Here is an explanation of the ranks. The Heaven Dou Empire separated civil and military administration between the Cabinet and the Military Department, with posts taking precedence and official grades serving as a supplement.
Third Grade and above:
Ordinary commandery governors held Junior Third Grade; after all, they administered commanderies with populations in the millions.
Governors of commanderies centered on major cities held Senior Third Grade.
Ordinary commanding generals held Junior Third Grade, such as the commander of the Heavenly Wolf Commandery Guard.
Commanders of elite units, such as Yun Huayi, held Senior Third Grade.
Deputy generals of major military districts, such as Zuo Tingjun, also held Senior Third Grade, but their actual authority and the weight their posts carried far exceeded Yun Huayi's.
Veteran deputy generals could receive an elevated Junior Second Grade rank, as Ge Laizheng did.
Governors of commanderies centered on colossal cities, such as Xue Churan, held Junior Second Grade. These posts were generally held concurrently by governors-general or Deputy Governors.
Governors-general and Great Generals held Senior Second Grade, equal to the heads of the various Cabinet and Military Department offices at court.
There was an unwritten rule here: no one below Soul Saint could be granted Third Grade, and no one below Soul Douluo could be granted Second Grade, unless they had made immense contributions to the empire.
The highest civil and military posts-the Cabinet's First Minister (chancellor) and the Military Department's Grand Commander (Marshal)-held Junior First Grade.
Senior First Grade consisted entirely of honorary titles without substantive duties.
The current Grand Commander of the Military Department was Prince Xue Jiqing, who held the elevated honorary title of Senior First Grade Grand Marshal as a Super Douluo.
Zuo Tinggang was a Titled Douluo and an Enshrined Elder with the title of Prince. He held a