Thunk~ thunk~ thunk~
Drums thundered and gongs rang, accompanied by celestial light and heavenly music.
Heavenly generals cracked whips, divine soldiers raised banners, and an immense procession stretched for three thousand li. Auspicious mists and clouds filled the surroundings, while purple and azure qi coiled through the sky in long streamers thirty thousand zhang high, manifesting the forms of various Immortal Deities.
Celestial cranes circled overhead with Spirit Hounds at their sides. Heavenly light scattered down, causing auspicious signs to bloom everywhere. Daoist Soldiers held blades and braced bows, while Suannis drew Cloud Carriages. Each banner bore the words "Judicial Heavenly Monarch," followed below by "Three Offices and Five Capitals." Mighty warriors carried axes, halberds, hooks, and forks, as well as blades, spears, swords, and halberds. With every crack of the whips, thunder rolled; golden gongs shook the four directions. Tens of thousands of Daoist Soldiers rode Heavenly Horses, seizing Cloud Eagles above and leading hunting hounds below, surrounding a Sun-Moon Ceremonial Chariot as it thundered away from the South Heaven Gate.
As the procession left the South Heaven Gate and entered the vast domain of the South Sea, horns and war drums shook together. "The Heavenly Monarch is on the move! Ordinary people, retreat at once!"
Over the South Sea, winds rose and clouds surged. A flood dragon emerged from the sea and gazed fearfully at the departing procession. "That is the procession of the Judicial Heavenly Monarch. He is touring the Three Realms again."
Ever since Jiang Sheng returned to the Three Realms, he had repeatedly toured them. In just forty years, Jiang Sheng had already made three such tours, and even the heavenly generals guarding the South Heaven Gate had grown accustomed to it.
Myriad riders galloped, and Spirit Hounds raced. Amid the throng of Daoist Soldiers,