After returning to Green Mountain Sect, Li Yu settled into his cave abode.
Everything that needed arranging had been arranged. Now, all he had to do was wait for the show to begin.
One day, through the system on Su Daji, Li Yu saw Marquis of the West Ji Chang thrown into prison, while his eldest son, Bo Yikao, brought lavish gifts to ransom him. Li Yu knew that the Investiture of the Gods War had finally begun.
Su Daji had seen the "future" and already knew Western Zhou was bound to rebel. So, she simply had Ji Chang and Bo Yikao both killed.
"Shang Zhou is tyrannical, and the demon consort has thrown the court into chaos!"
With his father and elder brother dead, Ji Fa raised the banner of rebellion, leading the Western Zhou army and swearing an oath to march against Zhou.
Western Zhou and Great Shang were separated by a great river called the Mengjin Great River.
Banners stood like a forest as King Wu led the Western Zhou army. Ten thousand boats set out at once, crossing Mengjin.
Then...
Boom!
The raging tide surged as the Heavenly River poured down.
Upstream of the Mengjin Great River, towering waves suddenly rose, sweeping toward the Western Zhou army like a tsunami and a mountain collapse.
In an instant, the hundred thousand soldiers of Western Zhou's vanguard were scattered by the massive waves. Corpses and wounded lay everywhere, and the entire force was wiped out.
"Heaven has doomed me!"
Seeing the disaster, Ji Fa sprayed out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.
"Th-this... what is going on?"
Jiang Ziya's face turned deathly pale, and his entire body trembled.
Hadn't they said Heaven's mandate was with them? Hadn't he been ordered to "confer gods on behalf