Meeting the Dao Monarch

After years of navigating officialdom.

Li Rui had reached a conclusion: when meeting a superior for the first time, it was best to address them by their title.

Only fools.

Would try to claim connections at their very first meeting.

Besides, he truly had no connections to claim.

He bowed deeply.

"Li Rui, Sect Leader of the Heaven Array Tower, pays respects to Ancestor."

Zhuge Ming, the old man in hemp robes, chuckled.

Quite an interesting little fellow.

That day.

He had seen everything clearly.

Li Rui might have happened to obtain the fragment of the Netherflame Dao Seed seized by Old Daoist Fa Ran, using it to sever Ancestor Liangshi's path to the Great Dao.

But theory was merely theory.

In reality, even a Late Spirit Division cultivator who obtained a fragment of the Netherflame Dao Seed would find it exceedingly difficult to accomplish such a feat.

In the end.

It was because this young lad Li Rui had abilities of his own.

Unflustered in the face of danger, he had even managed to turn the tables and kill his opponent.

Wasn't he a fine young talent?

"Come, come closer. Let me have a proper look at you."

Zhuge Ming beckoned at Li Rui, signaling for him to come nearer.

Li Rui obediently walked before Zhuge Ming.

Zhuge Ming studied him for a full seven breaths, then said with a half-smile, "Very good."

He could not see through him.

An exceedingly mysterious aura surrounded Li Rui, shrouding everything and making him impossible to probe.

Not even Zhuge Ming could do so.

And that was precisely why he thought it was very good.

He had seen far too many prodigies.

Quite a few had even possessed greater talent than he did.

Yet in the end, he had become a Dao