Sentence:  But actually these accounts reveal the supernatural powers that the masters were in fact supposed to possess , as well as the extreme degree of popular credulity : `` Hwang Pah ( O baku ) , one day <WSD>going</WSD> up Mount Tien Tai , which was believed to have been inhabited by Arhats with supernatural powers , met with a monk whose eyes emitted strange light . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  go upward with gradual or continuous progress