# Chapter 1767: Stuck at the Gate
The Heavenly Gate opened, revealing a vast world!
Was this the Immortal Domain? Mountains stretched endlessly, reaching the same height as the heavens, with divine vines and immortal trees growing, ancient and weathered, as if they had existed for tens or even hundreds of millions of years.
Yet why was there a layer of mist diffused throughout, making everything seem so far away?
People desperately wanted to see through it clearly, but it was too illusory and hazy, impossible to discern fully.
"Boom!"
Blazing divine light rained down, like one divine flower after another blooming, brilliant and fervent, radiance illuminating the ages, spanning the entire history of living beings.
"Could this really be the Immortal Realm?"
At this moment, even the voices of ancient supremes trembled. Having hibernated for a million years, had they finally witnessed the Immortal Domain? It was both joyful and unsettling, feeling unreal.
"Is this the Immortal Domain, the place we dreamed of entering?" said the Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor.
Supremes had once been young too, just like Ye Fan, with blood energy surging like an ocean, standing at the pinnacle of their era, revered by all living beings, filled with heroic spirit, looking down upon the nine heavens and ten earths.
They had dreams, passion, and grand ambitions, but all of this was eventually worn away on the path to immortality, for which they had abandoned and let go of too much.
Family, friends, lovers... one by one, they had left them, becoming yellow earth, while they themselves lived on by any means necessary, struggling to survive, enduring torment.
What was it all for? Only for this moment—to ascend to the Immortal Domain and truly become immortal!
Now the time had come, dreams were coming true, so why were their eyes blurry? Tears fell.
"Daughter!" The Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor let out a heart-wrenching roar, staring at the Immortal Domain, then suddenly fixed his gaze on Ye Fan, killing intent surging to the heavens.
For the sake of becoming immortal, he had abandoned everything, including sleeping through his dragon daughter's death, accumulating power in unconsciousness. Now looking back, there was endless pain.
"Hahaha..." The White Tiger Daoist laughed, nearly insane, his snow-white hair like tangled weeds, tears streaming from his laughter.
How many old brothers, how many companions had once fought alongside him, risking life and death? In the end, he had succeeded, while those closest to him had long become dry bones, lying on that departed path.
He had reached the pinnacle, yet there was no one left to enjoy this splendid scenery with him.
"At this moment, why does my heart feel so lost, even somewhat pained?" Another supreme sighed desolately.
Clearly standing at the most glorious pinnacle, yet missing the people of those years, standing alone, without family, friendship, or love, only a few opponents remaining.
"Is the most important thing just the journey? When the wish is fulfilled, only eternal loneliness remains. I am unwilling, longing to share glory with you. Can the years turn back? I want to bring you here, to step into the Immortal Domain together with me..."
"Thud!"
A thunderous sound startled everyone awake. The Immortal Ascension Cauldron flew up, attempting to charge into the Immortal Domain, but suffered a heavy blow. The entrance flickered with immortal dao runes.
"Oh, what's happening?" Several people were greatly startled.
The Immortal Ascension Cauldron was stuck at the Heavenly Gate, unable to advance or retreat, shaking violently as rune after rune tried to imprint onto it, altering all the original law chains within the cauldron's walls.
"Is this the baptism of the Immortal Ascension Boat? Stop it!" Several supremes roared.
This was about becoming immortal. Endless divine light poured into the Green Copper Cauldron, making it appear increasingly sacred. Many runes were imprinted on the cauldron's walls, causing it to transform and elevate.
Several great supremes charged forward to stop this, because the quotas for immortality were limited. If the Green Copper Cauldron occupied one position, their hopes would diminish.
At this moment, Ye Fan was no longer their primary enemy!
Boom!
Blazing divine light blasted over, all striking the cauldron. The several joined forces, attempting to shatter it.
Ye Fan naturally wouldn't stand idly by. Setting aside everything else, just from his relationship with the Divine Child, he couldn't watch this happen. He executed forbidden secret techniques, attacking the several supremes.
This place immediately fell into chaos. A melee erupted, divine techniques flew, laws densely covered the area, intertwining into a brilliant net of light.
"Am I destined to become merely a vessel? I don't want to enter like this. Help me break free!" Suddenly, a divine thought came from the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, reaching directly into Ye Fan's heart-sea.
At this critical moment, the will within the Green Copper Cauldron was filled with unwillingness and unyielding spirit, wanting to transcend, unwilling to be just a weapon.
Boom!
The Green Copper Cauldron was knocked out by the several supremes, unable to remain there long.
"Roar..."
A white tiger rushed over, entering the Heavenly Gate, replacing the Green Copper Cauldron. The same thing happened—it got stuck there, immortal dao runes flickering, sinking into its flesh.
"Ah—"
This was a kind of excruciating pain. It was actually trying to erase its original dao, replacing it with the order of another world. But how could a Great Emperor's dao be so easily extinguished? A fierce confrontation ensued.
The White Tiger Daoist's entire body exploded with blood and flesh, runes flickering. He nearly shattered on the spot. This was a painful transformation, hair-raising, as if being broken apart and then reassembled.
Endless divine light rushed out, entering the White Tiger's body, also rushing into the flesh of Ye Fan and the several supremes, extremely sacred.
Ye Fan had a realization, just as he had thought when establishing his dao back then—when one breaks free from the original universe, everything ceases to exist. Would the former laws and dao still hold? Now this was being proven true. Everything would be extinguished!
This was a terrifying great tribulation. No one knew if they could successfully transform.
"Rumble!"
The Beast God, the supreme from Blood Phoenix Mountain, and the Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor acted together, unwilling to let the White Tiger become immortal, launching the most terrifying attacks.
"Pfft!"
The enormous white tiger exploded, covered in blood, then flew back, reforming its body in the distance, filled with hatred and rage.
Being interrupted like this enraged him, but he couldn't change this fact. The transformation required time, yet no one gave him the opportunity.
Thus, the Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor, and the supreme from Blood Phoenix Mountain who had now transformed into the Phoenix Wing Golden Spear, all successively entered the Heavenly Gate, but were all knocked out by others.
Wanting to enter and transform required time for this process. There was no way around it. No one wanted others to become immortal first. Several people were stuck here at the Heavenly Gate.
Only Ye Fan didn't attempt it. He stayed with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, hoping to find another way to break through. He didn't want to become immortal alone; this world had too many attachments.
But these supremes had long abandoned everything. Their only goal in this life was to enter the Immortal Domain themselves!
"I speculate that this baptism will bring unpredictable changes. After all, it's about erasing our imperial dao traces. If something goes wrong, a lifetime of cultivation could become nothing," the Beast God frowned.
"Hmm, I suggest letting one person go in first to see what changes occur, and then we stop him at the end," the White Tiger Daoist said, fixing his gaze on Ye Fan.
The others immediately understood his meaning. They wanted to use Ye Fan as a test subject. For the sake of safety, they absolutely had to do this.
Ye Fan was a powerhouse of this level, destined to be a threat. Using him to test the Heavenly Gate might be the best choice. The four surrounded him together.
"Do you think you can keep me if you want?" Ye Fan sneered, holding the Immortal Ascension Cauldron in his hand, stepping hundreds of millions of zhang away in an instant, retreating to a distance.
Then, he took another step, actually turning away without looking back, rushing out of the Immortal Path, entering the original great universe world, abandoning everything here.
The several were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other.
"Chase him. Leaving him alive will surely be a disaster. And I truly feel we must use an imperial dao expert as an experiment to feel at ease. Otherwise, my heart always trembles."
"Makes sense. If our imperial dao foundations are erased but we still can't become immortal, wouldn't that be the most ridiculous and sorrowful ending?"
A great earthquake occurred on the Immortal Path. The group charged out, jointly pursuing Ye Fan, extremely fierce, divine light illuminating the starry sea.
Within the mortal world, everyone was shocked, all stunned. What had happened? The supremes had clearly fought their way into the Immortal Path, so why had they charged back out in a great slaughter?
Could it be that... the Dark Calamity had occurred again?
Thinking of this possibility, everyone's face turned pale, without a trace of color. If so, this would truly be an apocalyptic war.
A brutal slaughter ensued, imperial blood reflecting across the starry sky.
"Ye Fan, can you escape? The universe is vast, but there's no place for you to hide. Come with us and step onto the Immortal Path as soon as possible!" the Beast God shouted.
The world didn't understand. Why was he saying this? Becoming immortal was a good thing. Why would the Sacred Body Ye Fan withdraw, causing several ancient supremes to chase him out? There must be a great secret.
"Kill!"
The group fought all the way, blood staining their path. Ye Fan stepped with the Stride Art, breaking through the starry river, about to disappear in an instant. Even the ancient supremes couldn't match his speed.
"Do you think you can leave?!" The White Tiger Daoist sat down cross-legged, beginning to deduce.
The Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor's eyes were cold and merciless. "He can run, hard to catch. But he still has family and friends. Capture them and kill them one by one, and see if he turns back."
His cruel words could freeze the universe. They weren't just talking. They actually sat together, jointly deducing. Rune after rune flew up, illuminating the universe, dazzling and terrifying.
"Hmm?"
Ye Fan was startled. Four supremes joining forces cast a shadow over his heart. He flew at extreme speed toward a certain domain.
"I sense he left some imprints in this universe, created some chaotic realms, but they're very hidden."
"Found one. Let's lock onto it together. We can find it!"
Ye Fan stood beneath the starry sky, watching closely, ready for a bloody battle.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a chaotic world exploded. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, countless casualties. The several supremes, like demon kings, crushed this space.
Black Emperor, Dongfang Ye, Xiao Zi and others fell out, all startled and uncertain, then trembling, because the supremes' blood energy pressed down on the heavens.
"You're asking for death!"
Ye Fan roared, sensing the anomaly, arriving at the scene in an instant, standing before everyone.
"Big Brother!" Little Nannan called out from behind.
No one had expected the supremes to arrive here. A great crisis was descending...
"It's my fault!" The Immortal Ascension Cauldron blamed itself, because it knew that when it was being reassembled, the Divine Child had been summoned away, leaving a flaw when breaking through this chaotic world, which was why the supremes had now found it.
"Why aren't you running anymore?" The White Tiger Daoist sneered.
"You killed my daughter, slaughtered my people. Now you've met your match. I'll settle accounts with you and exterminate your entire clan!" The Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor's voice was icy cold. With a "puff," he crushed several nearby heavenly soldiers and generals into bloody mud under his feet.
With his strength, any casual movement could destroy an entire star domain. He did this deliberately, wantonly displaying his power.
"I don't trouble others unless they trouble me. Everyone I killed had a reason to die. But you? For your selfish desires, for immortality, you trample on all living beings. I say, in this era, none of you will become immortal. Your dreams will all be shattered before the Heavenly Gate, forever separated from it!" Ye Fan shouted, blocking the front, while the Immortal Ascension Cauldron and the Primordial Qi Cauldron rapidly took people in, protecting all his old friends.
"Big Brother, I'll fight alongside you!" Little Nannan stepped forward. Though her face was full of childishness, her expression was very serious. (To be continued)