"Duke of Ease Ye Fan, have you forgotten the great vow of the Sacred Bodies throughout the ages to quell the dark turmoil?"
Lin Xian thundered his rebuke from the moral high ground. "With such sloth, how will you ever become an immortal? Emperor Zun, you've fallen!"
"I wouldn't dare forget it for a moment. But you're also a Sacred Body, Holy Master. Isn't it enough if you reach full attainment?" Ye Fan remained unmoved, unruffled by praise or disgrace. He had long since grown accustomed to Lin Xian's accusations; they felt like a spring breeze brushing his face. With a calm smile, he said, "The Heavenly Emperor resides in Kunlun; the Holy Master handles external affairs."
"Goddammit!"
Lin Xian's expression darkened. Ye Fan was no longer the fledgling Ye Sacred Body. He was now the wily old Emperor Zun Ye, with one slick line after another. He was truly difficult to get a grip on.
"I need to focus my energy on more important things." Ye Fan stared fixedly at the Immortal-Ascension Cauldron, sensing that his opportunity to attain the Dao lay within it.
The Green Cauldron meant no less to him than the Immortal Treasure Diagram did to Holy Master Lin.
The Immortal-Ascension Cauldron bore images of ancient ancestors, the sun, moon, and stars, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, flowers, birds, fish, and insects, all nurturing profound Dao and principles. Its interior, in particular, held incomprehensible laws and patterns-the genuine immortal Dao!
Simulating, inscribing, and copying the immortal Dao laws of the Myriad Things Source Cauldron onto the Cauldron of the Mother Qi of All Things would bring about an unprecedented transformation.
Ye Fan sensed that his opportunity to reach immortal three severing the Dao lay in this cauldron.
"A path similar to Emperor Zun's, yet different from