Scholar

"Matter, energy, and information are the fundamental elements that constitute the natural world."

Inside the Energy Academy's lecture hall, elites who had passed layer upon layer of examinations and stood out from countless county and prefecture cities stared with burning gazes at the figure lecturing on the podium.

This lecturing figure was none other than Gu Jinlai, who had completed the scholar examinations a month prior and earned the title of scholar.

The Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty implemented a nine-rank official system.

Mayors were ninth rank, county lords seventh rank, city lords fifth rank, and Dao lords third rank. Above them were star lords of the second rank, star gods of the first rank, while province lords and star monarchs all held ultra-ranks.

Although scholars held no substantive posts, they were exceptionally distinguished and enjoyed sixth-rank treatment. As for grand scholars, their weight was a cut far above scholars; not only did they command fourth-rank treatment, but they were often the leaders of specific research projects.

Further above were the cabinet grand scholars, whose status rivaled star lords and who reported directly to the elders and the Taiyin Star Monarch.

A sixth-rank scholar's weight was equivalent to that of a top-tier professor at a premier university on Blue Star.

This could be glimpsed from the fact that four people completed the ten-question solution for the scholar examination, yet only he alone secured the scholar title.

The moment he began his lecture, listeners gathered in droves.

Had there not been a limit on attendance, this large lecture hall—capable of seating two hundred people—would likely have been crammed with several hundred to a thousand attendees.

"Energy refers to resources capable of providing energy. The energy here generally refers to thermal energy, electrical energy, light energy, mechanical energy, chemical energy, and so on, which