The Investiture of the Gods was a Chinese mythological novel about the wars and political struggles between the vassal states during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The novel mainly described the dispute between Jie School and Chan School, as well as the struggle between the vassals at the end of the Shang Dynasty. The protagonist Jiang Taigong became a god on the Investiture of the Gods, while the vassals of the Zhou Dynasty fought each other. This novel was regarded as one of the representative works of ancient Chinese mythological novels and one of the important sources of Chinese online novels.