As the endless sea of fire moved alongside the flying sword to conjure the image of a towering sword of flames that could barely fit inside first floor of the pagoda, Xuan Hao moved seamlessly to defend against the incoming attack by having a section of his illusory spiritual sea vaporize into a fine mist that soon enough turned into raging blizzard formed through the Dao of Ice… And as the two forces clashed with each other, a loud crackling sound echoed out from ice colliding with fire, as the towering sword of flames burned a path through the blizzard.