Chapter 1422: Is that supposed to happen?

Gerard and Velma merely nodded, as if it was just to be expected that others could not see through the Innkeeper. How could the Innkeeper dare to say that his Inn is the best in the universe if he did not have the confidence to take on the universe?

Lex, on the other hand, thought of the deeper implications of Ripley's words. A hierarchy of power began to develop in Lex's mind of the universe, though for now everything about it was very vague.

Any true organization or even race that wished to establish a foundation in the universe must have, at the very least, a Dao Lord. So to be worth anything at all, even barely worth notice, in the universe the lowest level of power was to have a Dao Lord.

Then came organisations and races that had a number of Dao Lords, after which came those who controlled a major realm.