This creature's body was so long it was almost beyond description. The moment the thought descended, the two objects each burst forth with radiance. One turned into the sun, the other into the moon, occupying either side of its body and rising in turn, cycle after cycle!
As the yin-yang sun and moon departed, the scenes within those eyes immediately became much clearer. One eye blazed with brilliant light and unbroken fire, while the other was swept by biting winds and a sky full of snow!
With the reappearance of the sun and moon, its enormous body once more fell into the alternation of day and night. Upon that body lay what seemed like an entire continent, covered in mountains and rivers, towns and fields, with countless living beings dwelling within.
The principal inhabitants were the Scale-Armored Tribe. They had serpent bodies and human faces, scales covering their bodies and two arms growing from their shoulders. Every one of them looked powerfully built, though most bore confusion in their eyes. Yet when they saw the sun and moon rise into the sky, every Scale-Armored tribesman, wherever they were, was instantly invigorated and began to cheer!
"Light at last! The Ancestral Gods truly have not abandoned us!"
"With this radiance, we can finally rest easy. We no longer need fear that the crops and farmlands will continue to perish and decay!"
"Light has been almost impossible to see these past two years. Now that it has returned, what could it signify..." The living beings upon the continent-sized body came in every conceivable form. Only after countless years of evolution had the present scene taken shape. Yet over the past two years, the sun and moon had frequently vanished, and for any living creature, this was a matter of survival.
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