Holding Power Was No Easy Task

Some of the elders and deacons of the Seven Stars Palace were in seclusion, while others were scattered across the Divine Firmament Dao Sect's various outposts.

Only about a third remained in the Seven Stars Palace.

Most of them were busy developing new formations, making them, in effect, the Divine Firmament Dao Sect's researchers.

The Seven Stars Palace had allocated resources to one project after another. Naturally, Li Yunjing had to inspect them, see how they were progressing, and find out whether they had produced any real results.

After all, he could not allow the Seven Stars Palace's wealth to be squandered for nothing.

Projects unlikely to yield results would have to be suspended.

Li Yunjing sat in his office with a thick dossier in his hands. It recorded in detail every formation research project currently underway at the Seven Stars Palace.

His gaze swept quickly over its pages, and his brow furrowed slightly.

Though the Seven Stars Palace had deep foundations in the Formation Dao, its allocation of resources and the progress of its projects were rather chaotic.

Some projects had run for a century without a substantive breakthrough, while others had made slow progress for lack of resources.

There were far too many problems here!

It looked like a thorough overhaul was necessary.

Li Yunjing raised his head and looked at the deacons standing in the room. "Pass down my order. Tomorrow, summon every elder and deacon currently in the palace. I want to hear reports on each project's progress myself."

"Yes, Senior Brother Li!"

The deacons answered respectfully, then hurried off to deliver the order.

The next day, dozens of elders and a hundred deacons gathered in the meeting room of the council hall.

Seated at the head of the room, Li Yunjing swept his gaze over