A Day in Heaven, a Year on Earth!

Falling freely from the sky, Ye Fan did not spot the red-robed man.
After performing a somersault, Ye Fan executed the Lingbo Microsteps, landing steadily on the ground.
"Ding! Detected that the host is at a brand-new location: Xiushan Peak of the Kongtong Mountain Range. Do you wish to check in?"
Ye Fan looked around at the barren mountain range, which glowed with a bizarre dark-red hue, as if it had been consumed by fire, leaving not a single blade of grass. Scorched marks were everywhere...
If he remembered correctly, Kongtong Mountain was the headquarters of the Kongtong Sect, one of the Ten Great Sects of Great Gan, with a heritage spanning one thousand two hundred years. To the south of Kongtong Mountain lay the territory of Great Gan's greatest southern enemy, the Baihuo Sect!
"This is fine. From the Tianshi Mansion to Kongtong Mountain is a distance of tens of thousands of miles. This saves me some trouble."
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"Confirm!"
"Congratulations on obtaining one Taibai Sword Pellet!"
"Taibai Sword Pellet: Carries the formidable sword intent of its master, capable of storing one or multiple swords within. Left behind by the madman Taibai Sword Immortal..."
Among sword immortals, the Taibai Sword Immortal was undoubtedly an outstanding figure, famous for "killing a man every ten steps, leaving no trace for a thousand miles!"
With a thought, Ye Fan focused his mind on the shining silver Taibai Sword Pellet before him...
The barren mountain rocks before him vanished.
In an instant, Ye Fan felt as though he were in a world of silver. Before he could react, a streak of silver light, like a swimming fish, flashed past his eyes...
"Ah, painful!"
The silver light grazed him, leaving a tiny, almost negligible cut on Ye Fan's face, yet he bled.
This was the first time Ye Fan had been injured since coming to this world!
After smooth sailing and looking down on others... if this silver light could leave a cut on his face, what if it had struck his neck?
Ye Fan could not help but wonder,
"What on earth is hidden inside this Sword Pellet?"
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Ye Fan activated his Six-Foot Golden Body, a faint golden light enveloping his body... When the silver light swept past again, it felt like a mere tickle to him.
However, his surroundings...
He seemed to be amidst infinite clouds, where the clouds in the sky stacked like layers of leaves, draped in a silver coat...
Further away, a dark-red star hung in the sky.
He was dazed.
From beginning to end, he could not find where the sword was.
Ye Fan looked at the empty sky around him and shouted,
"Sword, come!"
Yet, after a long while,
There was no response.
"Right, this is not my sword, why would it listen to me?"
But the moment Ye Fan's voice fell,
The dark-red star suddenly collapsed!
Massive chunks of dark-red rock rained down from the sky, smashing the white clouds to pieces!
The silver lights darting across the sky seemed to hear a summons, turning toward the heavens!
"Rumble!"
A massive bolt of silver lightning crashed down from the sky, striking toward Ye Fan!
Ye Fan originally intended to resist it head-on, but...
"Is this Sword Pellet named Taibai?"
Ye Fan seemed to have extraordinary confidence. He suddenly shouted toward the descending silver lightning,
"Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet, as if the Milky Way fell from the nine heavens!"
Without a doubt, this was the famous line of Li Taibai.
Though he did not know if this Taibai had any connection to that Taibai...
But he could always give it a try.
The three Dao, Buddhist, and Bone Primordial Spirits held black chains, standing above Ye Fan's head. If anything went wrong, they would intervene immediately!
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However,
Ye Fan had clearly overestimated himself.
Reciting poetry was of no help now...
The silver lightning tore down from the sky with unstoppable force...
The black Bone Infant was pierced with a large hole in a single strike!
The golden Buddhist Infant also had a faint mark left on its flawless treasure body after one strike.
Not until
The green lotus bloomed once more...
Did the silver lightning finally slow down.
Ye Fan pulled out his Dragon Slaying Saber and Demon Suppressing Whip, wishing he had three heads and six arms...
"The items given by this system are getting more and more unreliable..."
However,
A new storm had appeared.
Though Ye Fan did not know it yet,
The silver lightning in the sky had stopped advancing!
It turned out that
A lush green lotus had bloomed atop the Dao Infant.
The moment the silver lightning struck the lotus pistil,
All light instantly masked its aura, and Ye Fan immediately connected with the Dao Infant.
Only then did he discover that
The Dao Infant had used the green lotus as a sheath, pocketing the silver lightning from the sky...
Yet, at this very moment, Ye Fan returned to Kongtong Mountain!
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At the same time, an entire year had passed in the Great Gan Dynasty.
During this year, many things had occurred.
For instance, Emperor Jingtai successfully performed the Fengshan ceremony, and temples of the gods reappeared throughout Great Gan.
They hailed Emperor Jingtai as the Great Dao Monarch of the World, serving him as their lord. Emperor Jingtai enfeoffed numerous members of the imperial family as divine deities, causing the imperial family's strength to surge.
For instance, Wudang suddenly witnessed the manifestation of Xuanwu in the mortal realm, an auspicious beast capable of suppressing evil and aiding cultivators in comprehending realms. Countless officials and nobles climbed the mountain to seek discipleship.
And for instance, the Tianshi Mansion, once the number one sect during the Ancient Qin Dynasty, suddenly closed its mountain gates, severing all contact with the outside world...
Each of these events suggested that this world was undergoing a massive transformation.
Or perhaps, this was the world's true appearance all along!
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Back to the present.
In Jizhou City, the Ninth Prince knew that the Number One Under Heaven Martial Arts Assembly would be held in a month.
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However, the Ninth Prince was also very despondent.
Xiao Yezi had vanished without a trace. The last news of him was that he was on his way to the Tianshi Mansion... Now that the Tianshi Mansion had sealed its mountain, could Xiao Yezi be in danger?
The Ninth Prince could not help but worry for his only friend.
Yet,
The Tianshi Mansion was such a super sect. How could an ordinary prince like him sway them?
Even if the current Crown Prince went to demand his return, they would ignore him.
Gradually, the Ninth Prince began to think:
*What if I were the Emperor of the Great Gan Dynasty?*
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Only now.
Emei Sect.
Mahavira Hall.
A cold woman with a voluptuous, well-curved figure knelt on a futon before the statue of the Patriarch.
Once, she had thought she would merely be his spare tire.
But in the end, she was not.
The dark clouds weighing on her heart began to quietly disperse...
Until that day, when she saw her brother behind the curtain once more...
She was so excited she did not dare take that single step forward...
Even though he was right behind the curtain, speaking words she could hear.
Yet,
Ye Qingzhu knew that was her most beloved brother, the one who had quietly sent her to Emei before resolutely entering the imperial palace...
While she...
"Qingzhu, you may descend the mountain..."
Just then, the heavy temple doors were pushed open from the outside.
Eldest Senior Sister Shen Mei, elegant and increasingly voluptuous, walked in from outside the hall.
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