In the heavens, people become emperors by being bad.

Chapter 646 [Ye Fan Will Become an Emperor] (5200)

Lingxu Cave Heaven is located in the Yan Kingdom, adjacent to the ruins of the Azure Emperor. Strictly speaking, Lingxu Cave Heaven is essentially part of the Azure Emperor's tomb, but it was later occupied by human cultivators and separated from the demon race's territory.

Near the Tomb of the Azure Emperor, there is an ancient forbidden zone, where a female Heavenly Emperor resides. This is the allure of the Eastern Wilderness.

This distance is so small that even for a Great Sage, let alone an Emperor, it's just a step away, incredibly close.

"Tigers and leopards lurk in the deep mountains, and unicorns are buried in the fields."

"Who would have thought that the small Yan Kingdom would be home to two Heavenly Emperors and hide immortal artifacts such as the Desolate Tower?"

Lin Xian sighed, which made everyone respect him. Even the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor was astonished. This tiny place seemed to be more terrifying than the Primordial Ancient Mine. The universe is truly full of wonders.

"The Azure Emperor lives in seclusion in this grotto-heaven?"

The Phoenix Emperor looked up, gazing at this small grotto with great interest. Although the mountains and rivers were beautiful and the spiritual energy was abundant, compared to a true pure land, it was just a remote corner. There were no divine mountains that reached straight into the starry sky, nor any chaotic energy flowing through it. On the surface, it was not even as good as the cellar of Blood Phoenix Mountain.

However, if the Azure Emperor wanted to hide, even a supreme being would not be able to detect anything. As the saying goes, a mountain is not high if it has no immortals, and water is not deep if it has no dragons.

"The Azure Emperor is not here, but the third Heavenly Emperor, Emperor Ye, once cultivated here."

Lin Xian chuckled and said, "Back then, the top experts from several great grotto heavens of Yan Kingdom all came out to compete for the tomb of the Azure Emperor. The Chaos Azure Lotus was born and the heart of the Azure Emperor flew over. It was truly a spectacle of a generation."

Ye Fan's lips twitched, he hesitated, then shook his head, all his unspoken words turning into a sigh.

Back then, ignorance was bliss. A group of cultivators from the Sea of ​​Wheels went to the Azure Emperor's Tomb to explore and search for treasure. Now they're practically dancing on a volcano, purely courting death.

Those who don't know might think he's a great celestial being from another universe who crossed the sea of ​​suffering and reached the other shore.

"Back then, the Emperor and the Underworld Emperor almost came to blows over the Green Cauldron." Lin Xian coughed lightly and said, "It was only thanks to my intervention that the crisis was averted."

"The Azure Emperor's scheme began at that time..."

The Phoenix Emperor seemed to be deep in thought, her eyes flashing with a sharp light. Instead of rushing to see the Azure Emperor, she began to travel around this area. Naturally, she was not there to admire the ruins of the Heavenly Emperor Ye, but to seek out the mysteries of this land.

There must be something unusual about the mountains and rivers that could bring down the Azure Emperor, the Empress, the reincarnation of the Emperor, and the reincarnation of the Underworld Emperor.

Some, sharing the same ideals as the Phoenix Emperor, went to pursue the secrets of this land, while the rest waited in the Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven, taking the opportunity to admire the relics of the Heavenly Emperor.

The suppression of the Great Dao of the Big Dipper disappeared, but the Lingxu Cave Heaven did not prosper. The Dao and the Law were unsealed, which was a golden age for great beings who severed the Dao, and had nothing to do with ordinary people. The one guarding the gate of the Lingxu Cave Heaven was still a young Daoist boy from the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm.

The gatekeeper, seeing someone visiting the mountain gate, noticed that although the visitor possessed an extraordinary aura, he did not use any escape magic and strolled around like an ordinary person. He immediately revealed himself to block the way and shouted, "Which fellow Daoist has come to my Spirit Ruins?!"

"I am the Lord of Tianxuan."

Lin Xian smiled calmly and pointed at Ye Fan, saying, "This is the Lord of Heaven."

"What the hell?!" The gatekeeper was completely bewildered, almost thinking he was hallucinating.

The Lord of Heaven, a figure from mythology, how could he possibly appear in the Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven? The Heavenly Court is so magnificent and dazzling that even the most powerful immortals might not be able to infiltrate the ranks of Heavenly Soldiers.

Lin Xian ignored him and continued to introduce them one by one: "This is the head of the Ji family, this is the head of the Jiang family, this is the Dao Ancestor, this is the Buddha..."

"Master Ye?!"

The young Taoist boy exclaimed in surprise, suddenly recalling a legend from the Lingxu Cave Heaven: the Heavenly Emperor's guide was an elder from their Lingxu Cave Heaven, and Emperor Ye was once a disciple of their sect.

I thought it was just my elders bragging, but now it seems to have come true.

Wait... if the Lord of Heaven is the one, then what about the others?

The young Taoist boy trembled, looking at the Yellow Emperor and the Flame Emperor, and increasingly felt that they resembled supreme deities worshipped in the mortal realm, such as the Great Emperor of Eternal Universe and the Great Emperor of Void. With a thud, he bowed deeply and prostrated himself, saying, "Gods above!!!"

For cultivators in the Sea of ​​Wheels, the descent of the Supreme Being to the mortal realm is nothing more than a day trip to the heavens. In recent years, the Heavenly Court has been spreading its teachings, and its faith has flourished, making it a household name among mortals and cultivators at the lower levels.

"Is Elder Wu Qingfeng here?" Ye Fan asked calmly, without any airs of a quasi-emperor.
"Our ancestor has an appointment with Elder Ma Yun of Jade Cauldron Cave Heaven..." the young Taoist boy answered tremblingly.

The Heavenly Emperor descended to the mortal realm, and legendary figures appeared one after another, as if mythology had come to life. The entire Yan Kingdom was in an uproar, but apart from familiar faces, no cultivator dared to approach.

The leader of Lingxu Cave Heaven sent a message to Yaoguang Holy Land, inviting a young contemporary female saint, Weiwei, who was also a former disciple of Lingxu Cave Heaven and had once guided the group of people pulling the coffin with nine dragons. It was only because of their past relationship that she was barely qualified to serve the Venerable Ones.

True dragons do not speak with ants; even if Lin Xian and Ye Fan were to preach, even the female saint would not understand.

"The dust of the mortal world gradually fades, and old friends depart..."

Ye Fan sighed, "I think I understand a little better now what those supreme beings in the restricted area are thinking."

He is currently only a quasi-emperor and has not yet attained enlightenment, yet he already has this feeling of loneliness at the top.

"To ascend from the mortal world to immortality, this is a hurdle that must be overcome, but reality is too cruel."

Lin Xian shook his head and said, "That's why the Azure Emperor wants to evolve the Immortal Realm, not for one person's immortality, but for all living beings to cross over together and for the entire sect to ascend to immortality."

"Is it possible for the Azure Emperor to succeed?" Ye Fan asked after a moment of silence.

Lin Xian remained silent, while the other supreme beings, such as Li Er and Shakyamuni, uttered only three words: Difficult, difficult, difficult!

In the mortal world, it is difficult for an individual to become an immortal, let alone for a group of people to achieve immortality.

Lin Xian gazed in the direction of the ancient star of the primordial era, pondering when the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin would arrive. If it was delayed, the Azure Emperor had to be revived before the Immortal Path opened; there was no time to delay any longer.

“Beings below the Quasi-Emperor level can be sealed with divine source to achieve eternal existence. Starting from the Quasi-Emperor level, divine source can no longer seal them to some extent. They must add some immortal substances, such as the essence of longevity medicine, to achieve immortality for millions of years.”

Both the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor had previously sealed away their clansmen and provided many solutions for achieving immortality, but these solutions were useless at the level of the Great Emperor.

Even the divine source cannot seal the supreme being. Even if he cuts himself and merges with a portion of the immortal source and the essence of the elixir of immortality, there is still a risk of his vital essence being lost. There is no perfect seal, and he needs the dark turmoil to replenish his blood and energy.

As for the perfect Immortal Source, it requires at least a Quasi-Immortal Emperor to refine. It can protect Great Emperors and True Immortals, helping them through an era devoid of spiritual energy, even more terrifying than the current Dharma-ending Age.

However, with the cultivation level of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, they can create an Immortal Realm in the Chaos to realize the Azure Emperor's blueprint. Immortal Source is useless to them, so they basically don't create it. This is one of the reasons why Immortal Source is extremely scarce in the world.

"Immortality is difficult to achieve..."

Ye Fan sighed. Even with his current cultivation level, he was on the verge of becoming an emperor, but in the vast world of immortality, he was still a newcomer just starting out.

"The path to immortality has begun in this lifetime, and there may be changes."

The old venerable ones offered words of comfort, saying that even if they couldn't open the path to immortality, they could still leave behind methods for achieving longevity for future generations. With the accumulation of generations, they would eventually become immortals.

"The path to immortality is not only in the immortal realm, but also in the mortal world."

Several days later, the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor returned. He studied this land and came to two conclusions: one was that the path to immortality would open in this land, perhaps within the desolate ancient forbidden zone.

The Tianxuan Holy Land of six thousand years ago was right, but it just didn't wait for the right time.

The second conclusion is that this land may have been formed from the life wheel of a chaotic entity, containing the most refined power, hence its outstanding people and abundant resources.

"I believe the Wheel of Life has not perished; the chaotic entity from the mythical era may still be alive!"

The Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor spoke solemnly, his eyes gleaming with a strange light. Looking at Lin Xian, he clicked his tongue in amazement and said, "No wonder this physique is known as the best in the universe. No wonder the supreme beings in the underworld have such strong confidence in the Chaos Immortal Blood, believing that its ability to ascend to immortality is truly abnormal."

"The Chaos Beings from the Mythological Era did not die?!" The Venerable Ones were suddenly shocked; this was earth-shattering news.

It should be noted that millions of years have passed since the Chaos Entity evolved into the Big Dipper Emperor Star, yet it is still not completely dead.

"If that's the case, the combat strength of the Chaos Entity needs to be reassessed."

Chuan Ying became solemn and said in a deep voice, "He not only took away half of Wuque Tianzun's life, but also perished together with Tianzun."

The Celestial Venerable did not completely kill the Chaos Body, but instead lost half of his own life, which is simply outrageous.

"This is what we Chaos beings are like."

Lin Xian said calmly, "Wasn't that empress in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone also an evolution of the Chaotic Body that allowed her to exist until now?" "Could it be that one must comprehend the Chaotic Body on the path to immortality in order to truly become an immortal?"

Gai Jiuyou murmured to himself, seemingly lost in thought. To transcend the universe, one must comprehend all its secrets, gaining knowledge before diminishing it.

"Some paths in this world will intersect. It's not a matter of which is superior or inferior; they just happen to meet occasionally."

Lin Xian said, "There is no strongest physique, only the strongest person."

"A Chaos Empress, how terrifying! No wonder she has reached this point." The Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor pondered for a moment, then asked, "What does the Azure Emperor's Primordial Spirit Dao-Merging Weapon look like?"

Reaching the level of Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor means being only a hair's breadth away from the path to immortality. Taking another step forward will allow one to perfect their path to immortality.

"Let the Azure Emperor answer your questions."

Lin Xian coughed lightly and led the Venerables away from the Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven, into the Desolate Tower, where he sat down and discussed the Dao with the Azure Emperor.

After defeating the Emperor and absorbing the Eye of Creation, the Azure Emperor's condition improved considerably. His divine senses were no longer intermittent, and he could communicate normally.

"The Emperor's son still has a few Creation Source Eyes that can be used."

Lin Xian suggested that they get a few more to replenish the Azure Emperor's strength.

If the Azure Emperor could be activated, he would be more than just a Heavenly Emperor in terms of combat power; even the Desolate Tower would be liberated.

Once Lin Xian has the Desolate Tower in his hands, he will be the real Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. What kind of so-called Supreme Beings dare to come? He will kill them all.

He joined forces with the Desolate Tower, wreaking havoc and suppressing the heavens and the earth, quelling the dark turmoil.

Unfortunately, the Azure Emperor shook his head, indicating that the Eye of Creation could only slow down aging and did not fundamentally change anything.

To truly bring about change, a portion of the true laws of the Immortal Realm must evolve within the desolate tower.

"Single-handedly created the immortal realm world that the ancient emperors longed for!"

When the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor heard about this plan, he was completely stunned. After a long while, he sighed and said, "Fellow Daoist Qingdi is incredibly talented, far beyond our reach."

"That was a failed immortal realm. In the desolate tower, my life may pass slowly, but it will eventually run out."

After consulting with the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor's primordial spirit and Dao-merging weapon, the Azure Emperor felt that this was a feasible path.

If the path to immortality ultimately fails, he can reincarnate as a green lotus, defy fate, and transform into a green lotus seed again, taking root in the Green Cauldron to repeat the cycle of reincarnation.

However, this would mean he would have to give up his Heavenly Emperor Dao Fruit in this life and start all over again, and there would be risks along the way, with a high possibility of failure.

The elixir of immortality is immortal, and the Chaos Green Lotus cannot be destroyed. My only worry is that upon rebirth, I will be a completely new Green Emperor, not the current me.

"What I am is also a hurdle to overcome on the path to immortality, no less profound than that of the Chaos Body."

The Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor stood solemnly and exchanged insights on immortality with the Azure Emperor and the Desolate Tower, continuing his journey on the path of immortal artifacts.

He didn't aspire to instant ascension to the heavens or to become an immortal artifact; at the very least, he wanted to break free from the shackles of the gods, escape his muddled old age, and maintain a certain level of clarity.

This is the greatest terror on the path to immortality in the mortal world; only by overcoming this hurdle can one begin to achieve immortality.

After the debate, all the Venerables gained something. Some stayed inside the Desolate Tower to draw upon the life force of immortality, while others returned to their families to study their bloodlines, and still others studied the power of faith. It was a veritable flourishing of diverse ideas, a collision of the wisdom of the Emperors.

While they were seeking immortality, Ye Fan was striving to become an emperor. He stood at the seventh level of heaven, powerful but far from being a match for a supreme being. However, he had a premonition that if he stepped into the eighth level of heaven and took another step, even if a supreme being intervened as a human tribulation, he would not be afraid and might even pay a visit.

At that time, he will truly be like a dragon returning to the sea and a bird entering the deep forest, no longer bound by any constraints.

However, the cultivation in the late stage of Quasi-Emperor is extremely difficult. Even young Great Emperors often get stuck at this stage for hundreds of years.

To this end, Ye Fan tried every possible method and various new cultivation methods. In the first ten years, he put aside all the complicated and trivial matters and accompanied his parents and little girl. They were in perfect harmony. In the tranquility, his mind was cleansed of dust, and he felt a sense of fulfillment and freedom. However, his cultivation did not improve by the slightest.

In his second decade, he traveled through the mortal world, cultivating his mind and gaining much. He became much more weathered, with eyes as deep as those of an ancient emperor, yet he still had not broken through the Eight Heavens.

In his third decade, he ventured into the Chaos, performing acts of creation and opening up new worlds. He created countless pure lands and unearthed a great deal of ancient immortal gold, enough to make an imperial artifact, yet he still failed to break through.

In the fourth decade, Ye Fan stumbled along his path of cultivation, gaining some insights, but still unable to break free from his shackles.

Fifty years have passed in a flash. For cultivators, it is not a long time, but for mortals, it is half a lifetime. During this time, the myriad realms have quietly changed, and generation after generation of new saints have risen, conquering the starry sky, embarking on the path of emperors, and forging their own glorious life.

The Heavenly Court remains as dazzling as ever, ruling over ever-growing territories and displaying an air of unifying the universe. As for Lin Xian, Ye Fan, and the others, their identities have quietly changed, transforming them from prodigies on the path to becoming senior figures.

People of that generation view them in the same way Lin Xian viewed the Lord of the Divine Court back then.

The Yangtze River's back waves push the front waves forward, and a new generation replaces the old!

Ye Fan walked through the starry sky, his Dao heart weathered by time, with a few strands of white hair hanging loose. This was unbelievable, as he was a Quasi-Emperor of the Holy Body, with a lifespan of nearly ten thousand years. He was not even an infant yet, so how could he be aging?

However, that is the truth. Over the past fifty years, Ye Fan was eager to break through and made one breakthrough after another, leaving behind many hidden injuries and consuming too much of his life essence.

He was practicing asceticism, a kind of Taoist cultivation in seclusion, immersed in the Great Dao, and even the Heavenly Court and Tianxuan paid little attention to him.

The Heavenly Court is currently managed by Lin Xian, Hei Huang, Duan De, and a few others, who have built a formidable reputation that is known to everyone from the Big Dipper Star Region to the edge of the universe.

Lin Xian, in particular, was recognized and admired by the world for his chaotic body identity, and was considered a destined rising star.

Many of the new generation of saints, unaware of the truth, still believed that the Chaos Body Immortal was the true ruler of the Heavenly Court, and as for Ye Fan, they had never even heard of him.

As the sixtieth year arrived, even the Chaotic Body Lin Xian faded into obscurity, thanks to the emergence of the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo Ye Tianxuan and the Heavenly Emperor's Son Feng Xian.

The two fought their way up from the Saint realm to the Saint King realm, then from the Saint King realm to the Great Saint realm, and finally to the peak of the Ninth Heaven. They were invincible in the starry sky and seemed poised to march all the way to the Quasi-Emperor realm.

This trend has led many descendants of enlightened beings to question their existence, feeling that they are false imperial sons.

In the sixty-fifth year, a great sage saw Ye Fan, the ruler of the Heavenly Court, appear briefly in fifty cities of the human race, but his figure quickly disappeared.

In the sixty-sixth year, Ye Fan manifested his divine body at the ancestral star site and, with great magical power, reforged a Great Dao Star.

In the sixty-seventh year, a report came from the ancient star of the primordial world that Emperor Ye Fan had returned to his homeland and was wandering among the nine planets.

In the sixty-eighth year, Ye Fan descended upon the sacred cliff he had always been loyal to.

In the sixty-ninth year, Ye Fan arrived outside the Primordial Ancient Mine. Instead of going deep inside, he entered the ruins of the Ancient Jade Pool. The curse of the past was ominous and turned to ashes under the Holy Fist.

In his seventieth year, Ye Fan re-entered the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, where he meditated for ten years, gaining profound insights and reaching the pinnacle of enlightenment.

In its eightieth year, Sacred Cliff had essentially become Ye Fan's dojo. From time to time, the brilliance of the Investiture of the Gods would flash, the sound of the Beginningless Bell would echo, and even the Black Emperor would frequently appear. Even the Underworld no longer bothered to dig pits.

Finally, in the eighty-first year, Lin Xian could no longer contain himself and personally captured the Black Emperor, demanding to know the truth.

After being subjected to severe torture, coercion, and enticement, the Black Emperor took 500,000 catties of immortal gold. After struggling for half a second, he decisively chose to sell Ye Fan.

"Woof woof woof, Old Zhong said the Immortal Path is about to open, but that kid Tianxuan hasn't become a Quasi-Emperor yet, time is running out."

Black Emperor grinned and said, "If he doesn't become a Quasi-Emperor, the Great Emperor's trump card will easily be wasted. It's better to leave it for Ye boy; maybe he can create a miracle."

"Create a miracle? What kind of miracle?"

Lin Xian was slightly taken aback, then pondered for a moment, and his expression suddenly changed drastically as he said, "He is going to undergo two tribulations... no, maybe three."

Now that the Heavenly Heart Mark is unclaimed, if Ye Fan succeeds, he will directly attain enlightenment!
How can this be allowed!

Ye Fan, with his Sacred Body at the Eighth Heaven level, was able to intimidate even the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones, making him an undisputed force in the Heavenly Court, a fact that everyone was delighted to see.

Ye Fan, with his Holy Body from the Ninth Heaven, is different; he can intimidate Lin Xian, who possesses the Chaos Body.

If a Holy Body Emperor were to be born, it would be the most terrifying karmic reckoning in history, sweeping across all realms and ushering in a turbulent era.

(End of this chapter)