Lei Sui, a mighty Heavenly Immortal Late Stage cultivator, had hopes of reaching the Heavenly Immortal peak.
Although aspiring to become an Everlasting Golden Immortal was extraordinarily difficult, and his chances of success were less than ten percent, he could still look down upon ordinary Heavenly Immortals.
Lei Sui was also the Eldest Disciple of the Nine Heavens Thunder Venerable. Having cultivated for millions of years, he enjoyed formidable renown throughout the Twenty-Four Domains of the Thunder Department. On his own heavenly domain continent, he could even rival a peak Heavenly Immortal with the enhancement of divine Dao power.
"Master, I don't understand."
Unable to comprehend it, Lei Sui tried to persuade him. "Taking him as your own disciple would already be an immense stroke of fortune for him. Why accept him on your master's behalf and make him your Junior Disciple Brother?"
"Even if he comes from the Ancestral Land, even if his talent eclipses the world, becoming a Golden Immortal Patriarch's personal disciple would already be an enormous blessing."
Accepting a disciple on one's master's behalf and taking a disciple oneself seemed to differ by only a single generation, but in truth, they were as far apart as heaven and earth.
A personal disciple was a Golden Immortal's pupil, whereas someone accepted on the master's behalf was the Golden Immortal's junior disciple brother, sharing the same master. The difference in their standing was like that between clouds and mud.
Dongfang Lei, a mere Immortal Domain Realm cultivator, would ascend to heaven in a single step and become a Golden Immortal's junior disciple brother. His future standing within the Twenty-Four Domains of the Thunder Department would be second only to the Nine Heavens Thunder Venerable himself. Even Lei Sui, his foremost disciple, would have to respectfully address him as