Tracing its origins, the Heavenly Directorate's Chengming Dao Lineage reached all the way back to the ancestor of the Zheng Kingdom's imperial family—the Heavenly Directorate's Imperial Lord Chengming of Official Fortune Qi.
Emperor Zheng had once been an ordinary boatman beside the Jin River. A chance encounter had brought him an inheritance of Official Fortune Qi, allowing him to build this vast dominion.
The path of "Official Fortune Qi" elevated cultivation, raised literary fortune, marshaled divine attendants, and summoned the perfected, bringing gods and people alike into obedience while mountains and rivers yielded their tribute.
Jiang Yang had encountered Official Fortune Qi very early on. Shang Qingzheng had once given him a great elixir belonging to this path, which could transform the quality of one's Spirit Root when consumed. Its effects were quite wondrous.
At sea, his very first encounter with Lu Jingchuan had been enough for him to recognize the aura of the Official Fortune Qi Dao Lineage. Since ancient times, this path had been subdued by Broadwood. In a fight, it would probably fare even worse than Wu Earth.
Thus, Jiang Yang had not been joking in the slightest. That was simply how things stood.
"Profound Cave Jade Tablet!"
What penetrated mysteries and attained wonders was inscribed upon the tablet; what held profound, far-reaching meanings was recorded upon the writing board.
Lu Jingchuan's "Profound Cave Jade Tablet" Immortal Foundation allowed him to appear before his sovereign to receive commands, marshal divine attendants, and command all spirits. Without submitting a report, he could act as circumstances required.
Official Fortune Qi swirled over the raised platform, dividing into upper and lower layers of gold and silver.
"Deputy General Divine Attendants' Protective Rite, by decree!"
Lu Jingchuan formed a hand seal, conjured a gleam of spiritual light, and hurled it