# Chapter 1757: Turmoil of the Storm
"Since there is hope of becoming an immortal, then we must make another kind of preparation. I will open up ten pure lands. You all wait quietly. If I obtain the opportunity for immortality, I will guide you to cross over together." Ye Fan said seriously.
In this era, he had no choice but to contend. The prophecy of ascending immortals had appeared, destined to create history. Everyone in the Forbidden Zones of Life would inevitably come to wage war.
There was no need to think deeply. Soon, there would be an unimaginably fierce collision. All the emperors would rise together, contending for the immortal path. It might even shatter this universe to pieces.
"Father, you must be careful!" A young girl was filled with worry. Several hundred years had passed, and Little Zi had grown up, pure and transcendent in beauty, now carrying some melancholy.
She resembled Ji Ziyue greatly. On ordinary days, she was playful and adorable, full of youth and vitality, deeply loved by everyone in the Heavenly Court.
Ye Fan rubbed her head and said, "Don't worry."
"You messed it up." Little Zi muttered, her jet-black hair flowing with luster.
A group of children had all grown up, each one a stunning genius. The disciple surpassed the master, and many had surpassed their parents' generation, making the Heavenly Court increasingly prosperous.
The only one who remained unchanged was Little Nannan. She was still so small, fair and tender, innocent and lovely, always the little one everyone wanted to protect.
"Uncle, let us go with you to fight on the immortal path?" Li Heishui's son and Dongfang Ye's child were the most restless, both showing hopeful expressions. They didn't really want to fight on the immortal path—they clearly wanted Ye Fan to take them along for the experience.
"All of you, behave yourselves." Dongfang Ye knocked their heads one by one.
The Heavenly Court was full of talented people, with limitless potential. A group of children had grown into adults. With them alone, they could support a vast sky, thriving and flourishing, bringing comfort to all.
Next, Ye Fan began to busy himself. He was creating worlds. Chaotic qi surged violently, and the Primordial Qi Cauldron rose and fell, absorbing all the primordial essence from the pure lands he had opened.
At his level, opening up a divine domain was naturally no problem. Even adorning it with real stars was not very difficult, because someone of this rank could inherently do such things.
Ye Fan intended to open ten pure lands, to leave them for the heavenly soldiers and generals to take refuge in.
During this process of world-creation, his disciples and the important figures of the Heavenly Court all watched. This was not a small world, but a true divine domain, worthy of observation and enlightenment.
Ye Fan's dharma power surged violently, evolving life and death, opening up the primordial. He stabilized the cosmos, recreated stars. The methods he displayed were awe-inspiring.
Creating worlds in chaos occasionally yielded some strange and extraordinary materials. Some were extremely precious, with no second piece to be found in the world. But except for Great Emperor-level figures, no one else could possibly create worlds like this.
Ye Fan was going to open ten layers of heaven—this was extremely astonishing.
"Ding"
A light sound came. When opening the eighth layer of heaven, a red light flashed, colliding with the Primordial Qi Cauldron. It did not shatter, and flowing light flew out.
"We dug up a chaotic immortal treasure!" Huahua shouted, extremely excited.
He was not as fast as Black Emperor. The big black claw swiped, directly pressing down on his bald head, while Black Emperor himself rushed over first, opening his mouth to bite. When it came to treasure-grabbing ability, no one could match him except Duan De.
"Senior Brother Black Emperor, what are you doing?" A group of children all looked at him.
"Forgot, we're all family. Treasure in the meat pot can't run away. Just a conditioned reflex." Black Emperor said awkwardly.
Little Zi, Yan Xiao, Dongfang Changsheng, and a group of children all snickered, while Li Tian, Li Heishui, Dongfang Ye, and the others were quite calm. If the big black dog didn't react like this, that would be strange.
"It really is immortal material!"
When Black Emperor took the treasure out from the chaos, everyone was shocked.
"Phoenix Blood Red Gold!"
Everyone's eyes burned with passion. It was actually Phoenix Blood Red Gold, the material ancient Great Emperors used to forge weapons. No one expected that creating worlds would yield such a large piece.
"Eh, that's not right. This isn't a primordial essence block. It's been refined by someone. Look, this is a section of a war halberd. There are even ancient dao marks. How many ages ago were these left behind?" Black Emperor was shocked.
Everyone gathered around. Even Ye Fan was somewhat surprised. Things in chaos were all primordial existences, not within the great universe. How could there be weapon fragments?
"They are remnants of imperial dao laws." Ye Fan said after examining them. This section of war halberd had been left behind countless ages ago, and there were still dao marks within that had not been extinguished.
"How is this possible? Could it be that supreme beings fought here, damaged their weapons, and they were ultimately buried in the chaos?"
"Impossible." Black Emperor shook his head. He had been watching Ye Fan create worlds the entire time. The chaos here was like an ocean, with no pathways. No battle had ever occurred.
One could say this was a primordial place. No one could have come here before. It had always been this desolate.
"Then what's going on? Uncle Ye, quickly create more worlds and see if there are more immortal treasures here." Some children shouted excitedly.
Ye Fan frowned slightly. He stroked this section of broken halberd and felt the power of endless time. This kind of imperial dao law was astonishingly ancient, not belonging to any legendary emperor.
He continued creating worlds, expanding another pure land. He did not obtain any more Phoenix Blood Red Gold, but he dug up half a broken stele. On it were carved a few characters, but unfortunately, none were recognizable.
"Characters from beyond the mythological era. No one can decipher them!" This was the consensus. Even if they sought out specialists, they could only shake their heads.
"They are the same as the characters on that stele in the Underworld, from the same era." Ye Fan sighed softly.
When he said these words, his heart shook violently. This was annihilated history. Was this a cycle? How many epochs had been buried? Were these the remnants?
At this moment, Ye Fan's mind trembled greatly. The so-called cycle was far more vast than he had imagined. It had buried the universe, returning it to chaos.
And later generations had reopened the universe, giving rise to different civilizations and developments. Was this really the case? When he thought of this possibility, his entire body turned cold.
The so-called changes—the universe had been overturned who knows how many times.
Immortal!
Finally, Ye Fan thought of this word. Only by achieving longevity, only by breaking through eternity, could one understand everything. Otherwise, one was just a flower in this universe, blooming and then withering.
Even a Great Emperor was merely the most beautiful flower.
"Even the universe has an end. When heaven and earth change again, what will remain? Only by leaping out." Ye Fan murmured. This unexpected discovery had deeply moved him.
"Uncle Ye, you should open a few more layers of heaven. Maybe you'll dig up a pile of treasures." Dongfang Changsheng laughed.
"Kids don't understand anything. Don't talk nonsense." Dongfang Ye slapped him.
Even for a Great Emperor, such large-scale world-creation was very exhausting if sustained, because this was not a small world but a true vast pure land. Sealed within, one could survive for endless ages without issue.
Finally, this section of Phoenix Blood war halberd was given by Ye Fan to Shan Huang. This old quasi-emperor had greatly increased in strength over the years, becoming a high-end combat power of the Heavenly Court, one of its guardians. This harvest made Old Shan Huang overjoyed and excited.
"Do you need me and our daughter to go with you?" At the moment of parting, Ji Ziyue asked, a gentle expression on her face. In the later stages of cultivation, the terrifying nature of the Primordial Spirit Physique was fully revealed.
Perhaps her cultivation was not yet heaven-defying, but if she walked alongside a supreme being, she could increase the power of their law fluctuations, providing a boost. Moreover, she could absorb the primal source of heaven and earth, allowing the supreme being to recover faster. It could be said she was close to immortality, naturally protected by heaven.
The Primordial Spirit Physique was either nothing or, once accomplished, an existence close to immortality. This was the conclusion Black Emperor had privately deduced with Ye Fan.
This kind of physique was extremely rare. Only two or three had existed throughout history, and all had died young, never achieving success.
Now, Ji Ziyue possessed this kind of innate bloodline, and Little Zi had inherited it as well. Thus, both mother and daughter hoped to accompany Ye Fan, to lend him a hand.
"No need. You wait for me to return!" Ye Fan shook his head firmly, not wanting his wife and daughter to take risks.
After arranging matters in the Heavenly Court, he set out, heading straight for the Flying Immortal Star.
On this great star, desolate beasts were numerous, savage birds filled the sky, primeval forests were dense, mountains were grand, and waterfalls hung like the Silver River descending from the nine heavens.
This was a magnificent world.
But recently, it had been restless. All powerful beings were uneasy. All strange beasts and fierce birds were roaring and crying out. The anomaly at the very center was becoming increasingly terrifying. Roaring sounds could be heard directly. Ancient steles stood in abundance. Demonic qi and immortal mist rose together.
Most critically, supreme beings had manifested, coming to observe, preparing for the great battle to come.
Ye Fan arrived, making no attempt to conceal himself, shaking the starry sea. The myriad spirits on Flying Immortal Star were greatly stirred. The Sacred Body, who had achieved the Dao through an alternative path, had arrived, more terrifying than ancient supreme beings.
Because his blood qi was vigorous, and through actual combat, he had slain sublimated Heavenly Venerables. His majesty and divine power were beyond doubt.
"These are all sealing steles." Ye Fan sighed softly. Now the seals were loosening. These steles had left the depths of the earth, rising into the mortal world.
Clearly, the seals below could not hold much longer. They could no longer suppress this secret place. All secrets would be revealed.
The characters on the steles were unrecognizable, only a few words vaguely discernible. Ye Fan gazed at them. They were imperial characters, representing the extreme of the dao. Whether ancient or modern, they were the same. It was they that were functioning to suppress this place.
They were not the nine essence imperial characters from the Dao Scripture, nor the essence imperial characters from the Supreme Yin Mother Scripture or the Supreme Yang Immortal Scripture. Those characters merely represented a kind of sealing dao, resonating with the great dao, rumbling with echoes, undestroyed for ten thousand ages.
After watching for a long time, Ye Fan did not act. He entered outer space, sat cross-legged in a stretch of void, gazing at the great star below, standing guard.
Thus, time passed swiftly. A full forty-nine years went by. He did not move at all, except to comprehend the dao and gaze at Flying Immortal Star.
During this period, incarnations of supreme beings came and went. Several major Forbidden Zones of Life all made moves. All had supreme existences come here to observe, to investigate thoroughly. Everyone was waiting.
The wind filling the tower foretells a coming storm. Everyone knew that the seals of this place were about to be completely destroyed. The secrets at the planet's core were about to emerge.
Yet, not a single person moved to first undo the seals. All the emperors were very patient, all waiting, awaiting the arrival of this heaven-defying great era, awaiting the opening of the immortal path.
It was not only Ye Fan who sensed it. The imperial dao supreme beings of the various Forbidden Zones of Life—how could those who had reached that realm be ordinary? They too, through secret methods and forbidden arts, had understood a blurry future, guessing at some astonishing results.
Clank, clank!
The sound of iron chains shook the heavens, as if immortals and demons were about to emerge, seemingly crossing over from the Immortal Domain, about to push open the tightly locked gates.