Uchiha Shin stood to one side and listened quietly without interrupting.
"During the Investiture of the Gods War, my master originally intended for my junior brother Shen Gongbao and me to preside over it together. But my junior brother went over to the Shang Dynasty to assist King Zhou. At the time, I truly could not understand it. King Zhou was foolish, immoral, and incomparably brutal—why would he go to King Zhou?
"So I was very disappointed in Shen Gongbao. But later, as I gradually came to understand the Shang Dynasty, I realized that King Zhou was not truly as foolish and immoral as everyone claimed. King Zhou had his strengths and weaknesses. It was simply that everyone had infinitely magnified his flaws, which led to their prejudice.
"To be fair, King Zhou could not be considered a foolish and immoral ruler. From certain perspectives, he could even be called an accomplished sovereign."
Uchiha Shin said, "If that was the case, why did you still move against him and destroy the Shang Dynasty?"
"Does the Mystic Spirit King truly not understand such matters?" Jiang Ziya asked Uchiha Shin with a smile.
Uchiha Shin smiled as well. He understood that this was likely connected to the conflict involving Taishang Laojun and the others. They had wanted to use the Investiture of the Gods War to increase their own strength.
"I never wished to involve myself in the struggle between my master and senior uncles. At the time, I presided over the Investiture of the Gods War because I wanted to save the common people, overthrow the tyrannical Shang Dynasty, and assist the Zhou Dynasty. Yet I discovered that I had still been wrong.
"But the Investiture of the Gods War had already begun and was more than halfway through. It was