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The Taisui of the year occupies the fifth or fourth grade.

It oversees the Taisui of the month and the day and has the authority to patrol the four directions.

The title sounds imposing, and holding the position is equally so.

For instance, Gu Xiao, who was bestowed with the position of Tiger Year Taisui, would inspect the Divine Continent during the year of the Tiger, punishing mortals and demons who did not respect the Heavenly Court.

For the common folk, it's an intermittent boss to be feared and appeased with proper worship.

To the immortals of the Heavenly Court, however, the yearly Taisui doesn't have authority over them; at most, it's like a security team leader, who doesn't even have patrol rights every year,

The Immortal Registry Department, one of the subordinate departments of the Ministry of Personnel, is responsible for the selection, promotion, and dismissal of officials.

The head of the department is a high-ranking officer of the third grade, while the position of holder of the roster is of the sixth grade, responsible for recording changes in officials into the archives.

This position appears to be just a clerical secretary, inconspicuous in title among the common folk, and even immortals and mortals outside the Heavenly Court might have never heard of it, let alone pray or worship it with offerings.

"In fact, this position is of utmost importance to the Severing Heaven Sect!"

There's always a rationale if one wishes to find one. Zhou Yi said, "The holder of the roster records the movements of Heavenly Court officials, from the highest first grade to the newly promoted ninth grade, such as the origins of a newly appointed River Lord, the background of a newly enthroned Mountain God..."

"Such information, gathered by our sect, can be used to pre-empt potential threats!"

"That seems to make some sense."

Guang Weizi said, "Why not just take over the main position of the Immortal Registry Department, and have a disciple of our sect assume the role? Wouldn't that be better?"

"The Patriarch's statement is a test for the disciple."

Zhou Yi said, "This critically important position is currently held by Ling Yunzi, a Loose Cultivator who ascended to become a Heavenly Monarch, clearly a compromise resulting from the unwillingness of various immortal ancestors to concede to each other." Find your next adventure on My Virtual Library Empire

"Indeed, it's so."

Guang Weizi said, "To secure this post, the immortals nearly came to blows. We intended to push a disciple from our sect into the role, but were met with joint opposition from the Severing Heaven Sect and Buddhism."

The role of the main officer of the Immortal Registry Department pales in significance to the Minister of Personnel, but the latter's energy is limited.

Dongsheng Divine Continent is vast and expansive, and with the Heavenly Court's objective to control all legitimate gods, every year countless cultivators aspire to join the system, starting from a ninth-grade official and climbing up.

The Minister of Personnel, a major figure in the Heavenly Court, usually doesn't have the time or energy to pay attention to the selection of ninth-grade officials and would only skim through the list of names someone hands to him and circle them to indicate approval.

In this case, the main officer of the Immortal Registry Department becomes crucially important.

The immortal ancestors understood this, and realized that if a major sect secured this key position, within a few hundred years, the selection of lower-tier officials would become their backyard.

Having a Loose Cultivator Heavenly Monarch take on the role was the only choice!

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Patriarch can rest assured, I have a wide network of friends. Fifteen years ago, I became sworn brothers with Ling Yunzi."

Guang Weizi looked at Zhou Yi with a strange expression and said, "Don't resort to this relationship unless necessary; once exposed, Ling Yunzi will undoubtedly be reassigned elsewhere!"

"Don't worry, Patriarch. On the surface, Brother Gu and Brother Ling Yunzi will continue to have some conflicts."

Zhou Yi recommended Gu Xiao for the position of the holder of the roster, also keeping in mind Ling Yunzi's relationship, as the power of a secretary depends entirely on the leader's trust.

With Gu Xiao's profound background and Ling Yunzi's power, the two could gain complete control over the Immortal Registry Department.

Guang Weizi stared at Zhou Yi for a while and said, "Who else do you want to move? You can choose anyone below the third grade, as each position at the third grade and above is jealously guarded by the immortal ancestors, each as fiercely contested as a radish in its hole."

"Your disciple understands."

Zhou Yi, who had friends all over the Cultivation World, was well aware of the power distribution in Dongsheng Divine Continent.

Of the seventy-two immortal ancestors, twenty-eight came from the twelve major sects; whether by design or coincidence, the major sects beneath the four great Immortal Sects, even with transcendental lineages, had never produced more than three immortal ancestors.

The hidden implications of this were incredibly daunting!

The remaining thirty were from various nations within Dongsheng Divine Continent, not including the Great Eternal Ancestor.

Beyond these were three Loose Cultivator immortal ancestors who had not established sects or nations, and mythical creatures such as true dragons and phoenixes, totaling fourteen.

Seventy-two immortal ancestors, a testament to the prosperity of the Cultivation World.

Among them, the ancestors from the nations were the most numerous. Zhou Yi had wondered why they didn't join forces, or even collaborate with the major sects and mythical creatures to overthrow the four great Immortal Sects and take over the method of ascending to the Immortal Realm.

When the Iron Crown Immortal heard this, he showed a look of disdain and declared that he could take on ten of such luck-borne, inferior beings who had managed to reach the transcendental state.

Zhou Yi thought his master was boasting, but it was enough to illustrate the strength of the Immortal Sects' heritage. Besides, what good would seizing the method of ascension do? Would they go to the Immortal Realm to kowtow to the Severing Heaven Sect's ancestors and confess their wrongs?

Therefore, the ancestral figures of the nations, for the sake of ascending, could only choose to support the establishment of the Heavenly Court.

The top three grades of deity positions in the Heavenly Court were also determined by the consensus of these ancestors, and not something Zhou Yi could change.

"What your disciple seeks are some inconspicuous positions. For instance, the warden of the Heavenly Prison..."

Zhou Yi pointed to a sixth-grade divine position and said, "Such a minor sixth-grade position is of no concern to others. My friend Bai Suixin has a flexible nature and deft skills, surely able to properly manage the prisoners and help them reform!"

The Heavenly Prison, in the truest sense,

holds immortals who have violated heavenly laws but whose crimes do not warrant the Immortal Slaying Stage.

After a moment of reflection, Guang Weizi understood the importance of this role and nodded, "That's acceptable. Remember to discuss it with the Crimson Feather Immortal."

"I certainly won't forget to claim the credit."

Zhou Yi's gaze once again swept across the Investiture of the Gods, and he made several position changes, all in the middle third grade and equally inconspicuous.

Such as the general guarding the entrance to Heaven's Gate, the compiler of the Archives of Sages, the messenger of the Immortal Registry Department, the inspector of Taoist academies, etc., all seeming to be minor deities of no consequence with little fame, not even warranting a worship statue in the Mortal World.

But when some lucky mortal manages to obtain an Immortal Register and enter the system of the Heavenly Court, they will realize their importance.