Afterward, Yan Ju carefully discussed some of the details with Second-Generation Zhurong.
The undertaking of creation was fraught with danger to begin with. Many parts could only be completed by Second-Generation Zhurong and Yan Ju themselves, while some minor details could be entrusted to other deities.
This matter would not only bring immense merit, but also advance one's own Dao cultivation in the process.
Especially for deities of the fire element.
This was a feast.
Since there were benefits to be had, they had to be apportioned carefully, lest unfair distribution leave behind hidden dangers.
How many affairs throughout history had brought calamity because interests had been divided unevenly?
In the end, the two settled on the number of people each side would send to participate.
Of these, the Zhurong Tribe would take thirty percent, the Emperor Yan thirty percent, the Mystic Sect thirty percent, and the Celestial Court ten percent.
The divine positions created would be divided in the same manner.
However, the candidates had to be discussed and vetted by the two of them, lest those harboring ill intentions slip in and ruin the great undertaking.
Second-Generation Zhurong would be in charge.
Second-Generation Zhurong would be responsible for creating more than a thousand primary fire-spirit divine apertures.
Yan Ju would be responsible for some of the main branch apertures, numbering several thousand in all. The remaining fine networks would be completed jointly by the chosen fire deities.
The two of them would eat the meat, while everyone else drank the soup.
Afterward, they returned to the Celestial Court and reported the matter to Shennong and his wife.
Within Emperor Yan Palace, Shennong was slightly surprised upon learning of Yan Ju and Second-Generation Zhurong's plans. Then he smiled.
"Opening the heart palace will benefit the harmonization of the Five