The Ren Sea.
The yellow-stone Spirit Mountain towered high, the lights of Gen and Dui entwined beyond separation, flickering between the dark heavens and sea. Many demon soldiers guarded the mountain, mining ore, planting medicinal herbs, and building towers and halls.
The mountain had already been named [Ancient Hua]. Its lofty height perfectly embodied Gen earth's meaning of high mountains. A wind of golden baleful intent howled perpetually at its summit, casting a dazzling golden radiance.
In the surrounding sea stood many water palaces and jade halls, some submerged and others floating on the surface. There were several dozen magnificent buildings in all, each ink-black, solemn and imposing, with dragon qi spreading through them.
The Pure Harmony Palace at their center had only recently been relocated. It stood on the seabed, connected by waterways to many ruins of South Mist. Xu Xuan had gathered these remnants of the old Dragon Palace one by one, restored them, and furnished them with the Stone Man Way's Spirit Vault. By now, the sea had begun to take on something of a Dragon Palace's grandeur.
Inside the palace, in the front hall.
Violet lightning shimmered, and jade light glowed hazily. A figure sat upon an ink-jade throne carved with dragons, wearing magnificent deep-purple robes patterned with dragons. Great marshes and broad lakes adorned his left sleeve, presiding over pure harmony and Still Waters; the Heavenly River's surging torrents adorned his right, portending Deluge and division.
Xu Xuan sat in the seat of honor. Since reclaiming Heaven Pool, his dragon horns had changed, jade branches growing and intertwining like an imperial crown, much like those of Dragon King Guangze.
Below him, a host of demons stood in two rows, as though attending court. All were at Foundation Establishment, representatives of the various clans in Heaven