Shifting Winds and Clouds, Father's Core Formation

"'Five-Colored Lotus' Liang Zhaohuang of the Liang Family was appointed Fourth-Rank Commandery Governor of New Sea Commandery."

"'Wind-Bearing Banner' Wu Daochong of the Wu Family was appointed Fifth-Rank Commandery Commandant of New Sea Commandery."

"'Cloud-Riding Wave' Song Weizhang of the Song Family was appointed Fifth-Rank Commandery Assistant of New Sea Commandery."

"'Golden Yang Fire' Li Lianhong of the Li Family was appointed Fifth-Rank Garrison Commander of New Sea Commandery."

"'Green Medicine' Zhao Puchu of the Zhao Family was appointed Sixth-Rank Postal Supervisor of New Sea Commandery."

"'Black Thorn' Lin Yuanfeng of the Lin Family was appointed Sixth-Rank Chief Clerk of New Sea Commandery."

"'Cloud Water' Lu Jiyuan of the Lu Family was appointed Sixth-Rank Left Inspector of New Sea Commandery."

"'Azure Swan Fire' Shen Guhong of the Shen Family was appointed Sixth-Rank Right Inspector of New Sea Commandery."

"'Earth Yang Wood' Zheng Qinglin of the Zheng Family was appointed Sixth-Rank Officer of Merit of New Sea Commandery."

"'Cloud Ganoderma' Ma Dongchen of the Ma Family was appointed Sixth-Rank Master of Ceremonies of New Sea Commandery."

One month after New Sea Commandery's Golden List Announcement, the imperial decree arrived, conferring official posts upon the commandery's prominent clans.

Liang Zhaohuang naturally took the post of Fourth-Rank Commandery Governor without dispute. However, the Song Family's position of Commandery Commandant was seized by the Wu Family, while the Song Family shifted to the post of Commandery Assistant. Signs of this had already emerged from the personnel dispatched by the Song and Wu Families when the Spirit Cauldron Secret Realm opened.

The most astonishing of all was the 'Golden Yang Fire' Li Family. After the fall of their former patriarch, Li Liancheng, not only had they failed to decline, they had instead surged against the tide. Led by two early Golden Core cultivators, they had