Ye Fan set out on a journey of training with the Black Emperor and Duan De, while Li Ping and the Sun Sacred Emperor remained hidden in the shadows.
"Train well. Your future achievements will certainly not be low," the Sun Sacred Emperor said.
Sacred Bodies had existed as early as the Primordial Era, but back then, they did not yet possess the illustrious reputation they would gain in the Desolate Ancient Era.
In his view, Ye Fan's talent was quite good. He had a great chance of cultivating to Sacred Body Great Accomplishment and reaching a level where he could contend with a Great Emperor.
"Of course. He is the next Heavenly Emperor!" Li Ping said.
Whether in the past, present, or future, his opinion of Ye Fan would never change.
It was no exaggeration to say that, to him, Ye Fan was his greatest safeguard, someone worth devoting everything to teaching.
The reason was simple. Among the countless stunningly talented powerhouses throughout the ages, only Emperor Ye had truly achieved ascension for his entire sect.
For that reason alone, as long as he devoted himself fully to nurturing Ye Fan, he would reap abundant rewards.
What was more, even if he met with some unforeseen accident, once Emperor Ye grew strong enough, he could illuminate the heavens and revive him.
Once Emperor Ye ascended Above Sacrifice Dao, with the identity of Emperor Ye's master, even if he were merely an ordinary mortal, he could still live freely and comfortably.
"The next Heavenly Emperor?" The Sun Sacred Emperor froze slightly, his face filled with astonishment.
He already thought highly enough of Ye Fan, but he had never imagined that Ye Fan would become the next Heavenly Emperor.
He had personally seen the Heavenly Emperor before. The man had been unfathomable and impossible to gauge. Could Ye Fan truly grow to such heights?
"The Heavenly Emperor can travel freely through the River of Time and knows all the changes of the future. Naturally, he cannot be mistaken!
"Now, the Sacred Body Ye Fan is being protected by the Void Emperor. Before long, he will grow into the Heavenly Emperor of this universe!" Li Ping said.
The Sun Sacred Emperor's reaction was much the same as the Void Emperor's. It was easy to see from this how deeply rooted the Heavenly Emperor's image was in people's hearts.
That was good too. Whenever something arose that could not be explained, he could simply attribute it to the Heavenly Emperor.
The Sun Sacred Emperor paused in surprise. The shock on his face did not lessen; instead, it deepened, and a monstrous tide surged within his heart.
Travel freely through the River of Time? Know all the changes of the future?
His guess had indeed been correct. Even the legendary immortals could not possibly possess such inconceivable abilities.
That mysterious and unfathomable Heavenly Emperor was absolutely a supreme powerhouse beyond immortals!
The Void Emperor? Was he not one of the members of the Heavenly Court?
A human Great Emperor from more than a hundred thousand years ago had reappeared in the world. He must have been revived before him!
"Finally found it!" Li Ping suddenly said.
The Sun Sacred Emperor was jolted awake from his shock. Following Li Ping's gaze, he happened to see Ye Fan engaged in a fierce battle with someone.
A clash between juniors was naturally not enough to draw his attention. His gaze settled on a furnace instead.
The furnace resembled a reclining goddess and was covered in the marks of age. It had been carved from divine metal, then forged through countless rounds of hammering and refinement.
"There is a furnace within the furnace. It came from the hands of a Great Emperor and is a Quasi-Emperor Weapon. Not bad," the Sun Sacred Emperor said.
With his strength, seeing through its true nature at a glance was naturally no difficult task.
A Quasi-Emperor Weapon forged by a Great Emperor was far beyond ordinary Quasi-Emperor Weapons. Calling it the strongest treasure beneath a Supreme Emperor Armament would not be an exaggeration.
Li Ping looked at the furnace Ye Fan had just obtained, his eyes shining. This was one of his most important objectives in coming to the Ziwei Ancient Star.
After Hengyu the Great attained the Dao and became a Great Emperor, he had personally forged this Quasi-Emperor Weapon for the Human Desire Dao Ancestor. Its power was utterly earth-shaking.
However, what Li Ping valued had never been the Goddess Furnace's raw power, but rather the function of this Quasi-Emperor Weapon.
With that thought, his heart stirred slightly, and he immediately issued a mission. The Sun Sacred Emperor instantly sensed it.
Refine the Goddess Furnace: Place a restriction within the Goddess Furnace, allowing the Human Desire Great Dao to be silently activated without the controller's knowledge! Mission Reward: 1000 Points!
The Sun Sacred Emperor paused slightly. A thousand Points were neither a great deal nor a small amount, but they were enough to make him act.
What puzzled him was why the Heavenly Court had suddenly issued such a mission.
Place a restriction? And activate the Human Desire Great Dao without the controller noticing?
To him, this was absurdly easy, but he could not understand the purpose behind it.
Still, for an existence like the Heavenly Court, every action surely carried profound meaning. There had to be a reason he did not know.
Thinking this, he accepted the mission without hesitation. He wanted to see exactly what the Heavenly Court intended to do.
Perhaps he could gain a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Court through its next move.
Since it was merely a matter of lifting a hand, the Sun Sacred Emperor completed the mission quickly and received 1000 Points.
Li Ping was instantly overjoyed. The Goddess Furnace was a Quasi-Emperor Weapon, and silently taking control of it would have been incredibly difficult.
But after the Sun Sacred Emperor acted, the situation became completely different. It was equivalent to opening up another set of permissions.
Even if the Goddess Furnace fell under another person's control, he could silently take command of it through the restriction left behind by the Sun Sacred Emperor.
"The favorable wind you wanted has arrived. That furnace is called the Goddess Furnace, and it can activate the Human Desire Great Dao."
Li Ping immediately transmitted his voice, telling the Black Emperor everything about the Goddess Furnace's uses and how to control the restriction left by the Sun Sacred Emperor.
"A fine treasure! It truly is a fine treasure!" The Black Emperor's eyes gleamed as he thought to himself.
The Sacred Body was here, and the Innate Dao Body was here too. He had been worrying over how to allow the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo to be born smoothly.
Li Ping had said he would bring him the favorable wind, but the Black Emperor had always been half doubtful. This was no easy matter.
But now he believed it. There really was a favorable wind!
If even a miraculous treasure like the Goddess Furnace existed, could the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo still be far away?
Thinking this, his emotions surged, and the way he looked at Ye Fan became exceedingly subtle.
"To be safe, I should test it first," the Black Emperor thought to himself.
He soon found an opportunity. Ye Fan used the Goddess Furnace and erupted into a fierce battle with Yin Qingwu, the greatest beauty of the Ziwei Ancient Star.
Due to an accident, Ye Fan and Yin Qingwu fell into the Goddess Furnace one after another. The Black Emperor immediately activated the restriction.
After Ye Fan and Yin Qingwu fell into the Goddess Furnace, the Human Desire Great Dao activated, and the two were already struggling greatly to resist it.
Now, as the Black Emperor activated the restriction, the power of desire within the Goddess Furnace surged by more than a hundredfold.
Without the Immortal Ascension Cauldron to resist the power of desire, with Ye Fan and Yin Qingwu alone together, what would happen next was easy to imagine.
"Thank you for acting, Sacred Emperor!" Li Ping said.
He knew very well that falling into the Human Desire Great Dao could very likely damage one's Dao foundation, making it impossible to attain the Dao in this lifetime.
But the Sun Sacred Emperor had personally acted, transforming the Human Desire Great Dao into the Dao of Yin and Yang Harmony. This way, it would not affect their future attainment of the Dao.
Moreover, Yin Yang Union was itself a great Dao of heaven and earth. It would bring enormous benefits to Ye Fan's simultaneous cultivation of Taiyin and Taiyang.
Yin Qingwu possessed the Vast Cold Spirit Body. If there was not yet an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, then a Guanghan Sacred Body would do nicely first.
The Sun Sacred Emperor's eyes were filled with confusion. He had been asked to set up that restriction just for this?
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