Chapter 809

In the blink of an eye, seven days passed.

Li Rui, following Ji Fan’s arrangement, arrived at Kunyu Mountain in Zhongyaozhou.

“It is said this Kunyu Mountain was once the cave dwelling of an ancient female Immortal Lord, holding immense prestige in Zhongyaozhou, even regarded by some as the ancestral ground of immortals.”

Kunyu Mountain is perpetually snow-capped.

Though it was midsummer, white snow was already visible at the mountain’s base, a pure expanse evoking holiness and transcendence; stepping into the mountain cleared the mind immensely.

No wonder some called it an immortal’s cave dwelling.

As a True Lord, he had long since ceased to feel cold or heat.

Li Rui floated down gently onto a stone platform on Kunyu Mountain.

This was the site of the Three Lives Dao Altar’s discourse.

He had just landed.

When he saw two figures already on the platform.

One of them was Ji Fan, the Ji family prodigy who had invited him.

Ji Fan smiled as he saw Li Rui arrive: “Lord Changqing is truly punctual.”

“Lord Ji.”

Li Rui bowed to Ji Fan, his gaze shifting to the old man beside him.

Ji Fan promptly spoke: “This is Lord Guanxu from Sanqingzhou.”

“So you are Lord Guanxu—long heard of your renown.”

Li Rui’s avatar, Lu Yang, had spent many years in Sanqingzhou and knew well the prominent figures there.

“I’ve heard Lord Guanxu True Lord is the reincarnation of Guanxu Dao Lord from Sanqing Sect three thousand years ago, having passed through three lifetimes before attaining True Lord status and breaking the fetal secret.”

A Dao Lord can easily reclaim Dao Lord status.

But that doesn’t mean it can be achieved in a single lifetime.

Some with bad fortune only break the fetal secret in their ninth or tenth reincarnation, by which time their spiritual essence is exhausted and their Dao path is exceedingly dim.

Moreover, the more reincarnations one endures, the higher the chance their Dao fruit will be seized by others.

Of course.

That doesn’t mean Lord Guanxu is weak.

Those who attain Dao Lord status are never mediocre; Lord Guanxu carries the foundation of a Dao Lord and is far stronger than a typical True Lord.

“Lord Changqing.”

Lord Guanxu bowed to Li Rui with a smile.

At Li Rui’s arrival,

he felt no great surprise.

In the past century, Li Rui was among the most renowned of the Division Soul Realm cultivators; now that he had become a True Lord with dual certifications, he was almost certainly a Dao Lord reincarnate and fully qualified to enter the Three Lives Dao Altar.

Lord Guanxu was exceptionally talkative.

He immediately began chatting with Li Rui.

They spoke of everything under heaven and earth.

Li Rui was quietly astonished by the old Daoist’s vast knowledge—he was intimately familiar with affairs across all fourteen states.

That was no small feat.

“Indeed, none who join the Three Lives Dao Altar are weak.”

Li Rui’s mind sharpened.

Of course,

one could also say that a Dao Lord reincarnate could never be weak.

While the three were chatting casually,

two more figures arrived together.

One of them Li Rui recognized.

It was Ye Yuan of the Dragon-Slaying Line from Nanzhengyangzhou.

“Lord Changqing.”

Ye Yuan greeted Li Rui as if they were old friends.

Though they had never met, Nanzhengyangzhou bordered Taihuazhou; it was only natural he knew Li Rui.

The man beside him, however, frowned slightly.

“Is he also a Dao Lord reincarnate?”

His tone was blunt, even bordering on accusatory.

Hearing this,

Ye Yuan quickly laughed it off: “Lord Changqing, don’t mind him—this lad’s been obsessed with forging so long he’s lost his manners.”

“By the way, I forgot to introduce—this is Lord Bailian from Beiyuanzhou.”

Beiyuanzhou.

Li Rui had traveled through the Central States but never ventured into the northern provinces.

Yet he had still heard of Lord Bailian’s reputation.