In the early Tang dynasty, flames of war rise everywhere. Lang Hao, an armored infantryman, opens his eyes in a heap of corpses, with a scroll of the Investiture of the Gods in his mind. The Four Heavenly Kings rise behind him, and a hundred thousand troops of the Xia army at Hulao Pass are wiped out; Nezha rides his Wind-Fire Wheels across the Qianshui Plain, leaving the Western Qin cavalry strewn across the battlefield. There are 365 deities, and each can be summoned only once. Afterward, they fade forever into darkness. He helps Li Shimin conquer the realm, fighting from Xihe to Tianzhu, and from the Turks to Goguryeo. Each time he summons a god, the burn scar between his brows spreads a little farther. At the bottom of the Investiture of the Gods is a line written in blood: “The number of divine summons is limited. When the scroll is exhausted, body and soul will perish.” When the Buddhist heavens descend upon Tianzhu, Jiang Ziya's final card is himself.
