The Divine Realm Gate Split Open, Yuhao Forcefully Severed Fate's Sacrifice

When that golden-red Phoenix Flame lit up deep within the core fragment, the isolation array instead fell into an unsettling silence.

The previous night's Ashen Desire Heart-Seizing Seal had already been burned to ashes, and Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Flame had been washed by Ultimate Ice until a streak of golden red emerged. An unspoken debt now lay between her and Huo Yuhao. Wang Dong'er saw it, and Wang Qiu'er saw it too, but neither immediately pressed the matter. The Return Flow Core Fragment hanging in midair had yet to truly settle down.

That wisp of golden-red Phoenix Flame had originally only been meant to seal the seventh crack. Yet it was far cleaner than the Evil Fire of the past. After falling into the depths of the core fragment, it became like a suddenly lit lamp, revealing a deeper layer of platinum divinity that had been concealed. At the instant the seventh crack completely closed, the eighth did not burst open, but silently lit up first.

The Light Goddess Butterfly behind Wang Dong'er's back trembled faintly.

The Auspicious Beast Golden Mark on Wang Qiu'er's forehead began to burn as well.

Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes abruptly opened, but his heart sank first.

Behind the eighth crack, the name that had always been hidden was rising into view.

In the next instant, a gate split open in the sky. Beyond the rift were neither starlight nor clouds, only a platinum sea of light so lofty it made one struggle to breathe.

Deep within that sea of light, the name that had only ever revealed its first stroke was finally about to emerge. Yet its most crucial part remained veiled by platinum divine light, leaving only the character "Wu" to grow clearer each time.

Huo Yuhao tried to seal it again, only to