Ye Fan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ye Fan
Alias(es)	Ye Hei; Sacred Body; Heavenly Emperor Ye
Species/Race	Human; bearer of the Primordial Ancient Sacred Body
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heavenly Court — founder and Heavenly Emperor 713
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; Heavenly Emperor; founder of a personal evolutionary cultivation path
Status	Active; later achieves Dao 1609 1616
First Appearance	Projected appearance: 89; narrative appearance: 651

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Uncultivated Sacred Body	89	Projected as a twenty-seven-year-old with no cultivation, yet assessed at One-Star because of his Primordial Ancient Sacred Body.
Sea of Suffering	658	Opens his Sea of Suffering with Heavenly Dew; shortly afterward approaches the Life Spring.
Other Shore, peak	661	Reports having cultivated for four years and reached the peak of the Other Shore.
Dao Palace	666	Comprehends the Six Paths Samsara Fist Scripture, Western Empress Scripture, and part of the Wushi Scripture; crosses into the Dao Palace naturally.
Four Extremes	673	Breaks the Sacred Body's supposedly severed barrier amid a severe Heavenly Tribulation.
Dao Completion	692	Leaves the Big Dipper to continue honing himself after reaching Dao Completion.
Saint King; Great Sage-level tribulation	697 698	Survives a tribulation featuring nine Great Emperor phantoms and Wushang Great Emperor's phantom; refines the Heavenly Emperor Fist.
Quasi-Emperor, peak	704	Hunts three Ancient Emperors over two centuries and becomes the foremost contender on the Emperor's Path.
Great Accomplishment Sacred Body	712	Reaches Great Accomplishment and defeats the Heavenly Abandonment Supreme and other enemies.
Great Emperor	713	Attains Dao, defeats numerous Ancient Emperors, and establishes the Heavenly Court.
Quasi-Immortal Emperor, limit	943 1038	Pursues the Immortal Emperor path by consolidating parallel space-times and perfecting his foundation.
Great Luo—final breakthrough	1063	Uses a bloodline sublimation to attempt the final step into Great Luo.
Great Luo Golden Immortal	1175	Is among the Great Luo Golden Immortal avatars summoned by Gu Shaoshang's Self-Transformation into Freedom Divine Ability.
Sixteenth Order	1541	Possesses the template-granted experience of Hunyuan-level might without having crossed the Hunyuan Dao Tribulation.
Attained Dao	1609	His achievement of Dao ends the “game of chess” and is acknowledged by Wushi and the Hunyuans.

Background / History

Ye Fan originated on Earth and was initially an ordinary university graduate. A purple-gold phenomenon delivered a Heavenly Emperor inheritance to him: a mirror that transformed into an immovable silver-white ring on his finger 651 652.

The ring supplied Source Power, materialized items, and granted techniques. Its first major contribution was the Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield Tiger Howl Iron Shirt, which Ye Fan absorbed as if he had practiced it for a lifetime 652. He later learned that he possessed the Primordial Ancient Sacred Body, a physique whose cultivation path had been crippled after the Four Extremes and required roughly a hundred times the resources of an ordinary cultivator 657.

After joining a class reunion excursion to Mount Tai, Ye Fan and his classmates were carried away by the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin. Stranded on Mars, he identified the Great Thunder Sound Temple and survived the ensuing disaster through his strength, artifacts, and ruthlessness 653 654.

Ye Fan eventually discovered that Gu Shaoshang was his father, Wushi Great Emperor was his elder brother, and the Ruthless Great Emperor was akin to an aunt to him 662 713. He later learned directly from Gu Shaoshang, whose guidance encouraged him to move beyond inherited Emperor Scriptures and create a path suited to himself 791.

Appearance

Ye Fan’s appearance changes with his circumstances and cultivation, but he is repeatedly described as an exceptionally composed and striking young man.

• Initially appeared in a white casual tracksuit, with delicate features and a free-spirited determination 89.
• At Mount Tai, wore a black tracksuit and possessed clearly defined, streamlined musculature 653.
• Later commonly appeared in white robes, with long black hair, a tall and slender frame, and an austere, peerless bearing 1241 1454.
• His Sacred Body produces vast golden Blood Qi and a crystal-clear, near-indestructible physique 661 887.

Personality

Ye Fan is calm, observant, and difficult to provoke through ordinary insults. After receiving the Heavenly Emperor inheritance, he could sense Liu Yunzhi’s contempt and hostility but considered the opinions of former classmates insignificant 652.

He is fiercely decisive when faced with betrayal. On Mars, former classmates attempted to steal his artifact and push him from the Five-Colored Altar; Ye Fan responded without hesitation, earning renewed fear for his old nickname, “Ye Hei” 654. His ruthlessness is not indiscriminate: he values those who stand beside him, shares his Bodhi Seed with Pang Bo and Zhang Ziling, and assists Grand Uncle Zhang despite the dangers of Purple Mountain 655 661.

His defining trait is an invincible will. He repeatedly confronts stronger enemies, tribulations, and inherited limits head-on, treating pressure as a means to refine himself and his Dao 698 711. Even after becoming Heavenly Emperor, he continues seeking a path beyond his predecessors rather than settling for inherited strength 791 943.

Abilities & Skills

Primordial Ancient Sacred Body

Ye Fan’s Sacred Body grants overwhelming physical strength, golden Blood Qi, resilience, and a foundation suited to direct combat.

• Possessed One-Star combat power before beginning cultivation 89.
• His physical strength became sufficient to throw grown men more than ten meters after learning a body-refining technique 654.
• Withstood attacks from Jade Void’s Golden Immortals; only the Juexian Sword could reliably pierce his body during that battle 887.
• The Sacred Body’s cultivation requires extreme resources and was believed unable to advance past Four Extremes 657.

Heavenly Emperor Fist

Ye Fan’s self-created fist art is the central expression of his combat path. It developed through his refusal to yield even to Wushang Great Emperor’s phantom 697 698.

• Merges his Blood Qi, Divine Laws, secret realms, and accumulated techniques into overwhelming direct force 698.
• Repelled Wushang Great Emperor’s phantom during the Great Sage Lightning Tribulation 698.
• Shattered a Quasi-Emperor weapon and armor through his Dao body 710.
• Destroyed Shaoyang You’s Eternal Immortal Court Death Seal and later defeated him in Ye Fan’s first battle against a Great Luo cultivator 1451 1452.

Nine Secrets and Emperor Scriptures

Ye Fan cultivates multiple Ancient Scriptures and secret arts while reshaping them into a path uniquely his own.

• Xing Zi Mi grants extraordinary speed; Ye Fan used it to evade pursuers and cross vast distances in a single step 660 675.
• Dou Character Art greatly increased his combat ability after he acquired one-ninth of the six-star technique 658.
• Six Paths Samsara Fist Scripture, Western Empress Scripture, and portions of the Wushi Scripture enabled his rapid Dao Palace advancement 666.
• One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones and the Fighting Saint Method allow him to create combat forms and evolve numerous Divine Abilities 711.
• The nine secret characters can merge with the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron into a supreme killing art 963.

Self-Created Evolution Path

Under Gu Shaoshang’s instruction, Ye Fan began devising a cultivation method based on evolution rather than merely following a predecessor’s route.

• Creates origin-energy figures that develop bodies, cultivate, awaken abilities, and break shackles 791.
• Identified that external forces and visualization were necessary to overcome innate limits 791.
• Sought a method that could adjust itself to individual differences rather than serving only one cultivator 792.

Space-Time Traversal

At his later level, Ye Fan can move against the River of Time and Space and resist its backlash.

• Traveled against time to seek the Desolate Heaven Emperor 925.
• Withstood lightning that could have severely harmed Quasi-Immortal Emperors while entering perfect space-time 927.
• Returned to his birthplace’s space-time to cultivate and consolidate parallel timelines 1038.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Heavenly Emperor Inheritance Mirror / silver-white ring — Recognized Ye Fan as its owner; provides Source Power, draws items and techniques, and cannot be removed by him 651 652.
• Myriad Mother Qi Source Cauldron — A core weapon wielded alongside the Heavenly Emperor Fist and Nine Secrets 963.
• Ancient bronze coffin — A recurring means of travel through time and space; Ye Fan fights atop it against Shaoyang You 1452.
• Bodhi Seed — Used to receive the Heavenly Dao Sound; Ye Fan shares seeds with Pang Bo and Zhang Ziling 655.
• Demon Subduing Pestle — Taken from Liu Yunzhi after their confrontation on Mars 655.
• Little Gourd / Immortal Slaying Gourd — An Innate Spiritual Treasure Ye Fan encounters at Buzhou Mountain and later carries 1588 1541.

Relationships

• Gu Shaoshang — Father and principal later mentor. Gu Shaoshang protects Ye Fan, aids his Four Extremes tribulation, and guides his search for an independent Dao 662 673 791.
• Pang Bo — Closest friend from Earth. He repeatedly defends Ye Fan against greedy classmates and risks trouble to bring him the Dao Scripture 655 657.
• Wushi Great Emperor — Elder brother; son of Wushang Great Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West 661 713.
• Ruthless Great Emperor — Regarded by Ye Fan as akin to an aunt 713.
• Black Emperor — The giant black dog associated with Wushi; initially clashes with Ye Fan but later warns him of danger and remains among his companions 662 678.
• Meng Qi — Ally and sparring partner. Ye Fan rescues him from Jade Void Palace and helps temper Meng Qi’s unique path of slaughter 887 890.
• Ren Xiaoyao — Major rival and assassin who repeatedly seeks Ye Fan’s death, viewing Ye Fan’s growth as a threat to his own ambitions 673 698.
• Xiao Zi — Younger sister whom Ye Fan protects and accompanies during the Six Paths of Reincarnation mission 876.
• Hong Yun — Cloud-being taken by Ye Fan as a disciple during his journey through the Primordial World 1585 1588.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Heavenly Emperor Inheritance and Mars

• Receives the mirror-ring inheritance on Earth and uses it to obtain wealth, techniques, and Source Power 651 652.
• Travels with classmates via the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin to Mars 653.
• Survives betrayal at the Five-Colored Altar, defeats Liu Yunzhi, and gains the Bodhi Seed’s Heavenly Dao Sound 654 655.

Sacred Body’s Rise

• Refuses to abandon cultivation after learning of the Sacred Body’s immense resource requirements and severed future 657.
• Opens the Sea of Suffering, acquires the Dou Character Art, and rapidly advances through the Wheel Sea and Dao Palace 658 666.
• Breaks into Four Extremes under Heavenly Tribulation, proving the Sacred Body’s path is not truly closed 672 673.

Emperor’s Path

• Defeats contemporaries after entering Four Extremes and becomes a central figure in the struggle for the Emperor’s throne 675 704.
• Develops the Heavenly Emperor Fist during a Great Sage Lightning Tribulation and survives Ren Xiaoyao’s ambush 697 698.
• Faces the Imperial Lord, multiple Supremes, and Extreme Dao weapons while pushing his Sacred Body toward Great Accomplishment 710 711.
• Reaches Great Accomplishment, attains Dao, and establishes the Heavenly Court 712 713.

Forging a New Dao

• Declines Gu Shaoshang’s invitation to explore other worlds, choosing instead to consolidate his own cultivation 791.
• Spends decades discussing the Dao with his father and begins constructing an evolution-based cultivation method 791 792.
• Continues advancing through Quasi-Immortal Emperor and Great Luo stages while confronting the limits of space-time and selfhood 943 1038 1063.

Primordial World and Attainment of Dao

• Travels through the Primordial World, defeats a Chaos Ferocious Beast, and accepts Hong Yun as a disciple 1585.
• Reaches Buzhou Mountain, resolves to forge a Heavenly Court at the beginning of the Primordial Epoch, and seeks to become its first Heavenly Emperor 1589.
• Achieves Dao as the wider conflict involving Gu Shaoshang and Daoist Hongjun reaches its conclusion 1609.

Notable Quotes

“When I, Ye Fan, act, why do I need proof?!” 654

“The Sacred Body's severed path will not stop me!” 672