5,400 years later, when Phase III was at its height, men, birds and beasts were created. Moved by Pan Gu's creation, the Three Emperors put the world in order and the Five Rulers laid down the moral code. This book deals only with the Eastern Continent of Superior Body. Beyond the seas there is a country called Aolai. This country is next to an ocean, and in the middle of the ocean is a famous island called the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit.
Clouds gather round the tall bamboo.
The wisteria grows thick around the mountain brook And the banks around are newly colored with flowers. Far is the Heaven-supporting pillar where all the rivers meet, The Earth's root, unchanged through a myriad acons. On top of it were nine apertures and eight holes, for the Nine Palaces and the Eight Trigrams. There were no trees around it to give shade, but magic fungus and orchids clung to its sides. It developed a magic womb, which burst open one day to produce a stone egg about the size of a ball.