Gonggong and Zhuānxū warred for cosmic supremacy, and when Gonggong was defeated he smashed his head against Mount Bùzhōu in rage, snapping the pillar of heaven and tilting the sky to the northwest.
⚠ The Huainanzi names Zhu\u0101nx\u016b as Gonggong's opponent, while the Liezi and later traditions substitute Zhu Rong \u2014 two parallel accounts of the same cataclysmic war.
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