Haotian Shangdi, Clash of Ideas

Chapter 662 "Haotian Shangdi," Clash of Ideas

The "Son of Heaven" had existed for a long time. It was an inevitable trend once "civilization" developed to a certain point.

The forms might differ, but tracing everything back to its source, they were essentially the same thing.

The so-called "divine right of kings," "Eternal Succession," "Bearing the Mandate of Heaven," and "XXX worship" were, put plainly, all ways of choosing some grand existence and gaining greater legitimacy from it.

Unlike other places, the "Human King → Son of Heaven" plan carried out by "Civilization Dao Struggle: Zhou" could be said to have chosen the biggest and most luxurious patron of all. It was an existence whose source pointed directly to one aspect of the sum of all things in existence. Its name was "Dao."

The later "Sons of Heaven" who copied the pattern could not be compared with the "Zhou Son of Heaven" who pioneered this path, and the "Zhou Sons of Heaven" of later generations could not stand alongside "Zhou Son of Heaven: Ji Fa."

This was just like how any discussion of "Feudal Monarchy" could never avoid "Civilization Dao Struggle - Qin," while any discussion of "Qin" first brought to mind the "First Emperor Qin Shi Huang."

To put it in more vulgar terms, it was an attribute like "First Love: White Moonlight." In a sense, it also reflected the "Open Source" nature of something. The lasting impression left by being the "first to eat a crab" was self-evident.

Therefore, in Meng Yi's "Investiture of the Gods Reboot: Son of Heaven Plan," the only "protagonist" in its deepest logic was the "Zhou Son of Heaven: Ji Fa."

All other groups were supporting characters in this script. Even "Shakyamuni," "Grand Master Xuandu," "Emperor Fengdu," and "Ying Long" could only count