled by Pth = C/Tth (constant C upon loss for a given crystal), similar to Curie’s Law13. We anticipate our strategy will promote the study of laser physics via dimension extending, searching for ultrahigh-efficiency and low-threshold yet tunable and compact laser devices via this new temperature degree of freedom.