For Emperor Zun of former days had also forged an Immortal Artifact. Although he far surpassed ordinary Imperial Dao Powerhouses, he had never become an immortal.
"No need to be surprised. I merely walked ahead of you..."
The Eastern Emperor spoke.
He looked at Ye Fan and said frankly, "I can't say for others, but you, Ye Fan, will most likely be able to do it too... as long as you defy fate and live nine lives in this mortal world, you can become an immortal within it!"
"What?"
"Eastern Emperor, did you really live nine lives against fate?"
Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou were dumbfounded.
When they had visited Eastern Emperor Mountain before, they had heard the Eastern Emperor mention the path of the Red Dust Immortal, but it had ultimately been mere conjecture, never confirmed.
Looking across past and present, the Heavenly Venerables of the Mythological Era, the Ancient Emperors of the Primordial Era, the Great Emperors of Desolate Antiquity... most of those who had attained the Dao in former days had possessed Immortal Medicines and lived two lives.
Yet those who had truly lived a third life through their own strength were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
Otherwise, those Supremes would not have needed to sever their own cultivation and turn their domains into Forbidden Zones.
This path was simply too difficult.
Without the aid of a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.
Those who could live a third life were few and far between.
Let alone live nine lives against fate outright.
Yet the Eastern Emperor's words clearly meant that he had traversed this path through his own strength and attained the supreme fruit of immortality.
This was truly astonishing.
It shook them to the core.
"Normally, it wouldn't happen this quickly. Living nine lives against