How Heavenly Monarch Mie Ri Earned His Name

"...When the lifespan decline tribulation comes, your lifespan will wither away in an instant, and you will stand at death's door. Do not be afraid. This is part of rebirth..."

Heavenly Monarch Mie Ri spoke with great gusto amid the crowd.

The many Nascent Soul True Lords held their breaths and listened carefully without even blinking, afraid of missing anything.

Jiang Ding stood at the periphery like an auditing student, steadied his mind, and listened attentively.

There was no surprise. Heavenly Monarch Mie Ri looked unreliable, and when it came to doing things, he really was unreliable too, landing himself in prison every other day.

Yet in scholarship, he was exceptionally rigorous. He began his lecture with the principles behind breaking the Nascent Soul and entering Spirit Transformation, like an infant tearing through its fetal membrane and growing strong, then proceeded layer upon layer, spreading into every aspect.

It was clear that he was not actually good at teaching. Many parts were rather stiff, and he had not fully considered his audience's knowledge base or capacity for comprehension.

Jiang Ding and many Nascent Soul Early Stage True Lords had many points they did not understand. In this regard, he was inferior to True Lord Sea-Stabilizer, Lord Lu Ling, True Lord Liexing, and the others who had long cultivated the field of education, for he gave no targeted explanations.

But in the depth of his knowledge, he far surpassed them.

Jiang Ding and the others could only write everything down, intending to ask questions later, or wait until they could find any available Heavenly Monarch to consult.

The Heavenly Monarch's lecture lasted a full six months.

Throughout that time, the Nascent Soul True Lords remained motionless, like wooden puppets standing blankly still. Sweat occasionally dripped from their foreheads, white steam rose