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The Investiture of the Gods (1990)

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Original title
封神榜
Directed by
Guo Xinling
Genre
action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, drama
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 36 episodes
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series follows a conflict between gods and demons during the fall of the Shang dynasty. It features martial artists and mages fighting over who will rule the mortal world.

mythicalancientepicaction-packeddramaticsupernaturalgrimviolent

What happens

The Investiture of the Gods (Chinese: 封神榜) is a 1990 Chinese shenmo television series written by Bing Tian, Gu Hanchang, Ouyang Yuping and Yu Youchen. The television series are based on the classical 16th-century novel Fengshen Yanyi (also known as Investiture of the Gods or Creation of the Gods) written by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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