A gleaming new plaque had appeared above the Left Commissioner's Office in Tongming Hall—the Nine Heavens Demon-Suppressing Grand Commander’s Office.
The Immortal Works Bureau had just delivered it. Immortal qi swirled around its gilded lettering, and the magic power lingering on it was still warm.
This was the office of Lord Chen Wei, the hottest figure in the Heavenly Court right now. How could the Immortal Works Bureau dare be careless?
They feared that delivering it even an hour late would earn them an invitation to tea at the Discipline Inspection Court.
Inside the main hall.
Ma Muzhi led Pang Long, Xiao Yan, Chu Feng, and the other trusted aides in carefully analyzing the urgent jade slip Han Li had just delivered.
The matter was actually quite simple: a little demon wanted to pledge allegiance to the Heavenly Court.
A spirit insect that had attained considerable power in the Mistcloud Mountain region of Southern Jambudvipa claimed to admire the Heavenly Court's majesty and wished to submit voluntarily. It also intended to offer a newly discovered innate spirit vein within its territory, asking only that the Heavenly Court grant it the official title of Merit Demon King.
Ordinarily, conferring titles on local mountain rulers was not something the Nine Heavens Demon-Suppressing Grand Commander needed to handle.
But before submitting, this spirit insect had overcorrected somewhat, swallowing several disobedient unaffiliated demons near Mistcloud Mountain and causing a disturbance that was neither particularly large nor particularly small.
As it happened, the plaque for the Grand Commander's Office had just gone up.
A newly appointed official had three fires to light upon taking office, and they needed a case to establish their authority.
With external circumstances and internal needs coming together, the assignment naturally landed on Chen Wei's head.
"What a fine assignment!" Xiao