Deep within the Clear Vault Cloud Sea, Chen Shouzhi stood before that great jade wall. After waiting for a time, he saw seven enormous silhouettes of Daoists appear upon it.
He looked them over, unable to distinguish exactly who was who from their forms alone. But he judged that the two standing at the far right and far left should be Zhang Yu and Executive Zhuang.
He raised his hands in salute. "Greetings, Executives."
The Daoist in the center spoke. "Why has Chief Executive Chen sought us out?"
Chen Shouzhi said, "I have come to see you, Executives, because after Executive Zhang departed, one seat among the Court Executives was left vacant. Following deliberations by the court, it has now been filled, and I have brought the name seal for you Executives to inspect."
As he spoke, he took out a jade talisman and sent it forward. It drifted into the great jade wall.
Zhang Yu sensed the roster at that moment. The newly appointed Court Executive was not a Profound cultivator from the Thirteen Continents or the Four Great Prefectures, but a Turbid Canon cultivator named Di An, who had originally guarded the Outer Lodging.
Upon careful thought, he understood that this man not only possessed sufficient cultivation and attainment to serve as a Court Executive, but also did not place much weight on the distinction between True Law and Profound Method. He had always held to the principle that whichever was useful was the one to use.
The Profound Court had likely selected him to preserve the former balance in which True cultivators and Profound cultivators each held their share of positions in the court, without favoring either side. Yet after Zhang Yu attained the Upper Layer, Profound cultivators might have gained a path forward, but their strength