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An Explosion of flames
and feathers lit up the
sky as a three-legged
raven fell to the earth.
The suns didn’t even flinch at this. They just kept
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on playing as though Hou Yi wasn’t even there. This
angered Hou Yi immensely. It angered him so much
that he would once draw his bow again, but not to
shoot a warning shot. He took aim directly at one of
the suns and fired his white arrow. An explosion of
flames and feathers lit up the sky as a three-legged
raven fell to the Earth. Hou Yi continued to shoot
arrows at the other suns causing them all to explode
and come crashing down, until only one remained.
We were so pleased to have the Earth back to
the way it was. Rivers began to flow, grain grew once
again, and the forests replenished, giving the beasts
a place to live. Everything was as it was. Hou Yi had
saved us all. But Di Jun was very angry with Hou Yi for
killing his suns. He did not want them to die, he only
wanted them to leave the sky. For this he punished
Hou Yi and his wife Chang’e. He sentenced them to
live out their lives on Earth as one of us mortals.
Chang’e was devastated at becoming a mortal.
She did not know how to handle not being immortal.
So Hou Yi made it his duty to find a way to make
them immortal again. Hou Yi remembered a woman
with an elixir that could give them both immortality.
This woman was the Queen Mother of the West.
So Hou Yi set out to retrieve the elixir from her and
after a rigorous and lengthy journey, he reached
her palace on sacred Mount Kunlun. Hou Yi pled
to her to give him the elixir. After hearing his story,
the Queen agreed to give it to him but also gave him
a warning. She warned that they should both only
drink half of the elixir. Drinking half would give them
eternal life, but drinking the full elixir would make
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