Half a Dao Lord

"Zhu Qingshan, the one who subdued Green Mountain all by himself?!"

Hearing that name,

Li Rui was slightly startled.

No wonder he thought so. Old Master Zhu's fame was simply too great; he had heard of him long ago.

For one thing,

the man ranked tenth on the Heaven Rankings was Zhu Qingshan.

Jiang Linxian smiled and nodded. "That's right."

"This Old Master Zhu is actually the Dao Lord Reincarnation of Green Mountain Dao Lord from eight hundred years ago. Now, he is equivalent to half a Dao Lord."

Half a Dao Lord!

Li Rui raised his brows.

That was an extraordinary assessment.

A True Lord was a True Lord, and a Dao Lord was a Dao Lord—the line between them was as clear as the Wei and Jing Rivers. A Dao Lord was fruit ripened and fallen from the branch, the earthly representative of a great Dao. Compared to one, a True Lord differed in essence.

For Jiang Linxian to call him half a Dao Lord

meant that Old Master Zhu had most likely already grasped some of a Dao Lord's abilities.

Jiang Linxian said, "Master Zhu has no hope of attaining the Dao Lord Position in this life, but his foundation remains. He also commands considerable prestige in the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty."

Considerable prestige was putting it mildly.

The Divine Void Immortal Dynasty had risen to become the foremost immortal dynasty in the world not only through the legacy left behind by the Azure Emperor, but also, crucially, through Divine Deer Academy.

It could even be said that

the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty had always been jointly governed by the Imperial Court and the academy.

More than half of the Third Rank Officials in court came from Divine Deer Academy, not to mention the scholars spread across