Chapter 1909: Ancient Sage! I Am the Teacher of Heaven and Earth (Part 2)

"This..."

Springing to her feet, Zhao Ya was too astonished to speak.

Because she realized... this dark cloud, with her strength... she couldn't even see its end!

Over the past six months, she had trained hard and reached the peak of the Blood Rebirth realm. Though still far from a breakthrough, her true power already stood at the pinnacle of the world.

With such cultivation, she still couldn't see the end of the dark cloud before her...

Didn't that mean this cloud stretched for no less than hundreds of thousands of kilometers?

"What is this? How can there be such a huge dark cloud?"

Zhao Feng and his wife also sensed something amiss, their faces full of shock.

"It should be a tribulation... It's the teacher, it must be the teacher returning!"

Her eyes lighting up, Zhao Ya leaped to her feet. No longer caring about cultivation, she shot straight toward the direction from which the dark cloud was spreading.

If this was a tribulation, one that could draw such a massive cloud, there was no one else in the world who could cause it but the teacher!

Because in this world, only he was unique!

...

"The way of the teacher lies in imparting knowledge and resolving doubts. Our War Master Hall, though it does not teach scholarly learning, imparts combat skills and abilities—this too belongs to the 'Way of the Teacher,' so the same rules apply!"

Standing before a crowd of tens of thousands, Zheng Yang looked at the newly recruited war masters with a gratified expression.

As time passed, the War Master Hall had grown even stronger.

Especially after imparting the knowledge taught by the teacher, every single one possessed formidable combat power, able to fight a hundred enemies alone.

"Yes!"

Everyone nodded simultaneously, filled with excitement.

The hall master before them, along with his teacher, had created glories on the continent that countless people yearned for.

To see him in person and follow behind him was the dream of all.

"Begin training!"

Seeing the crowd's blood boiling, Zheng Yang said no more. Suddenly he looked up and saw the dark clouds spreading across the sky.

"This is... a breakthrough?"

Stunned for a moment, his eyes reddened: "It's the teacher, about to break through to Ancient Sage..."

With a flicker, he vanished from the spot, disappearing without a trace.

...

The Royal City of the Alien Spirit Clan.

Liu Yang sat in a high seat.

"The Alien Spirit Clan and the human race shall coexist peacefully. Do not cause disputes; anyone who violates this decree shall be executed without mercy!"

"We obey Your Majesty's decree!"

All the Alien Spirit clansmen bowed simultaneously.

After the new Yong Emperor ascended the throne and carried out several reforms, the Alien Spirit Clan and humans could now trade with each other. The previous tension was gone, and though racial differences remained, there were no more battles.

The two sides were getting along quite well.

Under the mutual trade, not only the humans benefited, but the Alien Spirit Clan also gained much.

Most importantly, the new Yong Emperor had promoted new cultivation techniques. Now, even without devouring masters or humans, the clansmen could cultivate quickly.

With the pressure of advancement gone, conflicts between the two races greatly diminished.

"Alright, that's all for today!"

With a flick of his sleeve, Liu Yang stood up and also looked up. Then, dark clouds spread from afar, covering everything.

"Teacher..."

His eyes reddening, Liu Yang tore through space with a wave of his hand and vanished before everyone.

After more than half a year of hard work, the Alien Spirit Clan was completely settled, and he was now qualified to follow the teacher again.

...

The same scene also occurred in the Kunxu Realm of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Her body trembling, Kong Shiyao was filled with excitement.

The teacher had been missing for so long—had he finally appeared?

"You stay here and guard; I'll go out and take a look..."

With that, her delicate figure turned, and she arrived in the Master Teacher Continent.

...

Disappeared for half a year, unknown to all; once enlightened, he startled the world!

This was Zhang Xuan.

To go further, he had even voluntarily given up the identity of a Heaven's Acknowledgement Master Teacher!

"It's him..."

"It really is Zhang Shi! We were blind and even tried to arrest him..."

"I've seen the real Zhang Shi!"

...

In the small town, a wave of realization struck, and countless people stood frozen.

Earlier, when Shen Biru said he was Zhang Shi's colleague, no one believed it; when she said this very person was Zhang Shi, countless people scoffed. Now they knew...

It was true!

This legendary figure, admired and respected by countless people, was right before them.

"He... is still the same as before, always the most dazzling one..."

Shen Biru also stood stiffly, then after a moment, her face broke into a smile.

Since she first met him, he had always drawn everyone's attention. She thought that having reached such a level of cultivation, he would be low-key, but he was the same as before, without any restraint or pretense.

...

Zhang Xuan paid no heed to the awe of the crowd.

Instead, he carefully sensed the new insights in his mind, like seeing the rising sun in the darkness.

Dazzling and brilliant, piercing the soul.

"So this is what I was pursuing..."

Smiling lightly, Zhang Xuan looked up at the endless dark clouds and ocean of thunder before him, knowing that this tribulation was earth-shattering, with unprecedented power.

Ssshhh!

Thunder and heavenly fire tore through everything, forming countless enormous weapons that rushed toward him.

Judging by their momentum, even shattering the void could not withstand them.

Even... no one in the world could resist, not even he, after his enlightenment.

But...

If he couldn't block it, why should he?

Zhang Xuan's expression did not change at all. Suddenly he spoke.

"Break!"

The sound pierced through the void.

Whoosh!

The countless thunder soldiers and tribulations, as if encountering their greatest fear, instantly scattered, as if they had never appeared.

The dark clouds in the sky also slowly dissipated with his shout, and the sky cleared again.

Previously, when crossing tribulations, he had to use various means; now, he broke it with a single word.

It was as if the Heavenly Dao of the Master Teacher Continent had submitted, and heaven and earth were under his control, decided by a single word.

Words become law; a single word sets the rules!

Breaking through to Ancient Sage meant comprehending a part of the laws beyond the Heavenly Dao, but now Zhang Xuan had transcended entirely, as if completely above the Heavenly Dao, without any flaw.

Leaping out of the Three Realms, not within the Five Elements!

The Ancient Sage tribulation vanished, and a mighty power rolled out from within him, piercing the sky, dominating heaven and earth, suppressing all directions.

Boom!

The power could no longer be suppressed. It rapidly advanced, and in the blink of an eye, he broke through from the Great Perfection of the Immortal realm to Ancient Sage.

Ancient Sage First Layer: Bloodline Continuation Initial, Mid, Late, Peak!

Ancient Sage Second Layer: Hundred Schools of Thought Initial, Mid, Late, Peak!

Ancient Sage Third Layer: Blood Rebirth Initial, Mid, Late, Peak!

The accumulation from his previous attempts to break through to Ancient Sage now fully manifested.

In less than ten breaths, he broke through three major levels, not only succeeding in becoming an Ancient Sage but also reaching the peak of Blood Rebirth!

Even more terrifying than Kong Shiyao back then!

Even... Kong Shi might not have such momentum.

Feeling the power within him after the breakthrough, Zhang Xuan hovered quietly in the air, the corners of his mouth lifting. He looked down upon heaven and earth, as if transcending the material world, as if unstained by a single speck of dust.

After an unknown amount of time, the surroundings fell silent, and the sky completely cleared. A calm voice slowly sounded from his mouth.

"From today onward, I am the Teacher of Heaven and Earth!"