Records of the Lingshu in Search of the Mountains and Seas

In ancient times, when heaven and earth were not completely separated, there was an invisible barrier (called the "Kunlun Ruins Barrier") between the "mountain and sea world" and the "human world", which was maintained by the ancient gods with the "Spiritual Pivot". Lingshu are scattered in the five directions of the mountain and sea boundary (south, west, north, east, and middle), corresponding to the core mountains of the Five Tibetan Mountains in the "Shan Jing". As time goes by, the power of the spiritual hub declines and the barriers loosen. Alien beasts and vicious energy from the mountain and sea realms pour into the human world. Floods flood the world and grains fail to grow. At the same time, the gods of the mountain and sea realm weaken in strength due to the depletion of their spiritual hubs. Some of the alien beasts (such as Taotie and Qiongqi) lose control, and the mythological order is on the verge of collapse.