When the First Emperor returned, he passed through Pengcheng, where he fasted and offered sacrifices, hoping to salvage the Nine Tripod Cauldrons of the Zhou Dynasty from the Si River. He sent thousands of people to dive into the water to search for them, but they could not find them. So he crossed the Huai River to the southwest and headed for Hengshan County and Nanjun County. He sailed on the Yangtze River and came to Xiangshan to offer sacrifices. He encountered a strong wind and could hardly cross the Yangtze River. The First Emperor asked the doctor, "What kind of immortal is Xiangjun?" The doctor replied, "I heard that Xiangjun was the daughter of Yao and the wife of Shun, and was buried here after her death." So the First Emperor was very angry and ordered 3,000 serving criminals to cut down all the trees on Xiangshan, exposing the reddish-brown rocks. The First Emperor returned to the capital from Nanjun via Wuguan.
In the 29th year (218 BC), the First Emperor went on an inspection tour to the east. When he arrived at Bolangsha in Yangwu, he was frightened by an assassination attempt. The First Emperor ordered a pursuit, but he did not catch anyone, so he ordered a large-scale search across the country for ten days.
始皇还，过彭城，斋戒祷祠，欲出周鼎泗水。使千人没水求之，弗得。乃西南渡淮水，之衡山、南郡。浮江，至湘山祠。逢大风，几不得渡。上问博士曰：“湘君何神？”博士对曰：“闻之，尧女，舜之妻，而葬此。”于是始皇大怒，使刑徒三千人皆伐湘山树，赭其山。上自南郡由武关归。
二十九年，始皇东游。至阳武博狼沙中，为盗所惊。求弗得，乃令天下大索十日。
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