The Investiture of the Gods 1

It tells the story of Jiang Ziya and the many gods and deities who rally behind Zhou Wu Wang of Western Zhou to fight Zhou Wang and his demon allies.

Zhou Wang (Wu Zhou Han) is the ruthless emperor of the Shang Dynasty. In an attempt to end his tyranny, the Nv Wa Goddess (Liu Tao) commands the fox spirit (Viann Zhang Xinyu), the pheasant (Zheng Yi Tong) and the lute (Mai Di Na) to assist the person who holds the five color stone. However, Shen Gong Bao (Zhang Ming Ming) steals the stone from Jiang Zi Ya (Sammul Chan) and gains their support instead. After being perceived to be a useless pawn throughout his seven years of captivity, Wen Wang Ji Fa is finally released. He studies under the tutelage of Jiang Ziya and wages war against the Shang Dynasty.

• It premiered January 31, 2014 on CCTV.
• It is produced by Jian Yuan Xin and directed by Wang Wei Ting.
• It wrapped on July 2013 after four months of filming.
• Hong Kong actor Sammul Chan earned praise for giving a fresh and humorous take on the historical figure Jiang Zi Ya who has been immortalized in the drama as a god with a youthful appearance. Nevertheless, the series' blatant deviations from the source novel, terrible costumes and bad styling were widely-criticized.

	Sammul Chan as Jiang Ziya
	Jiang Hong as Ma Zhaodi
	Viann Zhang as Su Daji
	Wu Zhuohan as Shang Zhouwang
	Li Jinrong as Yang Jian
	Zhang Di as Ji Fa
	Zhang Mingming as Shen Gongbao
	Zhang Zhuowen as Na Zha
	Madina Memet as Pi Pajing
	Zheng Yitong as Qing Qing
	Zheng Pengfei as Lei Zhenzi
	Yin Yezi as He Lan
	Wang Jingluan as Bai Hua Xian Zi
	Tamia Liu Tao as Nu Wa
	Wang Jinduo as Wu Ji
	Hugo Ng as Bi Gan
	Wu Jingjing as Shuang Er
	Liu Yuting as Cui Bing
	Sun Cong as Jin Zha
	Lan Haoyu as Mu Zha

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