Erlang Shen joined Jiang Ziya's coalition against King Zhòu of Shāng, wielding his three-pointed double-edged lance and seventy-three transformations as one of the most formidable warriors in the campaign to overthrow the tyrant.
Caishen descended from his mountain retreat to champion the Shang cause, wielding his iron whip and black tiger against Jiang Ziya's forces at Xiqi until sorcery brought him low and set the stage for his posthumous enfeoffment as God of Wealth.
Jiang Ziya, taught the Nail-Head Seven Arrows curse by Lu Ya, shot arrows at a straw effigy of Caishen for seven days until Caishen sickened and died, ending his devastating campaign against the Zhou forces.
After the Shang dynasty fell, Jiang Ziya read from the Investiture list and enfeoffed the slain Caishen as Zhengyi Longhu Xuantan Zhenshen — the God of the Dark Altar — charging him with overseeing wealth and answering the prayers of merchants and the poor.
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