Round 10: Tossup 16

Gònggōng is a deity with power over this substance who is counted among the “Four Evildoers.” In Chinese astrology, this substance can be symbolized by a Black creature associated with the north. The Bìxì is one of nine sons of a type of being with power over this substance. That “King” of that type of being, who is able to summon this substance, is responsible for the (*) changing of the seasons. (-5[1])Yu the Great stopped a disaster (10[1]-5[1])involving massive amounts of this substance (10[1])by building (-5[1])dams on the (10[1])Yellow (10[1])River. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[2])name this substance that nearly destroys the world in the Chinese flood (10[2])myth. (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

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