Yu Feng could vaguely see that within the Heavenly Sea, even light was shattered and diffracted, twisted by an invisible, enormous force, bursting into pitch-black fissures.
This was the "threshold."
According to the intelligence provided by the Azure Peak Sect, Yu Feng knew that the Heavenly Sea Dragon Gate had not actually been prepared for invited sect prodigies like them. It was meant for Rogue Cultivators who did not come from lofty sects or great schools, who had received no invitation but had come of their own accord.
So long as one leaped across the Heavenly Sea Dragon Gate, one could prove one's strength.
But that was merely the original design—Huaixu warriors had never been inferior to anyone else. Since there was an examination, they had to pass it!
From a long time ago onward, martial artists from the invited sects had also begun using the Heavenly Sea Dragon Gate as a trial. Over time, it had even become an unwritten rule: only those who crossed the Dragon Gate through their own strength could attend the grand feast. Otherwise, even with an invitation from the Dragon Clan, they would withdraw in shame.
At that moment, the first person to leap the Dragon Gate appeared.
It was a pale golden figure, surrounded by a flowing Dharma Domain of radiant flames. Wherever its light shone, the originally chaotic and shattered Taixu was stabilized, and the disordered spacetime temporarily froze. In what was nearly an instant, she passed through the Heavenly Sea's barrier and arrived before the Dragon Gate of Ancestral Dragon Hall.
Light and shadow condensed, revealing a young girl with pale golden hair and a slanted dragon horn atop her forehead. Her eyes were the deep red of sunset clouds, while her delicate face was faintly expressionless, like a cold, crystal-clear