Ye Fan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Ye Fan reunites with his former high-school classmate Fang Yang at Mount Tai shortly before the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin incident. Their former relationship had been neither especially close nor hostile, but the reunion creates a renewed friendship 1.

After arriving in a foreign world, Ye Fan witnesses former classmates rapidly age and learns that his Desolate Ancient Sacred Body is regarded as an obsolete, “wasted” physique in the current era. Fang Yang and Pang Bo nevertheless ask Weiwei to bring him into the Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven with them 6.

His cultivation initially progresses slowly: even sustained effort cannot open his Bitter Sea. Rather than abandoning cultivation, he accepts Pang Bo’s Hundred Herb Liquid and resolves to grow strong enough to determine his own fate 9.

During the Primal Ruins expedition, Ye Fan discovers the Sea of Bitterness Volume of the Dao Scripture on a golden page sent out by the possessed Pang Bo. He openly invites Fang Yang to study it with him, establishing the trust that underpins their later alliance 11.

After Jiang Taixu shatters the Innate Dao Diagram restricting his Sacred Body, Ye Fan resumes the path that had been thought impossible for his constitution. He later becomes a Green Lotus Hall Holy Son, though Fang Yang deliberately subjects him and Pang Bo to the pressures of the Eternal Star Domain battle-slave system to accelerate their growth 241 250.

As Fang Yang expands the Future Dharma Realm across the universe, Ye Fan uses its physique-experience functions to study numerous bloodlines and secret arts. He temporarily fuses an Innate Dao Fetus with his Sacred Body, gaining insights from the Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus without permanently altering his physique 480 483 505.

Ye Fan later reaches Sacred Body Great Accomplishment, yet remains determined to prove the Dao despite the existence of two contemporary Great Emperors. Following unsuccessful Dao-attainment tribulations, he receives Great Emperor Wushi’s essence blood and eventually uses it to transform his constitution into an Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus 552 553 564.

Personality

Ye Fan is defiant under pressure and refuses to retreat when challenged by stronger factions. Even while limited by injuries and restricted access to his Four Extremities power, he openly challenges members of ancient Source Technique families at Yaochi 107.

He is motivated rather than embittered by Fang Yang’s rapid advancement. After recognizing the growing gap between them, Ye Fan resolves to repair his Great Dao injuries, use the Source Heaven Book to seek Dragon Marrow, and eventually catch up 102.

His personal life is considerably less decisive. He remains torn between his past with Li Xiaoman and his feelings for Ji Ziyue, and attempts to let time clarify what he feels for Li Xiaoman 179.

Ye Fan refuses to accept a battle-slave identity even when forced into the Eternal Colosseum. He and Pang Bo are willing to risk a life-or-death battle against one another for freedom, and Ye Fan releases the Human Demon as a desperate trump card rather than remain enslaved 371.

He possesses an increasingly uncompromising ambition toward the Dao. On the Human Ancient Road, he rejects the belief that a Sacred Body can only rank second beneath an emperor and declares his intent to become the Heavenly Emperor himself 429.

Despite obtaining opportunities to imitate more powerful physiques in the Future Dharma Realm, Ye Fan refuses to abandon his own path. During his confrontation with Wang Bo, he rejects the temptation to evolve a Chaos Body and instead seeks to use the battle to perfect the Dao of his Desolate Ancient Sacred Body 521 522.

Even after becoming a Great Accomplishment Saint Body, Ye Fan seeks the more difficult Red Dust Immortal path rather than ordinary True Immortality. He repeatedly challenges the Dao-attainment tribulation, drawing on outside help where it can strengthen his foundation without abandoning his ambition 552 553.

Appearance

Ye Fan is identified by the distinctive constitution of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body and later carries the Cauldron of Mother Qi of All Things into battle 70.

• Possesses the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, initially derided as a “Desolate Ancient Wasted Body” because of its cultivation limitations 9.
• His Sacred Body’s physical resilience allows him to survive being severed at the waist, though he is mortally wounded 176.
• His golden blood and qi become a defining battlefield feature after his Sacred Body restriction is removed 429.
• Uses the codename Barbarian in the Eternal Colosseum 261.
• In the Future Dharma Realm, he can temporarily combine his Sacred Body with loaded physiques such as the Sun Physique, Taiyin Physique, and Innate Dao Fetus to study their principles 483 521.
• After using Great Emperor Wushi’s essence blood, he evolves an Innate Dao Fetus within his Sacred Body; spiritual light at his Immortal Platform reflects the resulting Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus constitution 564.

Abilities & Skills

Desolate Ancient Sacred Body

Ye Fan possesses a top-tier physique whose potential is initially suppressed by an Innate Dao Diagram.

• His body grants exceptional physical strength and resilience 176 261.
• Jiang Taixu removes the restriction preventing his Sacred Body from entering the Four Extremities 241.
• He defeats the Eternal Colosseum’s Troll with a single punch under the codename Barbarian 261.
• His physique makes him a target for those seeking his treasures and cultivation methods 211.
• As a Saint King, his body is comparable to a sacred weapon and lets him fight several peerless geniuses simultaneously 429.
• At the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, he seeks to break the final limitation preventing the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body from attaining the Dao 521.
• He temporarily experiences the Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus through the Future Dharma Realm, using its extraordinary affinity for the Great Dao to refine his own methods 483.
• At Sacred Body Great Accomplishment, his combat power rivals that of a current Great Emperor, although this does not mean he has attained the Dao 552.
• He subsequently uses Wushi’s essence blood to evolve his Sacred Body into an Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus outside the Future Dharma Realm 564.

Source Technique

Ye Fan inherits the Source Heaven Book and demonstrates exceptional aptitude in Source Technique.

• Uses the Source Heaven Book as the foundation for seeking Dragon Marrow and advancing his cultivation 102 134.
• Comprehends part of the Six Seals of Forbidden Immortals after observing Fang Yang’s technique while aided by the Bodhi Seed 108.
• Is invited to seal seven Stone Kings as payment for tasting the Flat Peach King 107.
• His comprehension of the First Seal shocks Source Technique Grandmaster Ouyang Ye 108.
• Uses the Heaven-Altering Great Technique to conceal his golden Bitter Sea, treasures, and Sacred Body anomalies from the Zi Yun Clan’s Dharma Eye 247.
• Possesses the Origin Source Secret Art and prepares a grand formation as a contingency during his Human Ancient Road battles 429.

Combat Techniques

Ye Fan employs adaptable offensive arts and movement methods.

• Dou Secret — evolves into varied lethal techniques during his assault on Temple of Light disciples and serves as the foundation for his later self-created fist arts 70 430.
• Mountains and Rivers Seal — destroys an opponent in a single strike 70.
• Emperor Fist — an early self-created fist technique that combines the Dou Secret with the arts he has learned; it injures Zi Ming despite Ye Fan’s brutal battle-slave training 252.
• Heavenly Emperor Fist — a refined evolution of the Emperor Fist, founded on the Dou Secret and Sun Emperor Fist. Ye Fan uses it while entering the God Prohibition Domain to crush multiple Human Ancient Road prodigies; he later uses it to shatter Chaos Great Emperor Wang Bo’s Heaven Path imprint during a Dao-attainment tribulation 429 430 553.
• Chaos Emperor Fist — forcibly evolves Wang Bo’s Chaos Body forbidden art through Furnace Nourishing Hundred Scriptures, using it to counter Wang Bo’s own killing move without transforming into a Chaos Body 521.
• Six Grotto-Heavens — a reincarnation-based technique used against Wang Bo, though Wang Bo’s Twelve Cycles of Reincarnation neutralizes it 521.
• Movement Character Secret — used to pursue Ji Ziyue and shared with Fang Yang at Guanghan Pavilion 102 161.
• Zhe Secret — a supreme healing secret that lets him regenerate even after his physical body is blasted apart 429.
• God Prohibition Domain — briefly enters the forbidden domain during his Human Ancient Road battle, allowing his Heavenly Emperor Fist to display Great Emperor-level supremacy 429 430.
• Near-permanent God Prohibition — through his broad accumulation of scriptures, physique insights, and Dao arts, he approaches the ability to remain in the God Prohibition Domain continuously 505.

Cultivation Scriptures

Ye Fan accumulates numerous ancient inheritances and incorporates them into his personal path.

• Obtains the Sea of Bitterness Volume of the Dao Scripture from the Primal Ruins 11.
• Studies the Source Heaven Book, the supreme manual of Source Technique 134.
• Learns the Taiyin Scripture and Sun True Scripture from Dongfang Taiyi, although the copies lack their forbidden-secret-art chapters 404.
• Uses the Dou Secret and the arts he has collected to temper and develop the Heavenly Emperor Fist, pursuing a path of Furnace Nourishing Hundred Scriptures 430.
• Possesses at least five complete Emperor Scriptures and numerous resources exchanged from Fang Yang after his Human Ancient Road campaigns 447.
• Studies the inheritances of numerous physiques within the Future Dharma Realm, including Sacred Body, Void, Sun, and Taiyin lineages, to enrich his own Dao 505.

Future Dharma Realm Cultivation

Ye Fan is among the foremost beneficiaries of Fang Yang’s Future Dharma Realm.

• Exchanges merits to temporarily experience high-level physiques and bloodlines, retaining the insights he gains after the temporary physique expires 483.
• Uses a thirty-day Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus experience to study Great Emperor Wushi’s physique and deduce his own Dao arts 483.
• Loads Sun and Taiyin Physiques alongside his Sacred Body in the Future Dharma Realm, allowing him to examine and integrate otherwise conflicting forbidden arts 521.
• His and Wang Bo’s contributions provide a substantial share of the new physiques and bloodlines available in the Future Dharma Realm 521.
• Repeatedly challenges Emperor Venerable’s Dao shadow in the Mythic Hall, improving his fighting prowess through the encounters 487.

Cauldron of Mother Qi of All Things

Ye Fan’s cauldron protects him against the Chaos Stone’s suppressive force field.

• Allows him to enter the Temple of Light while other cultivators are immobilized 70.
• Is sufficiently valuable that Primordial Creatures hunt Ye Fan’s associates in hopes of seizing it 211.
• Was forged from the Source Root of Mother Qi of All Things that Ye Fan obtained in the Bronze Immortal Palace 113.
• Appears as part of the fortune surrounding him when examined through Fang Yang’s techniques 241.
• Accompanies him into the lightning sea during his renewed attempt to attain the Dao 553.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Cauldron of Mother Qi of All Things — withstands the Chaos Stone’s force field and originates from the Source Root of Mother Qi of All Things 70 113.
• Source Heaven Book — supreme Source Technique manual inherited by Ye Fan 134.
• Bodhi Seed — temporarily boosts his comprehension and enables partial insight into the Six Seals of Forbidden Immortals; later carries the Taiyin Divine Thought when Dongfang Taiyi takes it to Fang Yang 108 404.
• Mystic Jade Platform — used with a Domain Gate to evade a Ji Family Great Power 158.
• Immortal Treasure Map — offered to Fang Yang in exchange for an opportunity to join Green Lotus Hall 176.
• Sacred Fruit — repairs his Great Dao injuries 102.
• Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron — temporarily entrusted to Ye Fan by Fang Yang, allowing him to confront Life Forbidden Zones while collecting debts in Green Lotus Hall’s name 463.
• Great Emperor Wushi’s essence blood — a drop bestowed to help him study and evolve the Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus; Ye Fan later uses it to transform his constitution 552 564.

Relationships

• Fang Yang — Former classmate, ally, Green Lotus Hall Hall Master, and benefactor. Fang Yang aids Ye Fan’s early cultivation, receives the Movement Character Secret from him, removes pressure from his path when necessary, later sends him Sacred Body inheritances and resources, and entrusts him with the Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron to collect debts from Life Forbidden Zones. Fang Yang subsequently acts as an obstacle to Ye Fan’s Dao attainment through his Primal Unity Dao Fruit, but warns him to evacuate a star domain before undertaking a potentially devastating Battle Immortal tribulation 9 102 250 447 463 552 553 564.
• Pang Bo — Closest friend and fellow former classmate. They train, travel, endure the Eternal Star Domain’s battle-slave system, and are eventually forced to face one another in the Eternal Colosseum; Pang Bo is also a Green Lotus Hall Holy Son 11 270 371.
• Ji Ziyue — Ji Family cultivator for whom Ye Fan develops deep feelings. He moves to disrupt her forced betrothal and pursues her after Li Xiaoman drives her away; despite conflict between the Ji Family and Green Lotus Hall, he later remains committed to their relationship 156 161 457.
• Li Xiaoman — Ye Fan’s former girlfriend. Her amnesia and later effort to rekindle their relationship complicate Ye Fan’s feelings for Ji Ziyue 134 161 179.
• Ji Haoyue — Ji Ziyue’s brother and Ye Fan’s rival. Though initially hostile, Ji Haoyue rescues Ye Fan from Wang Family experts with the Great Void Art 156 176.
• Nannan — His younger sister and the Ruthless Empress’s Dao Fruit. After the Black Emperor sends her to the Ziwei Emperor Star, Fang Yang finds her and reunites her with Ye Fan and Pang Bo on Earth 211 224.
• Jiang Taixu — Elder Ye Fan respects deeply. Jiang Taixu uses Divine King blood to break the Sacred Body’s Four Extremities restriction 107 241.
• Dongfang Taiyi — The ancient Human Demon. Ye Fan releases him during the Eternal Colosseum crisis, then cares for him alongside Pang Bo and receives the Taiyin and Sun Emperor Scriptures from him 371 404.
• Holy Prince — An ally who becomes indebted to Ye Fan after Ye Fan offers a Sacred Fruit to help save the Holy Prince’s aunt 109.
• Wang Xi — A younger companion on the Human Ancient Road. Ye Fan gives her two of the Nine Secrets before sending her onward to temper herself independently 430.
• Wang Bo — Chaos Body cultivator and Ye Fan’s principal rival on the later Emperor Road. Their shared ability to integrate and study other physiques makes each the other’s greatest opponent, and their Quasi-Emperor battle becomes Ye Fan’s attempt to break the Sacred Body’s final limitation. After attaining the Dao, Wang Bo hopes Ye Fan will also succeed; Ye Fan eventually shatters Wang Bo’s Heaven Path imprint during his second Dao-attainment tribulation 521 522 553.
• Black Emperor — Ally who guides Ye Fan during the Temple of Light incident and supports his pursuit of the Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus, though Ye Fan remains angered by the Black Emperor’s decision to send Nannan to the Ziwei Emperor Star. The Black Emperor later helps arrange Ye Fan’s meeting with Wushi, then demands payment 70 224 483 552.
• Great Emperor Wushi — Recognizes Ye Fan’s ambition to pursue Red Dust Immortality and bestows a drop of essence blood to help him overcome his Sacred Body’s limitations. Ye Fan uses the gift to evolve an Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus 552 564.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early cultivation

Ye Fan enters the Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven after Weiwei accepts him at Fang Yang and Pang Bo’s request. His Sacred Body is dismissed as unsuitable for cultivation in the current era, yet he persists in opening his Bitter Sea and pursuing strength 6 9.

Primal Ruins and Dao Scripture

While Pang Bo is possessed by the nineteenth descendant of the Green Emperor, Ye Fan discovers a golden page from a monster’s carcass. Fang Yang appears immediately afterward, and Ye Fan reveals the page rather than attempting to conceal it. The page contains the Sea of Bitterness Volume of the Dao Scripture 11.

Taixuan Sect

Ye Fan hides his Sacred Body and joins Zhuo Peak under the guise of mediocre talent. He repeatedly defends the peak from Star Peak disciples, using the Zhuo Bow to repel them 26.

Yaochi and Source Technique

At Yaochi, Ye Fan faces provocations from ancient Source Technique families and Ouyang Ye. He later uses the Bodhi Seed to comprehend a partial Six Seals of Forbidden Immortals restriction from Fang Yang’s demonstration 107 108.

Ji Family betrothal

When the Ji Family moves to betroth Ji Ziyue to Wang Teng, Ye Fan decides to intervene. He escapes a Ji Family Great Power, arrives with Fang Yang at the engagement ceremony, and becomes embroiled in escalating conflict with the Ji and Wang families 156 158.

Wang Family pursuit

The Wang Family hunts Ye Fan and ultimately leaves him severed at the waist. Ji Haoyue rescues him alongside Ji Ziyue and Li Xiaoman, while Fang Yang and Pang Bo kill the pursuing Wang Family experts 175 176.

Eternal Star Domain captivity

Ye Fan and Pang Bo are captured by the Zi Yun Clan siblings, who intend to turn them into war slaves for the Strongest Physique Evolution Fluid. Ye Fan endures brutal training, secretly plans an escape, and begins competing as Barbarian in the Eternal Colosseum 247 252 261.

By his one hundredth life-or-death battle, Ye Fan has reached the Great Accomplishment King Realm and is forced to fight Pang Bo, known in the arena as Giant Demon. Rather than submit to the colosseum’s control, Ye Fan releases the Human Demon Dongfang Taiyi as a trump card to secure their freedom 371.

Return to the Burial Emperor Star

After leaving the Eternal Star Domain, Ye Fan and Pang Bo accompany Dongfang Taiyi back to the Burial Emperor Star. While caring for the ancient Great Sage as he heals the dangers of practicing both Taiyin and Taiyang arts, they receive the Taiyin Scripture and Sun True Scripture from him 404.

Human Ancient Road

Ye Fan leaves the Big Dipper for the Human Ancient Road, determined not to rely indefinitely on Green Lotus Hall or remain second beneath another cultivator. As a Saint King, he battles multiple peerless geniuses at once, enters the God Prohibition Domain, and establishes the Heavenly Emperor Fist as the core of his personal path 411 429 430.

Great Sage return and forbidden-zone debt collection

Having advanced to the Great Sage Realm, Ye Fan returns to the Ji Family and is welcomed into the Void Divine Temple by Ji Zi despite the hostility of certain Ji Family elders 457.

Fang Yang subsequently dispatches Ye Fan, protected by the Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron, to collect compensation from the Life Forbidden Zones that supported the Golden Crow Emperor. Ye Fan openly demands the Enlightenment Tea Tree from Undying Mountain in Green Lotus Hall’s name 463.

Future Dharma Realm

Ye Fan becomes a major participant in Fang Yang’s Future Dharma Realm, using merit to experience rare physiques and accumulate insights into diverse Great Dao lineages. His temporary fusion with an Innate Dao Fetus demonstrates the potential for his Sacred Body to evolve toward the Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus path without surrendering his own identity 480 483.

He also challenges Emperor Venerable’s Dao shadow in the Mythic Hall, using repeated battles to improve his fighting prowess 487.

Quasi-Emperor confrontation with Wang Bo

At the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, Ye Fan fights Wang Bo’s Chaos Body for three days and three nights at the edge of the universe. Rather than evolving a Chaos Body himself, Ye Fan uses Furnace Nourishing Hundred Scriptures to evolve the Chaos Emperor Fist within his own Sacred Body, treating Wang Bo as both a rival and the final obstacle to breaking the Sacred Body’s restriction on attaining the Dao 521 522.

Great Accomplishment and Dao-attainment tribulations

After reaching Sacred Body Great Accomplishment, Ye Fan attempts to prove the Dao at the Cosmic Frontier. He comes close to passing but is gravely wounded and defeated by Chaos Great Emperor Wang Bo’s Heaven Path imprint. Three years later, he returns and uses the Heavenly Emperor Fist to shatter that imprint, only to be defeated by Fang Yang’s descending Primal Unity Dao Fruit. He survives, but has still not attained the Dao 552 553.

Determined to pursue the Red Dust Immortal path through Dao attainment and successive lives, Ye Fan visits Great Emperor Wushi at Purple Mountain. Wushi gives him a drop of essence blood to help him evolve his constitution. Ye Fan later uses it to become an Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus and prepares another Dao-Proving Tribulation 552 564.

Evacuation before Fang Yang’s Battle Immortal tribulation

Fang Yang interrupts Ye Fan’s preparations to prove the Dao and warns that his own imminent Battle Immortal tribulation could devastate the surrounding region. Ye Fan issues an imperial edict ordering the evacuation of the Gouchen Star Domain and personally oversees the effort 564.

Trivia

• Ye Fan’s appetite is notably large; at Guanghan Pavilion, he consumes enormous quantities of spirit food while Fang Yang remains restrained 103.
• He hopes to bring a Flat Peach King back to Earth as a gift for his parents 107.
• Fang Yang’s assessment of Ye Fan’s fortune reveals a golden figure resembling Ye Fan, accompanied by the Cauldron of Mother Qi of All Things, a Ghost Face Mask, and a flickering Ancient Heavenly Court 241.
• Fang Yang maliciously edits a Projection Stone recording to make it appear that Ye Fan has admitted to being Li Xiaoman’s man 134.
• Ye Fan retains his Mercedes after returning to Earth because his father had kept and maintained it during his disappearance 185.
• He spends sixty thousand merits for a thirty-day Innate Holy Body Dao Fetus experience in the Future Dharma Realm, considering the spiritual insights gained worth the cost 483.
• After his second failed Dao-attainment tribulation, Ye Fan dreams that Yinyin gives him the Dao-Merging Flower and that he becomes a Sacred Body Great Emperor, defeats Fang Yang and Wang Bo, and establishes a New Heavenly Court. He awakens without the flower 553.