Muzha, on his night patrol, witnessed Nezha piercing the chest of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King with his Fire-Tipped Spear, causing the exquisite pagoda to crash to the ground and shatter. Nezha sneered, "I've wanted to do this for a long time." Chapter 1: Bloodstained Heavenly Palace The sky was as black as ink, the Milky Way hanging upside down. The glass lanterns of the South Heavenly Gate swayed in the sea of clouds, like a string of fading dreams. A gust of wind swept up a few fallen petals from before the golden palace steps—petals of immortal peaches from the Peach Garden, which should not have fallen in the autumn night, yet for some reason, they fell with unusual haste tonight. Muzha stood on the eaves outside the Lingxiao Palace, wearing a plain Taoist robe, a green-edged sword at his waist, his gaze calmly sweeping across the palace.
