# Chapter 1821: Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin
Suddenly, Ye Fan stared at the cosmic void ahead, his mind stirring. He sensed something, and with a sweep of his hands, he tore through heaven and earth, entering a chaotic immortal soil.
It was very tranquil here, with a Daoist temple. As soon as he entered, he smelled a fragrance that seeped into his heart and mind—it was an immortality pill. He strolled in, revealing a strange expression.
A ginseng fruit tree was rooted within the Daoist temple, bearing several snow-white fruits shaped like human figures, warm and crystalline, emitting a pure fragrance.
"Heavenly Emperor." An aged voice came.
Beneath the ginseng fruit tree, there were some immortal sources and divine sources, sealing a group of people. Only a few Daoist boys were not sealed, and they looked at him at a loss.
"Rongcheng Shi." Ye Fan sighed. He never expected to meet this legendary figure here, one he had long heard of but only now saw in person.
Not only him, but also a group of Qi Refiners, all of them illustrious. Among them was another alternative Dao-achiever, Ge Hong. Some important figures from the Pre-Qin Qi Refiners were living in seclusion in this chaotic immortal soil.
After conversing and sitting quietly for a night, Ye Fan rose and took his leave. Here he obtained an important piece of information: the Dao-Converging Flower was first born in Kunlun, then flew away into the heavens, its whereabouts unknown.
Ye Fan arrived at Kunlun, using it as an origin point to deduce and seek it out. But after walking for many years, he was ultimately disappointed.
Traveling aimlessly through the stars, one day a cry of surprise came from a star domain. The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin had reappeared, but unfortunately no one could catch up to it or get close.
Ye Fan's expression shifted. He crossed endless star systems, descended from the heavens, and finally saw again the nine black dragon bodies and the massive ancient bronze coffin.
"Heavenly Emperor!"
People cried out in shock.
The ancient coffin was hazy, shrouded by mist, covered in runes that had now come to life. No wonder the world could not approach or capture it.
Ye Fan descended from the heavens and landed on the coffin, his heart filled with infinite emotion. Everything had begun because of this coffin. His ability to roam the universe for so many years was all related to it.
The hundreds of ancient characters—after becoming Heavenly Emperor, he had long comprehended them all. Now sitting here, unmoving for a long time, he listened intently to the scripture sounds once again emanating from within the coffin.
The hundreds of ancient characters—each one was an imperial symbol, a supreme essence. But half of those imperial symbols spoke not of cultivation matters, but of the construction and deduction of the Immortal Domain.
It was precisely through this, along with the fragmentary information contained within the immortality pills, that Ye Fan deduced that the Immortal Domain had major problems.
Ye Fan entered the coffin. Little Pine was curious, protected by radiance, his big eyes sparkling as he looked along with him.
Inside the giant bronze coffin, a small coffin lay horizontally. At this moment, the scriptures ceased, falling silent, as if burying the eternal universe.
Ye Fan approached, slowly but forcefully lifted open this small coffin. Instantly, chaotic primordial qi surged, immortal light overflowed in all directions, causing him to widen his eyes in shock.
"So that's how it is!"
He let out a soft sigh, containing too much meaning.
Then, he closed the coffin, turned and tore open the universe, sending out a strand of primordial spirit thought that appeared in the Ancient Forbidden Land, calling out to the Female Emperor, inviting her for a discussion.
The next moment, not only did the Female Emperor come, but Little Nannan also merged into her brow, becoming one with her.
"I opened this coffin long ago, then ordered the Great Accomplishment Saint Body to throw it out." The Female Emperor said calmly. Even as a Heavenly Emperor, Ye Fan was stunned. In this world, only the Ruthless Great Emperor would dare to do such a thing. This kind of boldness left him at a loss for words.
Yes, he understood. Back then, the Female Emperor did not seek immortality; she only waited in this mortal world for that person to return. Throwing away this coffin was only natural.
"Now, I invite the Great Emperor to observe together."
The Female Emperor did not speak, only watching quietly.
Ye Fan opened the ancient coffin again. Chaotic mist flowed, immortal light overflowed, peaceful and auspicious. Little Pine's eyes went wide as he looked inside. This time, he finally saw clearly—it was actually a world!
There were no corpses in the coffin, no people—only a mysterious world flowing with immortal light. If one jumped in, they would sense its vast boundlessness.
"Could it be that the so-called Immortal Domain is inside this coffin?" He thought of those hundreds of ancient characters, half of which were methods for constructing and evolving the Immortal Domain.
"All immortals died, the Immortal Domain was also damaged, cut off from this realm. The Desolate Heavenly Emperor wanted to evolve the Immortal Domain, to completely construct that world." Clearly, the Female Emperor knew more than Ye Fan.
Ye Fan discussed the Dao with the Female Emperor, sitting cross-legged in the coffin for several days, discussing longevity, immortality, and the immortal path. Now at the same height, they could naturally verify each other's insights.
Back then, this bronze coffin had not been able to enter the Immortal Domain, had not repaired that world, and was left behind in the mortal realm.
"Boom!"
At the depths of the universe, the decisive battle between two geniuses came to an end. Ye Yishui had won. The man formed from the five-colored divine phoenix was split apart by him and was about to fall. At the critical moment, the Soaring Immortal Waterfall appeared again. A snow-white jade-like hand descended, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor rescued his son.
His control over the Soaring Immortal Waterfall had become increasingly terrifying, able to manifest it at any time.
"Boom!"
At this moment, Ye Fan and the Ruthless Great Emperor struck simultaneously—one fist, one palm—toward the Soaring Immortal Waterfall.
The Immortal Heavenly Emperor brought his son into that world, then actively came out and exchanged a palm strike with each of them.
Instantly, heaven collapsed and earth split, ghosts wailed and gods howled. The Soaring Immortal Waterfall was half-destroyed. The Immortal Heavenly Emperor did all this just to gauge how terrifying these two had become.
"Please, Great Emperor, lend me your strength to jointly deduce where the Dao-Converging Flower is." Ye Fan requested.
"It is inside this coffin." The Female Emperor said calmly.
"What?" Ye Fan's heart trembled.
"Back then, I placed it inside this coffin, originally prepared for you. But unfortunately, it was not you." The Female Emperor was peerlessly elegant, but her expression at this moment made one's heart tremble.
Ye Fan understood. The Ruthless One had obtained the Dao-Converging Flower. The person she was waiting for was a Sacred Body, who could hardly become an emperor, so it was prepared for him. Later, she saw him, this "similar flower," and knew that sooner or later he would pursue this ancient bronze coffin. When she ordered the Great Accomplishment Saint Body to throw the bronze coffin out of the abyss back then, she had already placed the flower inside.
Ye Fan felt guilty and expressed his gratitude.
The Female Emperor suddenly spoke again: "It is not you. But if I were to inject his past and experiences into your sea of consciousness, it might not be impossible to recreate him. Perhaps it would be you."
But in the end, she did not act. Ye Fan was stunned.
The universe fell silent. The nine dragons and the bronze coffin were brought back to the Heavenly Court by Ye Fan. And by his side appeared Little Nannan again, pink and adorable, returning with him.
The universe was peaceful. Ye Yishui had attained the Dao, difficult to seal any longer. Ye Fan had no choice but to seal him into the incomplete Immortal Domain within the bronze coffin, making him responsible for taking care of Little Pine.
And Ye Fan himself had also changed his decision. He wanted to become an immortal in this mortal world!
Time flowed. In the fifty-second year of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, Ye Fan obtained all Nine Secrets. Although they were of little use now, they still had some reference value. Finally, he unified them, unleashing a power that shocked even immortals, though still inferior to his taboo techniques.
"It seems I still have some way to go. Since an old friend once said that the Nine Secrets unified are invincible past and present, then clearly someone has also reached this step." Ye Fan knew that person was the Emperor Venerable.
Although Ye Fan had already reached this step without relying on the Nine Secrets for many tens of thousands of years, he felt that the path could still go forward. He wanted to tread to the ultimate limit.
In the fifty-fifth year of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, Ye Fan's eighth life should theoretically have reached its end. But he did not undergo transformation, and time no longer flowed. He showed no signs of passing away.
That year, he saw Duan De. Almost every life, he had to guide or see off the Unscrupulous Taoist.
Duan De had a mournful face for several consecutive lives, saying he had the worst luck imaginable—grave-robbing for several lifetimes, only to be haunted by a vicious ghost.
In the sixtieth year of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, although Ye Fan was very old, his blood qi did not wither. He still remained at this stage, as if truly coexisting with the world.
At this point, the whole world sighed. The Heavenly Emperor was unique. Only one person in all of history had reached this step.
He was the special one!
But Ye Fan himself did not think so. In his view, the Ruthless One, Wu Shi, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor had all reached this step. Even Duan De, if he gathered all nine Reincarnation Seals, might also become an immortal in the mortal world.
In the sixty-fourth year of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, Ye Fan transformed again. This was intentional on his part. He wanted to raise his state to the absolute peak and then remain there forever.
His ninth life began!
As predicted, time could hardly leave traces on him anymore. He maintained the appearance of someone around twenty years old—thick black hair, crystalline skin, a towering figure overlooking the vast heaven and earth.
In the seventy-second year of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, Ye Fan still had not changed, still so young. Over these hundreds of thousands of years, he had forged nine cauldrons, made from different immortal metals such as Immortal Tear Green Gold, Eternal Blue Gold, Phoenix Blood Red Gold, Dragon Pattern Black Gold, Divine Scar Purple Gold, and Dao Tribulation Gold.
In fact, Ye Fan had also found the fragments of the Emperor Venerable's green cauldron. But he did not reassemble it. With a strange expression, he took the fragments to the Ancient Forbidden Land and discussed them with the Ruthless Great Emperor.
Ye Fan unified the nine divine gold cauldrons, smelting them into a single nine-colored precious cauldron, which became an immortal artifact.
Finally, he used his heaven-overshadowing divine powers to merge the nine-colored immortal cauldron with the Primordial Qi Cauldron. The two cauldrons became one, becoming an astonishing supreme immortal artifact.
That year, the Ruthless Great Emperor also moved. First, she summoned Little Nannan back, merging and unifying. Then she put on a ghost-face mask—half-crying, half-smiling, smiling with tear traces—exactly the one buried in Kunlun back then. At the same time, she took back the bronze ring from Ye Fan's hand.
Beneath the Ancient Forbidden Abyss, the Bronze Immortal Hall disintegrated. Additionally, an immortal sword also shattered. Two streams of essence and immortal qi all rushed into the mask and bronze ring, evolving into supreme immortal objects.
Her methods were too shocking—truly turning decay into magic!
In this life, there was no obsession left. Or perhaps there was another obsession: after becoming an immortal, to see if that person could awaken. She wanted to watch Ye Fan enter the Immortal Domain, and she too would bid farewell to the mortal world.
Those who understood knew they were about to campaign on the immortal path. In fact, they were already immortals in the mortal world!
In this life, Ye Fan lifted the seal and invited all the strong ones from the Heavenly Court to come out. He wanted to open a new era.
Decades later, when everything was ready, Ye Fan stood atop the ten thousand Daos, protecting a group of supreme strong ones as they became emperors!
He could already seal the ten thousand Daos, and could also fight against the immortals formed from immortality pills in the heavenly tribulation. Amid the rumbling sounds, a legendary tale began.
The Holy Prince, Dao Yi, Zhang Bairen, Six-Eared Macaque, Ye Tong, Yang Xi, Huahua, Jiang Tingting, Divine Child, Ye Xian... all appeared!
Those about to attain the Dao were not one or two, but a group—opening a miracle unprecedented in past or present, shaking the great universe.
Little Pine also returned. With the help of the Dao-Converging Flower, he returned to his peak, becoming a Great Emperor!
Thunder and lightning flashed. If not for someone protecting this universe, it would surely have been completely destroyed. Ye Fan invited the Female Emperor to protect all domains.
Endless heavenly punishment light descended, all slaughtering down.
Ye Fan fought against the immortals formed from the immortality pills in the heavenly tribulation. He was invincible, no longer being killed, but instead annihilating those people one by one, gaining deeper understanding of many secrets.
He protected the ten thousand Daos, making their pulses synchronize, ultimately allowing a group of people to successfully become emperors!
So many Great Emperors appearing together truly shook the universe. An incomparably glorious era arrived—emperors rising together, the ten thousand Daos rumbling and singing, shaking past, present, and future!