The linen cloth fluttered, the rocks yellow and white, and the sunlight shone down, enveloping everything in a faint golden glow.
Soft dust clung to the rock carvings, swirling in the river wind, as monkeys clung to iron nails, howling, and leaping off the cliffs one after another.
Carts and horses came to a halt, pedestrians stopped in their tracks, and all activities paused.
On the deck above.
The Holy Emperor, the Empress, Prince Su, King Chong, the Grand Steward, Su Guishan, Xu Yuelong, the Heavenly Feather Guard, the people of Pingyang Prefecture, the residents of Yixing County, tourists from the vast southern borders to the Northern Court... Everyone, human and beast alike, widened their eyes one by one.
The fleet of tower ships stretched far and wide, still several miles from Pingyang Mountain, yet it was clearly visible, the immensely gigantic "Holy Emperor" on the mountain's surface.
