Covering the Sky: I am the King of Men, and I rule over the rise and fall of all heavens.

Chapter 155 Beyond imagination
Some people advised Wushi to take the Black Emperor back, but Wushi refused, for a simple reason:
"Has my little black dog done anything heinous? He's just retaliating against himself."

The matter eventually faded away and things continued to pass; at most, a group of people stopped targeting Ye Fan's faction in the Heavenly Court.

As time passed and Ye Fan remained absent, the matter of a True Immortal becoming the Heavenly Emperor was gradually forgotten, and people focused more on cultivation.

Even the Taichu Ancient Mine lineage and Taichu ceased hostilities under Huo Lin'er's mediation.

In the blink of an eye, ten thousand years have passed, and Ye Fan has still not appeared, leading some to suspect that he has passed away.

Ultimately, this provoked Ye Tong and his group to suppress them.

Thirty thousand years have passed, and Ye Fan still hasn't appeared. Even the Black Emperor has begun to worry.

Although those returning old immortal kings, such as the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King, have said that some of their former true immortals had been in seclusion for hundreds of thousands of years.

Fifty thousand years have passed. Ye Fan's daughter, Xiao Zi, has become an immortal, and a new emperor has been added to the world. Yet, Ye Fan still has not emerged from seclusion.

This was too much for the Black Emperor to bear, so he summoned Wushi to open the secluded cultivation place.

As soon as the door opened, an endless killing intent surged forth, and what came into everyone's view was a strangely eerie rock wall soaked in blood.

To everyone's surprise, Ye Fan inside sat there quietly, as if his primordial spirit had been extinguished, yet one could sense an abundance of vitality within him.

After an investigation, it was discovered that Ye Fan's physical body had been honed to a very high level.

If I had to describe it, it would be the level one should reach before breaking through to the level of a Celestial King.

Wu Shi used his fingers to deduce the past, and scenes from the past appeared before everyone.

The most astonishing thing was that Ye Fan frantically tempered his blood, flesh, and bones through compression, causing his body to explode several times.

It's insane; it shattered the very essence of an immortal being, yet somehow managed to live a new life.

"Let's go. He's currently refining his primordial spirit; we shouldn't disturb him," Wu Shi sighed softly.

Not long after, Wu Shi appeared in Jiang Bai's Human King Palace and asked, "Did you foresee that Ye Fan was a person who dared to take responsibility and would move faster under pressure, which is why you passed the Heavenly Emperor's throne to him?"

Jiang Bai nodded decisively, "That's right."

In the original novel, Ye Fan's strength increased the most twice. One time was before he achieved the Great Perfection of the Sacred Body, when he disbanded the Heavenly Court and went into seclusion alone. After he came out, he directly achieved the Great Perfection of the Sacred Body.

The second time was after the Battle of the Soul River ended. Wu Shi died in battle, the Heavenly Court suffered heavy losses, and everyone fled in all directions. After Ye Fan recovered, he directly broke through to the Immortal Emperor level, killed the strange Immortal Emperor who was chasing him, and soon after broke through to the Sacrifice Dao level, and set up a grand scheme with the Desolate Heavenly Emperor.

Ye Fan is a typical example of someone whose potential explodes when under pressure.

This is also why Jiang Bai led Ye Fan to travel through the heavens, forcing him to grow rapidly.

Soon after, thanks to the Black Emperor's propaganda, the news that Ye Fan was still alive and was about to become an Immortal King spread throughout the heavens, leaving everyone dumbfounded. Was it really that outrageous?

Xiao Song said to Hei Huang with concern, "Uncle-Master, it's not a good idea for you to say that. What if Master doesn't succeed?"

Black Emperor patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, it will definitely work. I know that kid better than any of you."

Xiaosong was speechless, believing that he would still go and investigate whether his master had passed away.

Another 30,000 years passed, and Ye Fan's secluded cultivation site emitted a fluctuation, startling the Black Emperor, who rushed in to check and found that Ye Fan had disappeared.

Together, Hei Huang and Xiao Song found the Cauldron of All Things Mother Qi and tracked down Ye Fan's whereabouts.

They eventually found Ye Fan in a civilian village, where he had transformed into an old soldier and was fighting.

"The Great Dream of the Mortal World is also useful to True Immortals?" The Black Emperor was puzzled; this was truly beyond his comprehension.

"It's somewhat similar to the Reincarnation Nirvana Method of the Azure Moon Fairy back then." The Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King, who had already recovered his Immortal King cultivation, offered an explanation as he passed by. In the years that followed, the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King, along with the Black Emperor and Xiao Song, observed Ye Fan.

The Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King thought Ye Fan was truly a genius, having actually integrated the Great Dream of the Mortal World and the Reincarnation and Nirvana Method to create a way to refine one's primordial spirit through reincarnation in the mortal world.

Although it was extremely dangerous, it did improve Ye Fan's cultivation level.

Not long after, his subordinates reported to the Black Emperor that they had found a primordial Dao embryo.

At that moment, Xiaosong felt that the way Heihuang looked at Ye Fan was like a hungry wolf seeing a delicious little white lamb.

That day, the Black Emperor sat in front of the Cauldron of All Things Mother Qi and rambled on and on, talking about the darkness of the future, how Ye Fan needed a successor, and how Jiang Bai, Wu Shi, and the Ruthless Man also needed successors.

We can't have a future where everyone loses and there's no one left to carry on the legacy.

Ultimately, the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron agreed, because Xiao Zi was really not suitable to be Ye Fan's successor; her talent and abilities were too poor.

Besides, Jiang Bai, Wu Shi, and the Ruthless One had no descendants or disciples to inherit their great Dao.

After the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron agreed, the Black Emperor went to apologize to Ji Ziyue again.

After a moment of silence, Ji Ziyue agreed. Xiao Zi's talent and ability were indeed far inferior to those of Ye Fan and Wu Shi.

Not long after, under the control of the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron, Ye Fan arrived at a mountainous region and met a country woman named Chenxi.

When Jiang Bai, who was in the Human King's Palace, saw the woman, he raised an eyebrow. "It's ahead of schedule. Is this the work of the mastermind behind the scenes again?"
Decades later, a child was born in the countryside, and upon birth, he absorbed all the essence of heaven and earth from an entire star field.

If the Black Emperor hadn't been prepared, this child would have caused an even bigger storm.

Decades later, Ye Fan and Chen Xi entered their twilight years together and passed away.

Then... on that day, the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron almost shattered. Yan Chongtian, who came to challenge Ye Fan after hearing that Ye Fan had awakened, was crushed.

Ye Fan, who always had the cauldron of all things' mother energy above his head, started stomping on it and using it like a spiked club, swinging it around to smash things.

In the end, it was Ji Ziyue who persuaded Ye Fan to stop, and Chenxi was taken to Ji Ziyue's side to be taught by her.

Now that she has become the Heavenly Emperor's woman, Chenxi cannot remain a mere mortal.

The child, Ye Yishui, became a disciple of the Great Emperor Wushi.

Just as everyone was preparing to challenge Ye Fan, he disappeared again to continue refining his primordial spirit.

However, before disappearing, Ye Fan left behind a sentence: "The day I return will be the day I become an Immortal King."

Another 20,000 years have passed in the blink of an eye. Ye Yishui has become a true immortal, with unparalleled combat power.

Just as everyone in the Heavenly Court was celebrating, the vast aura of the Celestial King's Tribulation resounded throughout the entire Primordial Ancient Realm.

Ye Fan stood amidst the great calamity, confronting it with unparalleled domineering power.

"To achieve the status of a Celestial King after tens of thousands of years is truly unbelievable." The returning Six Paths Reincarnation Celestial King and the Old Golden Crow Celestial King were both stunned.

Only Footprint Emperor and Jiang Bai remained completely calm.

The former remained calm because: "It's not enough to just cultivate quickly; what's important is the foundation."

Jiang Bai remained calm because: "This is Ye Tiandi, who went to university."

(End of this chapter)