One day, Preah Thaong and his servants came to visit the nearby islands. He so enjoyed the islands that he did not realize that the tide was getting high, so high that he could not return to the mainland. He had to spend the night at the sandbar. As he was in deep slumber, a naga princess named Neang Tavottei, the daughter of the naga King, Phuv Chung Neak, and her servants transformed into human forms and came from the underworld to play on the beach.