Chaos stretched without end, and great stars filled the void.
Though there was no sun or moon, and the stars across the heavens were no more than barren rock and meteoric metal, casting no light of their own, brilliant radiance still filled the Star Sea and illuminated the entire world.
For the four Daoist Lords occupied the east, west, south, and north, each becoming a vast sun in the sky and casting the radiance of a Pure Yang Dao Lord across the heavens.
In the east, water and fire surged. Unfettered torrents of both intermingled to form a Water-Fire Lotus Throne. Upon it sat Daoist Lord Dejing, wearing a Water-Fire Purple-Gold Crown and a resplendent golden robe embroidered with clouds.
Invisible mysteries stirred the power of water and fire, forming an immense, magnificent Water-Fire Dao Wheel behind Daoist Lord Dejing. The wheel stretched ten thousand li across heaven and earth, while he sat cross-legged at its center, auspicious clouds above his head and clear qi falling around him. His eyes were half-closed, his composure unshakable.
In the west, stars clustered together, their light mingling with the mysteries of Pure Yang. Daoist Lord Miaoyan sat upon a Purple Jade Lotus Throne, his eyes half-closed beneath a Purple Bamboo Heavenly Splendor Crown, his robe adorned with dazzling scenes.
Blazing Pure Yang qi joined the power of the Great Dao to form a vast azure wheel that shone across the heavens. Daoist Lord Miaoyan sat at its center, auspicious clouds rising and falling above him as they bore golden lamps and silver cups. Clear qi drifted around him, turning into flecks of flowing light.
In the south, the Great Dao reached to the heavens and Qingming shone bright. Where the stars tempered the heavens, seven-colored light and ninefold rainbows encircled a Green Jade