After Watching "Ne Zha 2", I Organized the Relationships of Gods in The Investiture of the Gods with DeepSeek

The title was given by DeepSeek R1. Let’s see if it can bring more traffic.

On the evening of the fourth day of the lunar new year, I went to watch “Ne Zha 2” with my wife and my wife’s younger brother (I’m not used to calling him brother - in - law). My wife said it seemed that we hadn’t been to the cinema for almost two years. Indeed, since my wife was pregnant the year before last, we hadn’t been to the cinema anymore.

Many characters from “The Investiture of the Gods” were mentioned in “Ne Zha 2”, such as the Immortal Wuliang, the Twelve Golden Immortals of Kunlun, and Yuanshi Tianzun. Ne Zha himself is also an important character in “The Investiture of the Gods”. I’ve always been quite interested in the Chinese mythological system. Coincidentally, DeepSeek has been very popular recently, so I used DeepSeek R1 + web search to sort out the relationships among these characters and finally drew a picture.

It should be noted that the character relationships in this picture are sourced from online materials and the answers of DeepSeek, and may not be accurate.

What surprised me the most was that the well - known Tathagata Buddha was actually just a second - generation disciple in the system of “The Investiture of the Gods”. After the Battle of the Conferred Gods, Duobao Daoren was enlightened by Taishang Laojun, joined the Western Sect, and became Sakyamuni Tathagata Buddha. Look at the left side of the above picture.

The Chan Sect founded by Yuanshi Tianzun has some elements of Confucianism. It emphasizes orthodoxy and background. The fact that all the Twelve Golden Immortals are humans rather than demons is the best proof. This is also reflected in the movie (Shen Gongbao practiced harder and made more contributions than Taiyi, but was not selected as one of the Twelve Golden Immortals).

The Jie Sect founded by Tongtian Jiaozhu implemented the doctrine of “inclusiveness without discrimination”. Its disciples include humans, demons, and monsters. However, it is rather extreme, as many disciples practice magic arts and use magic weapons that can take people’s lives.

Another thing that surprised me was that five of Yuanshi Tianzun’s disciples later joined the Western Sect, that is, they became figures in Buddhism, and all held high positions. Randeng Daoren became the Dipamkara Buddha, the past Buddha (Tathagata is the present Buddha). Wenshu Guangfa Tianzun became Manjusri Bodhisattva, Puxian Zhenren became Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Cihang Daoren became Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Jiliusun became Maitreya Buddha (the future Buddha).

The historical prototype of the Western Sect is the Vedic religion in ancient India. This religion takes the “Vedas” as its core classic, puts forward the early concepts of reincarnation and cosmology, and becomes an important source of the Buddhist ideological system. Later, it gradually evolved into Chinese Buddhism.

The movie “Ne Zha 2” is very good and highly recommended. China finally has its own excellent animations that can stand out.

However, I have to say that the ticket price is really high. I remember that when I just got married in 2020, my wife and I went to watch a movie, and each ticket was about 25 - 30 yuan. This time, the ticket price of “Ne Zha 2” is over 60 yuan, and I heard some are over 90 yuan. Everyone is saying that the job market is not so good, but it doesn’t seem to have any impact on people’s consumption at all.

Finally, I would like to thank the existence of large language models like DeepSeek R1. It is affordable enough for ordinary people to enjoy the convenience of technology.
Without technologies like DeepSeek R1 + web search, it might have taken me several days to organize the above - mentioned picture, but now one or two hours are enough.

As I write this, I suddenly have an idea. Later, I’ll try to update a series of articles, using AI to help me understand things that we often encounter in life but are not very familiar with, such as what the five social insurances and one housing fund are used for after retirement and how to use them.