# Chapter 1733: The Hundred-Year Agreement
A hundred years passed swiftly. In the mortal world, an entire generation turned to dust. Time changed, erasing many things. Ye Fan still had not appeared. It was as if he had vanished from the face of the earth, never to return. There was never any news about him.
Many people sighed. Had he simply perished like this? After enduring a hundred years of bitter struggle, in the end, he could not defy heaven.
In the hundredth year, Ye Fan did not appear as promised, causing deep regret and sorrow. Everyone knew how strong his competitiveness was on the Imperial Path, how limitless his potential. Yet under the immense pressure of the ancient supremes, he had encountered a major problem!
Some rejoiced, some grieved. With different positions, their reactions naturally differed.
"Ha ha..." The old killing sage Qi Luo laughed bitterly. This outcome was too cruel. The Heavenly Court's forces had endured humiliation for a hundred years, always waiting for the day Ye Fan would return. They never expected this result.
"Master!" Little Pine's eyes reddened. Standing on a mountain cliff, gazing at the starry river, surrounded by the rustling of pine trees, large teardrops rolled down his face.
"Dead just like that?" In the Underworld, the vast netherworld was submerged in black fog. An icy voice came from the Town Prison Hall.
"Somewhat regrettable." Within the Dao Palace, someone sighed softly.
"Truly failed? This saves me some trouble!" On the ancestral star of the Heaven-Dominating Bloodline, a merciless voice echoed beneath the starry sky.
A hundred years of waiting, a hundred years of yearning, a hundred years of silence. It all ended in such a plain manner, without even stirring a single ripple.
Overall, Ye Fan's influence in the universe was still enormous. An entire generation had been influenced by him. He had fought desperately against ancient supremes, campaigned through the Dark Calamity, and left behind a fearsome reputation.
His failure, his somber curtain call, made many people's hearts ache. Many young people had once taken him as their goal to strive for, only to see that person ahead fall.
This was the end of an era. The glorious age belonging to Ye Fan had reached its conclusion.
"You said you would come back. That was your promise to me." On the mountain peak, groves of snow orchid trees swayed in the wind, scattering large petals of pure white. Ji Ziyue's face bore tear stains, her expression dark and sorrowful.
She did not cry loudly, but tears silently streamed down her face. Having experienced too many partings between life and death, her endurance had grown strong, yet her heart still ached unbearably.
"Ye Fan, you bastard, come back quickly! If you die like this, are you worthy of Ziyue and us, your brothers?!" Pang Bo roared.
"Ye Fan, what did you promise your brothers back then? That you would definitely return in a hundred years. We don't expect you to break through, we just want you to live!" Li Heishui also roared at the sky, tears streaming down.
Inside a secret chamber, there was a soul lamp. Many people rushed in to see for themselves.
"It's shattered." The Holy Prince sighed.
When they heard these words, it was as if they had been struck by lightning. Their faces turned pale. Was there really no hope at all?
"He shattered it himself when he left." Black Emperor said.
Before leaving, Ye Fan had secretly shattered his own soul lamp, not letting anyone know whether he would live or die in the future. Why did he do this? Perhaps he had already foreseen the outcome. Without a soul lamp, he left some hope for everyone.
"How could this bastard do this? He said he would come back! He said he would come back!" Pang Bo roared, then crouched down holding his head, tears continuously falling.
He and Ye Fan came from the same place. They had shared life and death, experienced so many hardships, seen blood and bone, struggled to reach this day. And now, separated by life and death, it was hard to accept.
The turmoil went far beyond this. A hundred years had passed. All divisions of the Heavenly Court were restless and uneasy. They had waited too long, but the appointed date had arrived, and Ye Fan had not appeared.
Now there were many rumors outside. On one point, they were almost unanimous: Ye Fan had failed, died on the path to becoming Emperor, his soul returned to the yellow earth, unable to return alive.
"How could this be? We don't believe it!"
"We were promised that the Heavenly Court's great banner would be raised again! We were to campaign across the nine heavens! Even the Forbidden Zones of Life were not our final destination. We were to advance into the Immortal Domain! A vast battle map awaited us! How could this be?!"
The Heavenly Court had dozens of war divisions, each with over ten thousand people. After a hundred years, they had begun to reassemble. But now it was all for nothing, leaving only sorrow.
"I wanted to see him. What a pity, a short-lived ghost. No chance to take his head, ha ha ha..." Someone laughed beneath the starry sky.
Moreover, he stood at the former headquarters of the Heavenly Court. Now this place had long been abandoned and desolate. People had left, leaving only empty halls.
In recent years, people had continuously emerged from the several great Forbidden Zones of Life: mounts of ancient supremes, personal guards, bloodline descendants. Each identity was astonishing.
After Black Emperor, Ye Tong, Yang Xi and others killed the Heaven-Defying Savage Beast, they had silenced heaven and earth for a time. But as they went into seclusion, things had grown restless again in recent years.
"So it's a fellow from Reincarnation Sea, expressing sentiments here? The Reincarnation Lord of your lineage has already fallen. It's said that over three hundred years ago, although the Sacred Body Ye Fan was not strong, he still played a certain role." A woman came from beneath the starry sky. She was not beautiful, but had an ethereal aura. A third vertical eye grew on her forehead, and her aura was oppressive.
"The Divine Ruins is not much better either. Even the Thunder God Prince who emerged later died in battle." The young man from Reincarnation Sea turned around and looked at the woman. "Are you the Ruins' Daughter from back then?"
"It's me. Are you the Past Life Brother from Reincarnation Sea?" The woman asked indifferently.
"Correct. You don't seem to want to fight me, do you?" Past Life said.
The Ruins' Daughter said, "Why would I fight you? I heard that three old fellows have joined together, calling themselves the Three World-Externals, searching for the Chaos Body's whereabouts. We cannot afford to be idle either."
Past Life immediately smiled. "I also want to make a move. I heard the Heavenly Court's foundation is quite extraordinary. Why don't a few of us join forces and thoroughly destroy this lineage?"
"Exactly my thought. Since the Sacred Body Ye Fan is no longer here, I think we should reduce this sect to complete ashes. I hate that name!" The Ruins' Daughter said.
"Right, I also hate that name very much. The several great lords cannot emerge, so only we can sweep them away." Past Life laughed, his white teeth flashing coldly.
"When this matter is settled, the universe should be clean. And by then, the other immortal path should be about to open. I hope this time it becomes reality, and we get to see the Immortal Domain." The Ruins' Daughter smiled, the light in her eyes very frightening.
After this day, some disciples from the Forbidden Zones formed an alliance, intending to massacre Ye Tong, Little Pine, Yang Xi and others, to eradicate them all, deciding to uproot the Heavenly Court completely!
This was a terrifying decision, a terrifying alliance. Each of these people had astonishing backgrounds. Although there were only a few of them, they were enough to sweep across the universe, with few able to oppose them.
"The Golden Lion War Division has been annihilated, killed to the last man. Only the Lion King barely survived by being pushed into a domain gate by his troops. Over ten thousand people were killed cleanly!"
Black Emperor's face was terrifyingly dark. Upon receiving this grievous news, he almost jumped up, nearly summoning all the quasi-emperors to strike together.
But he held back. The other side was forcing their hand. The Forbidden Zone sons had allied to eliminate their important figures. Now they were using mass slaughter to force them to appear.
"The Scorpion Division has also been annihilated!" This time it was even more thorough. Even the Scorpion Saint, who had followed Ye Fan on the Stellar Ancient Path, was dead. The Reincarnation Sea's Past Life Prince grabbed and crushed his skull, body and spirit utterly destroyed.
This was a bloody massacre, enraging the Heavenly Court's forces.
They had already endured for a hundred years, scattered in all directions. And now someone was still making a move to sweep them all away.
"Only a few war divisions have reassembled so far, and now they've been destroyed like this." Ye Tong said heavily.
"Order them to endure, not to gather together. The enemy is too strong. Now is not the time for a head-on clash." Black Emperor choked back a mouthful of blood and forced it down.
Two war divisions, tens of thousands of people, had been massacred like this. Rage burned in their hearts. They wished they could charge out immediately.
"But the brothers can't hold back anymore. They feel too aggrieved. They want to raise the Heavenly Court's great banner, reassemble the former battle generals, and avenge the fallen brothers!" Yang Xi said. The Heavenly Court's dozens of war divisions, hundreds of thousands of elite troops, were all furious. Although scattered in all directions, upon receiving the news, they were still reassembling to take action.
"Those people from the Forbidden Zones also want us to come out. Wouldn't that be playing right into their hands?" Black Emperor said coldly, his killing intent rolling. Then he looked up at the heavens. "Don't forget, this is the hundredth year. There is still one year left. The hundred and first year hasn't arrived yet."
"Master... he... can he still come back?" Ye Fan's several disciples' voices trembled. In recent days, they were burning with anxiety, filled with grief, but could not show it, because there were still various battles to deal with.
"Wait. Tell them to endure one more year. If Ye Fan is dead, this Emperor will go all out and lead them to slaughter this universe!" Black Emperor said fiercely.
It must be said that Black Emperor still had a certain authority. Having followed Emperor Wu Shi, when he became serious, the war generals of each division were somewhat intimidated.
"Good. We will endure. We await the day the Heavenly Court's great banner is raised again!" Many war divisions responded, swallowing their blood and pain.
"We know we are no match for the Forbidden Zone sons. We hope our Heavenly Court's quasi-emperors will lead us out to fight soon. Since we must endure, we obey the order!"
With unwillingness and resentment, they waited for orders.
"Is that so? Several Forbidden Zone sons have allied to eliminate the Heavenly Court. Very good. Let the descendants with the Heaven-Dominating Bloodline also go out. Join them in their actions. Kill them all cleanly!"
On this day, several people emerged from the Overlord Body ancestral star. Although not those with pure Overlord Body blood, they were still terrifyingly powerful. Two of them had even broken out from the ancestral cave.
"The commander of the Crane War Division has been killed. He hadn't even reassembled the division. He was just discovered, and was chopped into bloody mud by someone with Overlord Body blood!"
When this news arrived, all divisions of the Heavenly Court were furious. Thirty years ago, they had been enraged and killed the Great Achievement Overlord Body's mount, making their might known across the universe. They never expected this clan to move again, killing their heroes.
"One war division couldn't endure. They used a damaged imperial formation to attack, but failed. They were bloodily cleansed by the Overlord Body lineage. All twelve thousand brothers died. Blood dyed the starry sky red."
When this news arrived, Black Emperor flew into a rage. He roared, shattering the hall, standing upright. In this period, tens of thousands of Heavenly Court troops had been killed. Not dying in the glorious battles of the past, but humiliatingly having enemies come to their doorstep and suppress them with overwhelming force.
"Insulting my Heavenly Court, killing my comrades. This enmity must be avenged!" Black Emperor swore. He began to accelerate his arrangements, preparing even more terrifying imperial array patterns.
At the cosmic border wasteland, on a block of Chaos Stone, a white-haired man lay across it. His hair was snow-white. His body had long lost its luster, dim and yellow. Bones showed through the skin, leaving imprints. He was very weak, in the twilight of his years. He had no life force, no fluctuations. It was as if he had been dead for ten thousand years.