When the Bunun people retreated to the peak of Chuoshe Mountain, the sky was dark, heavy rains fell continually, and thunder and lightning ran jagged patterns across the sky. The densely shrubbed cypress forest of Yu Mountain, visible in the distance from Chuoshe Mountain, was struck by lightning and caught fire.
布農族民於是退到鄰近的卓社大山頂，天色昏暗、大雨不歇，忽然，與卓社大山遙遙相對的玉山頂上，茂盛的玉山圓柏灌木叢遭雷擊燃燒起來。