During a class reunion on Mount Tai, Ye Fan and his friends see nine dragon corpses pulling a bronze coffin across the sky. Swept into space, they land in the Big Dipper region, a cultivation world where Ye Fan must survive with a body said to be cursed.
Personality
Resourceful, tenacious and sometimes cheeky, Ye Fan never admits defeat. He keeps a modern man's humour in the face of millennia-old traditions, and unwavering loyalty to his friends from Earth.
Powers & abilities
He possesses the Wild Ancient Holy Physique, a legendary constitution said to have been unable to reach the peaks since ancient times. He defies this curse and turns it into one of the most fearsome forces in the world.
History
Arriving from Earth, he discovers a world where holy lands fight over the legacies of ancient emperors. Hunted for his body, he travels across the Big Dipper, gathers the secrets of the past and eventually becomes a legend, the Great Emperor Ye.
Relationships
Pang Bo, his friend from Earth, is his brother at heart. Hei Huang, the Wushi Emperor's black dog, becomes his travelling companion. Ji Ziyue, of the Ji clan, is one of his closest allies.
Key moments
- The appearance of the bronze coffin pulled by nine dragons.
- The discovery of his Holy Physique, considered cursed.
- Meeting Hei Huang, the start of an irresistible duo.
In the adaptations
Tencent Video's 3D donghua, launched in 2023, adapts Chen Dong's novel and is one of its most-watched titles.
Did you know?
- Shrouding the Heavens shares its universe with Perfect World, another Chen Dong novel.
- The bronze coffin pulled by nine dragons is one of xuanhuan's most famous openings.
Our take
Ye Fan is a modern hero thrown into an ancestral world, and that gap is the series' spice. His rise despite a cursed body is one of the genre's great stories.
— Spidermas, for Donghua Fan