The Investiture of the Gods is a Chinese shenmo television series directed by Wang Weiting and Yang Jianwu. 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. The success of the series have led to an upcoming sequel Investiture of The Gods II which will air in 2015. Cast Sammul Chan as Jiang Ziya Viann Zhang as Daji Vular Jiang as Ma Zhaodi (Jiang Ziya's wife) Johnny Zhang as King Wu of Zhou Zhang Mingming as Shen Gongbao Andrew Wu as King Zhou of Shang Yin Yezi as Helan Zheng Yitong as Feng Qingqing Madina Memet as Wang Pan Zhang Zhuowen as Nezha Li Jinrong as Erlang Shen Zheng Pengfei as Leizhenzi Wang Jinduo as Wu Ji Zhou Danli as Niu Xiaomei Jian Yuanxin as King Wen of Zhou Yizhen Chen as Tai Si Li Huailong as Li Jing Tang Dehui as Yin Shiniang He Qiang as Wen Zhong Wang Xia as San Yisheng Sun Cong as Jinzha Lan Haoyu as Muzha Zhang Yongqi as Queen Jiang Hugo Goh Kwei Ann as Bigan Ji Xiaobing as Bo Yikao Chen Zhixi as Nüwa Liu Zhixi as Shiji Niangniang Liu Yuting as Cuiping Wang Jingluan as Fairy Flowers Kang Lei as Gao He Ge Xingyu as Tu Xingsun Hao Jinjin as Shuang'er Xing Qiqi as Fei Zhong Zhao Yang as You Hun Critical reception It's a hot TV series recently in Shandong, Guizhou, Hubei three major Television. References External links The Investiture of the Gods on Sina The Investiture of the Gods The Investiture of the Gods 2014 Chinese television series debuts 2014 Chinese television series endings Television shows based on Investiture of the Gods Television series by Huace Media