The White Night Clan had tried to tarnish Lu Yin's reputation, but he had anticipated their move long ago. As long as the Glory Hall didn't issue a notice to the entire universe, everything said against him was slander. He controlled the Outer Universe's media and was the Commander of its allied forces. He had nothing to fear from such smears.
The main reason those factions wanted to leave the Eastern Frontier Alliance was their fear of offending the major powers of the Inner Universe.
Lu Yin had now branded the Inner Universe's major powers as plunderers. That made them enemies, and their attempts to target him naturally fell apart. Better yet, he could use this to expand the allied forces.
The main purpose of expanding the allied forces was to boost their influence.
Any one of the Inner Universe's powerful factions could sweep across the Outer Universe. The Outer Universe was sorely lacking in top experts, and even those it did have came from the Inner Universe.
The Outer Universe alone couldn't hold back the White Night Clan and the other colossal powers. But once the alliance built up enough momentum, this would no longer be a dispute between factions from the Inner and Outer Universes. It would draw in the Glory Hall, and with the Glory Hall involved, Lu Yin simply couldn't believe the Inner Universe would dare attack the Outer Universe.
Lu Yin had never expected the Outer Universe to stand against the Inner Universe on its own. But unifying the Outer Universe would give him enough freedom to advance or retreat as he pleased, and his influence within the Glory Hall would rise dramatically. That was what mattered most.
And then there were all the resources.
Without unifying the Outer Universe, where would he have gotten