Yuan was completely different now.
He was a Supreme, one on the computational-rules branch of the Great Dao of Yuanmagnetism. He had already passed through two calamities and was a bona fide Second-Tribulation Supreme.
Jiang Ding studied this teacher carefully.
"Ha ha ha!"
"I merely gained a little insight, a little insight!"
Yuan laughed heartily, speaking with a touch of modest restraint.
It had been many years since he had seen an old acquaintance. At this moment, he was delighted as well.
There was a Central Array-Spirit Computer insignia on Yuan, bearing the words: Immortal Sect Participant in Governance, Immortal Sect Foreign Affairs Minister Li Yuan.
"Senior Yuan's surname is Li?"
Jiang Ding was somewhat surprised.
"You didn't know that?"
Yuan was equally surprised.
"I truly didn't."
"After all, for so many years, your name was only one character."
Jiang Ding smiled wryly.
The two walked together beneath the Immortal Sect's Sky-Covering Divine Banyan, discussing the current state of affairs, the future trends of the universe's starry skies, and eventually the Immortal Sect Administrations throughout the ages, as well as the current Administrator, Zhen.
"Zhen?"
"This Administrator could be considered an old friend too."
Jiang Ding opened the Immortal Sect Encyclopedia and searched through it.
Sure enough, the Immortal Sect's current Administrator, Zhen, had already held office for over a thousand years. His credentials included being the founder of the theoretical applications of superluminal curvature routes in the Spiritless Universe, Cheng Zhen; the lead researcher of Structural Development Project No. 947 of the Supreme Great Sun Path to Immortality; and having secured immense resources for the Immortal Sect from the Grand Dream Sword Realm.
Cheng Zhen had been elected Immortal Sect Administrator in that year. By convention, he was called Zhen.
"Zhen truly is an outstanding prodigy of the endless