Above Dong Hai City, on a thin cloud suspended a thousand feet above the ground, Lord Bowang was strapped by a soft rope woven of reeds to a stake made of the bones of some spirit beasts. He was fully naked; the rope was green, and countless bizarre runes were drawn on its surface using human blood. Although it was made of reeds, when coupled with the runes, it had a very strong power to keep one tightly bound.