Is “Shooting blood at Heaven and being struck dead by thunder” true?
The Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Yin, records that Wu Yi made a leather bag, filled it with blood, and shot upward at it, calling it 'shooting Heaven'; later, while hunting between the Wei and Yellow Rivers, he was struck dead by a sudden thunderstorm. The historical novel's citation of the Shang dynasty monarch's debauchery aligns with the official historical records. The original text reads: 「为革囊，盛血，卬而射之，命曰“射天”。武乙猎于河渭之闲，暴雷，武乙震死。」（《史记·殷本纪》）
The Shang dynasty had a tyrannical ruler; the official history records that he shot at Heaven and was struck dead by thunder, and the novel's reference to this anecdote aligns with the official history.
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