The following journey was without further incident.
The group had witnessed the perilous nature of Hua Mountain.
Leaving Maiden's Cave, they passed through Cloud Gate and arrived at Qingke Plateau, subsequently facing Thousand Feet Pillar.
It was a crevice cleaved between the mountain cliffs, where ancient people had carved steps into the cliff face, ascending nearly vertically.
The steps were exceedingly narrow, barely half a step wide, and the ice and snow had not yet melted.
In this realm, Hua Mountain was not like what Li Yan had seen in his previous life, equipped with various safety measures and chains to pull oneself up with—it was just as slippery as an ice slide.
Had the group not been exceptionally skilled, even Wang Daoxuan and Yan Jiuling, who often traversed mountains, might have easily tumbled down.
This place was also known as the Throat of Taibai, reportedly opened during the Han Dynasty.
