Ye Fan

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Ye Fan (叶凡)
Alias(es)	Yezi; Heavenly Emperor Ye; Celestial Thearch; “Master of the Forbidden Zone” (as identified by an ancient record)
Species/Race	Human; Desolate Ancient Saint Physique
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heavens Chat Group; Shrouding the Heavens Merchant Association; All-Heavens City; Heaven’s Will Sect
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; merchant-association founder; All-Heavens City Lord; Chat Group administrator
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Beyond Sacrificial Dao (future/high-dimensional self)	56 57	A higher-dimensional Ye Fan temporarily manifests at Water Mirror Peak. The present Ye Fan later learns that this future self has reached Beyond Sacrificial Dao.
Four Extremes Secret Realm (failed attempt)	57	Attempts to overcome the Saint Physique curse, but the Innate Dao Diagram and the world’s rejection nearly kill him; Black Emperor’s formation markings, Heavenly Forgetting, and Water Mirror Peak’s foundations let him escape.
Four Extremes Secret Realm	161	Exploits a loophole with Heavenly Forgetting, confusing the Great Dao’s rejection and completing his tribulation without suffering the Great Dao wounds of his original fate.
Great Saint (temporary)	323	Receives Heaven’s Will power from Su Lin’s world, temporarily reaching Great Saint level to fight Shi Hao and refine combat insights into his own foundation.
Dragon Transformation Realm	485	Battles an opponent at the Escape One Realm while wielding power transmitted by Su Lin.
Heaven’s Will awakening	659	During the All-Heavens City crisis, awakens to a Heaven’s Will-like authority and perceives the Sea of Vows and its 567 worlds.

Background / History

Ye Fan is a cultivator from the Shrouding the Heavens world who joins the Heavens Chat Group alongside Su Lin, Xiao Yan, Han Li, Luffy, and Shirou Emiya. He quickly recognizes Luffy and compares his Earth origin with Xiao Yan’s, only to find that their worlds follow different histories and timelines 1.

He later gains access to a novel depicting his own life. Although foreknowledge confirms his eventual greatness, it also burdens him with knowledge of future suffering, repeated pursuit, and the Saint Physique’s blocked path 26 27. His future self’s existence offers little comfort: Ye Fan resents receiving no direct advantage despite that self already standing at Beyond Sacrificial Dao 57.

The Saint Physique curse becomes a defining obstacle. His first assault on the Four Extremes Secret Realm nearly ends in death, but he eventually uses Heavenly Forgetting to bypass the world’s suppression and advance without following his original fate exactly 57 161.

Appearance

Ye Fan is generally presented as a handsome young man with black hair and a composed, imposing bearing. When his Heaven’s Will awakens, he appears in white imperial robes with crystalline skin and freely flowing black hair 659.

• Possesses the Desolate Ancient Saint Physique, marked by exceptional physical strength and golden blood.
• Has appeared with red hair during a catastrophic transformation, though the red hair burns away once his Heaven’s Will fully awakens 659.
• Carries the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron, often used in battle and for cooking spiritual ingredients 3 323.

Personality

Ye Fan is resilient, practical, and unwilling to accept a path imposed by Heaven. When facing the Saint Physique curse, he complains bitterly about his lack of “cheats,” yet continues cultivating and seeks ways around the world’s restrictions rather than surrendering 57 161.

He is also opportunistic and commercially minded. What begins as a counterfeit-artifact scheme with Shirou and Black Emperor develops into the Shrouding the Heavens Merchant Association, through which Ye Fan accumulates wealth, influence, and eventually control of All-Heavens City 60 227 667.

Despite his ruthless treatment of enemies, Ye Fan is deeply loyal to his companions. He protects Xiao Nannan as his younger sister, reassures Pang Bo when he feels inadequate, and fiercely rejects anyone calling Su Lin a monster 667 1042 1061 1070.

Abilities & Skills

Desolate Ancient Saint Physique

Ye Fan’s physique grants him extraordinary vitality, physical power, and resilience, but the world’s laws reject its path beyond a certain point.

• His golden blood and Saint Physique defenses withstand attacks that would overwhelm ordinary cultivators 323.
• He can disperse large-scale attacks with casual gestures, as shown against Little Golden-Winged Roc King’s sword-beam technique 437.
• The Saint Physique curse initially prevents him from entering Four Extremes, forcing him to survive an Innate Dao Diagram and heavenly tribulation 57.
• His blood is coveted by hostile factions as a cultivation resource 437 604.

Heavenly Forgetting

A cultivation technique Ye Fan uses to overcome the Great Dao’s rejection.

• Lets him exploit a loophole during his Four Extremes tribulation by confusing the Dao’s suppression of the Saint Physique 161.
• Prevents the Great Dao wounds that afflicted him in his original destined path 161.
• Requires significant resources and preparation; his early breakthrough nearly exhausts his source reserves 161.

Wheel Sea Phenomenon

Ye Fan’s body contains an internal world manifested through his Wheel Sea cultivation path.

• Shi Hao recognizes the Wheel Sea Phenomenon as a path resembling the Dao Shi Hao himself pioneered 323.
• Ye Fan can store scriptures, techniques, and artifacts within his Wheel Sea 340 430.
• He uses a Hydro Vision as a magical artifact stored within it 340.

Nine Secrets: Jie

A secret art that dramatically increases Ye Fan’s strength.

• Activating Jie increases his power tenfold during his duel with Shi Hao 323.
• Even with the enhancement, he recognizes that temporary power cannot fully erase the gap between his and Shi Hao’s foundations 323.

Source Heavenly Art

Ye Fan employs Source Heavenly Art for concealment, resource acquisition, and source-related schemes.

• Alters his appearance when preparing to confront holy-land representatives 344.
• Supports his source mining, stone gambling, and merchant operations 227 439.
• His expertise and resources make the merchant association attractive to powerful factions 439.

All-Heavens City Authority

As City Lord, Ye Fan can use All-Heavens City’s commercial and reality-altering infrastructure.

• Distributes City Lord Candidate Tokens among allies to prevent opponents from seizing them all at once 605 659.
• Uses Turning Nothing into Something to create a defensive barrier during the Abyssal God crisis 770.
• Uses the city’s power to repel Forbidden Zone Supremes and support his own battle-based advancement 1054.
• Reopens the city as a commercial center, forcing even captured Supremes to trade inheritances and bloodlines for Primordial Emperor Coins 1071.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron — Heavy cauldron associated with Ye Fan’s cultivation, combat, and spiritual cooking 3 323.
• All-Heavens City — His city-lord domain and the foundation of his multiversal commercial network 667.
• Qiongqi Tower — Ye Fan’s original All-Heavens City marketplace, used to launch the association’s interworld branch 605.
• All-Heavens City Tokens — Recruitment, access, and strategic assets distributed among allies 605 659.
• Ghost Face Mask — A temporally transformed artifact bound to Ye Fan through karmic reversal; he ultimately entrusts it to Xiao Nannan 1067 1070 1071.
• Dao Enlightenment Tea — A major merchant-association resource Ye Fan distributes to allies and political contacts 439 1044 1045.

Relationships

• Su Lin — Chat Group ally, business partner, and closest friend; Ye Fan openly calls him a brother-in-arms and defends him against accusations of monstrosity 227 667.
• Pang Bo — Ye Fan’s longtime friend from Earth; they share homesickness, protect their former classmates, and plan returns to their homeland together 1043 1061 1065.
• Black Emperor — Antagonistic canine companion; Black Emperor schemes constantly, while Ye Fan regularly threatens or punishes him 27 227 1043.
• Xiao Nannan — Ye Fan’s adopted younger sister; he promises never to abandon her and prioritizes her happiness over the mysteries surrounding her connection to the Ruthless Empress 1042 1070 1071.
• Ye Qingxian — His future granddaughter; her arrival exposes Ye Fan to awkward family and political complications, though they share clear familial affection 439 1043 1045.
• Ji Ziyue — Close companion whose relationship with Ye Fan is marked by teasing, mutual concern, and politically disruptive marriage rumors 439 1045 1065.
• Shirou Emiya — Merchant-association collaborator; Ye Fan uses Shirou’s projection ability in artifact production and later supports his return to the Holy Grail War 60 325.
• Ma Xianhong — Association craftsman and subordinate who refines projected weapons and prepares Ye Fan’s formations and defenses 227 325 344.
• Shi Hao — Fellow powerhouse and battle partner; Ye Fan treats their clashes as opportunities to temper his Dao, while Shi Hao alternates between fighting beside him and eating his resources 323 1051 1054.
• Han Li — Fellow Chat Group cultivator; Han Li supplies medicinal resources for Ye Fan’s family, while Ye Fan values his caution and expertise 1042.
• Fenghuang — A mediator between Ye Fan and the Feng Clan who repeatedly asks him to spare captured opponents and reduce political fallout 437 1044.
• Yan Ruyu — Demon Race contact and former ally; Ye Fan agrees to support her position and sends her Dao Enlightenment Tea, divine spring water, and Sage weapons 1044.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Role and events
Heavens Chat Group formation	Joins the group, learns of his own future, and begins cooperating with cultivators from other worlds 1 26 27.
Saint Physique breakthrough	Attempts Four Extremes, survives the Saint Physique curse, and eventually uses Heavenly Forgetting to complete the realm’s tribulation 57 161.
Counterfeit-artifact operation	Partners with Black Emperor and Shirou to sell replicated artifacts, accumulating Divine Source before powerful factions expose the fraud 60.
Merchant Association expansion	Reforms the association into a seller of genuine high-quality treasures, using Su Lin’s Light God avatar as an independent powerhouse endorsement 227.
Administrator election	Becomes Chat Group administrator, synchronizes his world with the others, and begins confronting hostile holy lands more openly 344.
All-Heavens City crisis	Awakens Heaven’s Will amid the Great Vow Heaven conflict, defeats invading forces, and later acquires All-Heavens City through a formal transaction with Shang Yang 659 667.
Big Dipper and Earth return	Returns to Big Dipper and later Earth, reconnecting with Pang Bo, his parents, former classmates, Ji Ziyue, Xiao Nannan, and Ye Qingxian 1043 1065.
Immortal Mausoleum conflict	Is identified in ancient records as the “Master of the Forbidden Zone,” then battles Forbidden Zone Supremes while using death, revival, and tribulation to refine his Dao 1046 1054.
Ghost Face Mask incident	Becomes karmically bound to the restored Ghost Face Mask, gives it to Xiao Nannan, and investigates the Ruthless Empress’s disappearance 1067 1070 1071.

Notable Quotes

“I’m the real Heavenly Emperor Ye.” 340

“Fight!” 323

“Again!” 1054

Trivia

• Ye Fan initially expects his future self to provide obvious advantages, but instead must overcome the Saint Physique curse largely through his own effort 57.
• His business ambitions become so extreme that Su Lin compares his pose while planning the merchant association to a “commercial God Almighty” 227.
• He considers Black Emperor useful for disreputable work despite repeatedly threatening to turn the dog into meat 27 1043.
• Ye Fan does not believe that reincarnation should override one’s present identity; he rejects becoming the Ruthless Empress’s brother solely because of inherited connections or fate 1073.