League Of Gods (2016)

League of Gods is an upcoming Hong Kong-Chinese fantasy film based on the novel Fengshen Yanyi by Xu Zhonglin.

King Zhou is determined to conquer the Middle Kingdom. After years of slaughter, the unyielding Adept tribes have been eliminated in succession. His opponent, Jiang, discovers a sword that can reverse the adversity. But the power of the Sword of Light is too strong. Afraid that it will harm his own people, the Ji Clan, Jiang assigns the quest for the sword to several nobodies. Meanwhile, King Zhou's concubine, Daji, launches a secret attack on the Ji Clan.

A long time ago, a determined King Zhou, supported by his concubine Daji, sets his mind on conquering the Middle Kingdom. After years of slaughter, the unyielding Adept tribes have been eliminated in succession. Jiang and General Ji from Qishan are King Zhou's longstanding opponents. Under a divinatory sign, Jiang discovers that the Sword of Light can reverse the adversity.

General Ji has reservations over the unruly nature of the weapon, but Jiang believes that hope lies in risks. He then makes a shrewd scheme of assigning the quest for the Sword to several nobodies-Ji Lei, Nezha, and Er Lang Shen.

Each born with strange Adept powers, the team is confronted with their own respective fears that threaten to endanger the quest. On their risky journey for the Sword, the first challenge is to overcome their fears.

Based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Feng Shen Yan Yi (The Investiture of the Gods), the story tells of how King Zhou of Shang becomes a tyrant due to the wiles of Daji, a vixen spirit who is disguised as one of his concubines.