Enforcing discipline and repairing Cloud Roads were both for the good of all beings in the Three Realms

The moment Lu Beiwang said that...

The immortals hammering away at the breach, hauling immortal stones to fill it, and the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals standing guard nearby to maintain order all froze in unison.

Then the immortals displayed the Heavenly Court's finest standards of professionalism and awareness-every last one of them played blind.

Their approach was to turn a deaf ear and wander about, pretending they had never seen Lu Beiwang kneel before Chen Wei in public and beg him for an official post.

Promotions had always been a sensitive matter. Nobody wanted to get involved and end up reeking of trouble.

But how could Lu Beiwang care about any of that now?

There were only so many opportunities. Countless Immortal Officials spent every day waiting eagerly for a chance at promotion.

If he wanted to soar straight into the clouds, he had to tear off his pride and stomp it deep into the mud at the bottom of the Celestial River.

Strictly speaking, when Chen Wei had been clawing his way through the bottom ranks, he too had strained every nerve to impress his superiors. He had used more tricks than Lu Beiwang, not fewer.

Of course, not all immortals were alike.

There was certainly no second path to promotion like Chen Wei's in the entire Heavenly Court. His example offered no reference whatsoever-after all, the Great Heavenly Venerable had only one niece.

The Queen Mother of the West did have seven daughters, each as lovely as a flower or a piece of jade.

But across the Three Realms, which Immortal would dare court that disaster?

Try their luck in the Peach Garden?

They would probably be blasted into oblivion by heavenly lightning before they even made it out the gate, without so much as a true spirit