Dongting Lake

## History

### Origin

The Dongting Lake (洞庭湖: Grotto Court Lake) is the Human Race's third largest base (after the Exquisite Valley and the Peacock Land) and its second-biggest lineage in the Heaven Spirit World.

The Dongting Lake was established by the former members of the Silver Fox Legion; the faithful followers of Dark Crow. They were ancestors of the Hong Clan, Xu Clan, Zhang Clan and Lin Clan and friends for generations. Their clans all followed Dark Crow, but eventually settled down and created the Dongting Lake.

### Legacy

Since the three clans were once a followers of Dark Crow, the Dongting Lake had a special status in the Heaven Spirit World. While the Human Race in the Heaven Spirit World was weak, the Dongting Lake still managed to occupy the Lake, a wonderful location with a lot of resources, and no one tried to take it over from them.

Ironically, the Dongting Lake's future generations forgot the glorious past of their ancestors long ago. Even they didn't knew about the Lake's special status. Three clans fought each other for power and the Zhang Clan was forced to leave the Lake.

### Current Era

In the past the Dongting Lake was similar to the Peacock Land in that humans were unrestrained here, but this changed later on. Currently, both cultivators and mortals must accept the management of the Lake in order to stay here. Even so it was quite populated and held considerable influence.

### Eight Desolates

Dongting Lake is one of lineages of the Nine Worlds who was confirmed to have survived until the Eight Desolates Epoch.

After the  destruction of the epoch, a new one started known as the Eight Desolates. During this disaster, Dongting Lake's clans took refuge in the  Void Secret Boundary and survived. After this move, generations of descendants of Dongting Lake lived inside the Secret Boundary.

Later, some of the descendants left the  Void Secret Boundary and started a new branch inside of the Golden City in  Sky Border's Wild Central. They took their ancestral land, Dongting Lake, with them too. Later on, this new branch started business, named themselves Grotto Courtyard, and became the biggest store and auction market in the entire Golden City.

Grotto Courtyard receives tens of thousands of guests every day. Li Qiye participated in one of its auctions to see  sealed girl that mentioned by Earthseer Daoist, and after the auction he presented an insignia to the Courtyard.

## Geography

The Dongting Lake is situated close to the Rainbow City in the Giant Dragon Mountain Range.

In Eight Desolates, Dongting Lake is located inside of Separate Heaven and Earth, and guests can enter from the outside.

## Description

As a lake within an ocean, the Dongting Lake is a miracle of the Heaven Spirit World. The lake is surrounded by undulating mountains that formed a circle. There were still blue waves within the lake. The islands in the vicinity were quite beautiful as well.

The Dongting Lake has plenty of space and is rich with various kinds of treasures. The mountains nearby are full of spirit vegetation. The lake itself also produced many rare treasures. There were rumors of a spring below the lake with plenty of divine metals and ores.

## Trivia

* Dongting Lake is a real-life lake in northeastern Hunan province of China.

## Links

- 2 Image(s) of Dongting Lake
- 9 Character(s) from Dongting Lake
- 1 Place(s) from Dongting Lake
- 1 Item(s) used by Dongting Lake
## References

	1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Chapter #1230(WuxiaWorld)
	2. ↑ Chapter #1271(WuxiaWorld)
	3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter #1232(WuxiaWorld)
	4. ↑ Chapter #1231(WuxiaWorld)
	5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Chapter #4486(WuxiaWorld)