Adam left his inner world after leaving the flower seed there to be tempered by his own Dao and principles.
Though it sounded paradoxical, rather like "a kangaroo crawling out of its own pouch," there was actually nothing wrong with it.
After all, this world did not grow inside Adam's body. In a sense, it could be called another dimension, merely connected to his body.
The first thing Adam did upon emerging was check on Ye Fan.
Ahem. As his research into the Godly Flower gradually deepened, Adam had discovered things far more important than he had imagined. Compared to that, Ye Fan was certainly not in any mortal danger, so Adam had naturally set the matter aside for the time being.
That delay lasted several decades.
"Other people get three years, then another three years. Mine was thirty years, then another thirty years! Daoist Master, I've already become a Dao Severing King!"
When Adam found him, Ye Fan could not help but lose his mind a little before asking in confusion:
"Also, Daoist Master, how did you know I was in the Immortal Abode Secret Realm? Even those Great Sages can no longer calculate my location!"
He was currently being hunted across the world, so naturally he could not stroll in openly. He had only managed to sneak inside thanks to Ji Ziyue.
Of course, Ye Fan had not been hunted for all these years over a single streak of Northern Lights Immortal Radiance. The main reason was that he had found opportunities to counterkill several of the people who had pursued him over it.
Then came pursuit, counterkill, pursuit, counterkill... along with Ye Fan entering all manner of secret realms and small worlds during that time to "claim" other people's opportunities.
By the end, it had long ceased