The moment they set foot on the summit platform, everyone froze.
A celestial ladder paved with flawless white jade crashed into their vision.
It was a staircase fashioned from whole blocks of flawless white jade, exuding an aura of sacred, aloof majesty.
It rose from the peak, stretching straight up until it disappeared into the depths of the vast sea of clouds, its end out of sight.
Swirling mists coiled around both sides of the staircase. The mountain winds stirred the sea of clouds, and merely standing at the foot of the steps seemed to allow one to feel its dazzling, divine might.
Standing beneath this celestial ladder, gazing at the behemoth, at this endless stairway to the heavens, an irrepressible feeling of insignificance welled up inside them.
It was as if they were nothing more than a speck of dust between heaven and earth, and the staircase before them was an impassable chasm.
