King Zhou Is Born

Holding some minor post in the Mortal World was merely for amusement.

If it came to true authority, even ordinary officials of the Heavenly Court held something far more substantial.

Li Changshou did not care much about such things. Using his Paper Daoist to muddle along in the Mortal World, he treated it entirely as a little "diversion" before the Investiture of the Gods Killing Calamity arrived.

Along the way, he could establish a faction in the Shang Kingdom's Imperial Court and gather his own allies, gaining some measure of influence over the direction of the Shang Kingdom.

During his first three years in the Shang Kingdom, he had risen to become one of the Six Ministers through a few "hidden shortcuts." To mortals, that was shocking beyond belief, but with Li Changshou's grasp of the human heart, it could only be said...

Too slow.

The Shang Kingdom at this time already possessed a relatively complete court system, but it had no clearly defined system for promotion through official ranks.

As long as the King of Shang was pleased, anyone could casually become a Grand Tutor.

What was more, through his storytelling of The Yellow Emperor's Battle Against Chiyou, Li Changshou had caused a sensation in Great Yin City. He gained the reputation of a "great scholar" and became a favorite before the King of Shang.

The Grand Historian was similar to the office of Grand Astrologer, but it did not concern itself with the Shang Kingdom's divinations and sacrificial rites. The authority to interpret the Shang Kingdom's divine will had always remained in the hands of the Female Divination Group.

In truth, this was also influenced by Youqin Xuanya, an ancestor of the Shang Kingdom.

After the Court Assembly, Li Changshou took a stroll through his own government office.