Synopsis of The Hilarious Investiture of the Gods: An Aging Crisis at Kunlun Mountain from the Start
The epic tale of the rise and fall of the Shang and Zhou dynasties goes completely off the rails this time! When Kunlun Mountain is hit by an “immortal aging crisis,” Patriarch Hongjun slaps his forehead and decides to launch an “Investiture of the Gods KPI assessment.” In an instant, the solemn Investiture of the Gods turns into the chaotic and farcical Madness of the Gods.
The entire cast falls apart: Jiang Ziya descends the mountain not to save the world, but to escape his janitorial chore of scrubbing toilets. Shen Gongbao’s “decapitation technique” malfunctions during installation, leaving his head facing backward, so he has to feel his way around. Nezha, after spending three years in the womb, is diagnosed with “uterine fibroids”; reborn, he becomes obsessed with delivering packages on his Wind-Fire Wheels. King Zhou likes the goddess’s videos at Nuwa’s temple, only for AI Daji to trick him into becoming the spokesperson for a “tyrant experience camp.” The immortal realm is no less chaotic: immortals battle through livestream donations, the God-Slaying Whip needs to be activated by scanning a QR code, and Yuanshi Tianzun’s alchemy furnace keeps shutting down due to environmental inspections.
Modern jokes come thick and fast: from “996 in the immortal realm” to “a sharing economy for magical treasures,” from Kunlun Mountain’s annual performance review to the “wolf culture” of the Jie Sect corporation, classical mythology collides head-on with workplace absurdity. With the irreverent spirit of Cai Zhizhong, the author brings modern elements like food delivery apps, KPI assessments, and social media into a world of gods and demons. For example, Jiang Ziya uses the fishing app “Weishui Job Match” to recruit teammates, while Yang Jian’s third eye is reduced to a detector for illegal construction.
This high-energy, trope-defying myth vows to prove over the course of 600,000 words that the ultimate fate of immortals is comedy, and the true essence of Investiture is slacking off!
