Recaps

Chen Changsheng offered Guangchengzi several ways to pay his fine, but Guangchengzi tried to destroy Golden Ao Island instead. The Heavenly Dao credit system branded him the Primordial Era Dishonored Executor, and a Sage caught him as he fell and demanded an explanation from Tongtian.

• Chen Changsheng offered Guangchengzi a magic treasure mortgage or a ten-thousand-year installment plan to pay his fine.
• Guangchengzi stopped Chi Jingzi from intervening, then summoned the Heaven-Turning Seal and threatened to destroy Golden Ao Island.
• The fine notice assessed the impending damage and declared that Guangchengzi could not repay the losses, adding him to the Primordial Era Dishonored Executor list.
• The Heavenly Dao brand locked down Guangchengzi's magical power, and he fell as the Heaven-Turning Seal hung motionless above Golden Ao Island.
• A golden light caught Guangchengzi, and a Sage demanded to know what Tongtian had taught him.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate arrived at Golden Ao Island to confront Tongtian over Guangchengzi’s punishment, but Chen Changsheng explained the fine and Heavenly Dao blacklist as part of a conflict-resolution process. The crisis passed without a fight, and Tongtian ended by asking Chen Changsheng if he was the reincarnation of a Chaos Demon God.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate arrived and accused Tongtian of letting his disciples ruin Guangchengzi’s Dao heart and reputation.
• Tongtian saw the fine, the blacklist brand on Guangchengzi, and the orderly queue of Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals, then asked Duobao if his Dao Protector had caused the trouble again.
• Chen Changsheng explained that the fine quantified the consequences of Guangchengzi’s actions and that the Heavenly Dao Credit System had blacklisted him automatically.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate took the unconscious Guangchengzi and the eleven Golden Immortals away, ending the confrontation without a fight.
• After the disciples dispersed, Tongtian asked Chen Changsheng whether he was the reincarnation of a Chaos Demon God.

Chen Changsheng convinced Sect Leader Tongtian that his actions came from a nightmare warning of the Interception Sect’s destruction, and Tongtian accepted him as an Innate Dao Child and elevated him to a personal disciple. The system rewarded Chen Changsheng and warned that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had noticed his new Process Dao.

• Sect Leader Tongtian suspected Chen Changsheng was a reincarnated Chaos Demon God, and his pressure left Chen Changsheng trembling and unable to speak.
• Chen Changsheng claimed he had dreamed of the Interception Sect’s defeat and explained that his rules and procedures were meant to help the sect survive.
• Tongtian accepted Chen Changsheng’s explanation, healed him, and decided he was an Innate Dao Child sent to protect the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian made Chen Changsheng his eighth personal disciple, gave him the Dao title Wuwei, and authorized him to command the Calamity Aversion Department with the Qingping Sword.
• The system awarded Chen Changsheng new abilities, a Chaos Bell fragment, and cultivation at peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal, then began upgrading to Version 3.0.
• The system detected an abnormal movement at Purple Cloud Palace and warned that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had become interested in Chen Changsheng’s Process Dao.

After Sect Leader Tongtian named Chen Changsheng his eighth personal disciple and elevated the Calamity Aversion Department, Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned Chen to Purple Heaven Palace to explain his Process Dao. Chen accepted in principle but ordered an official letter asking Hongjun to complete a preliminary project survey first.

• Daoist Duobao and Zhao Gongming welcomed Chen Changsheng as their junior brother after Sect Leader Tongtian confirmed his status as the Interception Sect’s eighth personal disciple.
• Sect Leader Tongtian made the Calamity Aversion Department a core hub and ordered all Interception Sect members to follow its Process.
• Hongjun issued a decree summoning Chen Changsheng to Purple Heaven Palace to elucidate the Process Dao, which he said had disrupted heavenly secrets and karma.
• Chen Changsheng reassured Sect Leader Tongtian and told Daoist Duobao to summon his Siling and send Hongjun’s office an official letter.
• Chen Changsheng said the sect agreed in principle to the invitation but asked Hongjun to fill out a preliminary requirements survey before the Dao was explained.

Chen Changsheng persuaded Sect Leader Tongtian to answer the Dao Ancestor’s summons by making Hongjun follow the Interception Sect’s process, then sent him a cooperation proposal and survey form. Three days later, the Purple Gold Jade Slip returned with a mysterious addition to the project initiator field.

• Chen Changsheng argued that the Interception Sect had to make even the Dao Ancestor follow its rules to establish the Process Dao as a law of the Primordial World.
• Sect Leader Tongtian agreed to support Chen Changsheng, and Daoist Duobao drafted an official letter and requirements survey form for Hongjun.
• A Calamity Aversion Department disciple sent the Jade Slip toward the Purple Cloud Palace as the Interception Sect watched and waited for the Dao Ancestor’s response.
• After three days of silence, a streak of light returned the Jade Slip to Chen Changsheng.
• Chen Changsheng saw that an ancient character and a Heavenly Dao symbol had appeared beside the project initiator field.

Chen Changsheng interpreted Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s question mark as feedback that the first survey was too complicated, so he created a simplified exclusive version. When Hongjun sent an ordinary brush in response, Chen Changsheng concluded that the Dao Ancestor intended to fill out the form personally.

• Chen Changsheng explained that Hongjun’s question mark meant he was confused by the survey and needed clearer instructions.
• Chen Changsheng, Daoist Duobao, and Zhao Gongming held an emergency meeting and drafted a Dao Ancestor Exclusive Version 2.0 with multiple-choice questions and a feedback section.
• Daoist Duobao sent the revised survey through the passage to the Purple Cloud Palace.
• The next morning, an ordinary writing brush arrived from the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Chen Changsheng bowed to the brush and told Daoist Duobao to bring him the survey because he believed Hongjun would fill it out himself.

Chen Changsheng interpreted the Dao Ancestor’s returned Jade Slip as interest in his survey and arranged an elaborate station for him to fill it out. The Dao Ancestor completed the form, then appointed Chen Changsheng Process Immortal Official and authorized the Process to enter the Heavenly Dao.

• Chen Changsheng told Tongtian, Daoist Duobao, and Zhao Gongming that the Dao Ancestor’s question mark meant he wanted someone to explain the form.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Daoist Duobao and Zhao Gongming to prepare a lavish form-filling station at Golden Ao Island’s mountain gate.
• Chen Changsheng placed the survey on the Divine Iron desk and respectfully invited the Dao Ancestor to write.
• The Green Bamboo Brush filled the survey, choosing the final option for each main question and marking the user experience as clear and easy to understand.
• The brush wrote that the Process could enter the Heavenly Dao and appointed Chen Changsheng Process Immortal Official to organize the processes of the Three Realms.

After Dao Ancestor Hongjun appointed Chen Changsheng as Flow Official, the system evolved and granted him new powers and rewards. Chen Changsheng established a committee and issued his first edict: a comprehensive census of intelligent beings throughout the Three Realms.

• Daoist Duobao, Zhao Gongming, and Tongtian were stunned when Hongjun's Jade Slip named Chen Changsheng Flow Official and recognized Process as part of the Heavenly Dao's operation.
• Tongtian celebrated Chen Changsheng's appointment, and Chen Changsheng said the authority came from Heaven rather than from him or the Interception Sect alone.
• Chen Changsheng's system evolved into Version 4.0, granting him Heavenly Dao authorization, information retrieval, Process Edicts, thirty million portions of Great Dao Merit, Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, and the Heavenly Mandate Document.
• Chen Changsheng created the Three Realms Process Standardization Management Committee, naming Daoist Duobao first vice chairman and Zhao Gongming second vice chairman.
• Chen Changsheng issued his first edict, ordering a census of every intelligent being in the Three Realms and a unique Primordial Census Jade Slip for each one.

Chen Changsheng launched a Three Realms census using the Heavenly Mandate Document’s information authority to retrieve detailed records on any being. He assigned Interception Sect disciples to prepare census standards and a pilot team, then chose the East Sea Dragon Palace as their first target.

• Chen Changsheng explained that the census would record the Three Realms’ inhabitants, locations, affiliations, cultivation, techniques, and karmic ties.
• Chen Changsheng used the Heavenly Mandate Document to display detailed information about Ao Bing, convincing Daoist Duobao and Zhao Gongming that the census was possible.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Daoist Duobao to draft a registration form within three days, including family relationships and social background.
• Chen Changsheng tasked Zhao Gongming with selecting three hundred disciples and preparing a census pilot team and training plan.
• Chen Changsheng chose the East Sea Dragon Palace for the first census and ordered an official letter announcing that the team would assist the Dragon Clan with household registration.

Ao Guang received notice that the Three Realms Population Census Office would register the Dragon Clan under Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s decree. After Zhao Gongming’s Working Group overcame his resistance with official notices and policies, the census began in the Crystal Palace, ending with Ao Guang being asked for his political stance.

• A Shrimp Soldier delivered Golden Ao Island’s notice that the census office would visit the East Sea Dragon Palace to register the Dragon Clan.
• Ao Guang ordered three thousand naval troops to assemble and confront the Interception Sect’s Working Group.
• Zhao Gongming arrived with three hundred disciples and presented a notice citing Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s decree.
• Zhao Gongming offered Ao Guang a supplementary policy granting the Dragon Clan priority processing and honorary designations, and Ao Guang agreed to proceed.
• The Working Group turned the Crystal Palace into a temporary service hall and began recording Ao Guang’s information, then asked for his political stance.

Ao Guang tried to resist the Interception Sect’s census when its questions exposed the Dragon Clan’s history, affiliations, and wealth. Faced with threats of Heavenly Dao sanctions, he surrendered and was asked whether he would declare the assets or submit to an inventory.

• An Interception Sect registrar explained the census’s political stance options and recorded Ao Guang as the semi-independent Lord of the Four Seas.
• The registrar questioned Ao Guang about his marital status, descendants, participation in past tribulations, and history of punishment.
• When the registrar asked him to declare the Dragon Clan’s treasures and other fixed assets, Ao Guang erupted in fury and threatened the disciples.
• Zhao Gongming remained calm as the registrar presented penalties for refusing to cooperate, including freezing Heavenly Dao fortune and suspending the Dragon Clan’s jurisdiction.
• Ao Guang abandoned his resistance, and the registrar asked whether he would declare the assets voluntarily or allow an on-site inventory.

An Interception Sect disciple finished recording the East Sea Dragon Clan’s assets, family relations, and bloodlines, leaving Ao Guang utterly humiliated. Zhao Gongming then revealed a satisfaction survey and a bill for one hundred thousand Heavenly Dao Merit.

• The Interception Sect disciple questioned Ao Guang about the Dragon Clan’s treasures and resources, and Ao Guang chose to declare them voluntarily.
• The disciple recorded Ao Guang’s spouses and their bloodlines, then asked about his children and the dilution of the Dragon Clan bloodline.
• The disciple sealed the completed registration with the Calamity Aversion Department’s “Information Verified” stamp, and Ao Guang collapsed in exhaustion.
• Zhao Gongming told Ao Guang that the census was only the first step and presented a service satisfaction survey.
• Zhao Gongming presented the East Sea Dragon Clan household registration bill for one hundred thousand Heavenly Dao Merit and asked whether Ao Guang would pay by card or cash.

Zhao Gongming and the Interception Sect disciples demanded a hundred thousand Merit from Ao Guang for the Dragon Clan’s household registration service, leaving the East Sea Dragon King overwhelmed by the fees and the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions. Ao Guang paid ninety-eight thousand Merit after Zhao Gongming offered a two-percent discount for a glowing review, and the census team departed with his tearful satisfaction questionnaire.

• Zhao Gongming’s disciples presented Ao Guang with card machines and payment options for the hundred-thousand-Merit service fee.
• Ao Guang broke down sobbing as he weighed the fee against the consequences of resisting or refusing to cooperate.
• Zhao Gongming explained the benefits of joining the Three Realms Affairs system and offered a two-percent discount for a very satisfied rating and a three-hundred-word positive review.
• Ao Guang ordered Turtle Prime Minister to bring ninety-eight thousand Merit from the treasury and asked for the questionnaire.
• Zhao Gongming led the three hundred disciples out of the Crystal Palace with Ao Guang’s payment and a questionnaire praising their service.

After Zhao Gongming returned with the Dragon Clan’s census fees and a humiliatingly enthusiastic satisfaction review, Chen Changsheng spent the Merit to establish a Heavenly Dao-backed Primordial Credit System across the Three Realms. The new rules gave the census sweeping authority, and Chen chose Eight Views Palace as its next target.

• Zhao Gongming reported that he had registered the East Sea Dragon Clan and collected ninety-eight thousand Merit, presenting Dragon King Ao Guang’s blood-written five-star review.
• Daoist Duobao questioned whether the census could compel powerful groups to cooperate, and Chen Changsheng answered that the Process would be backed by Heavenly Dao.
• Chen Changsheng poured the Merit into the Heavenly Mandate Document, which proclaimed provisional credit-management rules for all living beings across the Three Realms.
• The Primordial Credit System tied credit scores to fortune, Merit, cultivation, and tribulations, with penalties for those who resisted Heavenly Dao Process.
• Chen Changsheng told Zhao Gongming to begin the next census at Eight Views Palace by delivering an official letter to Grand Master Xuandu for Grand Supreme Moral Heavenly Venerate.

Chen Changsheng persuaded the Interception Sect to treat the census visit to the Eight Views Palace as a respectful effort to calibrate the new Process against the Grand Supreme Moral Heavenly Venerate’s Dao. Zhao Gongming delivered the notice, and the palace’s master invited him inside.

• Chen Changsheng argued that visiting the Eight Views Palace first honored the Grand Supreme Moral Heavenly Venerate and presented the Process as a new principle aligned with Wuwei.
• Sect Leader Tongtian approved Chen Changsheng’s reasoning, and Zhao Gongming left alone for the Eight Views Palace with the Official Letter.
• Grand Master Xuandu met Zhao Gongming at the palace gates and asked whether his master’s Dao was also within the Process.
• Zhao Gongming replied that the Senior Uncle-Master’s Dao was the Process’s starting point and that the visit was meant to calibrate, not register.
• Xuandu accepted the Official Letter, and the Grand Supreme Moral Heavenly Venerate opened the palace gates and invited the Flow Official inside.

Chen Changsheng went to Eight Views Palace to meet Grand Supreme Elder Lao, presenting his Process Dao as a report rather than a defense. He answered Lao’s question about where Process belonged in the Dao’s sequence, declaring it the instruction manual for how the Heavenly Dao operates.

• Grand Supreme Elder Lao summoned Chen Changsheng to Eight Views Palace, startling Zhao Gongming and the Calamity Aversion Department.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Daoist Duobao to prepare Process Dao documents and instructed Zhao Gongming to stay as his project assistant.
• Chen Changsheng told Sect Leader Tongtian he would report his project’s results, then traveled alone to Eight Views Palace.
• Chen Changsheng entered Lao’s simple thatched cottage and stood firm under the pressure of Lao’s Dao.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lao asked what number Process was, and Chen Changsheng answered that Process lay in birth as the Heavenly Dao’s instruction manual.

Chen Changsheng used his Process Dao to create a standard operating procedure that enabled Grand Supreme Elder Lao to complete a batch of Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs. Impressed, Grand Supreme Elder Lao assigned Chen Changsheng a new project: writing a procedure for the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

• Grand Supreme Elder Lao tested whether Chen Changsheng’s Process Dao could complete the final step of refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.
• Chen Changsheng questioned Grand Supreme Elder Lao about the project’s goals and stakeholders, then documented the final pill-refining steps on a Jade Slip.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lao approved the procedure, and nine golden elixirs emerged from the furnace, earning the Heavenly Dao’s merit.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lao praised Chen Changsheng’s process and asked him to write a Standard Operating Procedure for the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

Chen Changsheng persuaded Grand Supreme Elder Lao that the Investiture of the Gods contract was dangerously flawed and needed to be renegotiated at Purple Cloud Palace. The meeting was ordered, Chen Changsheng’s system evolved into a project-management system, and he set his sights on getting the Dao Ancestor to approve the revised project budget.

• Grand Supreme Elder Lao ordered Chen Changsheng to draft procedures for the Investiture of the Gods, and Chen Changsheng requested the original Heavenly Dao contract.
• Chen Changsheng identified unclear objectives, uncontrolled scope, inadequate risk controls, and a missing budget approval process in the contract.
• Chen Changsheng proposed convening all stakeholders at Purple Cloud Palace with the Dao Ancestor presiding, and Grand Supreme Elder Lao approved his application.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lao instructed Xuandu to send the application and a letter to Jade Void Palace and Mount Sumeru, warning that he would personally visit any junior brother who refused to attend.
• After leaving Eight Views Palace with Zhao Gongming, Chen Changsheng received a system update that unlocked the Heavenly Dao Project Management system and new permissions.

Chen Changsheng returned from Eight Views Palace with Grand Supreme Elder Lao’s approval to reconsider the Investiture of the Gods and a summons for a meeting at Purple Firmament Palace. He tasked the Interception Sect’s data center with modeling the tribulation’s risks, leaving the project team preparing for the Dao Ancestor’s final meeting.

• Chen Changsheng told Zhao Gongming that Grand Supreme Elder Lao had approved their meeting application and that they needed to prepare a Project Feasibility Report.
• Chen Changsheng reported the approval and Sage Decree to Sect Leader Tongtian, who celebrated the decision.
• Chen Changsheng collected Daoist Duobao’s prepared documents and went to the Data Modeling and Risk Actuarial Center.
• Chen Changsheng asked Holy Mother Jin Ling and Fairy Yunxiao to model the entire tribulation, including the costs of losing disciples, Zhao Gongming, or even a Sage.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling and Fairy Yunxiao agreed to launch the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation V1.0 sandbox model within three days.

Chen Changsheng established the Interception Sect’s Public Relations Department and explained how Process would turn risk analysis into a means of protecting lives and the Dao. Hongjun then issued a Purple Cloud Palace meeting notice naming Chen Changsheng as an observer, and Chen ordered the sect to prepare the Primordial World’s first KPI before the meeting in three days.

• Chen Changsheng explained to Daoist Duobao that quantifying the consequences of a Sage’s fall would make avoiding Sage-level risks an absolute rule, and Daoist Duobao accepted his reasoning.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Zhao Gongming to establish the Three Realms Strategic Cooperation and Public Relations Department and prepare a cross-sect communication manual within three days.
• Chen Changsheng’s system rewarded him for establishing the three core departments and granted a Heavenly Dao-level deduction permit, Great Dao Merit, and a new Heavenly Mandate Document function.
• Hongjun froze the Primordial World and sent a Purple Cloud Palace notice summoning the Sages to a meeting on the Investiture of the Gods tribulation, with Chen Changsheng as observer.
• Chen Changsheng ordered the Calamity Aversion Department to work at its highest level and produce a KPI document the meeting attendees could not refuse.

Chen Changsheng completed the Interception Sect’s proposal for the Investiture of the Gods, reframing the tribulation as a fair recruitment test based on job suitability. With the final Jade Scroll in hand, he left for Purple Sky Palace to present it before the Sages.

• Chen Changsheng and the Calamity Aversion Department accelerated their analysis of the Three Teachings’ candidates while Zhao Gongming revised the sect’s press release and Duobao crafted the proposal’s physical document.
• At the final review, Chen Changsheng rejected KPIs focused solely on the Interception Sect’s interests and argued that the assessment should serve the Dao Ancestor’s goal of filling Heavenly Court positions.
• Chen Changsheng proposed making Job Matchability the core KPI, treating the 365 god positions as jobs and the tribulation as an open competency test.
• Sect Leader Tongtian and the gathered Interception Sect leaders approved Chen Changsheng’s plan, which gave their disciples the choice to pursue positions or reduce their suitability for them.
• Chen Changsheng finalized the Purple-Gold Jade Scroll and crossed the Rainbow Bridge to Purple Sky Palace to present the proposal to the Sages.

Chen Changsheng presented a performance-based recruitment system to the Sages as a replacement for the flawed Investiture of the Gods process. Primordial Heavenly Venerate rejected the proposal as blasphemy, leaving the debate at a tense impasse.

• Chen Changsheng entered Purple Cloud Palace under the Dao Ancestor’s decree and took the seat Hongjun created for him.
• Hongjun said the Investiture of the Gods process contained an error and asked the Sages to reconsider it; Grand Supreme Elder Lao agreed it should be discarded.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate defended the existing tribulation and challenged Chen Changsheng’s right to speak, while Sect Leader Tongtian defended him as the Dao Ancestor’s appointed attendee.
• Hongjun asked Chen Changsheng how the process should be changed, and Chen Changsheng said its core objective was to fill the Heavenly Court’s 365 positions.
• Chen Changsheng proposed defining each position’s requirements and using candidates’ conduct during the tribulation to calculate job matchability scores, with the highest-scoring candidates receiving the posts.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate erupted in anger and denounced Chen Changsheng’s proposal as blasphemy against the Heavenly Dao.

Chen Changsheng defended his Job Matchability system before the Sages, arguing that divine appointments should be based on candidates’ actions and abilities rather than their origins. Hongjun approved his proposal to turn the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation into an evaluation supervised by the Heavenly Dao, then appointed Chen Changsheng Chief Examiner.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate attacked Chen Changsheng’s proposal, but Sect Leader Tongtian shielded him until Hongjun stopped their clash.
• Chen Changsheng argued that candidates should be matched to divine positions by their conduct during the Tribulation, not by their origins or innate advantages.
• Chen Changsheng proposed making the positions voluntary and transparent, turning the Tribulation into a Civil Service Examination with published duties and benefits.
• Hongjun asked how the system would be supervised and assessed, and Chen Changsheng presented the Heavenly Mandate Document as an automated Heavenly Dao assessment system.
• Hongjun approved the proposal, renamed the Tribulation the Investiture of the Gods Evaluation, and appointed Chen Changsheng Chief Examiner to draft the first Job Description for the 365 Departmental Deities.

After Chen Changsheng helped turn the Killing Tribulation into an Investiture of the Gods Evaluation, he returned to Golden Ao Island and organized the work needed to publish the divine positions. His system then evolved into a Primordial World HR Management System and rewarded him for changing the Heavenly Dao’s course.

• Hongjun ordered the Job Descriptions for the 365 Departmental Deities to be announced in three days, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate left with a cold stare for Chen Changsheng.
• Sect Leader Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lao praised Chen Changsheng, while Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa departed.
• Back on Golden Ao Island, Sect Leader Tongtian announced that the Killing Tribulation had become an Evaluation and bowed to Chen Changsheng before telling the disciples that they no longer had to die to answer the tribulation.
• Chen Changsheng established the Investiture of the Gods Evaluation Project Office and assigned Duobao, Zhao Gongming, Jinling, and Yunxiao responsibilities for drafting, publicity, and job assessments.
• The Dao of Survival System upgraded to version 6.0, unlocked Heavenly Dao Recruitment and One-Click Automation, and rewarded Chen Changsheng with merit, cultivation, and the Investiture of the Gods Project Book.

Chen Changsheng established a standardized process for drafting the Heavenly Court’s 365 divine job descriptions, and the Interception Sect completed the first drafts. The chapter leaves off as Emperor Haotian arrives at Golden Ao Island to inspect their progress.

• Daoist Duobao and the other disciples struggled to define divine positions until Chen Changsheng presented a standardized job description template.
• Chen Changsheng demonstrated the template by drafting a lucrative and demanding position for Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Star, astonishing the gathered disciples.
• Chen Changsheng assigned the disciples to draft and organize the remaining positions, and they quickly turned the Project Office into an efficient workplace.
• After two and a half days, the disciples completed first drafts of all 365 job descriptions.
• Emperor Haotian arrived at Golden Ao Island, and Chen Changsheng called him the project's client.