proofread by Zhang Geng & Edited by Xu Zhonglin 
Story of Chinese Gods 

The Story of Chinese Gods has a total of one hundred chapters. It is a folk legend based on the historical background of King Wu”s defeating Zhou and the change of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, combined with the folklore of Jiang Ziya”s beheading the deity. The story begins when the king of Shang Zhou desecrated Nuwa in his poems, and the fox sent by Nuwa turned into Su Daji to enter the palace and fascinate King Zhou to make troubles in the government. Countless loyal officials were brutally tortured and imprisoned. Later, King Zhou Wu, the son of King Zhou Wen, who returned to Xiqi after the release, with the assistance of Jiang Ziya, rose up to fight against the Shang Dynasty. There are the Chan party who supports King Wu and the Jie party who helps King Zhou. The immortals and Taoist priests of the two factions each showed their supernatural powers, fighting wits and methods. King Zhou was defeated and set himself on fire in the Zhai Xing Tower. Shang Tang was destroyed, King Wu of Zhou became the emperor, and seventy-two princes were appointed. Jiang Ziya canonized three hundred and sixty-five righteous gods at the Fengshentai. The Story of Chinese Gods is a model of combining historical themes with legends of gods and demons. The classic plots in the story have been constantly evolving in countless works of art. It is a treasure in ancient Chinese novels about gods and demons.