Dragon Kings’s Connections

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Guards

• Ruyi Jingu Bang

  The Dragon Kings kept the Ruyi Jingu Bang — an iron pillar left by Yu the Great — in Ao Guang's Crystal Palace as a stabilizing treasure of the Eastern Sea until Sun Wukong claimed it.

Enemy of

• Eight Immortals

  When the Dragon Kings' son seized Lan Caihe and stole the Eight Immortals' sea-crossing treasures, the immortals waged war on the undersea palace until the intervention of Guanyin brought peace.

• Nezha

  Nezha killed Ao Guang's third son Ao Bing and skinned a dragon to make sinew for his father. The enraged Dragon Kings sought revenge, flooding the land and appealing to the Jade Emperor, forcing Nezha's tragic self-sacrifice.

Serves

• Jade Emperor

  The Dragon Kings cannot release a single drop of rain without the Jade Emperor's mandate, and when they defy his decrees — as the Jing River Dragon King learned — the penalty is execution by his appointed minister.

Contains

• Ao Guang,Ao Qin,Ao Run,Ao Shun

  Ao Guang of the Eastern Sea, Ao Qin of the Southern Sea, Ao Run of the Western Sea, and Ao Shun of the Northern Sea hold court in crystal palaces beneath the waves, each commanding the rains and tides of his quarter of the world.