In the time of King Zhou of Shang, the Gods are mostly gone and the demons trouble the human world. The Primeval Lord of Heaven decides to use the war between the Zhou and Shang dynasties to choose a new generation of Gods to ascend the celestial realm. His sends his apprentices forth in search of righteous candidates: Jiang Zi Ya assists Ji Fa in governing his new empire Zhou dynasty, Shen Gong Bao infiltrates the Shang dynasty with Su Da Ji seducing the king to rack havoc on the world, and Yu Ding Zhen Ren helps Yang Jian, a human with a third eye, to achieve his potential. The outcome of selection lies in the fates of the humans.
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殷商末年,纣王无道,荒淫度日,听信奸佞费仲谗言,欲将冀州侯苏护之女苏妲己占为己有,遂派大军压境,讨伐冀州以夺取妲己,不想妲己已被狐妖所附,丧失心智,助纣为虐。在妲己的煽动下,纣王杀文害武,斩妻杀子,聚敛民财,苦害生灵,与此同时,西伯侯姬昌勤于政事,善施仁德,西岐国力日渐强大。元始天尊见朝歌城已被妖孽所控,断定殷商气数已尽,决定派遣姜子牙下山辅佐姬昌伐纣。姜子牙垂钓磻溪,得文王相聘,后又听闻杨戬生来带有蕴藏神力之天眼,姜子牙深知此人一念成佛,一念成魔,故收杨戬为徒,启发他的善良和正义,并引导杨戬加入伐商大军。在文王驾崩后,其子姬发继位,成为周武王。武王拜姜子牙为相父,姜子牙正式辅助武王,起兵讨伐商纣。面对纣王、妲己、申公豹组成的邪恶力量,姜子牙、杨戬与雷震子、哪吒等五行