He transmigrated into the body of King Zhou of Shang, Di Xin, and discovered that the Investiture of the Gods was no divine mandate to save the world. It was a chessboard laid out by the Saints, using the fortune of the Shang dynasty as fuel, the heroes of humanity as pieces, and a new celestial order as their cage. Unwilling to become a ruler whose kingdom was doomed to fall, he gathered the fortune of the Human Emperor anew, shattered the conspiracy behind the Investiture, and took up the Human Emperor’s Sword to wage war against every god and rebuild humanity’s destiny.
A subversion of the Investiture of the Gods: the list is no divine mandate, but a scheme devised by the Saints.
The Human Emperor wages war on Heaven: not to follow fate, but to break it.
The struggle for supremacy at the end of Shang: the court, feudal lords, shamans, sorcerers, gods, and demons all collide.
A war of fortune: the fortune of the Human Emperor, the divine path, and Heaven’s way clash for supremacy.
A mythic epic of political intrigue and passion: imperial strategy meets battles between gods and demons.
A long journey of growth: from defending the Shang capital, to breaking through Xiqi, to attacking the Celestial Court, each stage raises the stakes.
He did not become a god, nor did he become a Saint.
He gave humanity the right to choose its own destiny.
The Human Emperor’s Sword became the kindling of humanity.
The name Di Xin no longer stands for a tyrant. It stands for the first person to lead humanity in defying Heaven’s mandate.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.