Chapter 1886: The Shock of the Hall of Famous Teachers

"No, isn't a Celestial Master recognized by heaven and earth? Why does it feel like this person... despises Heaven?" Kneeling on the ground, a Master Teacher finally sensed that something was wrong. A normal Celestial Master receives cultivation and blessings from heaven and earth, but this person before them had a look of disdain, desperately trying to shake something off, as if they had contracted something they wanted to get rid of.

"Despising Heaven?" The old man was stunned. He quickly looked up and indeed saw the tall figure, visibly impatient, constantly shaking his body and flinging his hands, clearly not wanting the aura of heaven and earth's recognition to cling to him.

"Heaven wants to acknowledge him, but he's disgusted... he doesn't want it?" The old man swallowed hard, his eyes reddening. Celestial Masters were recorded in history, and there was no mistaking the current phenomenon. Yet, this particular scene couldn't help but spark wild imaginings.

Other Master Teachers who overheard the conversation were almost in tears. "Brother, you don't want it, but we do!" they thought. "Is it really okay to outright refuse and provoke Heaven like this?"

Just as they were feeling dejected, they heard the figure in the sky roar, "Get lost!" and then kick towards the very heavens that were trying to cling to him.

Boom! Cracks appeared in the sky and earth.

"He really doesn't want it..." Any lingering doubts were now completely gone. This tall figure genuinely did not want to be a Celestial Master, while Heaven was stubbornly sticking to him like glue, insisting on its recognition.

"Who on earth is that?" The old man couldn't resist looking closer. "Who the hell is so perverse?" For tens of thousands of years, billions of Master Teachers had longed for the recognition of heaven and earth, to achieve eternal fame and have their legacy passed down through generations. Yet this guy was shaking it off like a plaster, even kicking at it... "Does he die if he doesn't provoke people like this?"

Whoosh! Amidst their despair, the figure turned his head, revealing his full appearance: a handsome young man in his twenties with sword-like brows.

"It's Zhang Xuan... Master Zhang! Wasn't he... dead?" The old man froze. The Master Teacher Continent had issued a continent-wide arrest warrant for him, so virtually every Master Teacher remembered his name. Later, the situation escalated, making it hard for anyone not to know. Just over three months ago, this man had committed suicide. How was he alive again, and even rejecting the status of a Celestial Master? What had happened?

All the Master Teachers were dumbfounded. The same scene was unfolding in other Master Teacher Academies. Countless Master Teachers watched the tall figure in the sky, their eyes red, feeling like they had lived in vain as tears streamed down their faces. "How outrageous!" they thought. "He's rejecting a Celestial Master status... Can he be any more pretentious?"

At the headquarters of the Master Teacher Continent, the remaining ancient sages and nine-star Master Teachers were all seated together.

"...That's the situation. The Spirit Tribe is now mostly unified, and the hidden danger is gone. It's time for our Master Teacher Continent to adjust its strategy and focus more on teaching and nurturing talent..." Master Yang said, looking around.

"Master Yang, are you saying... that Master Zhang Xuan not only didn't betray humanity but is also a Celestial Master, and his purpose in severing ties with the Master Teacher Continent was merely to infiltrate the Spirit Tribe and seize the opportunity to resolve the hidden danger?" A nine-star Master Teacher gasped, utterly incredulous.

"Yes," Master Yang nodded. "However, for now, these are all conjectures. Although not confirmed, they have about ninety percent credibility!"

"If it's not confirmed, it could be false... If he were a Celestial Master, he surely would have told the Master Teacher Continent long ago. Why conceal it?"

"Although his teaching is excellent and he has certain abilities, I genuinely don't believe he's a Celestial Master!"

"Exactly," another added. "We're all familiar with Master Kong's character and disposition. I've reviewed Master Zhang's life story... it doesn't align with that of a Celestial Master at all. How could Heaven recognize him?"

Several Master Teachers voiced their doubts. It wasn't that they questioned Master Yang's words, but a Celestial Master hadn't appeared in tens of thousands of years, and for this Master Teacher, who was associated with the Spirit God, to be one... anyone would be skeptical.

"I am not telling you this for you to believe it, but as an order!" Master Yang's expression darkened. He had traveled the world precisely because he disliked how the Master Teacher Continent had strayed from its path. Now, as he tried to set things right, there were still those who questioned him.

"We can obey the order, but we absolutely don't believe he's a Celestial Master. If he can be one, then couldn't anyone?" A nine-star Master Teacher was about to continue speaking, flinging his arm, when suddenly the ground began to shake. Everyone rushed out of the room to look, and immediately saw a familiar figure standing tall, reaching the heavens. Countless special energies surged towards him from the sky, as if trying to cling to him.

Who else could it be but Master Zhang Xuan, the genius who had taught countless formidable disciples and then severed ties with the Master Teacher Continent?

"This is... the power of a Master Teacher?"

"No, not an ordinary Master Teacher, but a Celestial Master..."

All of them were nine-star Master Teachers; they didn't need explanations or a trip to the Master Sealing Hall. A single glance was enough to understand what was happening. At that moment, they were all dumbfounded.

They had just finished saying that Zhang Xuan couldn't possibly be a Celestial Master, and then he appeared, constantly exuding the power of a Celestial Master... Did he have to be so direct?

"No, wait, he's not acknowledging himself as a Celestial Master; he's... trying to get rid of the Celestial Master identity!" Someone else quickly realized it. "You're right, it looks like he's expelling the Master Teacher's Qi from his body, as if he doesn't want it anymore..."

"He doesn't want the Master Teacher's Qi of a Celestial Master? Is he insane?" Numerous nine-star Master Teachers and ancient sages stared with wide eyes, as if they had just swallowed eggs whole.

They watched Zhang Xuan, his face filled with disgust, constantly flinging the Master Teacher's Qi from his body, as if it were a corrosive poison. Even Heaven itself seemed bewildered and at a loss. He didn't even want to be a Celestial Master... what exactly did he want to do?

"Do you still think he's not a Celestial Master?" Master Yang also swallowed hard. His senior martial brother was indeed extraordinary; everything he did was surprising. What others desperately sought, he rejected, striving to break free... No one else could possibly do such a thing.

"He is..." "We were blind..." The nine-star Master Teachers who had just voiced their doubts now felt a burning flush on their faces, wishing they could crawl into a crack in the earth. They had just declared that the other person couldn't be a Celestial Master, and then he appeared, creating such a spectacle... If he wasn't one, then who was?

Hearing everyone's admission and witnessing Zhang Xuan's actions, Master Yang's face filled with helplessness. He shook his head and looked at the nine-star Master Teacher who had just spoken: "He is... or rather, he *was*. But soon, he won't be. How about... you try being one?" Rejecting the status of a Celestial Master, struggling to break free from it, not wanting to be one... he was probably the only person in the entire world capable of that! This senior martial brother had already created countless miracles. How many more unimaginable wonders would he yet achieve?

The nine-star Master Teacher was instantly reduced to tears.