My Master Only Breaks Through on the Edge of Death

"The past is unbearable, Great Master, please don't expose my scars." The National Teacher shook his head and said.

Then he began discussing the Refining Path with Xu Fan.

At first, the National Teacher's expression was calm, but as time went on, his expression became more and more shocked.

"Great Master, have you reached that realm?" The National Teacher's voice trembled.

"I've seen it, but not yet touched it."

With this seemingly nonsensical sentence, Xu Fan's unfathomable bearing was brought to its extreme.

In response, the National Teacher wanted to kneel down on the spot and beg Xu Fan to be his Master!

"Great Master, I was wrong in the past."

"I now formally apologize to you." The National Teacher said with a formal bow.

Not like his initial attitude of wishing misfortune upon Xu Fan, the National Teacher now had become a little fanboy.

Four Immortal Tools appeared beside him, offered as gifts to Xu Fan as an apology.

"No need to be so generous, our grievances have been amicably settled, there's no need for any more gifts." Xu Fan said.

"No, I have offended the Great Master, and you can now pardon me. I'm willing to part with these things." The National Teacher said with a resolute expression.

"Take it back, why don't you give these Immortal Tools to the puppets of the Nine Phoenix Dynasty, so that their combat power will be greatly increased?"

Xu Fan no longer craved Immortal Tools as he had before.

Even if he received Immortal Tools, so what? None of his disciples could use them.

"That's also good, having these puppets would help maintain the stability of the Nine Phoenix Dynasty." The National Teacher said with a smile.

Afterward, the two discussed the Refining Path again.

Half a year later, the National Teacher who had become Xu Fan's little fanboy, reluctantly left on the Xing Zhou.

Xu Fan watched the departing Xing Zhou, and sighed softly.

"It's not easy, after half a year, I finally emptied the National Teacher."

"Master, so you've resolved your differences with the National Teacher?" Li Xingci asked beside Xu Fan.

"The National Teacher offered many valuable objects to resolve the grievances, and considering the future, the Nine Phoenix Dynasty still needs him, so let things be."

"The only loss for our side, is that Pu Tao will have less snacks in the future." Xu Fan said with a smile.

In the past, the highlight for Pu Tao was when the National Teacher sent puppets to attack them.

In Pu Tao's eyes, those Mahayana puppets were not a threat at all, but more like delicious, crunchy cookies one could snap apart with each bite.

"It seems that those who have infiltrated the Nine Phoenix Dynasty need to be withdrawn." Li Xingci said.

"Let them stay in the Nine Phoenix Dynasty, there's nothing to do if they return." Xu Fan said.

Li Xingci nodded.

"Recently, the family has been harmonious." Xu Fan asked with a smile.

"Tian'er has been obsessed with cultivation and has been in closed-door cultivation for quite some time." Li Xingci said.

"Among all my disciples, if I really let you all out, you would definitely be the one who achieves the most outstanding results." Xu Fan said with a smile.

"Master, you're teasing your disciple again." For some reason, Li Xingchi thought of Wang Yulun.

A jade disc appeared in Xu Fan's hand.

"This is the latest version of the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation Skill, you keep it and practice it slowly when you get back." Xu Fan said.

Li Xingci took the jade butterfly and used his Divine Sense to scan it, only to find that the entire span of Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation had changed.

Moreover, he felt that the power of Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation has reached a peak.

"Master, your ability to deduce cultivation techniques has grown even stronger." Li Xingci said.

"Of course, your Master is now at the Integration Stage." Xu Fan smiled.

A few more jade discs appeared in Xu Fan's hands.

"As you're here, can you please help send them over?"

After saying that, Xu Fan flew towards his small courtyard.

Debating with the National Division for half a year had consumed a lot of Xu Fan's energy.

In the cultivation room, Xu Fan slowly opened his eyes and then opened the usually unnoticeable system.

"Little System, your time is almost up. You can't limit me for much longer." Xu Fan said with a smile.

He was on the verge of advancing to the Golden Immortal stage in the Nightmare Illusion when he suddenly sensed the Great Dao Laws contained in the system.

Unfortunately, that was just a fleeting thought, but Xu Fan was certain that he had felt it.

He believed that if given time, he would definitely be able to decipher the mystery of this system.

Xu Fan opened the only log in the system.

Suddenly, he found a few unusual messages on it.

After seeing those messages, Xu Fan's expression became a bit serious.

"There shouldn't be such an existence paying attention to me, right?" Xu Fan said, somewhat surprised.

"I have to admit, this system is still a bit useful." Xu Fan said gratefully.

One of the messages in the system log read:

"Immortal Emperor level entity paying attention to host, already shielded."

That was the reason for Xu Fan's relief.

At this moment, Xu Fan looked up at the sky with a slight sense of feeling and muttered to himself, "Past, future, River of Time."

"It feels a bit messy."

Just as Xu Fan was pondering the reason behind it, he suddenly received a message from Sui Ying requesting to see him.

"Let him come over~" Xu Fan said.

Currently, Sui Ying had already advanced to the God Transformation stage with the accumulation of numerous resources.

"Great Master, I feel that I have reached the Ninth Level Heavenly Puppet Master." Sui Ying said with a salute.

Xu Fan was a bit surprised at this moment as he looked at Sui Ying.

"Are you sure you have realized it?"

In Xu Fan's opinion, becoming a Ninth Level Heavenly Puppet Master was even more difficult than becoming a Mahayana Esteemed One. Even with Sui Ying's talent, it would take at least 3000 years.

"I have realized it, so I implore the Great Master to set up the Soul-shifting Array for me and place my soul into the core of the Mahayana Puppet." Sui Ying said with a determined look in his eyes.

"Was this method something you realized?"

"When I was trying to break through to the Ninth Level Heavenly Puppet Master, I always felt that there was a barrier, invisible and intangible, but it was there."

"I pondered over this for years and felt that as long as the soul merges with the puppet, I would be able to advance to the Ninth Level Heavenly Puppet Master." Sui Ying said.

The method mentioned by Sui Ying was already thought of by Xu Fan when he started to create the profession of Heavenly Puppet Master.

At that time, his idea was to find a group of demon clans with heavenly puppet master qualifications and bring them back for training.

Once they reached a certain level, their souls would then be combined with the puppets.

However, after successfully refining the Mahayana Puppet, Xu Fan vetoed the idea again.

The reason was that the combat power of the Mahayana stage was already sufficient.

"What's the point of combining with the puppet?"

"This is a crooked path. If your soul truly merges with the puppet core, you will gradually lose your intelligence and eventually become a puppet like a wild beast."

"You don't follow the righteous path, instead you decide to take the dark one?" Xu Fan scolded with a smile.

"Besides, the sect is now developing steadily, even if you become a Ninth Level Heavenly Puppet Master, it will just be the icing on the cake."

"Go back, this road leads nowhere." Xu Fan advised.

He was joking, if he were to become a puppet, what would happen to Ling Er?