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Fangzhang Island, one of the Three Islands, is said in Daoism in to be in the East China Sea. It covers 5,000 li and is governed by the Three Heavens' Controller of Destinies ( 三天司命 Santian Siming ). Immortals hoping to ascend to Heaven come to the island to receive the Register of the Supreme Mysterious Birth ( 太上玄生錄 Taishang Xuansheng Lu ). On the island one also finds the palace of the Elder of the Nine Plains ( 九原丈人宮 Jiuyuan Zhangren Gong ), who governs all the water spirits, dragons and snakes, giant whales, and water beasts in the world. Penglai Island, another one of the Three Islands, is said in Daoism to be opposite the northeast bank of the East China Sea. It has a circumference of 5,000 li and is particularly honourable as the big tie used by the Emperor of Heaven ( 天帝 Tiandi ) to tie up the Nine Heavens ( 九天 Jiutian ). Once upon a time, when the mythical emperor Dayu finished regulating the rivers, he came here to worship God on the northern hill, owing his great merit to the Nine Heavens.

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