I Cheated While Cultivating

Chapter 391: Chapter 111: Merging Star Positions

“It seems the three senior members have no objections to these three privileges?” Zhou Heng said with a smile.

“What is there to oppose?” The Supreme exclaimed in surprise at first, then realized and laughed, “Are you worried about the opinions of Lord Tianyi and Azure Dragon?”

“Haha, there’s actually no need to worry,” said the Principle of Heaven as it too came to realize and laughed, “For such new privileges that can enhance the cohesion and vitality of the organization, both Lords would be too late to offer their support, how could they oppose it.”

“The initiation of these three privileges will inevitably make the organization stronger, why would they oppose it?” Gou Chen also started laughing, her mood was very good.

Although the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer can also distribute tasks, not every Star Officer is free to do so.

These tasks are actually the culmination of Lord Tianyi’s and Azure Dragon’s leaders’ integration of information traces from both the territories of Da Qi and the myriad of heavenly worlds, using deductive methods to describe specific content, assess risk levels, and corresponding rewards before finally issuing them.

They can essentially be considered as “officially issued.”

With the introduction of this new privilege, it means that ordinary Star Officers can also issue tasks based on their own circumstances, seeking help, and thus closing the connections between Star Officers to strengthen the organization’s cohesion.

The freedom to trade merits represents a complete overhaul; originally, merits could only be transferred at fixed meetings.

Now, they can be freely traded, which greatly enhances the liquidity of merits, improves its monetary attribute, and thus increases the enthusiasm of the Star Officers to participate in tasks, with efficiency in all aspects receiving quite a boost.

These two new privileges are enough to make the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer, which had become somewhat dull, vibrant again.

The Supreme and the Principle of Heaven, as Celestial Powers, having lost their physical forms, can only inhabit within this world where the Purple Tenuity Palace is located.

Thus, they have poured all of their energy into the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer, and as long as the main organization can grow, they will be pleased.

Though Gou Chen only joined the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer not so long ago, and her sense of belonging was not exceptionally strong, she was very clear on what benefits a strong and vibrant collective organization could bring her.

Therefore, all three of them were in full support of Zhou Heng initiating these new privileges.

“With this in mind, I’ll announce it at the next meeting,” Zhou Heng said with a smile.

With the support of three high-ranking Celestial Man Star Officers and the formidable methods demonstrated by Zhou Heng before, the initiation of the new privileges was almost a sure thing.

“Indeed, it should be so,” said The Supreme and the others in unison.

“Then next…” Zhou Heng looked up at the sky, his gaze as if piercing through the world where the Purple Tenuity Palace was located, seeing the vast celestial regions of the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions, “let’s go to the Palace of Sorrow to meet the Senior Inner Five Emperors.”

…

Within the Palace of Sorrow, the Inner Five Emperors, originally organizing task information, became excited upon hearing about Zhou Heng’s new privileges.

As the Star Officer in charge of task assignment, no one understood better than him the enormous changes these privileges would bring.

Although there are pros and cons, the overall impact is definitely positive.

However, when Zhou Heng finally mentioned one thing, the Inner Five Emperors was shocked on the spot.

“Star Lord, what, what did you just say?” The Inner Five Emperors nearly thought they were hallucinating, that they had misheard, “You just said, you want me to merge with the Star Officer position of ‘Five Emperor Seat’ from the Taiwei Enclosure, how is that possible?”

The Five Emperor Seat is a high-ranking Star Officer of the Taiwei Enclosure, its symbolic meaning is almost identical to that of the Inner Five Emperors from the Ziwei Enclosure.

It’s just that one is inside the Ziwei Enclosure, hence it has an “Inner” attached to it, while the other is outside the Ziwei Enclosure, and is simply called the “Five Emperor Seat.”

The symbolic meanings and corresponding legacies of these two behaviors, as well as the Taoist Rhyme Theory they touch upon, are nearly identical; theoretically, they could indeed be merged together.

This involves changes to the mechanism of the Zhou Tian star chart, and it must be within the same celestial region to be possible.

However, the Five Emperors constellation is a Star Officer of the Taiwei Palace, while the Five Emperors inner constellation is a Star Officer of the Purple Tenuity Palace, and the two are in different celestial regions.

Therefore, there is almost no possibility of merging them together.

“What is impossible?” Zhou Heng said with a smile, “Does senior believe that because the Five Emperors constellation belongs to Taiwei Palace’s Star Officers and you are in the Purple Tenuity Palace, it’s impossible for the two to merge?”

“Yes, that factor does exist…” The Five Emperors inner constellation somewhat nodded and then, with a flash of realization, exclaimed, “You aim to take over the Five Emperors constellation Star Officer position of Taiwei Palace?”

“Correct!” Zhou Heng nodded slightly and said gravely, “Since the Southern Jin’s Taiwei Palace Boundary Officer has invaded first, we naturally need not be polite. The Taiwei Monarch took three of our Star Officers, and we shall not only take them all back but also seize two more of his high-ranking Star Officers!”

The three Star Officers that were taken from Da Qi’s Purple Tenuity Palace by the Taiwei Palace were “Ba Gu,” “Tian Bang,” and “Nei Chu.”

These were all ordinary Star Officers, not high-ranking ones.

And now, Zhou Heng intended to seize Taiwei Palace’s “Five Emperors constellation” and “Spiritual Platform,” both high-ranking Star Officers, of great significance.

“Star Lord, having just had a breakthrough, are you not worried that this bold move will provoke a fierce counterattack from Taiwei Palace?” The Five Emperors inner constellation expressed his concern, “The strength of the Taiwei Monarch should not be underestimated.”

“If they dare to counterattack, I have ways to ensure they won’t return!” Zhou Heng sneered, concluding, “Senior, it’s now up to you. Do you agree to the merger with the Five Emperors constellation?”

“Just agree already, you’ve been stuck at Absolute Fourth Rank for several hundred years, and an opportunity like this is rare, isn’t it?” The Supreme, unable to watch any longer, persuaded, “By merging with the Five Emperors constellation, your understanding of the Taoist Rhyme in your actions will deepen, and you’ll be more hopeful of advancing!”

“That’s right.” Celestial Power also nodded and added, “You’re not getting any younger, and time is running out. If you miss this chance, who knows how long you’ll have to wait for the next opportunity.”

“The two distinguished cultivators are correct, Lord of the Five Emperors inner constellation, I share their view,” Gou Chen also nodded and said, “Merging with the Five Emperors constellation is akin to embodying the Taoist Rhyme of two star positions, which will surely benefit your cultivation immensely.”

“This…” The Five Emperors inner constellation was still somewhat worried. He looked at Zhou Heng and said gravely, “Star Lord, could this endeavor pose any danger to you?”

He was concerned for Zhou Heng.

On one hand, Zhou Heng had just made a breakthrough to Sect Fifth Rank, and he was worried that Zhou Heng’s realm was not stable enough to withstand a counterattack from the Taiwei Monarch.

On the other hand, the merger of Star Officer positions involved contention between celestial regions, which was far from ordinary, and he feared that Zhou Heng might not be able to control these new authorities, risking backlash.

After all, if there were any problems during the exercise of these powers, it would certainly reflect directly upon Zhou Heng as the Star Lord.

“Is senior concerned about me?” Zhou Heng seemed to see through the Five Emperors inner constellation’s thoughts and chuckled lightly, “Actually, there’s no need to worry. If I’ve proposed it, naturally, I am fully confident.”

…

Southern Jin, within Taiwei Palace.

The Taiwei Monarch, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. First with surprise, and then with burning anger.

The next instant, all of the Star Officers of the entire Taiwei Palace heard his roar.

“How dare you!!”