Gong Gong was on Northern Mount Heng, where his Water Law echoed the mountain's aura of the Black Emperor.
Mount Heng's summit was covered in snow year-round, yet hot springs flowed along its slopes. The Water Law found its fullest expression on this mountain.
He became Mount Heng's Mountain God and left a projection to guard it.
Di Jiang was on Central Mount Song, where his Space Law found a unique point of harmony within the mountain's imposing solidity.
Mount Song was the anchor of the Central Land. Its grandeur lay not in height, but in steadiness; its spiritual energy lay not in intensity, but in purity.
Di Jiang merged his Space Law into Mount Song's earth veins, became its Mountain God, and left a projection.
Zhu Jiuyin was on Western Mount Hua, where his Time Law resonated subtly with the mountain's aura of the Metal Emperor.
Mount Hua was renowned for its perilous terrain, its slopes as sharp as though hewn by knives and axes.
Zhu Jiuyin merged his Time Law into Mount Hua's sharp, imposing presence, became its Mountain God, and left a projection.
The five Ancestral Witches assumed their positions as the Mountain Gods of the Five Great Mountains without having to labor to communicate with the mountain souls as the Great Witches had.
Their Law Deities were themselves embodiments of Heavenly Dao laws blessed by the Great Dao. To the mountains, the Ancestral Witches' arrival was not a matter of "seeking recognition," but of "rightfully taking over authority."
The souls of the Five Great Mountains accepted them with almost no trials, because, to the mountains, the aura of the Law Deities upon the Ancestral Witches
was like the natural authority a superior held over a subordinate.
This was a privilege the Divine Dao System granted the