The Golden Crow Great Emperor was dead. Now Ye Fan reigned supreme over the Dream world, through and through.
At the same time, Ye Fan felt that time had passed strangely quickly after he became a Great Emperor. He had lived twenty thousand years in his first lifetime, but instinct told Ye Fan that a Sacred Body who had attained the Dao should have lived longer than that.
Yet when his first lifetime ended, there was still no sign that he would leave. Ye Fan took an Immortal Divine Medicine and lived a second lifetime.
Ye Fan's reign in his second lifetime lasted even longer. Together, his two lifetimes spanned fifty thousand years. As the second drew to a close, a message inexplicably arose in Ye Fan's mind: the time had come.
Ye Fan understood that his days in the Dream world were about to end.
When his second lifetime ran out, Ye Fan peacefully passed away. He did not struggle, only waited for the Dream to shatter and send him back. Strangely, though, the Dream world did not end.
"I..."
Ye Fan's vision suddenly blurred. His consciousness left Heavenly Emperor Ye's body, then rose higher and higher, flying to an unimaginable height, to the very pinnacle of this world.
Ye Fan saw the entire world. He also saw light return to Heavenly Emperor Ye's eyes, saw them grow lively again. That was not him, but Ye Fan knew Heavenly Emperor Ye had returned.
The true Heavenly Emperor Ye who belonged to this Dream.
"My second lifetime is already over, and Heavenly Emperor Ye came back to keep living. Is he going to become an Immortal?"
That was Ye Fan's second-to-last thought. Then his consciousness blurred and sank into Chaos. Ye Fan knew he was leaving.
"Heavenly Emperor Ye came