Dongfang Qintai's consciousness spirit-light was utterly shocked, his entire body trembling.
The Great Dao Immortal Clan was a terrifying existence countless times more powerful than their Immortal Clan.
Ascension was the first realm of the immortal path, divided into the four minor realms of Immortal River, Immortal Sea, Immortal Soul, and Immortality. If a clan possessed an Immortality Realm expert, it could be honored as an Immortal Clan.
Yet above Ascension was Immortal Ascent, a path to Earth Immortality where one underwent a nine-deaths nirvana before being reborn, finally merging immortal soul and body so that immortality and indestructibility coexisted. A clan guarded by such an expert was called an Earth Immortal Royal Clan, meaning it could reign as king over a region.
Earth Immortal-level great powers were already close to the Dao.
Above Immortal Ascent lay the True Immortal Realm. The True Immortal Realm was the ceiling of the Upper Realm, a realm where one comprehended the Dao, entered the Dao, merged with the Dao, and ultimately achieved the Great Dao.
Once a clan had a Heavenly Immortal who comprehended the Dao, that clan could be called a Great Dao Immortal Clan.
Comprehending the Dao made one a Heavenly Immortal, entering the Dao made one a Golden Immortal, merging with the Dao made one an Immortal King. To tread upon the Great Dao and forge one's own path was to become a Grand Dao Immortal Emperor.
The clan of a Grand Dao Immortal Emperor was an Immortal Imperial Clan. Though only one word separated it from an Immortal Clan, the gap between them was simply beyond description.
Of course, that was not what shocked Dongfang Qintai. What shocked him was where Lin Xuan had found the audacity to kill someone from a Great Dao Immortal Clan. Was he not