Is “Trapped by Zhou army at Mount Qi and frozen to death” true?
novel invention
In Investiture of the Gods, Fei Zhong is trapped by the Zhou army at Mount Qi, freezes to death, and is posthumously appointed as the star of ice and snow dissolution. Official history only records that he was executed after the fall of Shang, with no mention of freezing or deification.
Fei Zhong
A corrupt minister favored by King Zhou of Shang in official history, but portrayed in the novel as a greedy, flattering villain who was posthumously deified as an evil star.