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The Jade Hand pressed on into the interior of Tibet.
As they travelled the Wu began to consider their exact destination. Speaking with Hanuman they described their experiences when some of the Jade Hand had seen Kiayanwang's domain, when he first escaped from the ship. After some consideration Hanuman declared that this sounded like the site of the Jade emperor's palace. And so the course was set.
The days passed, and the Wu began to dream of their times in their various hellscapes. And in these dreams they each experienced a new event (memory?) where their respective Yama kings declared that they should be sent back into the world. The narrative seeming to be that the Jade hand itself was a deliberate creation of the Yama kings. Could this be??
The Wu drew closer and closer to their destination, and in the Yin plane they began to see exquisite temples statues and buildings slowly emerging from beneath the sand.
When they drew close to their goal, they abandoned their vehicle and proceeded on foot. Hanuman was keen to check on the status of the celestial realm in this place, and offered to draw the Wu members through with him which of course the curious kue-jin accepted.
The grand architecture of the emperors palace was deserted, but instantly reminiscent of the Wu's memory of Kiayanwang's own palace. With trepidation they entered the ruined palace.
Within the huge frozen form of the August Personage of Jade stood alone and slowly crumbling. As they watched quakes of disruption rocked the palace and the emperor-statue crumbled a little more each time.
Hanuman opened a window into the middle kingdom, revealing the less imposing middle kingdom analogue of the palace. Kyanwang was present there, meditating over the familiar idol. It seemed clear to the wu that Kyanwang's focus and the shock-waves buffeting the remains of the Jade Emperor were connected.
Fleeing from the crumbling plane of the Jade Emperor the Wu returned to the middle kingdom. Battling with their own terror they snuck into Kyanwang's throne room and fought to approach the idol, meaning to snatch it from the Yama king's nose. Just as Seshwayo was resorting to throwing Mei Feng to cross the distance, Kyanwang snapped from his trance and smashed the statue.
Instantly the Wu members were catapulted into Kyanwang's freshly created Yomi realm, arriving in his twisted mirror of the Jade emperor's palace.
Kyanwang indulged in some smug bragging, before assigning the Wu territory in his realm; treating them as his trusted lieutenants. Tentatively the Wu decided with their dreams and Kyanwang's easy foiling of their original plan to play along somewhat but then try to enlist Kyanwang's enemies against him.
They found no great difficulty in leaving and they travelled to their respective hells to discuss the situation.To summarise the various conversations: the other Yama kings mostly regard Kyanwang as a minor player in the wider game and tried to enlist the Jade hand to be their warriors against the west..
As they travelled the Wu began to consider their exact destination. Speaking with Hanuman they described their experiences when some of the Jade Hand had seen Kiayanwang's domain, when he first escaped from the ship. After some consideration Hanuman declared that this sounded like the site of the Jade emperor's palace. And so the course was set.
The days passed, and the Wu began to dream of their times in their various hellscapes. And in these dreams they each experienced a new event (memory?) where their respective Yama kings declared that they should be sent back into the world. The narrative seeming to be that the Jade hand itself was a deliberate creation of the Yama kings. Could this be??
The Wu drew closer and closer to their destination, and in the Yin plane they began to see exquisite temples statues and buildings slowly emerging from beneath the sand.
When they drew close to their goal, they abandoned their vehicle and proceeded on foot. Hanuman was keen to check on the status of the celestial realm in this place, and offered to draw the Wu members through with him which of course the curious kue-jin accepted.
The grand architecture of the emperors palace was deserted, but instantly reminiscent of the Wu's memory of Kiayanwang's own palace. With trepidation they entered the ruined palace.
Within the huge frozen form of the August Personage of Jade stood alone and slowly crumbling. As they watched quakes of disruption rocked the palace and the emperor-statue crumbled a little more each time.
Hanuman opened a window into the middle kingdom, revealing the less imposing middle kingdom analogue of the palace. Kyanwang was present there, meditating over the familiar idol. It seemed clear to the wu that Kyanwang's focus and the shock-waves buffeting the remains of the Jade Emperor were connected.
Fleeing from the crumbling plane of the Jade Emperor the Wu returned to the middle kingdom. Battling with their own terror they snuck into Kyanwang's throne room and fought to approach the idol, meaning to snatch it from the Yama king's nose. Just as Seshwayo was resorting to throwing Mei Feng to cross the distance, Kyanwang snapped from his trance and smashed the statue.
Instantly the Wu members were catapulted into Kyanwang's freshly created Yomi realm, arriving in his twisted mirror of the Jade emperor's palace.
Kyanwang indulged in some smug bragging, before assigning the Wu territory in his realm; treating them as his trusted lieutenants. Tentatively the Wu decided with their dreams and Kyanwang's easy foiling of their original plan to play along somewhat but then try to enlist Kyanwang's enemies against him.
They found no great difficulty in leaving and they travelled to their respective hells to discuss the situation.To summarise the various conversations: the other Yama kings mostly regard Kyanwang as a minor player in the wider game and tried to enlist the Jade hand to be their warriors against the west..
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