Investiture of the Gods: Being a Foolish King Is Harder Than It Looks

Transmigrated into King Zhou of Shang, the notorious ruler who would be reviled for ages, he received a System that rewarded him for being foolish and incompetent.

What could be better than that? Being incompetent was easy.

Grand Tutor Wen was going to put down the rebellion in the North Sea? He butted in and sent some random civil official instead. Di Xin thought, There's no way he can put down the rebellion. That should earn me some incompetence points, right?

Unfortunately, his ministers misunderstood his intentions and stabbed him in the back. The civil official was indeed useless, but his subordinates equipped him with a host of capable generals, and somehow even managed to bring Kong Xuan into the mix.

Fine, the last attempt failed. It was an accident. How about I compose a poem while offering incense at Nuwa Palace?

It was a perfectly good poem, clearly meant to insult Nuwa. Why could you people twist it into praise?

Fine, you can twist my words all you want, but why does Nuwa herself think it's good?

Daji is entering the palace? Fantastic! I couldn't ask for more. But wait, this can't be the real Daji, can it? Isn't Daji supposed to bring ruin to the kingdom? Why is she so devoted to her duties, even more loyal than anyone else?

Onward toward the great...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.