Li Yan understood Erlang Zhenjun's intention. How could he dare be negligent?
He swept his gaze in all directions, keeping his mind focused as one, determined to imprint every scene into his memory.
This time, he really did discover something different.
His imagination of Luo Feng Mountain had been based entirely on records in Daoist scriptures from successive dynasties.
The Zhen Gao stated: "Luo Feng Mountain lies in the northern Gui region. The mountain is two thousand six hundred li high and thirty thousand li around."
The Cloud Satchel of Seven Tablets stated: "When people die, their souls return to Fengdu, where they are judged and banished in the Six Palaces."
The mountain was divided into six palaces, ruled by the North Yin Fengdu Emperor, with six heavenly ghosts and gods below him to govern the souls of the dead.
The Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang, In Search of the Supernatural, Taiping Guangji, and others all recorded it, though they merely mentioned its name.
The Scripture of the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning on Fengdu's Eradication of Sin called Luo Feng Mountain "Fengdu Luo Mountain." The souls of the dead had to pass judgment by the Ten Halls of Yama and the Six Palaces before they could be reborn.
This proved one thing: Luo Feng Mountain was also constantly changing under the influence of worldly incense offerings and beliefs.
Tracing it back to the source, however, it should still have come from the Classic of Mountains and Seas: "The Mountain of Youdu—black water flows from it."
It lay in the northern Gui region. Gui represented the water position of the north and symbolized the netherworld.
He had visualized this Soul Sea correctly. It was more or less like this, except that it was even more profound than he had imagined.
But