Cultivation World: I Reform the Heavenly Court's Performance System

Heavenly Court: The highest authority governing the Three Realms. In name, it is ruled by the Jade Emperor, but in practice it is bloated and rife with idle officials. It has gone ten thousand years without reform. The immortals enjoy the incense offerings without doing any work, departments pass the buck to one another, and paperwork piles up like mountains. The Heavenly Court has six ministries: Rites, Personnel, Revenue, War, Justice, and Works, along with independent bodies such as the Directorate of Celestial Observations and the Star Lord Mansions.

The mortal cultivation world: The mortal realm under the Heavenly Court's rule, home to countless sects. Cultivators fall under the Heavenly Court's jurisdiction, but it largely leaves the mortal realm to fend for itself, collecting incense offerings without managing anything. Its major powers include:

The Tiangang Sect: The foremost sect in the mortal realm, specializing in sword cultivation. Its sect leader is at the peak of the Deity Transformation stage.

The Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines: A sacred center of alchemy that controls seventy percent of the mortal realm's pill trade.

The Sword Mound: A mysterious, secluded place of sword cultivators who keep to themselves.

The Rogue Cultivators' Alliance: A loose organization formed by unaffiliated cultivators. Its members are numerous, though its influence is scattered.

The Outer Realms: A chaotic space beyond the Three Realms, home to threats such as extraterrestrial demons and chaos behemoths. The Heavenly Court's Ministry of War is nominally responsible for defending against invasions from beyond the realms, but after ten thousand years without a war, it has long since become an empty shell.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.