Lu Changsheng took up residence with the Li household. Li Guang valued him greatly and treated him with utmost courtesy, which allowed Lu Changsheng to feel for himself the difference between the Divine Ability and a Dao Foundation martial artist. 

The former held a high standing in the Sacred Earth, far beyond anything the latter could compare to. However brilliantly Lu Changsheng had performed back when he was in the Dao Foundation Realm, it had never been quite like the Divine Ability Realm. 

Before Lu Changsheng lay a heap of documents. They were, in fact, detailed intelligence on the Divine Ability martial artists and Golden Core True Ones who anchored the teams of the other patriarch candidates in the Li Clan. 

Of course, Li Guang had no means of obtaining such information; it was Li Chengwu who had prepared the documents for Lu Changsheng. After all, the contest for the patriarch's successor rested mainly on him. 

Naturally, being the son of the Li Clan's patriarch had some advantages. The other candidates likely did not enjoy such conveniences, but they were compensating...