money he might earn, Tyler’s stubbornness got the better of him and he kept digging. The two
ladies left him and fled. Not long afterwards, they heard a deafening “SWISH” as the hurricane
came upon Tyler, and the last of his muffled howl was silenced as sand buried him deep beneath
the surface. Ho and Wang were distraught by the sight before them but they couldn’t help but feel
that Tyler had brought this upon himself.
In the heavens, Yu and Lan were met by a huge commotion. The gods had learned about the
wishes and were forming sides. The sand god Sha, leader of ‘Chaos’ was angry that Yu and Lan had
escaped and used his sand to conjure a sand hurricane. Sha’s demons sided with him. Meanwhile,
the god of earth, wind, water and other gods supported Yu and Lan and promoted ‘Peace’.
Thereafter, ‘Chaos’ and ‘Peace’ fought against each other from time to time. Whenever ‘Chaos’
won some land, Sha would take it all for himself and not share with the others. Discontent, the
demons that originally sided with him left to join the ‘Peace’ force. At last, Sha was the only one
left and eventually lost. As he was the god of sand and evil, he still owned the Gobi Desert.
To fulfill Ho and Wang’s wishes, Yu turned into the Great Green Wall of China to prevent sand
from blowing into China and threatening the people’s crops, health and lives. Lan turned into
Crescent Lake, which allowed the people in Wang’s village to lead better lives by helping them
with farming. When travellers came through, they were able to rest their weary feet. The Chinese
living nearby and in the Gobi Desert rejoiced and thanked the benevolent gods for helping them.
Whenever you see a sandstorm, you are sure to see a band of righteous gods with Yu and Lan
standing out, fighting against a sand figure, Sha. And so the struggle between selfishness and
selflessness continues…
