Dao Ancestor Hongjun's voice rang like bells and chimes, every word carving into the void: "After the Three Sovereigns withdrew from the world, the Human Dao flourished and the profound sects prospered. Yet the immortals enjoyed the pure qi of Heaven and Earth without cultivating virtue, accumulating merit, respecting Heaven, or fearing the law. They indulged their desires and violated the natural order—Heavenly Dao's Great Wrath descended, bringing about a calamity of slaughter. Those destined to face it are precisely the Immortal Calamity that comes once every Fifteen Hundred Years."
"Several days ago, Haotian personally went to Zixiao Palace to report: the laws and discipline of the Heavenly Court had collapsed. Many disciples of the Saints had shown contempt for the Dao traditions and repeatedly overstepped the rites, disregarding hierarchy and trampling the laws of Heaven. He wished to use this opportunity to restore Heavenly Might, order the immortals to bow their heads and serve, and have them jointly venerate the Heavenly Court."
"After the Witch-Demon War, seven or eight out of every ten Heavenly Court Divine Positions had been lost. The Zhou Tian Star Dou had fallen into disorder, fortune had withered, and the foundation had been shaken. After considering it again and again, I have decided to use this tribulation as an opportunity to complete the Heavenly Court's divine offices."
"Following the three hundred and sixty-five degrees of the Zhou Tian, we shall establish the eight departments of True Gods: the Thunder Department, Fire Department, Plague Department, and Dipper Department, along with the myriad stars and constellations, each handling its own duties."
"As for the selection for the Investiture of Gods, it shall be decided according to one's innate foundation. Those with profound Dao foundations shall ascend to the Immortal Registry and join Upper Purity; those with middling