Fengshen Yanyi

Author: Xu Zhonglin
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: King Zhou of Shang loved the fox spirit Daji, transforming from the beauty Diaochi, and killed his first wife, Empress Jiang. He also heavily relied on the traitors Fei Zhong and You Hun, and used boiling and branding torture to harm ministers. The court governance deteriorated day by day. Fearing opposition from the people, King Zhou summoned the four vassal lords to Chaoge, killed the Eastern and Southern Lords, and imprisoned the Western Lord in Li.
Original Tianzun saw that the fate of the Shang dynasty was coming to an end and descended with Jiang Ziya to help Zhou destroy Shang. After Wen Wang returned to the country, Jiang Ziya was enfeoffed as the Prime Minister. After Wen Wang's death, Wu Wang revered Jiang Ziya as the "Second Father" and launched an expedition against Shang.
With the help of the immortals Nezha, Yang Jian, Lei Zhenzi, and many other skilled cultivators, Jiang Ziya led the army of Western Qi to first break through the Ten Extreme Palaces and the (Zhu Xian Chen) set up by the (Jie Jiao Men Ren) who aided King Zhou. Later, Jiang Ziya finally led his army into Chaoge, beheaded Daji, and King Zhou burned himself to death.
Jiang Ziya completed the great task of overthrowing Shang and establishing Zhou, ascending the throne to enshrine the gods. Wu Wang divided the lands among the vassals, laying the foundation for the Zhou dynasty's eight hundred years of rule.