"Ji Yichu's betrayal was her own doing. How could that make it a dynasty of traitors?"
Guiguzi's brows knitted tightly.
Only now did he finally understand what had happened in that final battle, when one regional battlefield after another had suddenly fallen.
He finally understood why Great Zhou's final battle had ended so quickly!
"Was Princess Ji Yichu the only traitor in Great Zhou?"
"Her father, the Spirit King of Great Zhou, betrayed us!"
"Her three uncles, six younger brothers, and fifteen nephews all betrayed us!"
"Throughout the Spirit King of Great Zhou's reign, from the left and right chancellors and military commanders down to the lords of small cities, they all betrayed us!"
"Far too many of Great Zhou's powerhouses betrayed us. Even entire legions defected."
"Does that qualify as a dynasty of traitors?"
Zhao Kuangyin spoke.
Guiguzi was left speechless.
Mencius, Xunzi, Zhuangzi, Sunzi, Guan Zhong, and the others exchanged silent looks.
They had never imagined it.
That missing stretch of their memories had actually involved so many members of the Human Race in Great Zhou betraying them together—including a great many members of Great Zhou's royal clan!
"Oh, and one more thing."
"After the Spirit King of Great Zhou betrayed us, he proclaimed the taboo life of the Perfect Dimension to be Heaven, and himself, the king of Great Zhou, to be the Heavenly Son."
"Heavenly Son!"
"How laughable."
"We of the Human Race inherited Pangu's legacy. We stand between heaven and earth, holding up the firmament and resisting one immeasurable kalpa after another. Yet the ruler of a fortune dynasty actually called himself the Heavenly Son!"
"In the eras of Great Xia and Great Shang, their kings were the common sovereigns of the Human Race, known as Human Emperors!"
"Only with Great Zhou did that become