As the ancients said: The mist on the road is icy and slippery, and the stone steps are almost impossible to climb. Once you reach the top, the pale mountains carry snow, illuminating the southern sky like a torch. Looking into the evening light over the city walls, the Wen River and Mount Culai appear like paintings, while the mist resting halfway up the mountainside looks like a ribbon.
This is the wisdom of our forebears—now, we must rely on our own strength and independence, gathering the craftsmanship of artisans through a thousand hammerings to forge the chronicle of ascending Tian Mountain. (Author: Wu)
In the year 2030 of the Huaxia calendar, superiors issued an order: Starting from Tianmen Temple halfway up Tian Mountain, passing through the Blade Ridge and the Pointed Knife Forest, advance toward the Heavenly Pool.
Chapter 22