After leaving the Azure Water Tribe's territory, Shen Hao and Zi Xuan did not return directly to the sealing array. Instead, they detoured toward the Desolate Realm. News from Shi Pan indicated that although the Blazing Fire Tribe had not explicitly rejected the alliance, their attitude still wavered. The crux of the matter was that the Blazing Fire Tribe had worshipped "absolute strength" for generations and still doubted the Three-Party Alliance's combat power. In particular, they feared that diverse Dao Rhythms would be difficult to coordinate and might instead slow the war against corruption.
The Desolate Realm was utterly unlike the vibrant vitality of the starry sea. Its landscape was barren, covered everywhere in scorched black rocks and erupting volcanoes. The air was saturated with dense fire-aspect energy, searing and violent. The moment he entered the Desolate Realm, Shen Hao clearly felt his Way of Shadow Silence Symbiosis being suppressed, its gray-black energy flow becoming sluggish. The core of the Blazing Fire Tribe's territory, the Sky Burning Domain, was wrapped in a thick flame barrier. The raging flames within were no ordinary fire, but Heart Burning Flame containing the dual attributes of pure destruction and purification. Its temperature was high enough to scorch the very source of Dao Rhythms.
"Alliance Lord Shen, the entrance to the Sky Burning Domain lies ahead." Shi Pan had long been waiting outside the barrier, his body covered in heavy golden-stone armor that resisted the heat waves from the flame barrier. "The Blazing Fire Tribe's chief, True Man Huo Lie, has a fiercely unyielding temperament, and most of the tribe's elders believe that the strong are revered. This trial will likely be harsher than the Azure Water Tribe's."
Shen Hao nodded slightly, his gaze falling upon the surging flame barrier. The violent energy of the