The Spirit Race and the Human Race indeed possessed relatively advanced "political systems" in the Black Marsh World.
Court intrigue and coups were problems the Blood Luo, Barbarian Race, and Demon Race would never encounter. After all, if someone from those races was dissatisfied with a transfer of power, they could simply settle it with a fight.
An open challenge, a fair duel, and a warrior seizing the position of leader would only earn them more respect.
But among the Spirit Race...
Things were different.
Although, in theory, the most powerful shaman would still become the Shaman King, the strength of a "shaman"... could not be decided by a single battle.
After all, battles between shamans were far too unpredictable.
The supposedly more "advanced" Spirit Race would not use such a rash method to decide the Shaman King.
They would determine who was the stronger shaman through "objective evaluation." The Shaman King and all shamans who had reached the upper rank in that domain would jointly discuss a suitable successor, after which the High Shaman King would decide who the successor would be—equivalent to "establishing the crown prince."
Before officially succeeding to the throne, the Shaman King had the right to convene a meeting at any time and select a new candidate—and the Shaman King could decide when to abdicate.
Of course, if the Shaman King simply died, the chosen successor would naturally ascend directly.
The criteria for judging successors were jointly established by the six Shaman Kings of a certain generation. They truly covered everything: the number of shaman arts mastered, the power of self-created shaman arts, the ability to communicate with the spirits of heaven and earth and the Ancestral Spirit, one's degree of compatibility with totems...
But in the end, these criteria were judged by "people." No