The Buddha's Heart Passes on the Lamp: Wu Song Infused with Spiritual Power; the Emergency Headband Is Developed! (Continued)

But Lin Chen had an epiphany.

To others, the term "Mandate of Heaven" might have been utterly baffling.

But to someone as well-versed in mythology as he was, it was all too familiar.

The so-called Mandate of Heaven was the "will of Heaven"—acting on Heaven's behalf!

Lin Chen had previously pieced together clues and analyzed them. The mysterious big shot behind the Deification Society was highly likely the ruler of the Celestial Court—

Haotian Shangdi.

Haotian represented the most primordial, most orthodox "Heavenly Dao."

He was the state-sacrifice chief deity of Confucianism and the kingly way.

Back when Emperor Wu of Han dismissed the hundred schools and honored Confucianism alone, he promoted Great Confucian Dong Zhongshu's doctrine of the "interaction between Heaven and man."

It meant following Heaven's will and understanding the Heavenly Dao.

It can be said that in that era, Haotian's Heavenly Dao and authority of the kingly way were elevated, through mortal faith, to an insurmountable peak.

But where in this world was there any Heavenly Dao that remained eternal and unchanged?

As history evolved and dynasties rose and fell, this absolute Heavenly Dao likewise continued to weaken and change.

For instance, amid the great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Great Worthy Teacher Zhang Jiao raised his arm and issued that famous slogan that had echoed through the ages:

"The Azure Heaven is dead; the Yellow Heaven shall rise!"

On the surface, this seemed to be nothing more than a mortal rebellion and bandit uprising.

Yet its deeper significance was an attempt to overthrow the old Heavenly Dao, forcibly sever Haotian's will, and establish a new order between Heaven and Earth!

And the religious force behind Zhang Jiao was the early Daoism that had risen powerfully at the time.

Thus, Lin Chen immediately