Donghuang Bell

Bell of the Eastern Sovereign

Chief of the legendary ten divine artifacts, said to shake heaven and earth when rung.

The Donghuang Bell stands first in the modern fantasy canon of the Ten Ancient Artifacts and takes its name from the Eastern Sovereign Taiyi of the Nine Songs of Chu. Legend credits it with the power of heaven and earth: struck once, it shakes the cosmos and bends all beings to silence. No classical text records such a bell — it is a contemporary invention of games and fiction, reimagining archaic bell-and-tripod ritual and the worship of Taiyi as the supreme primordial force.