In the Ming Dynasty literary classic "Romance of the Gods", Shen Gongbao has become the controversial No. 1 character in this masterpiece with his unique character creation and drastic fate. He is wearing an artifact to open the dzi, and his car is a magical meridian adjustment white moth tiger, although he studied under the Yuan Shi Tianzun, but because of his special background, he has always been misunderstood and rejected by the world. Although Shen Gongbao had thousands of years of cultivation, he still had to succumb to Jiang Ziya, a fellow senior brother who had only cultivated for forty years, and this situation made him feel very dissatisfied.
However, even so, Shen Gongbao still held on to his beliefs, and finally chose to turn his back on his master and join the tyrannical Shang Dynasty under the command of the tyrannical King of Zhou, serving him, and becoming a heavily accused rebel. He gathered all the gods and monsters for himself in an attempt to subvert the rule of the Zhou Dynasty, but in the end he failed to escape the punishment of the divine right and was included in the list of gods.
The reason why Shen Gongbao's name is widely spread is not only because of his famous sentence "Taoist friends, please stay", but also because of his cunning skills and extreme selfishness to deceive the world. He uses every opportunity to gain the trust of others in order to achieve his personal goals. And when these methods did not work out, he abandoned his companions without hesitation and chose to break with them. In the end, he saved the king as he wished, but he also paid a heavy price, losing his friends and even his dignity.
Shen Gongbao in "Romance of the Gods" is undoubtedly a very complex character. Although he was narrow-minded and sometimes resentful, he was not a heartless and unrighteous person. He once assisted King Wen of Zhou and others in Xiqi against King Zhou, helping them overthrow the tyrannical rule of the Shang Dynasty. In addition, the various mystical powers he has mastered in the course of his practice are also amazing.
Regrettably, Shen Gongbao eventually embarked on the wrong path and embroiled himself in an endless war; In the end, he ended up in a tragic ending where Beihai was imprisoned to death. In the 99th chapter of Jiang Ziya's return to the country and the gods, Yuan Shi Tianzun took pity on Shen Gongbao's hard work, and specially issued a decree to entitle him as the general of the water division, responsible for the Zhaoguan of the East China Sea. Despite this, Shen Gongbao's fate has been sealed, and he can no longer go back to the past, so he can only stay in the realm of death forever.