Fengshenyanyi is a novel about gods and demons written by Xu Zhonglin, a Taoist priest in the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xixingyi. Mainly based on the history of Jiang Ziya assisting King Wen and King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty in the crusade against Shang Zhou, it describes the story of the Chan Cult represented by the Yuanshi Tianzun of Kunlun Mountain and the Tongtian Cult of Penglai Island in the East China Sea. Contains a wealth of folklore and mythology. There are vivid and distinctive characters such as Jiang Ziya, Nezha, Yang Jian, etc., And it ends with Jiang Ziya conferring the title of gods and King Wu of Zhou conferring the title of princes.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
