Air currents swept past as a Golden Warrior carried three women skyward, flying toward the clouds above.
But when the three women—Cocoss, Lili, and Kaismi—saw the Goddess of the Heavens stretching from earth to sky, her enormous, sacred form bathed in lightning, their already pallid faces turned even whiter.
Their minds reeled from a shock unlike anything they had ever experienced, leaving them utterly blank.
The sight before them made them give up on thinking altogether. It was simply too shocking and too fantastical.
Perhaps a minute passed, or perhaps ten. Led by the Golden Warrior, the three women passed through the Thunderclap Flash clouds. Then sunlight streamed down, revealing a vast, boundless sea of clouds.
All three instinctively squinted. As their vision gradually cleared, their bloodstained lips parted in astonishment.
Before them stood a miniature Goddess of the Heavens, 150 meters tall. Her three thousand golden strands of hair and her skirt billowed in the wind, while the enormous halo behind her turned with a metallic ring.
The golden Goddess of the Heavens held her hands together before her chest. In her palms rested a Golden Throne, upon which sat a man with one leg crossed over the other, his chin resting on one hand.
His expressionless face seemed to look down upon all living things like a god. For a moment, the three women couldn't recover from the sight.
This scene would be burned into their hearts, never to be forgotten for the rest of their lives.
It was simply too soul-stirring.
And too earth-shaking.
"Whoosh!"
The golden ribbons looped around the Goddess of the Heavens' hands swept out and formed a platform in front of her. The Golden Warrior brought the three women onto it, then knelt on one knee with his head bowed.
Cocoss, Lili, and