The reason Han Zhan was forced to awaken from his recuperative state was not just that his puppet could no longer endure it. Another crucial issue was that Luo Chen worked more and more on the Primordial Unity Cauldron. What began as simple impurity purging progressed into full control of the formations engraved upon it and eventually into probing the very depths of the enchanted treasure. As a result, the Void restriction Azure Frost had set back then was also affected.2

The repeated disturbances completely deprived Han Zhan of a quiet environment for recuperation. For him, this was bad news. For Luo Chen, however, it was truly excellent—it meant that it would not be long before he could wield the Primordial Unity Cauldron to its fullest potential.0

While discussing that problem, Luo Chen also took this opportunity to ask Han Zhan about other possible traps and backdoors Heaven Smelter had left behind. Yet Han Zhan's answer took Luo Chen somewhat by surprise.0

"I wouldn't worry about it. That was nothing but an emergency measure thought up on the spot. How many of those do you think a person can have?"0

Luo Chen thought it through and gradually came to an understanding. Heaven Smelter's skills were naturally the best of the best, but figures like Azure Frost and Nether Spring were hardly fools. Any obvious measures would have certainly been detected. Only something subtle, temporary, and limited in power had any chance of slipping past their observation. This also explained why Heaven Smelter had been able to seize the cauldron from the dungeon beneath the Transcendence Palace at Green Parasol Mountain, yet failed to wield it freely during his battle with the Lightning Prison. He had merely left a few safeguards, just in case; with his death,...0