Yin Weiyin finished reading the words on the tortoise shell. The entire oracle bone inscription recorded an ancient myth, which the Summer Dynasty people had offered to the Ba Snake through ritual sacrifice.
She started with the first twelve characters: "Heaven above, Earth below, the gods are unsettled; Yu marries Tushan," and read until the final twelve characters: "Nine tails turn to stone, thus Xia Qi is born, and the gods are settled again."
After finishing, Yin Weiyin's face revealed confusion, yet she vaguely sensed elusive threads of mystery. She followed the flow of her thoughts.
Long ago, Dayu married into the Tushan Clan, but doing so disrupted the cosmic order. The Tushan Clan transformed into stone to give birth to Xia Qi, and at that moment, harmony was restored to the Dao.
The ancient myth echoed in Yin Weiyin's mind like a great bell tolling. Gradually, she grasped fragments of the Goddess's legacy and heard the Heavenly Dao's resonance.
