Unlike more traditional retellings, this film is set 3,000 years after the events of the original Investiture of the Gods novel.
“You think you can kill a god?” – Nezha (final battle) New Gods- Nezha Reborn -2021- -ENG Chinese- N...
, who now operate as a powerful corporate monopoly controlling the city’s water supply. Key elements of the world-building include: The Setting Unlike more traditional retellings, this film is set
Set 3,000 years after the original events of the Investiture of the Gods : In the aftermath of the Investiture of the
The story begins three thousand years after the original myth of Nezha. In the aftermath of the Investiture of the War, the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas were suppressed, but they have not been destroyed. They have bided their time, waiting for the soul of their old enemy, Nezha, to reawaken.
Donghai is a steampunk metropolis resembling 1920s Shanghai, plagued by water shortages and ruled by a corrupt Dragon Clan masquerading as a wealthy corporate dynasty.