Arc 7The Longevity Sect Rises
Lu Chen claimed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s wealth and built the Longevity Sect and Academy, gathering powerful allies while rejecting imperial control. His campaign against Spirit Hall’s rumors turned into a continent-wide scandal about Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, leaving Yu Xiaogang expelled from his clan and unconscious.
- Lu Chen looted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s treasury and spirit bones, then left with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing as Xu Mo offered the surviving disciples to the Longevity Sect.
- The Heaven Dou Empire, Spirit Hall, and other clans reacted to Lu Chen’s destruction of the sect, while Bibi Dong abandoned plans to capture him and ordered a public smear campaign.
- Lu Chen helped Zhu Zhuqing gain a spirit ring, then gave Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan spirit bones and invited them to join his new sect.
- At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed immortal herbs, advanced their cultivation, and received leadership roles in Soft Bone Hall and Nether Hall.
- Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan joined the Longevity Sect, and Lu Chen sent its disciples to claim the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s former properties, killing those who resisted.
- Lu Chen refused Xue Qinghe’s offer of imperial funding, declared the Longevity Sect neutral, and opened the sect and academy despite Spirit Hall’s accusations.
- Lu Chen distributed The Romantic Affairs of Pontiff Bibi Dong, and Spirit Hall’s attempts to seize and burn copies only intensified the book’s spread and the scandal surrounding Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang.
- Yu Luomian demanded that Yu Xiaogang return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Yu Xiaogang resisted with Flender and Liu Erlong, and Yu Luomian withdrew and expelled him, and Yu Xiaogang collapsed unconscious.