My version of Heavenly Dao is too old, so it's full of bugs.

Chapter 765 Meng Shifei's Hatred, Heavenly Court's Fatal Misjudgment
early morning.

The scorching sun slowly rose once again.

But the people of Tianfu County felt no warmth in their hearts.
He just stared blankly at the ruins and the corpses of his relatives and friends, clearly still recovering from the pain of the merging of world lines.

"Those who do not become true gods will ultimately remain ants."

"Can we mortals really survive this great calamity that is sweeping across the three realms?"

Just as everyone was thinking this.

The gates of the immortal palaces throughout Tianfu Prefecture suddenly opened, and many divine officials rushed out, shouting throughout the city:

"By order of Lord Li Wei, Tianfu County will hold its second ascension examination in three days!"

"This exam offers a total of 60 ascension slots! All people in Tianfu County, regardless of whether they are human or other race cultivators, can participate and obtain the qualification to become immortals."

"We hope that people of insight will actively sign up and fight to protect the people of Tianfu County."

"The Ascension Exam?"

The dust-covered and disheveled people seemed to have something injected into their numb hearts, and a glimmer of light gradually returned to their eyes as they rose from the ruins.

Despair is a common occurrence, but life always finds a way out.

Over the past few years, everyone has become accustomed to life and death. After all, even the highest gods and great immortals die, let alone mortals like them.
So what they fear is not despair, but the complete absence of hope.

"It is said that more than half of the 20 places in the last ascension exam were filled by commoners. It seems that Lord Li Wei still remembers us mortals!"

"Father, Mother! I want to take the ascension exam this time! Even if I can't become a god with my academic ability, I can at least pass the exam to reach the Golden Core or Nascent Soul realm, and then I can protect you."

“Son! We also have exams. At four hundred years old, it’s the perfect time to work hard. We definitely won’t hold you back.”

Everyone is so eager to improve!

Currently, not only Tianfu County, but the entire Three Realms are visibly falling into an abyss. Without power, one cannot control one's own destiny.

Therefore, everyone's desire to participate in the ascension exam suddenly surged to an unprecedented level.
In less than two days, more than 10 billion people signed up, bringing a huge boost to Li Wei's orthodox pantheon!
Boom!
The pantheon of the Washing Life Orthodox Church, hidden deep within the Heavenly Market Enclosure, suddenly began to tremble.

If the first ascension exam solved the problem of creating something from nothing, it brought about a qualitative change to the pantheon.

The second ascension test, on the basis of qualitative change, once again formed quantitative change, causing the one day and nine months surrounding the pantheon to continue to expand.

As a result, the parasitized Tian Shi Yuan was in a terrible state!

Within the Three Enclosures of Heaven
The Purple Forbidden Enclosure symbolizes imperial power, while the Supreme Palace Enclosure is the office of the gods and a symbol of divine authority.

The Heavenly Market Enclosure is the department responsible for all economic affairs in the Three Realms, including currency, finance, commerce, and taxation. It is the most important money bag in the entire Heavenly Court and is responsible for handling the economic data of the entire Three Realms.

Therefore, it is the largest of the three palaces, possessing countless law system hardware.

Although the brilliance of Tian Shi Yuan diminished during the war, and the Yuan Dao Laws within it gave way to the Way of War, this does not mean that Tian Shi Yuan has completely ceased operations!

War is essentially an economic war.

The same applies to the Heavenly Court, which is why the Heavenly Market Enclosure has been operating at full capacity, responsible for preparing various military supplies for the Heavenly Court's army.

At this moment, with the continuous expansion of the Washing Life Orthodox Church pantheon, it has begun to massively encroach on the law hardware of the Heavenly Market Enclosure.

As a result, the Heavenly Market Enclosure suddenly became gloomy, and the operating efficiency of all the law programs became extremely slow.
This instantly caught the attention of the gods of the Treasury.

[Is it because I've been working too much overtime, causing a problem with my thinking, or has the efficiency of the rules I'm using really slowed down?]

What? It's slowing down on your end too? I thought it was just my imagination!

[For the past few months, Tian Shi Yuan has been running at full power without any maintenance. Could it be that the system is overheating?]

The Ministry of Finance suffered heavy losses in the previous war, with most of the Gods of Wealth being directly killed by the Monkey King using Liangshan Marsh, resulting in a severe shortage of manpower.

They were busy preparing supplies for the war and had no time or ability to maintain the Heavenly City Wall!
Based on this calculation, Tian Shi Yuan should indeed be reaching its limit.

However, Meng Shifei has a different opinion.

As the newly appointed Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance, He possesses a vast majority of the Ministry's legal system, enabling Him to view the problems of the Heavenly Market Enclosure from a more macro perspective.

[Normally, overheating wouldn't produce this kind of all-around idling; it's more like an invasion by a law-based virus.]

Furthermore, Tian Shi Yuan has exhibited several unusual occurrences recently, suggesting that a formidable force may be lurking within it.

However, Meng Shifei glanced at his colleagues around him and ultimately did not voice his guess.

Before Shanghao died, He was a trusted confidant of the Heavenly Emperor with a promising future.

Whether for Shanghao's sake or for his own, he had to suppress dissidents in the Ministry of Finance, plant many people in the Ministry, and cultivate his own power.

So he offended countless people along the way.

But now that the Supreme Emperor has fallen, He has lost His greatest political backer and has become an anomaly in the Heavenly Court.

Unfortunately, Shang Hao did not die a natural death in battle.

Instead, he kidnapped all living beings, coerced the gods of Heaven, and caused a huge disaster to the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man before he died!

Now, whether they are gods or mortals, righteous or demonic.

It's estimated that there isn't a single person who doesn't hate Shang Haotian Emperor! But Shang Haotian Emperor is already dead, so even if everyone wanted to take revenge, there was nowhere to do so. Therefore, this hatred naturally fell on his lackeys!

Especially Meng Shifei!

Not only is He deeply bound to the Supreme Heavenly Emperor, but He is also the steward of the Supreme Heavenly Emperor's private treasury. In the eyes of many, the emergence of the version of the Heavenly Emperor is definitely inseparable from Him.

Therefore, during this period, many people in the Heavenly Court have begun to show hostility towards each other. The reason why they have not taken action is simply because they are waiting for the decision from above!

Think of this.

Meng Shifei lowered his head and continued to do his own thing discreetly, not wanting to attract anyone's attention.
But no one wanted to let him off so easily.

The gods of the Ministry of Finance all felt this was a hot potato, so they all looked at the person in the corner with hatred and mockery, saying:

The Ministry of Finance now only has a dozen or so of us left. Even if we all work together, it would take hundreds of years to maintain control. Given the current situation, Tian Shi Yuan cannot be allowed to stop.

His Majesty Shanghao has initiated the Ascension Season and recruited a new batch of True Gods, but none of these people have received any training and haven't even mastered the Law System.

[Brother Meng, you were appointed by His Majesty before his passing as the Vice Minister of Finance, with full authority over the Ministry's affairs, and you also bear the heavy responsibility of cultivating new leaders. What do you think we should do now?]

Meng Shifei's entire body of fat trembled, and he sighed helplessly in his heart.

There was no escaping it after all.
Seeing that Meng Shifei remained silent, the gods of the Ministry of Finance couldn't help but sneer: [Could it be that Lord Meng disdains to answer questions from us lowly deities?]

[Heh heh heh, He probably still thinks He's a confidant of the Heavenly Emperor.]

[Hahaha! The Heavenly Emperor is dead, so his trusted confidant will probably be buried with him, right?]

Meng Shifei knew he couldn't escape his fate, so he decided to give up. Taking a deep breath, he coldly snorted:

[A bunch of sycophants who fawned over me back then, now that His Majesty is gone, they start barking and howling.]

I am utterly ashamed to be associated with you!

[Fatty Meng! You're asking for it!]

【Ha! You think you can do anything? Bring it on, I'll take it!】

【Very well! What a treacherous lackey! I see His Majesty's viciousness is due to his instigation. Today I must kill him to uphold justice.】

The gods of the Ministry of Finance were filled with righteous indignation and it looked like they were about to fight.

But at that moment, a pale-faced man walked into the Ministry of Finance, his expression icy cold, and said: "Enough! Don't you think the Heavenly Court is chaotic enough already?"

【minister!!!】

Zhao Gongming sneered: "I've only been resting for a few months, and the Ministry of Finance has become like this. If I hadn't come back, would you have blown up Tian Shi Yuan?"

"Your subordinate wouldn't dare! But sir, weren't you recuperating from your injuries? Have they already healed?"

[Hmph! If you guys had been any more competitive, I wouldn't have had to go into battle injured.]

He was seriously injured when he was hit by Liangshan Marsh falling from the sky on the battlefield in Zhongzhou, and then he was captured by the Nine Saints Heretic. He almost thought he would never come back.

But I never expected this...
Li Yuxu Palace was a cut above the rest. Taking advantage of the fact that the representatives of several major forces were visiting Yuxu Palace, they used a feint to rescue Him.

After that, He stayed in Heaven to recuperate and remove various hidden dangers from His body. It would have taken at least six months for Him to fully recover.

But now that the Heavenly Emperor has fallen and the Heavenly Court is in great turmoil, it urgently needs the strength of the Great Luo warriors.

Therefore, even He, a patient, had to go into battle despite his injuries and was urgently discharged from the hospital to deal with the problem of the Heavenly Market Enclosure.

Although the gods of the Ministry of Finance looked somewhat worried, they couldn't help but breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

Very good!
When the sky falls, a tall man holds it up.

Now that the minister is back, someone has to take the blame!
Zhao Gongming glanced at the crowd, shook his head helplessly, and had no liking for these guys who only wanted to lie down and do nothing.

However, He had even less liking for Meng Shifei, that fatso, so He didn't even glance at Meng Shifei and said directly:
What is the current situation at Tian Shi Yuan?

The gods replied that it was due to overheating.

Although Meng Shifei intended to warn that there might be a virus invasion, seeing Zhao Gongming's attitude towards Him, a trace of hatred arose in his heart instead.

Oh shit!

You bastards all want me dead, don't you?

Even if I die, I'll still cause you some trouble!
Therefore, Meng Shifei secretly used his power as vice minister to deliberately conceal some key data.

So say it!
One emperor and one courtier.

The previous leader is gone, and you still want to settle scores with his underlings, but before you do, you don't remove them in time to keep them in key positions?

Isn’t this just nonsense!
Zhao Gongming could have discovered some clues.

However, after He accessed the system, He saw that the data had been manipulated by Meng Shifei, which led to a misjudgment and an extremely wrong decision!

Since it's overheating, let's restart the system.

【yes!!】

(End of this chapter)