Northern Sea, Heavenly Plain.
Glaciers rose and sank, and wind and thunder howled.
Only Upper Reaches Mountain stood over the Vast Sea, utterly still, with few disciples moving about. Thunder alone sounded from the clouds from time to time. The Heavenly Plain sea lay in the western Northern Sea, far from Former Liao. To its west was [Vast Sea], to its east [Harmony Sea], to its north [Candle River], and to its south [Summer Reef]. Vast Sea was an azure sea once governed by the ancient Boundless Waters Palace, of which only a stele remained. Candle River was another route into Cold Gate from the west, opposite Night River. Heat and cold shifted within it, making it no kindly place. Summer Reef, meanwhile, was a remnant of the Great Xia era.
In the Great Void above the Heavenly Essence Sea.
Formlessness Wind blew unchecked. A ghost god in a black robe and bronze mask stood quietly, surging shadows shifting within his Dharma Body.
"Vast Sea and Heavenly Plain were both once governed by [Boundless Waters Palace]. This was where True Lord Taihao resided-"
Shi Xian stood with his hands behind his back, surveying the surroundings. He went through the sect records obtained from the Shangyou Dao Lineage one by one and began dividing up the sacred grounds according to his lord's instructions. Formlessness Wind swelled, and shadows condensed into masks before falling into them.
At last, countless hideous ghost gods emerged. Each received his orders, raising palaces and halls, opening rivers and carving out seas. The work promised to link Vast Sea, Candle River, and Summer Reef around Heavenly Plain as their center.
These ghost gods were all formless, their existence peculiar. Perhaps they could be called-
[Nuo]
Only when Shi Xian exercised his authority and sensed the formless could