Chapter 2808: The Five Holy Ancestors Take Turns Holding the Reins

In the process of researching the two discovered types of primitive order spells, Xia Duo discovered that special materials like the identity tokens of the Eastern World are not actually necessary carriers for order spells.

Order spells can attach to any carrier—gemstones, metal, salt water, or even ordinary paper; everything depends on the will of the Order Lord.

Based on this, Xia Duo could also map out some basic conditions of the Eastern World: the powerful Celestial Legal System (that is, the Order Force system) determines that within this system, the status of the Order Lord is almost impossible for anyone to shake.

It would not be an exaggeration to call them a god among men on earth, yet even so, the Eastern World still experiences the end of dynasties and the replacement of regimes; the reason for this may be only one—

The corruption of the Order Lord.

This also served as a reminder to Xia Duo: power not only instinctively expands its boundaries, but also instinctively erodes the heart of its wielder; once unconstrained power falls into corruption, the consequences are truly terrifying.

Of course, as for what the power structure of the Eastern World is like, that is currently just Xia Duo's own conjecture; after all, the Eastern World contains a large number of Ancestral Gods, and the Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty may not necessarily be the true Order Lord.

Perhaps they are just a tiny link in the vast Heaven, Earth, and Human order system!

The true Order Lords are actually more likely to be those five Holy Ancestors who reside permanently in the Heavenly Realm!

This also explains why there are regime changes in the Mortal Plane; it could be normal metabolism, or it could be the five Holy Ancestors taking turns holding the reins, pushing the descendants of their own factions to power.

This is also a guess, but such a guess is not without foundation.

Saint Nuodeer mentioned that the vast majority of Ancestral Gods in the Eastern World become gods after death; as long as one had achievements during their lifetime—the kind that benefited the country and the people—and reached a certain standard, they could become an Ancestral God after death.

Under the Celestial Legal System, the difficulty for a commoner to achieve the status of an Ancestral God is certainly greater than for an official, and although officials have a higher probability of committing major mistakes or crimes, this undoubtedly attracts many who want to be commoners.

Even the so-called noble families might be those who have had people serving as officials for a long time, stably producing Ancestral Gods to protect the family.

And the limit for an official might just be the Emperor; Xia Duo could almost conclude that as long as the Emperor of the Eastern World does not cause heaven's wrath and people's resentment, they will basically inevitably become an Ancestral God after death.

And Ancestral Gods can live forever and possess immense power; even the Holy Ancestors cannot ignore them. The more Ancestral Gods in one's own faction or under one's command, the greater one's say compared to other Holy Ancestors.

This might be the most fundamental driving force for regime changes in the Eastern World; even if there is no problem with the Emperor, other Holy Ancestors could not allow any one Holy Ancestor to monopolize the Emperor, the most stable source of Ancestral Gods, so they must inevitably push for regime changes.

Xia Duo put himself in the position of a Holy Ancestor; in order to maintain the authority of the Celestial Legal System as much as possible, even if this might just be a game to the Holy Ancestors, the game must have stable rules.

Therefore, it is more likely that it was agreed upon many, many years in advance that a certain dynasty would fall after so many generations, and how the next dynasty would be.

Of course, considering that a stable environment makes it easier to give birth to Ancestral Gods, in order to maximize benefits, the degree of turmoil must be reduced to a minimum.

It is conceivable that the founder of a new dynasty must be a Son of Heaven like Liuxiu, to whom commoners and noble families alike would surrender wherever they went; even if they encountered resistance, there might be falling stars from heaven to help destroy the enemy.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Duo's interest in the Eastern World has become even stronger, not just because of the new system and new power of Order Force, but also because of the ruling experience of the five Holy Ancestors taking turns holding the reins to continuously strengthen their base.

If Xia Duo had not yet decided how to integrate the Main Plane in the past, now he already has an idea: the Order Force system is a good plan.

From this perspective, the concealment of the Eastern World is actually a good thing for him!

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But—

Xia Duo also thought of another aspect, which is the conservatism of order. This is reflected in two aspects: one is Order Force. This truly existing power, based on his current superficial research, certainly involves natural laws and the laws of the universe, but it takes a detour and cannot be considered the grand, righteous path; it is not as good as Arcane Magic.

At least in terms of exploring truth, it is not as convenient or direct as Arcane Magic.

The other is that strict order will make individuals within this system more inclined to maintain this set of systems, which makes the order more rigid, or even solidified; the Order Lord may not have the courage to carry out reforms against the opposition of the whole world.

Xia Duo can certainly say now without hesitation that he has the courage, but when it really reaches that point, with the whole world—including his wife, children, friends, subordinates, and people he knows and doesn't know—all opposing and persuading him...

That kind of situation is truly terrifying to think about; it is not something an ordinary person can endure!

Therefore, if one really wants to use the Order Force system well, one must make top-level designs in advance and at the same time possess sufficiently keen observation skills.

After all, no matter how good the top-level design is, it cannot cover everything; the Order Lord needs to be able to discover problems in time and improve them in time, otherwise small problems will accumulate and become big problems, and it may become impossible to rectify.

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Despite having many drawbacks, the benefits of the Order Force system are also obvious, and Xia Duo does not intend to give up; he believes he can become a qualified Order Lord.

Inside the Laboratory.

Xia Duo placed an Iron Wood token into the Scrying focus area; the attachment of primitive order spells is very easy, and for the specific user, there is no threshold at all.

The only limiting condition is that they must be a relevant individual involved in the Order Force controlled by the Order Lord.

For example, the experimental version of the Daxia Territory Second Generation ID Card that Xia Duo has created now cannot be used at all if it is given to someone outside the Daxia Territory.

But at the same time, even if the owner of this ID card is a spy sent by another lord, as long as they go through the normal process to join the Territory, they are considered a normal Daxia Territory citizen and can use the ID card normally.

Of course, the Order Lord, or even special existences within the order manifestation, such as security officers granted audit Permission Level, can distinguish individuals of the same system who are in other Order Cycles—in layman's terms, identifying spies.

But for special existences like spies, the Order Force they are in should also have concealment effects; comparing audit to this is like a spear and a shield—only by truly clashing can one know who is stronger and who is weaker.

However, currently in the Main Plane, mostly only Xia Duo is working on Order Force, while others are mostly establishing Order Cycles and then seeking Ascension to Godhood, which is actually more conducive for him to distinguish spies who are not under his order.

This should also be considered another reason why he is working on the Order Force system!

And based on this, Xia Duo can even infer that those existences who achieve Ascension to Godhood through Order Cycles also generally possess abilities similar to an Order Lord.

Like the Princess, whose divine title is 【God of Exploration and Protection】—of course, one could also add a qualifier: "of Netheril." In the domain of Netheril's exploration and protection, if there were a spy, or someone engaging in fraud, the Princess would likely be able to detect it immediately.

Of course, correspondingly, if someone made outstanding achievements in these two domains, the Princess would also be able to detect it.

Order Force is truly a magical and powerful power!