The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Intelligence affairs are always of utmost importance. In any endeavor, if one can anticipate others by understanding everything in advance, then victory is naturally within grasp. This is the essence of the saying "know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles."

For both the former Great Ming Divine Dynasty and today’s Heavenly Court, Emperor Zhu Houji sought to command his own authority and implement his will. Thus, he inevitably needed to grasp intelligence and understand the dynamics of all parties to seize opportunities and strategically expand his power.

As opposed to the times of the Great Ming Divine Dynasty, where one only needed to manage one’s own domain, even if focused on the whole world, these issues were insignificant when the Dynasty was a united entity.

Now, having become the Emperor of Heaven, while Zhu Houji’s authority faced tacit suppression from various quarters, with the Golden Book and Jade Scroll no longer under his control, many officials from the Great Ming began to disobey. Zhu Houji’s power was further eroded, which made him increasingly reliant on intelligence.

Accordingly, Huang Jin gained considerable favor under Emperor Zhu Houji, and his authority grew significantly.

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At the beginning, Huang Jin was somewhat flustered with the multitude of intelligence affairs, as he was in the dark and had few people to rely on.

However, he managed to identify some clever individuals. While these people were motivated by the authority he wielded, there was no doubt they were sufficiently capable.

One of them offered Huang Jin an excellent tactic – focus on the major issues and overlook the minor ones.

Intelligence work is exceedingly complex, especially in the vast and immense Divine Land World. No organization could confidently claim to understand everything. Not even Tian Ji Pavilion and Bai Xiaosheng could achieve this, as their intelligence efforts were biased towards different aspects.

Tian Ji Pavilion and Bai Xiaosheng might have been able to maintain their operations with their manpower, exerting full effort without impact.

But now, things were different. As the Heavenly Court expanded and the world changed, their manpower started to become insufficient. To cope, both began outsourcing tasks, allowing many to take on dual roles.

Of course, even so, they found it impossible to cover everything. Thus, by an unspoken agreement, they began to focus on different areas, complementing each other, and mitigating the competition between them.

The pie used to be only so big, allowing only one party to exist – a winner-takes-all scenario. Neither side wanted to compromise back then, but now compromise came naturally since there was no longer a need, with their ultimate goal being to profit and conduct business, not to fight.