From the southwestern corner of the internal seas to the north:
Wei, a minister of Er Fu, along with Er Fu, killed Yayu. The Emperor then imprisoned him on the Shu Shu Mountain, shackling his right foot and tying both his hands and hair, securing him to a tree on the mountain. This is located to the northwest of Kaiti.
There is a Great Marsh, spanning one hundred li, where many birds are born and shed their feathers. This lies north of Yanmen.
Yanmen Mountain, where geese emerge, is located west of the Di Kingdom.
The Tall Willows are located north of Dai.
The tomb of Hou Ji is encircled by mountains and water, lying west of the Di Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Liu Huang Feng is three hundred li square; there is a pathway running in all four directions, with a mountain in the center. This is west of Hou Ji’s tomb.
The Flowing Sands emerge from Zhong Mountain, traveling west, then south, passing by the Kunlun Void, and continuing southwest into the sea, reaching the Black Water Mountain.
The Donghu live to the east of the Great Marsh.
The Yi people live to the east of the Donghu.
The Mo Kingdom is located northeast of the Han River, near the Yan Kingdom, which was destroyed.
The Meng Bird is northeast of the Mo Kingdom. Its feathers are patterned in red, yellow, and blue, and it flies toward the east.
The Kunlun Void within the internal seas is located to the northwest and is the lower capital of the Emperor. The Kunlun Void covers eight hundred li and stands ten thousand ren high. On top, there are millet trees growing five zhang tall with trunks five girths thick. There are nine wells with jade railings. The Kunlun Void has nine gates, guarded by the Kai Ming Beast, and it is the dwelling place of a hundred gods. It stands on a cliff at the edge of the Red Water. Only the righteous archer Yi could ascend to this high ridge.
The Red Water flows from the southeast corner, heading northeast.
The Yellow River emerges from the northeastern corner, flowing north, then southwest, entering the Bohai Sea, and exiting beyond the sea to the west and north, reaching Mount Jishi, where Yu once directed its waters.
The Yang Water and Black Water flow from the northwestern corner, heading east, continuing northeast, and eventually south into the sea, where the Feathered People dwell to the south.
The Weak Water and Blue Water flow from the southwestern corner, heading east, then north, and then southwest, passing east of the Bi Fang Bird.
The southern depths of Kunlun are three hundred ren deep. The Kai Ming Beast, resembling a large tiger with nine human faces, stands facing east on top of Kunlun.
To the west of the Kai Ming Beast are the phoenixes and luan birds, each adorned with a snake on their heads and stepping on snakes, with a red snake coiled on their chests.
To the north of the Kai Ming Beast are flesh-eating creatures, pearl trees, patterned jade trees, ganki trees, and immortal trees. The phoenixes and luan birds are adorned with [unknown items]. There are also creatures like the Li Zhu, the millet tree, cypress trees, sweet water, the sacred Mandui tree, and the Tianmu tree, with branches intertwined.
To the east of the Kai Ming Beast live the shamans Wu Peng, Wu Di, Wu Yang, Wu Lü, Wu Fan, and Wu Xiang. They guard the corpse of Yayu, each holding the elixir of immortality to keep it away. Yayu had the body of a snake and the face of a human and was killed by Er Fu's minister.
There is the Fuchang Tree, on which a three-headed person watches over the Langan Tree.
To the south of the Kai Ming Beast is the Six-Headed Tree Bird. Nearby are dragons, vipers, snakes, apes, leopards, and birds nesting in the trees, and among them, the Song Birds and Sun Birds prey on the flesh-eating creatures.
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