Chapter 1923: Are You Willing to Accept Me as Your Master?

"Be careful, this is Heavenly Flame..."

Kong Shiyao was startled.

Heavenly Flame burns everything; it can even scorch such a powerful barrier. Reaching out a finger would be suicide.

Before the warning was finished, Zhang Xuan had already placed his finger on the flame. The black fire twisted continuously around his fingertip, like a coy maiden, appearing very shy, yet also like an old lover of many years, with a hint of flirtation in its essence.

Kong Shiyao's eyebrows twitched; she couldn't bear to watch.

Why did it seem like everything that came into contact with Zhang Xuan immediately became distorted?

As a Celestial Master Teacher, an unparalleled figure akin to an ancient ancestor, he had forged a brick specifically for slapping faces, a spear that constantly bound people, and when fighting deities, he showed no mercy to any vulnerable spot—eyes, neck, groin... there was no elegance whatsoever.

Now, the Heavenly Flame, revered by all, was behaving like this—acting more wantonly than ever.

Her world view was on the verge of collapse.

"Little flame, did the Heavenly Dao send you?"

Ignoring the stunned onlookers, Zhang Xuan looked at the flame on his fingertip.

The Heavenly Flame seemed to understand his words and wiggled.

Zhang Xuan frowned.

Although the Heavenly Flame didn't possess its own unique consciousness, its recent actions clearly indicated that it was indeed sent by the Heavenly Dao to destroy the Kunxu Realm.

If the world where the Master Teacher Continent was located were likened to a human body, then the Heavenly Dao would be its immune system, actively eliminating all hidden dangers. The Kunxu Realm had nurtured something that transcended the rules, akin to a tumor, which had to be eradicated without any room for negotiation.

The Heavenly Dao could not be destroyed, just as an immune system could not be abolished. Once lost, the entire world would collapse within a short time.

Crawling out of the rift and returning to the Master Teacher Continent, they immediately saw dense clouds overhead, with countless lightning bolts and flames constantly gathering, seemingly determined not to cease until the Kunxu Realm was completely annihilated.

Turning to the ancient sage Yan Qing, who had followed him, Zhang Xuan asked, "The death of a Dimension Shatterer can replace the Kunxu Realm, right?"

"Yes! This was the method used for setting up the array back then!" Ancient Sage Yan Qing handed him another jade token.

After quickly reviewing it, Zhang Xuan mentally stirred, and a figure appeared before them.

"Is this a deity? No... you refined a deity into a soulless golden figure?" Ancient Sage Yan Qing was so startled he nearly fainted.

The figure before them exuded an ancient and profound aura, clearly indicating it had reached the Dimension Shatterer realm; it was in no way weaker than the deity they had just fought.

A deity from the Lower Heavens, killed by him and refined into a golden figure... if this news got back, it would undoubtedly be the greatest blasphemy.

"Yes."

Since he had already brought it out, there was nothing to hide. Zhang Xuan nodded, and with a mental command, his Soul Diviner avatar left his body and entered the golden figure.

A soulless golden figure was equivalent to a puppet and couldn't move on its own. To use it, a Soul Diviner avatar had to enter its body. Previously, when fighting that "deity," his Soul Diviner avatar couldn't leave his body, so he hadn't taken it out.

Now was a good time to test if it could replace the core of the array mentioned by the other party.

This entity's original body was a Dimension Shatterer expert. Although his soul had merged with it and he controlled it, it had long been refined, becoming indistinguishable from himself, so it should meet the requirements.

Boom!

Indeed, as his soul entered the golden figure, the dense clouds immediately gathered around it. Ancient Sage Yan Qing and the others' eyes lit up simultaneously. Just as they felt excited, they saw the vast thunderclouds suddenly waver and vanish without a trace, as if they had never been there.

"What happened?" Zhang Xuan was stunned.

According to the jade token, once a Dimension Shatterer appeared, it would draw all of the Heavenly Dao's wrath, and then, through special means, suffer in place of the Kunxu Realm until its death...

Why did it disappear as soon as it appeared?

"I see..."

Standing rooted to the spot, Ancient Sage Yan Qing paused for a long time before realizing, a bitter smile on his face. "This corpse is a deity from the Lower Heavens, not a life form from this world. The Heavenly Dao dares not attack it..."

Zhang Xuan understood.

It was like a foreign national; even if they committed a crime, the local laws might not have a strong recourse.

The golden figure, being a life form from the Heavens, had surpassed the world's laws despite reaching the Dimension Shatterer realm. The Heavenly Dao of the Master Teacher Continent dared not harm it in the slightest.

This was precisely why the two deities, upon entering through the spatial rift, could wield immense power without immediately drawing lightning to be struck dead on the spot.

Native human experts reaching such a realm, however, would easily provoke the Heavenly Dao's threat and might even attract lightning attacks if they used their full power.

"So, does this count as a solution?"

Understanding the situation, Zhang Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Although the Heavenly Dao claimed to be fair and just, treating all beings as mere straw dogs, in reality, it still bullied the weak and feared the strong.

For example, back then, Luo Ruoxi was merely expelled; no lightning or Heavenly Flame was sent to attack her.

"This... Teacher Zhang, try having your Soul Diviner avatar leave the golden figure!" Ancient Sage Yan Qing paused before saying.

He wasn't sure if it was truly resolved; they could only try and see.

Knowing what he meant, Zhang Xuan mentally commanded his Soul Diviner avatar to return to his main body. As soon as it did, dense clouds once again covered the sky, and lightning began to gather.

"It seems it won't work..."

With a wry smile, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

His Soul Diviner avatar couldn't remain inside the golden figure indefinitely, and once it left, the lightning would detect it. This meant the method hadn't succeeded; it was a failure.

"If this doesn't work, I still have another deity's corpse here. Can one of you refine it and guard this place..."

Zhang Xuan began speaking but stopped involuntarily before finishing, unable to continue.

He did indeed have another "deity's" corpse that he hadn't had time to refine, but none of the people present were Soul Diviners. Even if they were, refining the corpse of a Dimension Shatterer expert wasn't something that could be done overnight.

After all, they didn't possess the Heavenly Dao's aura, nor did their Soul Diviner techniques cultivate according to the Heavenly Dao's methods.

One could say that, apart from himself, almost no one in the current era could accomplish such a feat.

"No one can refine it, and we can't find a native Dimension Shatterer expert right now. What should we do?"

Watching the clouds continuously gather, Zhang Xuan's mind raced, as if sparks were about to fly.

"Wait a minute, the Book of Heavenly Dao itself represents the Heavenly Dao... In that case, can the Book of Heavenly Dao resolve this current problem?"

A flash of inspiration struck, and the thought of the heaven-defying artifact, the Book of Heavenly Dao, appeared in his mind.

The "deity" summoned by the Spirit Emperor of the Qingtian lineage had been instantly crushed by this very item.

However, he didn't have this item at the moment. For it to form, someone needed to become his disciple and offer genuine gratitude...

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan turned to Kong Shiyao, his eyes filled with sincerity. "Are you... willing to take me as your teacher?"

"No!"