Heavenly Pillar.
The pillar had steps of its own, row after row, stretching straight into the clouds.
Cultivators and demons climbed together toward the depths of the clouds.
—Frost's appearance had been but a minor interlude. Now everyone was giving it their all, hoping to climb the Heavenly Pillar and reach Mount Sumeru!
"When I came last time, this Heavenly Pillar was broken. How has it been repaired?" a cultivator muttered in confusion.
"That's right. According to the records, the Heavenly Pillar had been broken for a long time. Cultivators had to search for the Inverted Immortal Lake among the clouds," another cultivator added.
"That immortal lake is incredibly hard to find. People often search for a long time before they discover it."
"Mm. They say that in the Ancient Era, there were immortals in the clouds who tested cultivators. Unfortunately, the immortals have all vanished without a trace."
Gu Qingshan said nothing, quietly climbing onward.
It seemed that as Mount Sumeru gradually recovered, the Heavenly Pillar had become whole again as well.
He just didn't know what had happened to those disgusting monsters on Mount Sumeru in the end.
How had his master found the immortal lake back then?
Master...
Sigh. Perhaps his master hadn't needed to search at all. She might have remembered it just by thinking about it.
Who exactly was his master?
When he first met his master, she was one of the Three Saints of the Mortal Realm.
Later, when he went to the Ancient Era, he learned that she was the daughter of the master of Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace. A Golden Lotus had accompanied her from birth, and she possessed peerless talent. The God Race had envied her and laid a vicious curse upon her.
—But now, it seemed his master's identity