The incident in which the Four Sea Dragon Kings had nearly flooded Chentang Pass came to an end with Nezha's suicide.
Yet the aftereffects of the matter continued to grow.
First came the fear among Chentang Pass's merchants and the decline in travel across the Eastern Sea, causing this enormous gold-devouring beast that had once stood by the Eastern Sea to lose its former splendor.
Second, many tribes and feudal states among the human race used this affair to launch a new wave of rebellions.
Having only just returned to the Shang Dynasty and not yet exchanged views on governance with Bi Gan and Shang Rong, Wen Zhong had no choice but to set out once more to quell the unrest.
This time, he left Huang Feihu at court, intending for him to assist Shang Rong and Bi Gan. Yet one day, when the Shang Dynasty's national fortune suffered a blow, Di Xin's temperament became erratic, good one moment and bad the next.
One day, Di Xin drank with his ministers at a banquet. Speaking of Huang Feihu, he declared that Huang's military achievements were illustrious enough for him to be granted the title of king, with the designation Martial Accomplishment King.
The court erupted in uproar. Through the Xia and Shang Dynasties, there had never been a king of a different surname. Even the rulers of the various feudal states, though they enjoyed a status similar to that of kings and were sometimes called kings by others, were formally addressed as rulers or lords of their states.
Such a sudden appointment of a Martial Accomplishment King was unacceptable both to the court and to Huang Feihu himself.
Wen Zhong, out in the field, was so furious he wanted to rush back to Yin-Shang, seize his golden whip, and beat