C229 Crossing the River

A year later, atop the vast expanse of the ocean, a young man crowned with jade and clad in a grey Taoist robe, his face strikingly handsome, strode across the waves. Perched on his shoulder was a three-inch-tall, seven-colored bird.

With its eyes closed in deep concentration, the bird radiated a flickering, multicolored light, drawing in the spiritual energy from the void around it