For this lesson, Ill be talking about the crux to becoming a Celestial God. This is a hurdle that many cultivators have stumbled on, but if they are able to overcome it, their life will undergo a transformative change. They will be able to become city lords in some of the minor cities, and even if we are just looking at the Royal City, its the minimum requirement for one to become a leader in the City Guards!

As is commonly known, there are two main routes to becoming a Celestial God. The first way is through a pure bloodline. With a pure bloodline, even if one doesnt cultivate much, one will still be able to make a breakthrough easily. An example would be the experts of the Dragon Tribe in the Sky of Cloud Dragon. Those possessing the core bloodline will be able to become a Celestial God upon maturity, and thats why they are the envy of most human cultivators. The same goes for the first generation of descendants from a Conferred God King. They are set to become Celestial Gods upon adulthood. For the second generation, the probability falls to ninety percent, and for the third generation, the probability falls further to eighty percent Basically, going down the lineage, the bloodline will become thinner and thinner, till the chances of becoming a Celestial God are no different from those of any other cultivator.

Ones bloodline is determined at birth, and nothing will change that. So, most cultivators can only rely on the second method to make a breakthroughcultivation. There is no denying that cultivating to become a Celestial God is fraught with difficulty, and Im sure most of you can agree with me on this. Not only must the cultivator find a cultivation technique suited to themself, they must also have unyielding determination and confidence, as well as plenty of fortuitous encounters. All in all, less than a one in a hundred high-tier Gods are able to make a breakthrough to Celestial God.

For this reason, every Celestial God didnt come about easily. So, Ill first touch on some of the conventional methods that high-tier Gods use in order to advance their cultivation

Fan Zhe began his lecture.

After listening for a moment, Zhang Xuan could not help but nod in agreement.

Even though the lesson prepared by Fan Zhe was a little too technical, which could easily bore a person, the knowledge that he was imparting was spot-on. He conveyed the full picture before going down into the specifics, and he was very thorough in his information. For those who were already close to his breakthrough, there was no doubt that his lessons would be very inspirational.

Zhang Xuan was able to gain a more thorough grasp of what becoming a Celestial God meant after listening to the lecture for a while.

But beyond that, most of what that was covered were things that he already knew. So, he felt that there was no point in him staying and listening anymore.

So, he got to his feet in preparation to leave the lecture hall, only to see the tightly sealed doors being blasted open the next moment.

Pah!

Following that, two figures walked into the lecture hall.

The figure walking in front was a middle-aged man. He had a towering stature, and he was dressed in silver armor. His movements were very disciplined, and his eyes instinctively scanned through the interior of the room with rational coldness.

With just a glance, it was obvious that he was a soldier who had been through the battlefield.

Behind him was a slim young man with a pale face. His aura felt withered, a sign that he had sustained severe internal injuries. Even though his life did not seem to be at risk, the traumas that he had sustained so far would probably make it difficult for him to advance his cultivation any further in the future.

Its a Silver Armored General of the military!

One must be a middle-tier Celestial God at the very minimum to become a Silver Armored General, right?

Thats not all. On top of possessing powerful cultivation, one must display superior fighting prowess and accrue a great deal of merit in the military

Why would such a figure come here?

Its his son. His son has very poor talent in cultivation, resulting in him being rejected by all academies in Royal City. In view of that, he decided to place his son under Fan Zhe laoshis tutelage

Hushed discussions echoed around the room.

Silver Armored General? Zhang Xuan murmured as he assessed the middle-aged man before him.

Indeed, he could sense tremendous power pulsating within the other partys body. In terms of fighting prowess, he would indeed be much more powerful than Ming Laixiang and the others.

You are Fan Zhe?

The Silver Armored General walked right to the center of the lecture hall and glared at Fan Zhe with narrowed eyes. One could clearly sense the billowing rage coming from his presence.

Yes. May I help you? Fan Zhe replied.

You incompetent teacher! Today, Ill teach you a lesson for leading my son astray!

With a furious roar, the Silver Armored General leaped forth and threw out a punch right toward Fan Zhe.

Pah pah pah!

Even while he was in the midst of his movement, the might of his punch had already compressed the surrounding air tightly to the point that a shockwave rippled all over the room.

You

Taken aback, Fan Zhe immediately retreated fearfully.

Padah!

The shockwave of the punch was so great that it crushed the nearby wooden podium. Alarmed, Fan Zhe quickly raised up his arm to counterattack, but recalling the rules of the Master Teacher Pavilion, he gritted his teeth and assumed a defensive posture instead.

Peng!

He was struck square in his chest, causing his back to slam into the wall. At the same time, fresh blood spurted from his lips.

In terms of strength, he was probably on par with the Silver Armored General. However, perhaps due to his experience on the battlefield, the Silver Armored Generals attacks carried extreme aggression and bloodthirst that made him difficult to defend against.

It was like facing a frenzied beast.

Hold it right there!

If you have any problems, we can always talk it out.

What are you doing? This is against the law!

At this moment, the others in the lecture hall finally recovered from their shock. A few parents immediately rushed forward to hold the Silver Armored General back.

Infuriated, the Silver Armored General bellowed, What the hell do you all think you are doing? This incompetent teacher is not worthy of living on the face of this world!

Struggling to his feet, Fan Zhe quickly took two deep breaths to recover a bit of his energy before turning to face the Silver Armored General.

Excuse me, parent, but even if you wish to kill me, you should at least let me know what I have done wrong and give me a chance to make amends!

He was certain that he had never seen the middle-aged man before him before.

On the other hand, the Silver Armored General grew even more enraged upon realizing that Fan Zhe was not aware of his misdeeds. He pointed at the severely injured young man behind him and questioned, You dont even know what you have done wrong? Humph! Do you acknowledge that my son, Zhuo Yan, is your student?

Fan Zhe nodded in response.

Its out of trust for you that I entrusted my son to you, but what did you do? Instead of teaching him well, you forced him to attend additional supplementary class after formal lessons and charged him for it. I understand that you might have some urgent need for money, so I can still turn a blind eye to that, but the least you should do is teach him properly! Yet, you imparted an erroneous cultivation technique to him, causing his cultivation to go berserk. How can you have the face to continue living in this world? the Silver Armored General roared in fury.

Zhuo Yans cultivation went berserk? Fan Zhe was taken aback.

He quickly turned to look at the young man and swiftly noticed that there was something amiss about his internal injuries. There were indeed hints of his cultivation having gone berserk. He shook his head in disbelief and said, What I taught him were rudimentary cultivation techniques, so theres no way there could be any mistakes with them. How did things turn out like this?

Enduring the pain from his injuries, Fan Zhe walked over to Zhuo Yan and placed his fingers on the latters pulse.

Meanwhile, Zhang Xuan, who had been planning to leave earlier, decided to stay back and see how this matter turned out.

He could not help but recall how his previous self had imparted the wrong knowledge to a student, causing the latters cultivation to go berserk. However, back on the Master Teacher Continent, the standing of teachers was so high that even the parents would have to think twice before confronting a teacher.

Yet, the Silver Armored General had barged right into the Master Teacher Pavilion to beat the star teacher up

It seemed like the standing of master teachers was not too high here.

Perhaps it was because Kong shi had only been in the Firmament for a few decades. If his heritage was passed down for another thousand years or so, people might start to recognize the value of master teachers and view them with greater respect.

That being said, if what the Silver Armored General said was true, Fan Zhe would have infringed on the principles of a master teacher. A teacher should be willing to impart knowledge to their students, but Fan Zhe had intentionally held back his lessons and forced his students to pay for supplementary lessons in order to acquire greater wealth for himself.

Looking at this matter from a moral standpoint, Fan Zhe was indeed unqualified to be a teacher.

It was not to say that teachers should be completely selfless and devoid of greed, but at the very least, they should uphold a basic level of professionalism. Their need for money should not be a reason for them to neglect their responsibilities.

His cultivation has really gone berserk, Fan Zhe muttered with a frown.

Its good that you have finally admitted it. Ill kill you today and rid the world of an incompetent teacher! Hearing those words, the Silver Armored General immediately threw another punch.

Calm down, calm down!

The other parents quickly tried to pull him back in order to stop him from doing anything reckless.

This was Drifting Specter Royal City, the territory where Demon Monarch Qiankun lived. All who lived in the same city would do well to heed his orders, and this was including the God Kings, or else they might very well be obliterated.

Zhuo Yans father, please calm down. It is impossible for there to be anything wrong with what I imparted to him. The reason his cultivation went berserk must be due to some mistake he made in his cultivation. Lets first find out the reason behind this matter and resolve the problem, alright? Fan Zhe said with a wave of his hand.

After that, he turned to the young man. Tell me what happened before your cultivation went berserk in detail

Yesterday, after going through your supplementary lesson, I returned home and cultivated as you taught me and somehow, everything just turned out like that! The young mans body trembled as he spoke.

This happened after you followed my cultivation technique? Tell me what you did step by step, Fan Zhe instructed.

Just as you said, I channeled my divine energy through the Nascent Helios Three Focused Meridians in my hands before directing them toward the Chongyang Acupoint In the end, I converged it together in the dantian! The young man quickly went through the cultivation technique he had been taught.

Hearing the story, Zhang Xuan frowned once more.

What Zhuo Yan had just described was a cultivation technique for low-tier Gods to advance to middle-tier Gods. As he had compiled the Heavens Path Divine Art for it, he was extremely familiar with it.

While the method that Zhuo Yan had described was vastly inferior to the Heavens Path Divine Art, for an ordinary cultivator, it was quite a decent one. There were not too many mistakes with it, and generally speaking, it could be said to be almost foolproof.

Using such a method, as long as Zhuo Yan could gather sufficient divine energy, it should not be too difficult for him to make a breakthrough. So, how did his cultivation go berserk? Furthermore, judging from the severity of his injuries, it seemed to be quite a severe case.

There shouldnt have been any mistakes

Fan Zhe was thinking that Zhuo Yan might have remembered the cultivation technique incorrectly, resulting in him making a fatal error in the midst of his cultivation. But contrary to what he thought, Zhuo Yans description was all correct.

This left Fan Zhe deeply bewildered.

It was a major sin for a teacher to cause a students cultivation to go berserk. Even if he was a master teacher, this was not a sin that he could bear.

If theres no mistake, how could my son land in such a state? Its clearly your incompetence that led to such an outcome! the Silver Armored General shouted furiously.

Please calm down. Lets see if we can treat your son first, Fan Zhe said as he channeled his divine energy into Zhuo Yans body to take a closer look.

Zhuo Yans cultivation had indeed gone berserk, and based on the injuries the young man had sustained, the culprit seemed to be the cultivation technique that he had imparted to the young man

To put it in other words, he did not teach the cultivation technique incorrectly, and Zhuo Yan did not practice the cultivation technique incorrectly, but somehow, Zhuo Yans cultivation simply went berserk.

Just what could have gone wrong?

Fan Zhe was at a complete loss.

He had been a master teacher for fifteen years now, and he had at least taught eight thousand students to date. This was the first time that he had encountered such a bizarre situation.

Unable to find an answer, he turned to the student behind him and instructed, Invite Physician Yu Feng here!

Physician Yu Feng is one of the more famous physicians in Royal City. He should be able to resolve this problem easily.

As long as we can identify the root cause, it shouldnt be too difficult for us to resolve the problem!

Lets treat your son first. We have plenty of time to discuss the reason for your sons cultivation going berserk once hes well.

Indeed. That being said, I must say that Fan Zhe has really failed as a teacher. Instead of teaching well during class, he chose to extend his lessons into supplementary classes in order to earn extra income. I have long heard of that.

If not for the fact that my daughter is under his tutelage as well, I would have taught him a lesson myself. Its only out of fear that he would shortchange my daughter that I am holding myself back. Otherwise, if he just misleads my daughter, her future would be ruined!

I heard that he sells priority seats in his classroom as well. Parents have to pay an additional sum in order to secure front seats for their children