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The Investiture of the Gods is a 1990 Chinese shenmo television series written by Bing Tian, Gu Hanchang, Ouyang Yuping and Yu Youchen. The television series are based on the classical 16th-century novel Fengshen Yanyi

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    The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 1 - Nuwa Palace Turmoil
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Nuwa Palace Turmoil

    S1:E1

    More than 3,000 years ago, in the Central Plains of China, there was an earth-shattering conflict between the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It coincided with the birthday of the great goddess Nuwa. In the smoke, King Zhou discovered that the statue of Nuwa was lifelike, and it was actually a stunningly beautiful woman he had never seen before. The lustful King Zhou immediately fell in love with Nuwa and wrote a love poem to court Nuwa. He also offered a plan to let King Zhou select beautiful women from all over the world to enter the palace. King Zhou believed the slander and knew that Su Daji, the daughter of Su Hu, the Marquis of Jizhou, one of the four princes, was extremely beautiful. He ordered Su Hu to send his daughter to the palace as soon as possible.

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  2. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 2 - King Zhou Of Shang Dynasty Beauty Pageant
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - King Zhou Of Shang Dynasty Beauty Pageant

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    In the Chaoge Palace, the vixen who transformed into Daji came forward bathed in sunshine. She was graceful, charming and gorgeous, with peerless appearance. The lustful King Zhou was so shocked and fascinated that he completely obeyed her words in a few words. Su Hu watched with cold eyes and was shocked when he discovered that his "daughter" suddenly changed her temperament. After Daji entered the palace, King Zhou couldn't wait to carry her to bed, strip off her clothes, and take possession of her. Afterwards, King Zhou and Su Daji indulged themselves in the palace, singing and dancing every day. King Zhou indulged himself in wine and sex, which sapped his heroic ambition and began to neglect government affairs.

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  3. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 3 - Qingxiangge Chuanbao
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Qingxiangge Chuanbao

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    Clouds are gathering over Chaoge City, and everyone, civil and military, is in danger; at the same time, the disciples of the Chan and Jie sects are holding a century-old meeting of immortals. The two sect leaders of Yuanshi Tongtian talked about the appearance of evildoers in Chaoge. He decided to send a capable disciple down the mountain to conquer the goblin. Yuanshi fell in love with the kind-hearted and honest old disciple Jiang Ziya. Ziya's junior brother Shen Gongbao had evil intentions. Hearing that those who came down the mountain would enjoy wealth in the world in the future, he strongly requested his master to send him there. Yuanshi used the Heavenly Book to test out the difference between Ziya and Shen Gongbao's mind, and finally decided to send Ziya down the mountain and grant Ziya the most precious Heavenly Book in Yuxu Palace.

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  4. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 4 - Jiang Ziya Comes Out
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Jiang Ziya Comes Out

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    Daji finally died, and King Zhou was grief-stricken and guarded her soul day and night. Shen Gongbao suddenly appeared, destroyed the demon-slaying sword, and rescued Daji in time. After Daji came back from the dead, her heart became even more vicious. In order to please Daji, King Zhou insisted on punishing Meibo by cannon, regardless of the begging of his ministers. Seeing this miserable situation, Prime Minister Shang Rong had a premonition that the Shang Dynasty was over. He was disheartened and asked King Zhou to retire and return home. King Zhou and Daji spent the whole night singing and dancing in the palace.

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  5. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 5 - The Good Queen Was Killed
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Good Queen Was Killed

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    Queen Jiang firmly denied that the assassin was ordered by her. King Zhou was so stunned by Daji that he didn't care about the love between husband and wife. In order to force Queen Jiang to confess, one of her eyes was gouged out while she was still alive. When Jiang Huan was escorted to Queen Jiang and confronted with her, he still insisted that the Queen sent him to assassinate her. The two princes received an urgent report from the guards and rushed back in panic. Queen Jiang died with hatred after seeing her son for the last time. Yin Jiao beheaded Jiang Huan in a rage, and threatened to kill King Zhou and Daji to avenge his mother.

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  6. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 6 - Xibohou Shizi
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Xibohou Shizi

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    King Zhou was afraid that the news of Queen Jiang's death would trigger the rebellion of Dongbohou, so he ordered the summons of Dongbohou and Xibohou to come to court and sing. Ji Chang picked up a baby on the way here and recognized him as his hundredth son. Later, the immortal Yun Zhongzi came down to earth, accepted the child as his disciple and named him Lei Zhenzi. Dong Bohou learned the news of his daughter's death from Huang Feihu. He was filled with grief and anger. He cursed King Zhou for his lack of justice in the court, and was brutally beaten by King Zhou.

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  8. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 7 - Little Nezha Becomes A Disciple
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Little Nezha Becomes A Disciple

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    Jiang Wenhuan, son of Dong Bohou, rebelled in order to avenge his father. King Zhou ordered Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of Chentangguan, to step up military training and take strict precautions. On the day Li Jing was appointed, his wife, who was three years and six months pregnant, also gave birth to a round flesh ball. In panic, Li Jing split open the meat ball with his sword, but out of it jumped out a lively and cute little boy who could talk as soon as he landed on the ground. Taiyi Zhenren of Jinguang Cave in Qianyuan Mountain came to visit and accepted the child as his disciple, naming him "Nezha".

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  9. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 8 - Jiang Taigong Gets Married
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Jiang Taigong Gets Married

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    Jiang Ziya realized that Daji was also the incarnation of a monster and informed King Zhou. King Zhou was furious and ordered his men to capture Jiang Ziya. Ziya finally gave up on the Shang Dynasty and King Zhou and fled away. Ziya found Song Yiren, his old friend before he went to the mountain to practice Taoism, and temporarily stayed in his home. Yiren is a warm-hearted person. Knowing that Ziya is still unmarried in his late eighties, he takes it upon himself to propose to the 68-year-old Miss Ma on his behalf. Ziya is in trouble.

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  10. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 9 - Empress Su Flirts
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Empress Su Flirts

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    Jiang Ziya couldn't bear the evil wife at home anymore, so he said goodbye to Song Yiren and went to live in seclusion in Xiqi. At this time, Ji Chang had been imprisoned in Chaoge City for seven years. Boyikao missed his father and decided to entrust all affairs of Xiqi to Ji Fa. He took several precious treasures to Chaoge, hoping to exchange the treasures for his father's safe return. Boyikao entered Chaoge and met Queen Zhou. On Lutai, Boyikao played a qin song. Daji was deeply fascinated by her elegance and elegance. Chang'e has loved boys since ancient times, but it turns out that the succubus also loves boys. Daji's excuse to learn the piano was actually flirting. Boyikao was still pregnant and turned a blind eye to her all kinds of flattery, which made Daji angry.

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  11. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 10 - Lei Zhenzi Saves His Father
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Lei Zhenzi Saves His Father

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    Lei Zhenzi, the adopted son Ji Chang met on his way to Chaoge, had grown into a boy with strong martial arts skills. Yun Zhongzi figured out that Ji Chang was in trouble at this moment, and planned to send Lei Zhenzi down the mountain to rescue him. Lei Zhenzi was ordered by his master to search for weapons that fit his hand. He couldn't find the weapons but found delicious apricots. He swallowed them greedily and turned into a strange man with yellow hair, blue face and wings on his back. When Yun Zhongzi saw this, he put his hands on his hands and smiled, and ordered him to fly quickly to save his father.

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  12. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 11 - The Girl Escapes Danger
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Girl Escapes Danger

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    King Zhou was happy for a moment and casually agreed to let Jichang return to Xiqi. Afterwards, with Daji's persuasion, he realized something was wrong and sent a large team of people to chase him. At the most dangerous moment, Lei Zhenzi appeared in time and knocked down half of the mountain with a single blow, causing the pursuers to flee without a fight. Lei Zhenzi flew out of the five levels with his father on his back, bid farewell to his father in tears and returned to Zhongnan Mountain. The dignified Xibohou actually fell to the point of freeloading on his own territory. Ji Chang set up the memorial tablet of Boyikao in the palace to commemorate his beloved son. Later, thinking of Queen Jiang, Shang Rong, Mei Bo, Du Yuanxian and others, they decided to build a spiritual platform in Xiqi to commemorate these unjust souls who died. Xiqi soldiers and civilians spontaneously came to help.

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  13. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 12 - King Wen Of Zhou Visits Virtuous People
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - King Wen Of Zhou Visits Virtuous People

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    Ji Sui lied and claimed that he saw Ji Fa and Qingjun having a private meeting on the spiritual platform. The damage to the spiritual platform was the result of God's anger. The only way to calm down the war was to kill Qingjun and sacrifice him alive to God. Ji Fa couldn't bear it and proposed that he would only eat vegetarian food and practice Qing for one month instead. Taiji asked Qingjun about her life experience, and Ji Chang found out that she was the daughter of Shang Rong. Fortunately, she did not do anything stupid. Qingjun took the opportunity to ask to visit Ji Fa. The two looked at each other, and began to feel affection for each other. Shen Gongbao's flying head technique was broken by the Antarctic Immortal, and he ran away in panic. Nanjixiao told Ji Chang and his party that the time has not come yet, and the wise man will not appear for the time being.

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  14. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 13 - The Fox Hole Was Burned
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Fox Hole Was Burned

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    The Lutai under the charge of Chonghou Hu, the Marquis of Beibo, was renovated today. King Zhou held a banquet on it for his ministers. It was indeed beautiful and magnificent. During the dinner, King Zhou remembered what Daji had said that day: "On the day Lutai is built, there will be gods coming." Then he asked Daji when the immortal would come, but Daji hesitated vaguely. That night, Daji returned to the Fox Cave to summon the demon sisters and let them transform into gods and come to the banquet. On the night of the full moon, a group of demons came as promised. Because they were too drunk, they showed their ugly appearance after drinking a few more drinks. As the hostess, Bigan saw the fox tails exposed from the soles of the feet of all the "fairies" and realized that the people he had just toasted were actually a group of foxes. He was shocked and annoyed.

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  15. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 14 - Hear The Ten Commandments Of Taishi
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Hear The Ten Commandments Of Taishi

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    In order to save Daji, King Zhou forced Bigan to commit suicide. Bigan angrily cut out his sincere heart and threw it to King Zhou. With the help of the talisman given by Ziya back then, he barely managed to maintain his vitality. His face was pale and he staggered out. On the way, he met a woman selling spinach. Bigan stepped forward and asked what happened if she had no heart. The woman replied, "If you don't care, you will die." Ziya's spiritual talisman was broken, and Bigan died of hatred. Daji showed her true body and laughed and walked away. Feihu Jizi and Weizi waited for a group of loyal and righteous ministers to arrive on flying horses, but they could never bring back the old prime minister's heroic spirit. The grand master Wen Zhong happened to be returning from the expedition and was surprised to ask what happened. After learning about Bigan's death, he was so sad that he almost fainted.

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  16. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 15 - Shen Gongbao's Approach
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Shen Gongbao's Approach

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    Although Chong Heihu, the younger brother of Chonghou Hu, was very dissatisfied with King Zhou, he reluctantly went into battle in order to protect his brother. Unfortunately, the gap between him and Ziya's Taoist practice is not a small step. Ziya knew that Heihu was a loyal man and released him readily. Heihu was deeply moved and returned to camp to persuade his brother to come to Xiqi to surrender. It turned out that Chonghou Hu pretended to surrender and came to assassinate King Wen at night. Fortunately, Ji Fa exposed his conspiracy. After all, King Wen was already old. After this fright, he became seriously ill and was bedridden for many days. Shen Gongbao sneaked into the cell to meet Bo'an Ji Sui, and instigated Bo'an to go out secretly when King Wen was seriously ill, and stole Ji Fa's robe. Shen Gongbao did this to Ji Fa's clothes. Ji Fa had a splitting headache and fainted on the altar.

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  17. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 16 - Mrs. Jia Was Deceived
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Mrs. Jia Was Deceived

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    On New Year's Day, all officials' families are required to go to the harem to pay homage to the queen. When Huang Feihu's wife, Mrs. Jia, came to pay her respects, Daji hated Huang Feihu for killing her sister. While coaxing Mr. Jia into going to the Star-Zhaing Tower, she secretly sent someone to call King Zhou. As expected by Da Ji: King Zhou coveted Jia's beauty and intended to be frivolous towards her. Unable to bear the humiliation, Jia jumped off the building and committed suicide. Huang Feihu's sister, Huang Fei, knew that her sister-in-law died tragically, and angrily came to scold King Zhou and Daji. During the fight with Daji, she accidentally slapped King Zhou. King Zhou was so angry that he picked up Huang Fei and threw her down from the Zhaixing Tower, killing her alive.

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  18. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 17 - Huang Feihu Breaks Through The Barrier
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Huang Feihu Breaks Through The Barrier

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    Huang Feihu returned to Chaoge and started a fierce battle with the five gate guards.

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  19. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 18 - Farewell To The Golden Light Cave
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Farewell To The Golden Light Cave

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    Nezha helped Huang Feihu pass the customs and then said goodbye and returned to the mountain. After hearing that Zhongzou Kai returned to the court, he learned that Feihu had returned to the court song and advised King Zhou to learn from him, so he sent Chao Tian and Chao Lei to Xiqi to spy on the military situation.

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  20. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 19 - Prime Minister Jiang's Corpse Exposed
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Prime Minister Jiang's Corpse Exposed

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    Jiang Ziya burned incense to ask for help, and Taiyi Zhenren sent Nezha down the mountain to help. The two armies fought again. Nezha was the incarnation of a lotus and had no soul. Zhang Guifang and Feng Lin were defeated in front of him. The Shang army invited demons to help out. The expelled Bo'an learned that the Shang army had the upper hand, and took the initiative to join the Shang army, expressing his willingness to cooperate with the Shang army internally and externally, and to inherit Xibohou himself. Bo'an disguised the assassin as a civilian husband, pretended to be seriously ill and was about to die, and was taken back to Zhou Palace. That night, the assassins brought by Bo'an attacked, and King Wu and Qingjun hurriedly responded.

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  21. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 20 - Xiqishan Snow Attack
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Xiqishan Snow Attack

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    Due to Qingjun's rescue, King Wu was rescued by the army who came to escort him, but Qingjun was held hostage by assassins. Zhou Jun was afraid of hurting the queen, so he had no choice but to allow Bo'an and the assassins to take Qingjun away. The next day the two armies faced each other, and the Shang army escorted Qing Jun to the front of the army to threaten him. During the melee, Jiang Ziya was knocked down and taken away by the Shang army. That night Nezha asked Ying to sneak into the Shang army camp. Qingjun was tied to a pillar in the tent. Bo'an wanted to commit indecent assault after being scolded for teasing him. Nezha rescued Qingjun, killed Bo'an in the fight, and took Jiang Ziya's body away... Lu Xiong's troops marched to the west. Jiang Ziya won with snow attack.

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  22. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 21 - Hearing About Taishi's Expedition To The West
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Hearing About Taishi's Expedition To The West

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    The four generals of the Demon Family helped Wen Zhong. Nezha secretly try to rescue his brother. Mo Liqing planned to burn down Xiqi City. Fortunately, Jiang Ziya noticed it early and borrowed water from the North Sea to protect the city. Yang Jian volunteered and went out to investigate the enemy's situation. On the way, he encountered Mo Lishou who was ambushing him. Only then did they realize that this Taoist with a clear appearance had extraordinary powers. The four generals of the Demon Family did not know that the "Flower Fox and Marten" in their hands was actually the incarnation of Yang Jian, and they even considered letting the Flower Fox and Marten into the Zhou camp to eat Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya. Yang Jian took advantage of the situation and carried out an undercover operation in the commercial business as Huahu Diao.

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  23. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 22 - Zhao Gongming Sets Up The Formation
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Zhao Gongming Sets Up The Formation

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    Shen Gongbao spared no effort to lobby for reinforcements for the survival of the Shang Dynasty, and this time he found Zhao Gongming in Luofu Cave in Mount Emei. Zhao Gongming borrowed the super magic weapon Hunyuan Jindou from his three sisters and came to Wen Zhong to help out. While Zhao Gongming was setting up the Ten Jue formations, he advocated "capture the thief first, capture the king", and used this method to take away Jiang Ziya's soul.

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  24. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 23 - Three Immortals & Confused Immortals
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Three Immortals & Confused Immortals

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    The formation that the Three Immortals are best at is called the Enchanting Formation. To put it more realistically, it is the Beauty Formation. Huang Feihu, the three Nezha brothers, Yang Jian and even the Antarctic Immortal have all become on-site explanations of the so-called "Heroes are saddened by beauty". Tianhua was concerned about his father's safety and took the risk to break into the formation, but miraculously became the only lucky person to escape from the formation unscathed.

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  25. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 24 - Juelong Ridge Broken Soul
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Juelong Ridge Broken Soul

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    The Shang army was defeated and retreated to Juelong Ridge. Wen Zhong was horrified when he remembered his master's prophecy when he came down the mountain, "You will never see a word Jue in your life." On the distant hilltop, Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya set up a banquet, drinking while admiring Wen Zhong's appearance. Mo Liqing struggled to the death and planned to kidnap King Wu to blackmail Xiqi into retreating. Lei Zhenzi arrived just in time and rescued his brother. Wen Zhong was unwilling to surrender and committed suicide. The poor souls of a generation of heroes were cut off from Longling, and the last pillar of the Shang Dynasty finally collapsed.

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  26. The Investiture Of The Gods Season 1 Episode 25 - Deng Jiugong Took Command
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Deng Jiugong Took Command

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    Deng Jiugong used the plan, but Jiang Ziya used the plan instead. Tu Xingsun let go of Deng Chanyu desperately, and Deng Chanyu went to save his father regardless of his own strength. The father and daughter were captured again.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Nuwa Palace Turmoil" is the best rated episode of "The Investiture Of The Gods". It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/9/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "King Zhou Of Shang Dynasty Beauty Pageant".