The final night of the three-day ritual has arrived.
Deep in the Moon-Shattering Mountains of the Northern Realm, the Moon-Shattering Altar, sealed for a millennium, has finally awakened.
The entire valley has been swallowed by blue bone-flames. The altar, forged from a thousand human bones, ten thousand strands of souls, and eighty-nine royal blood crystals, cradles a floating fire-crystal heart at its center—the residual seal of the flame core once extracted from Evelynn's body. Now, the Moon-Shattering Apostle Freya has infused it with the "Source of Divine Blood."
Each beat of it tears at the earth's veins.
And the Moon-Shattering King—the first manifested form of the Bone King—sits cross-legged atop the high altar, his body pure white, with blue flames blazing in his eyes.
The moment he opens his eyes, all souls in the ritual domain freeze, and mortals kneel in unison.
"The Flame King's blood finally burns for me."The Flame Oath Trio AppearsBefore dawn breaks, three flame shadows pierce the sky from the mountain peak. Silver flame, crimson flame, and blazing flame intertwine, like falling comets.
Evelynn takes the lead, her battle robe fluttering, flame-like hair ,with the cold-eyed Lucian and Elea close at her sides.
They wear no religious or military garb—only flame seals and soul oaths cloak their bodies.
"Moon-Shattering King!" Evelynn's voice thunders through the valley. "You stole my flame core for your ritual, —but today, I end your path with this very flame core!"
The Moon-Shattering King slowly raises his hand, bone-flames flickering at his fingertips.
"You gave yourself to him... yet now you dare to break free?"
"You do not deserve freedom, for you—were born to belong to me."
Evelynn swings her arm, and a three-hundred-zhang wave of flame surges, slashing straight for the altar.
Lucian and Elea charge from the flanks, like two blades—one bright, one shadowed—piercing through the blue flame defenses.
The Flame Oath Triangle officially breaks the formation.Battle at the AltarThe entire Moon-Shattering Altar twists like a living creature. Ritual bones rise from the ground, morphing into clawed arms to strike the trio.
Lucian leaps onto the altar wall, shattering five layers of bone shields with a single flame spear slash, targeting the divine blood spring where Freya stands.
He thrusts his spear, but Freya dissolves into a phantom and sneers: "You are unworthy to kill me—you are merely a shadow of the King's flame."
She points at Lucian's chest, seeking to break his flame oath seal.
But Lucian suddenly laughs wildly,reversing the seal. His soul blood ignites in reverse,her soul!
"I fear no death—but you do."
Freya screams as her soul shatters, consumed by the counterflame.Confrontation of SpiritsEvelynn has stormed the high altar, clashing with the Moon-Shattering King at close quarters.
Her flame sword severs the altar's divine veins, and flames erupt across her body, scorching the blood of her soul.
The Moon-Shattering King watches her yet calm expression and chuckles softly.
"The more you resist, the more I crave your complete submission."
He suddenly conjures a pure white heart in his hand—the "Soul of Casas."
"The one you love left only this remnant. Do you still delude yourself into relying on him?"
Evelynn's body trembles, her face paling.
Elea rushes in time, standing before her.
"That no longer matters."
"She belongs—to herself now."
The Moon-Shattering King roars with rage, slamming a palm forward. Bone flames rage!
Elea is sent hurtling into the sky, her silver armor shattering. She crashes to the ground, spitting blood, but still grips her flame oath sword, refusing to fall.Flame Core Ignition: The Ultimate Oath SealOn the altar, the Moon-Shattering King raises the heart high, preparing to press it into Evelynn's body, completing the final step of "Flame God Soul Devourment."
But Evelynn steps forward, one hand pressing against the heart, the other tearing the last fragment of her flame core from her chest.
"You want my flame core? Then swallow it."
She drives the flame shard into the Moon-Shattering King's body, incanting flame words:
"By my blood as blade, by my will as chain, by my flame as god—Shatter!"
The flame core explodes!
The entire altar is instantly swallowed by fire. The flame oath seal reverses completely, devouring the Moon-Shattering King's spirit!
He howls, trying to escape, but the trio's oath seals lock him in—no path to retreat.
Evelynn embraces him, plunging together into the flame core.The Altar CollapsesFlames soar to the sky, turning the valley into a fiery abyss.
A figure emerges at the core of the flame core—Evelynn, covered in scorch marks, her robes burned away, yet standing defiantly.
Lucian and Elea rush into the flames, pulling her into their arms.
She whispers:
"The god... is already dead."