The Way to the Heavens

“What? The Boundary Breaker is dead? This is serious! Send word to the Heavenly Emperor at once!”

Under the dark red sunlight, everything in sight was charred black. A man whose body looked as if it had been smeared with black mud rubbed his own blackened hands over his scorched upper body, then stared at the “black mud” burying his legs. He muttered, at a loss for words, “Who the hell pulled this prank? Get me out of here, or I’m calling the cops!” All around him, nothing stirred but the sound of his voice. The place was utterly silent...