Within Zhoujue Yin Heaven Palace, silence fell once more.
Lu Chen rapidly weighed powerful institutions like one prefecture, two courts, three bureaus in his mind.
Though the Heavenly Court was divided into eight departments, each department had bureaus standing thick as stars.
The most renowned were the Thunder Department's three bureaus—the [Myriad Gods Thunder Bureau], [Thunder Directorate], and [Thunder Department Bureau].
The [Five Thunder Court] and [Northern Pole Exorcism Office] were even titans among divine bureaus, commanding the Thunder Department's thirty-six generals, who in turn were stationed across the three bureaus.
And that was only the Thunder Department.
Under the Dipper Department stood the [Dipper Pivot Court], which governed heavenly tribulations and stellar punishments; beneath it were the [Heavenly Dipper Bureau], [Earthly Baleful Bureau], [Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions Bureau], [Nine Luminaries Office], [Tribulation and Fortune Bureau], and more.
The Fire Department also had the [Heavenly Fire Bureau], [Fire Prison Bureau], and [Evil-Burning Bureau].
Even the Plague Department was divided into the [Plague-Procession Bureau], [Calamity Bureau], and [Evil-Punishment Bureau].
Strictly speaking, Lu Chen's divine post as the "Plague-Wielding Young Lord" fell under both the [Plague-Procession Bureau] and [Calamity Bureau].
It was simply that the Plague Emperor had not assigned him a specific bureau to oversee—his foremost task was to gather incense offerings for the Plague Department.
Such a weighty responsibility ranked above the Plague Department's three bureaus.
As for the so-called Military Department, its true name was the [Three-Altar Divine Military Mobilization Bureau]. Because it commanded such a vast number of heavenly soldiers and generals, it had acquired the honorific title of "Military Department" amid the gods' flattery.
It was like the workplace in the mortal world: when subordinates met their superiors, they always respectfully called them "leader," "manager," or even "boss."
But the problem was—if the Supreme One was right, there