Broken Sword Like a Rainbow, Slashing Heaven and Earth; Kill to the Dharma Decline Accompanying the Lord!
"Cascading Wei River flows day and night, Ziya has fished alone from the bank. Back then, before entering the Flying Bear's dream, how many times did he sigh at the setting sun over his white hair?"
Chen Luo lowered his brush, his heart filled with emotion.
The great curtain of Investiture of the Gods had been opened by Jiang Ziya with a single fishhook.
As the saying went, fishermen never returned empty-handed. But how could success be so simple?
Jiang Ziya's one cast lasted a full eight years!
Of course, the story had to begin at the beginning.
King Zhou listened to Daji's beguiling words and decided to build the "Wonder of a Fallen Kingdom"—Deer Terrace—appointing Jiang Ziya as the person in charge.
It was certainly a lucrative post, but the moment Jiang Ziya saw it, he knew he had to leave.
This was unmistakably helping a tyrant commit evil.
So he bolted, using a water escape technique to flee the palace.
However, Jiang Ziya's water escape was reported as suicide by drowning. The Grandee Yang Ren grew curious and pressed for the reason, only then learning about Deer Terrace. His loyal heart flared, and he remonstrated with King Zhou, enraging him. King Zhou gouged out Yang Ren's eyes. Yang Ren's loyalty surged into the heavens, startling True Lord Qingxu Daode of Qingfeng Mountain's Ziyang Cave. True Lord Qingxu Daode ordered strongmen to rescue Yang Ren and bring him back to the mountain.
No one knew what True Lord Qingxu Daode had been thinking. Seeing that Yang Ren had lost his eyes, he placed two golden elixirs in the empty sockets. In theory, that should have solved everything. But immortals were immortals—they had to carry out a little genetic-engineering project. Thinking about it carefully, the disciples of Primordial Heavenly Venerable