Purple Firmament Palace Meeting Notice! The Primordial World's First Key Performance Indicator!

Chen Changsheng turned and walked out of the hall that bore the future of the Jie Sect.

Behind him were Holy Mother Jin Ling and Fairy Yunxiao's resolute figures, along with the hundreds of Water Mirrors upon which the torrent of the Great Dao had begun to surge and flow at an unprecedented, frenzied speed.

Outside the hall, Sect Leader Tongtian, Daoist Duobao, and Zhao Gongming still stood in place.

The expressions on their faces remained frozen in the extreme shock brought by that icy conversation just moments ago.

"Junior Brother."

Daoist Duobao was the first to snap out of it. He looked at Chen Changsheng, his voice hoarse.

"What you just said... listing even a Sage as a 'cost'..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the terror and incomprehension it contained was enough to shake any immortal's Dao heart.

That was a Sage!

An incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, indestructible through countless kalpas, a supreme existence whose words became law!

How could it be measured by the word "cost"?

This wasn't just disrespect—it was a complete subversion of the foundational understanding of the entire Primordial World!

"Senior Brother."

Chen Changsheng stopped and looked at him, his expression terrifyingly calm.

"The core of Process is to discard all emotion and return to absolute rationality."

"The reason we fear Sages is because we cannot comprehend the consequences of a Sage's fall. And the unknown is the root of fear."

He extended a finger and gently tapped his own temple.

"But once we quantify those consequences into a clear set of numbers—for example, that a Sage's fall would increase the probability of the Primordial World reverting to chaos by thirty percent, instantly zero out our sect's fortune, and directly annihilate ninety percent of all life within the Three Realms..."

"Then 'Sages cannot be opposed' will no longer be an empty, reverent phrase."

"It will become an ironclad rule, written on the first page of the <Calamity Aversion Department Risk Management Regulations>, marked in blood-red, absolutely not to be transgressed."

Chen Changsheng's voice was not loud, but each word struck like a heavy hammer against the Primordial Spirits of everyone present.

"Only by truly understanding cost can we learn what it means to... spare no expense to avoid risk."

"This is the greatest reverence for life, and for the Way of the Sage."

These words left everyone present speechless.

Even Sect Leader Tongtian, the Sage most protective of his disciples and most valuing of sentiment, showed a flicker of deep contemplation in his eyes after hearing this analysis, cold to the extreme.

He suddenly understood that the foundation of the "Process" his youngest disciple had built was not conspiracy, nor calculation.

It was an absolute, icy "reason" he had never encountered before.

"I understand."

Daoist Duobao let out a long breath of turbid air and gave Chen Changsheng a deep bow.

"I have been taught."

Chen Changsheng accepted the bow without hesitation.

He knew that from this moment on, the underlying logic from another world that he had brought here had truly begun to be accepted by these top-tier Primordial World powerhouses.

He turned to Zhao Gongming and continued arranging tasks in an orderly manner.

"Senior Brother Zhao."

"The Data Center is responsible for risk assessment, so the external communication stance is especially important."

"I need you to immediately establish the 'Three Realms Strategic Cooperation and Public Relations Department,' with you personally serving as its director."

"Public Relations Department?"

Zhao Gongming was bewildered again.

"Correct."

Chen Changsheng nodded.

"Your primary task is to produce a standardized Cross-Sect Strategic Communication Guidance Manual V1.0 within three days."

"The manual must include, but is not limited to: a template for official press releases toward the Chan Sect, a template for academic exchange invitation letters toward the Ren Sect, a template for commercial cooperation proposals toward the Western Sect, and... a standard process for policy briefing sessions aimed at all Loose Cultivators in the Primordial World."

Zhao Gongming's mouth fell open. He felt his brain had completely reached its limit.

"Junior Brother... what... what is the use of this?"

"Of course it's useful."

A sharp glint flashed in Chen Changsheng's eyes.

"After the Purple Cloud Palace meeting, the matter of the Investiture of the Gods will be reopened for discussion. At that time, our sect will no longer passively endure the calamity, but will take the initiative to win over every force that can be united."

"We must make all beings in the Three Realms understand that the Jie Sect's 'Process' is not about standing aloof, but about bringing a fairer, more transparent, and more stable... new order to the entire Primordial World."

"What we must seize is the right to speak!"

As his words fell, deep within Chen Changsheng's Sea of Consciousness, the system that had been silent for so long rumbled into motion once more.

[Ding! Detected that the host has completed the internal organizational structure setup for the 'Project Management' system!]

[The three core departments—'Data Center,' 'Budget Audit,' and 'Public Relations'—have been established!]

[Your 'Process Dao' now possesses the organizational foundation to expand across the entire Primordial World!]

[Special Reward: Heavenly Dao-level Deduction Acceleration Permit (One-time use)! Allows designation of a 'Heavenly Derivation' array to complete a full Saint-level data deduction within twelve shichen!]

[Special Reward: Great Dao Merit—fifty million!]

[Special Reward: Accompanying Spirit Treasure 'Heavenly Mandate Document' unlocks new function—'Heavenly Dao Announcement'!]

Just at this moment!

A sudden anomaly erupted!

Boom—!

An ineffable supreme will, without any warning, descended from the endless chaos beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, crashing down with overwhelming force!

The entire Primordial World, in that instant, came to a complete standstill.

The River of Time froze solid. The Laws of Space locked in place.

Whether it was the surging waves in the Sea of Blood of the Nine Netherworlds or the falling snowflakes atop Kunlun Mountain, all were transformed in that moment into eternal amber.

Within the Three Realms and Six Paths, across the Four Seas and Eight Wildernesses, the countless billions of living beings—immortals, mortals, spirits, and monsters alike—all remained frozen in the posture of the previous instant, their primordial souls utterly locked down by an irresistible, supreme force.

On Golden Ao Island, even Sect Leader Tongtian, a Heavenly Dao Saint, had the expression on his face frozen in that moment of shock.

He could move. He could think.

But he discovered with horror that his connection to the Heavenly Dao had been temporarily... severed!

The entire Primordial World seemed to have become a painting, paused at the press of a button.

And the painter of that painting had finally decided to personally take up the brush and add a new stroke.

Immediately after.

A beam of purple divine light, containing the true essence of the Supreme Great Dao, descended from the Purple Cloud Palace at the deepest part of the chaos, hanging down from the heavens.

That divine light was neither dazzling nor scorching.

Yet it instantly pierced through all Blessed Lands and Grotto-Heavens, all Mountain Protection Arrays, ignoring all barriers of time and space, and imprinted itself with crystal clarity into the Sea of Consciousness of every Primordial Spirit above the Quasi-Saint level.

Kunlun Mountain, Jade Void Palace.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate's eyes snapped open. In those eternally proud pupils, for the first time, a flicker of incredulous shock appeared.

The West, Mount Sumeru.

The look of suffering on Daoist Zhunti's face vanished in an instant. He exchanged a glance with Daoist Jieyin beside him, and both saw an unprecedented gravity in each other's eyes.

Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, Wa Huang Palace.

Saintess Nuwa's delicate brows knitted tightly. Her gaze pierced through endless void, landing on the source of that purple divine light.

And within the Calamity Aversion Department's main hall on Golden Ao Island.

That purple divine light had actually transformed into an ancient scroll, woven from the very laws of the Heavenly Dao itself... a Jade Scroll.

The Jade Scroll slowly unfurled.

Line after line of cold, majestic, emotionless text, yet filled with an unshakable sense of order, was branded into the hearts of all the mighty experts.

[Purple Cloud Palace · Notice Regarding the Convening of the First 'Investiture of the Gods Tribulation Project Risk Control and Process Optimization' Thematic Meeting]

[Meeting Time: Three days from now, at the Chen hour.]

[Meeting Location: Purple Cloud Palace.]

[Moderator: Hongjun.]

[Attendees: Taiqing, Yuqing, Shangqing, Jieyin, Zhunti, Nuwa.]

[Non-voting Participants: Jie Sect · Chen Changsheng.]

[Core Meeting Agenda:]

[One: Redefinition and confirmation of the original objectives of the 'Investiture of the Gods Tribulation' project.]

[Two: Discussion on the delineation of the scope of those destined to face the tribulation on the 'Investiture of the Gods' and the mechanism for exemptions.]

[Three: Establishment of a mechanism for the prevention and control of 'Saint-level risks.']

[Four: Preliminary drafting of the 'KPI Assessment Standards' for this tribulation.]

[Remarks: All attendees are requested to prepare relevant proposals in advance. Those absent without cause will be deemed to have voluntarily relinquished all rights and responsibilities in this project.]

When the final line was clearly branded into the Primordial Spirits of all the mighty experts.

The entire Primordial World fell utterly silent.

Time began to flow again.

Sect Leader Tongtian gasped for breath. Staring at the "meeting notice" before him—radiant with purple light, its format so standard it was almost offensive—he felt his Saintly Dao Heart buzzing and clanging.

This...

This is no Dao Ancestor's decree!

This is clearly that damned meeting agenda from his own little junior disciple's mouth!

Chen Changsheng calmly looked at the Jade Scroll suspended in midair, a knowing smile spreading across his face.

He turned around to face the Jie Sect disciples behind him, who had long been shaken out of their wits by this display of Heavenly Dao's divine might.

"Did you all see that?"

His voice was not loud, yet it clearly snapped everyone back to their senses.

"The Dao Ancestor has already approved a 'meeting room' for our project."

"Now, there are three days left until the meeting."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over Jinling, Yunxiao, Duobao, Zhao Gongming, and all the core members of the Calamity Aversion Department, his voice growing resolute.

"Activate the highest level of work status."

"Our goal is to produce, within three days, something that no attendee at the meeting can refuse..."

"The Primordial World's very first KPI."