Is “Participated in the immortal and demonic array battles of the Chan sect” true?
novel invention
In Investiture of the Gods, San Yisheng moves among the immortal arrays; in official history, San Yisheng was a founding minister of the Western Zhou, responsible for governing the people and handling documents and foreign affairs.
San Yisheng
In official history, he was an important civil official under King Wen of Zhou, while in the novel he is depicted as a cunning strategist who lobbies various parties and devises plans to rescue his lord.