Fengshenyanyi

"The Romance of the Gods" is commonly known as the "Fengshen Bang", also known as "The Complete Biography of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties", "The Outer History of King Wu's Conquest of Zhou", and "The Legend of the Gods". It is also an ancient Chinese novel about gods and demons. It was written by Xu Zhonglin (some say Chen Zhonglin) in the Ming Dynasty, and was probably written during the Longqing and Wanli years. The book has one hundred chapters in total. The prototype of "The Romance of the Gods" can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty's "King Wu's Conquest of Zhou", and may also refer to "The Romance of Shang and Zhou" and "Eight Immortals of Kunlun's Journey to the East". Based on the history of Jiang Ziya assisting the Zhou Dynasty (King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou) in the crusade against Shang Zhou, it describes the story of explaining the teachings, intercepting the teachings, fighting wits and bravery among the immortals, breaking the formation and beheading generals to become gods. 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.