When Ye Fan left seclusion, his cultivation had further advanced. At this moment, he no longer needed to avoid passing through ascension, because the gate to the Immortal World had already opened. He could first cultivate ascension and then return to the human world, which would not affect his status there, nor would it require him to leave the people he loved.
But he still refrained from doing so, because he feared that he might temporarily lose access to the secret realm of Pan Gu.
Ye Fan, after all, was a Cultivator, not an ancient cultivator like Su Nu or Xi He. These ancient cultivators could freely traverse between secret realms and the universe, but Ye Fan could not. Ye Fan now needed to use his cultivation to ensure stability, requiring a secret realm environment filled with Spiritual Energy. Thus, he preferred to stay temporarily in the secret realm rather than rush into ascension.
