"Finally here..."
Yang Yi looked at the system's World Sea Chart and confirmed that he had arrived above the Pure White Gate.
The walls elsewhere in the White Palace were impassable because they were astonishingly thick. The White Coffin might give out before he even got through. This had been recorded in the journal: the gate was the passage into that area.
Yang Yi closed the system map, having confirmed this way that this place had not yet fully merged with the alternate space. Otherwise... the system map should have been unavailable.
"I need to hurry..."
Yang Yi searched for a way through. He had exhausted the White Shards he carried and could no longer lower the temperature. He had only held out this long by forcing the constantly retreating White Coffin to keep going, preventing the alternate space from developing further. The White Shards had all gone into his stomach and the Maw of Gluttony's.
"Found it!"
Using Three Eyes, Yang Yi spotted an anomalous object and knew it was the opening he was looking for, so he abandoned the inefficient plan of digging his way through.
It was an enormous spike of ice jutting from the scorched brown earth. It looked out of place in this scene, yet its presence here made perfect sense.
The ice spike was melting at a visible rate, turning into liquid that slid down and evaporated before reaching the ground. It probably would not last much longer, but that was enough.
Yang Yi reached it in an instant, entered the ice spike, and made his way to the bottom, where he saw the Spear That Pierces Everything.
This ice spike had been created by the spear, further assuring Yang Yi that the Pure White Gate was beneath his feet. He had done it!