After passing through the Sky Lake Barrier, Fang Chen saw a vast lake. He knew the Glazed Pagoda lay at the bottom of Heavenly Lake. When they had first entered the Trial Grounds, members of the Glazed Sword Sect had used the Glazed Bell to open its entrance.
The Glazed Pagoda lay submerged beneath Heavenly Lake, sealed within the Glazed Sword Sect's Forbidden Grounds. Even when the Great Sun Buddha Emperor and his forces attacked and the entire sect relocated to the South Sea, they had not taken it with them. No one could refine the Glazed Pagoda or earn its recognition—not even Yun Su, who had earned the Glazed Sword's recognition.
Although Fang Chen had earned the Glazed Sword's recognition back then, he had never entered the Glazed Pagoda again after receiving the Glazed Sword's inheritance. Nor had he considered refining it. To his mind, the pagoda was incomplete, and the Trial Grounds inside it were an excellent place for the Glazed Sword Sect to train its lower-ranked disciples. Even if he earned its recognition, he could not take it away. So he had never set his sights on it.
It was on the Trial Path that Fang Chen's rise had begun. There, he had dug up a Glazed Mushroom Emperor, seized first place in that year's Trial Competition, and leaped from Outer Sect Disciple to Inner Disciple.
After passing the Trial Path, Fang Chen's cultivation had surged ahead without pause, ultimately bringing him to where he stood today.
Looking back on his centuries of cultivation, Fang Chen still felt a rush of emotion.
At that moment, Heavenly Lake was in an Ice Seal state.
Fang Chen frowned slightly and asked the Black Flame Saint, "Uncle-Master Black Flame, why has the lake frozen?"
The Black Flame Saint smiled. "Heavenly