Folk Customs: Armed with the Investiture of the Gods, I Deify the City

The Yellow Immortal demands a title, and in southern Hunan they summon souls. A blood-red wedding dress, paper effigies that borrow lifespans. This is an age of rampant monsters and a humanity struggling to survive. Fortunately, Fang Ying arrives with the Investiture of the Gods. In their darkest hour, he brings those who meet the requirements into the Celestial Court and confers upon each the corresponding divine title and authority. [Lin Fengjiu, heed my command!] Title: True Lord Xuanqing, Savior of the World Divine duties: Preside over the transmission of Daoist traditions in the human realm, dispel filth and avert calamities, protect the common people, and oversee the teaching of the immortal Dao and the granting of blessings in the mortal world. [Bai Suzhen, heed my command!] Title: Lady Lingze, Kindhearted and Graceful Divine duties: Preside over marriage vows, nourish life with water, resolve the tribulations of love in the world, protect the kindhearted, and oversee blessings across rivers and lakes and the resolution of debts of love. [Fahai, heed my command!] Title: Zen Master of the Pure Altar, Subduer of Demons Divine duties: Preside over the precepts of the Zen school, subdue demons and drive out evil, protect Buddhist temples, suppress the world's evil disturbances, and oversee the protection of the mortal world through Zen teachings and the purging of demonic influences. [Zhong Kui, heed my command!] Title: Imperial Lord Who Quells All Evil and Guards the Home Divine duties: Preside over the eradication of yin spirits, protect homes and courtyards, guide the innocent souls of the unjustly dead, and suppress all demons, monsters, and ghosts. Oversee peace in human dwellings and the suppression of baleful energy from the underworld.