Upon ascending to the Second Celestial Realm, Jiang Qiu had the option to bring people with him. He possessed the bloodline of the Dragon Emperor, and the three pinnacle Origins he had absorbed were his key to entry.
As such, he naturally chose to bring Ah Xiong, the Nine-tailed Fox, and One-tailed to the Second Celestial Realm. They ascended the Celestial Ladder, and as a wave of dizziness washed over him, Jiang Qiu seemed to witness an apocalyptic vision.
Gray fog, like rotting cotton, pressed down upon the horizon. Dead locust branches clawed at the sky, with translucent phantoms suspended between their boughs. A biting wind swept past cracked earthen walls, kicking up grit that pattered against mottled bluestone slabs with a faint whimper. Wandering souls dragged their tattered Spirit Bodies over crumbling ramparts. As their long, slender fingers grazed against broken, carved window lattices, the thousand-year-old wood groaned with decay.
