Arc 29The Sect’s Rising Power
Lu Qing'an expanded the Eternal Night Sect by recruiting five Peak Eternal Realm experts and demonstrating his mastery of powerful rules. As his allies pursued a mirror repair and Xue Tianfei negotiated for abandoned businesses, the sect gained influence and its rivals faced the pressure of its strength.
- Li Wensheng brought Li Muchen, Zhang Shundao, Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lava Sage, and Lian Jie to meet Lu Qing'an, after the five had promoted the Eternal Night Sect across the Nine Directions and Ten Domains.
- Lu Qing'an welcomed the five experts into the sect, learned from their techniques, and used the Unification Rule and Mirror Rule to neutralize Zhang Shundao's strongest attack.
- Lu Qing'an deduced the Rule of Vitality from Li Muchen's demonstration and revealed intelligent Demon God Phantoms that could act on his orders.
- Lu Qing'an put Xue Tianfei in charge of directing the new members as she managed the Eternal Night Chamber of Commerce, then gave a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein sentience so Golden Dragon could briefly court it.
- Zhang Shundao and Li Muchen recruited rival artifact refiners Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe to repair the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror, but both failed their competing deadlines, so Lu Qing'an had them work together with He Hong and Wang Duanshan.
- Xue Tianfei led Li Muchen, Zhang Shundao, and the other experts into negotiations with the Qilin Chamber of Commerce, where Qilin Saint agreed to pay a third of a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein for its abandoned businesses.
- Xue Tianfei reminded Qilin Saint that he had once humiliated and threatened her during negotiations, explaining that she had returned to make him feel the same treatment.