"The Demon Lotus Sect shall institute three halls, six departments, and local Branch Halls."
"The three halls: the Battle Hall, General Affairs Hall, and Shadow Hall, with the Battle Hall foremost among them! The six departments: the Punishment Hall, Hundred Arts Hall, Technique Transmission Hall, Attendant Hall, Blood Hall, and External Affairs Hall, with the Punishment Hall foremost among them!"
"Within the Demon Lotus Sect, there shall be three ranks of Demon Guards-gold, silver, and copper-as well as Trainee Demon Guards, conferred upon Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators!"
"The three ranks of Demon Envoys-sun, moon, and star-shall be conferred upon Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators!"
"Above Demon Envoys shall be Yanluos, divided into ordinary Yanluos and Title-Bearing Yanluos, conferred only upon Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators!"
"Above Yanluos, four positions of Devil Lord shall provisionally be established!"
"From this day forth, all disciples' stipends shall follow the former Great Jin Immortal Stipend standard for the same cultivation level... with an additional twenty percent!"
"Within the Demon Lotus Sect, the hierarchy shall be reestablished, with merit and strength alone determining advancement!"
Meanwhile, tens of millions of li away, within the Ten Thousand Gu Caves in Annan Province.
"Great King!"
A burly man clad in Black-Scale Heavy Armor abruptly stepped forward. He was Mad Shark True Lord, a fierce general under Wu Gui and a Great Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
His face brimmed with excitement. "That brat Qing Chen! He's crossing the Star-Shattering Strait with over sixty thousand cultivators and twenty Treasure Ships! My brothers Purple Spider and Hundred Poisons have yet to be avenged, along with those two hundred thousand cultivators! He thinks he can just leave? In his dreams!"
"Great King, grant this general eighty thousand elite troops! I shall intercept him in