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 Interception Sect.

Behind him were the resolute figures of Holy Mother Jin Ling and Fairy Yunxiao, as well as the great torrent of Dao flowing and racing across hundreds of Water Mirrors at an unprecedentedly frantic speed.

Outside the hall, Sect Leader Tongtian, Daoist Duobao, and Zhao Gongming still stood where they were.

The expressions on their faces remained frozen in the extreme shock brought by the earlier icy exchange.

"Junior Brother."

Daoist Duobao was the first to recover. He looked at Chen Changsheng, his voice dry.

"What you just said... you would even classify Sages as 'costs'..."

He did not finish, but the horror and incomprehension in his words were enough to shake any immortal's Dao heart.

Those were Sages!

They were embodiments of the Heavenly Dao, beings imperishable through countless tribulations, supreme existences whose words became law!

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

This was no longer mere disrespect. It was a subversion of the very foundations of understanding in the Primordial World!

"Senior Brother."

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

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

"We fear Sages because we cannot understand the consequences of a Sage's fall. And the unknown is the root of fear."

He raised a finger and lightly tapped his temple.

"But once we quantify those consequences into a clear set of figures—for example, a Sage's fall would raise the probability of heaven and earth returning to chaos by thirty percent, instantly reduce our sect's fortune to zero, and directly annihilate ninety percent of all living beings within the Three Realms..."

"Then 'Sages must not be opposed' would no longer be an empty expression of reverence."

"It would become an absolute ironclad rule, written on the first page of the <Calamity Aversion Department Risk Management Regulations> and marked in blood red, one that could never be crossed."

Chen Changsheng's voice was not loud, yet every word was like a heavy hammer smashing fiercely into their primordial spirits.

"Only by truly understanding the cost can we learn what it means to... avoid risks at all costs."

"This is the greatest reverence for life and for the Dao of Sages."

His words left everyone present speechless.

Even Sect Leader Tongtian, the Sage most protective of his own and most devoted to loyalty and sentiment, had a trace of profound contemplation flash through his eyes after hearing that utterly cold analysis.

He suddenly understood that the foundation of the "Process" his young disciple had constructed was neither conspiracy nor calculation.

It was a kind of absolute, cold... "reason" that he had never encountered before.

"I understand."

Daoist Duobao slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, then gave Chen Changsheng a deep bow.

"I have been enlightened."

Chen Changsheng calmly accepted the bow.

He knew that, from this moment onward, the underlying logic he had brought from another world had finally begun to be accepted by the foremost powers of the Primordial World.

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

"Senior Brother Zhao."

"If the Data Center is responsible for risk assessment, then our external communications must be handled with particular care."

"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 at a loss once again.

"Correct."

Chen Changsheng nodded.

"Your foremost task is to produce a standardized Version 1.0 of the Cross-Sect Strategic Communication Guidance Manual within three days."

"The manual must include, but is not limited to: official press release templates for the Chan Sect, academic exchange invitation templates for the Ren Sect, commercial cooperation proposal templates for the Western Sect, and... a standardized procedure for policy presentation conferences aimed at independent cultivators throughout the Primordial World."

Zhao Gongming's mouth hung open. He felt that his mind had completely ceased to be sufficient.

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

"Of course it has a use."

A sharp glint flashed through Chen Changsheng's eyes.

"After the Purple Cloud Palace meeting, the matter of the Investiture of the Gods will certainly be revisited. By then, our sect will no longer passively endure the tribulation. We will take the initiative and strive to unite every force that can be united."

"We must make all beings of the Three Realms understand that the Interception Sect's 'Process' is not for our own preservation alone, but to bring the entire Primordial World a fairer, more transparent, more stable... new order."

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

As his words fell, the system that had long been silent deep within Chen Changsheng's Sea of Consciousness roared to life once more.

[ Ding! Detected that the host has completed the internal organizational structure 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 (single-use)! You may designate the 'Heavenly Derivation' array to complete one full Sage-level data deduction within twelve hours! ]

[ Special reward: fifty million points of Great Dao Merit! ]

[ Special reward: the companion spiritual treasure 'Heavenly Mandate Document' has unlocked a new function—'Heavenly Dao Announcement'! ]

At that moment!

A sudden change erupted!

Rumble—!

An indescribable supreme will descended without warning from the depths of the endless chaos beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens!

At that instant, the entire Primordial World came to a complete standstill.

The River of Time solidified, and the Laws of Space froze.

Whether it was the surging waves of the Nine Netherworlds Sea of Blood or the falling snow atop Kunlun Mountain, everything turned into eternal amber in that instant.

Throughout the Three Realms and Six Paths, across the Four Seas and Eight Wildernesses, trillions upon trillions of beings—immortals, mortals, spirits, and monsters alike—remained in the positions of the previous instant, their souls completely locked down by an irresistible mighty power.

On Golden Ao Island, even Sect Leader Tongtian, a Heavenly Dao Saint, had the astonishment on his face frozen in that very instant.

He could move. He could think.

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

The entire Primordial World seemed to have become a painting with its pause button pressed.

And the painter of that painting had finally decided to personally set down his brush and add a new stroke.

Immediately afterward.

A violet divine radiance containing the true meaning of the Supreme Great Dao descended from the Purple Cloud Palace in the deepest reaches of chaos.

The divine light was neither dazzling nor scorching.

Yet it instantly pierced through every Blessed Land and Grotto-Heaven, every Mountain Protection Array, ignored every barrier of time and space, and clearly entered the primordial spirit and Sea of Consciousness of every great power at the Quasi-Saint realm and above.

Kunlun Mountain, Jade Void Palace.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate abruptly opened his eyes. For the first time, a trace of incredulous alarm appeared in those ever-proud eyes.

In the west, Mount Sumeru.

The suffering expression on Daoist Zhunti's face vanished at once. He exchanged a glance with Daoist Jieyin beside him, and both saw unprecedented gravity in the other's eyes.

Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, Wa Huang Palace.

Saintess Nuwa's delicate brows furrowed as her gaze pierced the endless void and fell upon the source of that violet divine radiance.

Within the main hall of the Calamity Aversion Department on Golden Ao Island.

That violet divine radiance transformed into an ancient... Jade Scroll woven from the very Laws of the Heavenly Dao.

The Jade Scroll slowly unfurled.

Line after line of cold, grand, emotionless words—yet words filled with an unquestionable sense of order—were branded into the hearts of every powerful being.

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

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

[ Meeting Location: Purple Cloud Palace. ]

[ Chair: Hongjun. ]

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

[ Observer: Interception Sect · Chen Changsheng. ]

[ Core Meeting Agenda: ]

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

[ II. Deliberation on defining the scope of personnel subject to the 'Investiture of the Gods' and exemption mechanisms. ]

[ III. Establishment of prevention and control mechanisms for 'Sage-level risks.' ]

[ IV. Preliminary formulation of the 'KPI Assessment Standards' for this Tribulation. ]

[ Note: All attendees are requested to prepare relevant proposals in advance. Any unexcused absence shall be deemed an automatic forfeiture of all rights and responsibilities in this project. ]

When the final line was clearly branded into the primordial spirits of all great powers.

The entire Primordial World fell utterly silent.

Time began to flow again.

Sect Leader Tongtian suddenly sucked in a breath. Looking at the violet-glowing "meeting notice" before him, its format standardized to an outrageous degree, he felt his Sage Dao heart buzzing.

This...

How was this a decree from the Dao Ancestor!

This was clearly that damned meeting agenda his young disciple kept talking about!

Chen Changsheng calmly looked at the Jade Scroll floating in midair, a knowing smile appearing on his face.

He turned and looked toward the Interception Sect disciples behind him, who had already been frightened out of their wits by the Heavenly Dao's divine might.

"Did you all see it?"

His voice was not loud, yet it clearly awakened everyone's senses.

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

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

He paused, his gaze sweeping across Jin Ling, Yunxiao, Duobao, Zhao Gongming, and every core member of the Calamity Aversion Department. His voice became incomparably resolute.

"Activate the highest-level working status."

"Our objective is to produce, within three days, a document that none of the attendees can refuse..."

"The Primordial World's first KPI."