Recaps

Xue Tianfei settled the Eternal Night Chamber of Commerce’s dispute with the Qilin Chamber of Commerce after Qilin Saint apologized and accepted her terms. After she left, Qilin Saint silenced his angry executives and decided to pursue cooperation with the rising Eternal Night Sect.

• Qilin Saint apologized to Xue Tianfei for his side’s earlier insults, and she agreed to end the dispute while keeping the agreed price.
• Xue Tianfei said the Eternal Night Chamber of Commerce could put their enmity behind them, gave Qilin Saint her communication treasure, and left with Li Wensong, Li Muchen, and the others.
• The Qilin Chamber of Commerce’s executives erupted in anger after Xue Tianfei departed, while Qilin Saint feared their business would decline.
• Qilin Saint ordered the executives to keep their grievances to themselves and warned them not to sabotage future cooperation with the Eternal Night Chamber of Commerce.
• Qilin Saint rejected the idea of forming an alliance against the Eternal Night Sect, reasoning that they did not know its full strength and that opposing it could mean certain death.

Xue Tianfei used Li Muchen and the others to acquire the businesses she needed for her plans to expand the chamber of commerce, while Lu Qing'an prepared to secure the Time Cultivation Tower at auction. Later, Chu Xuantie and the others returned from the Time Cultivation Tower with the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror, and its dazzling light suggested their repair had succeeded.

• Xue Tianfei led Li Muchen and the others away from the Qilin Chamber of Commerce and recruited them to help acquire other businesses.
• Xue Tianfei returned to the courtyard and told Lu Qing'an that she had acquired every business needed for her chamber of commerce plans at very little cost.
• Xue Tianfei said she would begin raising funds for the auction, while Lu Qing'an discussed the chances of securing the Time Cultivation Tower and searching for Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins.
• Chu Xuantie, Wang Duanshan, Leng Xinghe, and He Hong emerged from the Time Cultivation Tower after working together to repair the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror.
• Chu Xuantie and the others placed the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror on the stone table, and it burst into dazzling light.

Lu Qing'an activated the repaired Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror despite warnings that it required an enormous amount of Power of the Dao Source. The mirror revealed a way to identify unclaimed Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, and Lu Qing'an began organizing a search that could make him extraordinarily wealthy.

• Lu Qing'an activated the repaired Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror, consuming more Power of the Dao Source than several Peak Eternal Realm experts could possess.
• Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe were astonished by Lu Qing'an's power and began considering joining the Eternal Night Sect.
• The mirror entered Lu Qing'an's sea of consciousness after revealing that it could identify likely unclaimed Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins with eighty percent accuracy.
• Lu Qing'an told Xue Tianfei to summon Li Wensong, Li Muchen, and the others to search for the veins.
• Lu Qing'an claimed they could find around a hundred unclaimed veins in a day, leaving everyone in the stone pavilion stunned.

Lu Qing'an used his treasure to locate unclaimed Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins and organized the Eternal Night Sect members and their allies to collect them. After they returned with 110 veins, Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe asked to join the sect.

• Lu Qing'an told Xue Tianfei that he could find at least a thousand unclaimed Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins and assigned Li Wensong, Li Muchen, and the others to locate a hundred.
• Lu Qing'an invited Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe to help search, and both agreed while considering joining the Eternal Night Sect.
• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei joined the search, and the group returned a day later with 110 veins: ninety low-grade and twenty mid-grade.
• Lu Qing'an thanked the group and offered ten veins to Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe as compensation for their help.
• Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe refused the payment and asked Lu Qing'an to accept them into the Eternal Night Sect.

Lu Qing'an welcomed Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe into the Eternal Night Sect, then set off with the sect’s experts and his children for the Nine Directions Pavilion auction. As they traveled, he planned to raise the Eternal Night Continent’s level and decided to marry Xue Tianfei after they returned.

• Lu Qing'an welcomed Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe into the Eternal Night Sect, where they agreed to become members alongside Li Muchen and the others.
• Xue Tianfei suggested that the group head to the Nine Directions Pavilion auction, and Li Muchen, Zhang Shundao, Chu Xuantie, and Leng Xinghe agreed to go.
• Lu Qing'an welcomed Lu Miaomiao, Lu Zixuan, Lu Zhengran, and Sun Minzi back from training, then invited the children to join the outing.
• Han Li teleported Lu Qing'an and the group to the advanced star domain where the Nine Directions Pavilion was located.
• Lu Qing'an planned to use the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein and the Power of the Dao Source to raise the Eternal Night Continent’s level, and decided to marry Xue Tianfei after the auction.

Lu Qing'an and his companions entered the Hongwu Continent to attend the Nine Directions Pavilion auction after Hong Wu tried to bar Lu Qing'an from entering. At the crowded venue, the Qilin Chamber of Commerce pledged to cooperate with Xue Tianfei’s chamber, then the arrival of the Chaos Saint Sect drew everyone’s attention.

• Hong Wu blocked Lu Qing'an and his companions from entering the Hongwu Continent because she disliked Lu Qing'an, but she relented after his allies threatened to stand by him.
• Lu Qing'an and his companions reached the Nine Directions Pavilion headquarters, where powerful factions had gathered for the auction.
• Qilin Saint approached Xue Tianfei and agreed that the Qilin Chamber of Commerce would cooperate with his chamber of commerce.
• Qilin Saint greeted Lu Qing'an and asked for the Eternal Night Sect’s support before returning to his group.
• Lu Zhengran pointed out a young member of the Chaos Saint Sect, whose arrival shifted the crowd’s attention from Lu Qing'an’s group.

Lu Qing'an met the Chaos Sage, the powerful master of the Chaos Saint Sect, and learned that both factions wanted the Time Cultivation Tower at the auction. Their children clashed over an earlier fight, and the chapter ended with both groups entering the auction hall after agreeing their young fighters could compete again.

• Lu Qing'an asked Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao about the Chaos Sage and learned that he was rumored to have mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, as well as the Destruction and Creation Rules.
• The Chaos Sage arrived with his great-grandson Pan Hao, who accused Lu Zhengran and the others of ganging up on him.
• Lu Qing'an and the Chaos Sage greeted each other and revealed that both factions planned to bid for the Time Cultivation Tower.
• Pan Hao taunted Lu Zixuan and the other children, and Lu Zixuan vowed to grow strong enough to defeat him.
• The Chaos Sage and Lu Qing'an agreed that their children could compete again, then led their groups into the Nine Directions Pavilion auction hall.

Lu Qing'an and the Eternal Night Sect attended the Nine Directions Pavilion’s grand auction, where they sought the Nine Mysteries Absolute Grade Time Cultivation Tower. Xue Tianfei opened the bidding with a startling offer of thirty low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, leaving the other powers stunned.

• The Eternal Night Sect received a top-tier private room as powerful delegations gathered for the auction.
• Zhang Shundao visited Zhang Tianshi and teased him about their wager that the Eternal Night Sect would reach the top ten within a hundred years.
• The master of the Nine Directions Pavilion personally opened the auction and presented the Nine Mysteries Absolute Grade Time Cultivation Tower as the first item.
• Lu Qing'an told Xue Tianfei to bid, and she offered thirty low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, stunning the auction hall.

Xue Tianfei opened the bidding for the Time Cultivation Tower at thirty low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, driving most factions away. When Zhang Tianshi challenged her at thirty-one, she raised her bid to fifty, leaving him and the auction crowd stunned.

• Xue Tianfei bid thirty low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins for the Time Cultivation Tower, and Lu Qing'an encouraged her to spend freely.
• Most factions abandoned the bidding, while the Chaos Sage decided the Chaos Saint Sect would not compete.
• Zhang Tianshi bid thirty-one veins because he wanted the tower and wanted to keep it from the Eternal Night Sect.
• Xue Tianfei raised the bid to fifty veins, shocking Zhang Tianshi and the crowd.
• Lu Qing'an told Xue Tianfei that his money was hers too, and she said that gave her even less reason to worry about spending it.

Xue Tianfei secured the Time Cultivation Tower for the Eternal Night Sect with a bid of fifty low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, then bought more treasures for Lu Qing'an's children. The auction continued as other forces reconsidered the Eternal Night Sect's growing power and wondered whether it had finally exhausted its resources.

• Xue Tianfei outbid Zhang Tianshi for the Time Cultivation Tower, and the Nine Directions Pavilion's master declared the Eternal Night Sect the winner.
• Lu Qing'an paid fifty low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, expanded the tower with Power of the Dao Source, and let Lu Zixuan and the other children experience its time difference.
• Lu Qing'an encouraged the children to cultivate until they could face their rivals without joining forces, and promised to buy them anything they liked at the auction.
• Xue Tianfei spent roughly five more low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins on treasures for the children as the auction continued.
• The Chaos Sage believed the Eternal Night Sect could no longer compete for another treasure, while other forces wondered whether it had spent nearly all its wealth.

At the auction finale, Lu Qing'an learned that the Supreme Rule Holy Sphere could produce Rule Inheritance Fragments and became determined to obtain it for the Eternal Night Sect. He asked whether it could instead produce empty Rule Fragments, leaving the pavilion master and crowd stunned.

• Lu Qing'an learned from Zhang Shundao and Li Muchen that the final treasure was connected to Rule Fragments and resolved to secure it if it could produce them.
• The Nine Directions Pavilion master revealed the Supreme Rule Holy Sphere and explained that it could create Rule Inheritance Fragments by absorbing enough Power of the Dao Source containing a particular rule.
• The Chaos Sage and other powerful bidders weighed the cost of feeding the sphere and declared their intent to acquire it.
• Lu Qing'an asked whether the sphere could produce empty Rule Fragments, and the pavilion master and crowd were dumbfounded by his question.

Lu Qing'an learned that empty inheritance fragments could be produced with only a little Power of the Dao Source and declared that the Eternal Night Sect would claim the treasure. As bidding began, Xue Tianfei stunned the auction hall by offering fifty low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mines, then raised her bid further with five mid-grade mines.

• The Nine Directions Pavilion master explained that producing an empty inheritance fragment required only a little Power of the Dao Source, and Lu Qing'an decided the Eternal Night Sect would take the treasure.
• The leaders of other factions mocked the Eternal Night Sect, while the Chaos Sage and Zhang Tianshi remained determined to compete for the treasure.
• The pavilion master set the starting price at thirty low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mines, with bids increasing by at least one mine.
• Xue Tianfei bid fifty low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mines, shocking the auction hall and prompting others to wonder how wealthy the Eternal Night Sect was.
• Xue Tianfei added five mid-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mines to her offer, leaving the Nine Directions Pavilion in stunned silence.

Xue Tianfei raised the Eternal Night Sect’s bid to a total value of 250 low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins and vowed to outbid anyone who challenged them. The Chaos Sage, backed by Zhang Tianshi’s loan, prepared to compete, but Xue Tianfei’s latest bid left the auction hall stunned.

• Xue Tianfei bid five intermediate and 50 low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins for the treasure, leaving the Chaos Sage and Zhang Tianshi alarmed by the Eternal Night Sect’s resources.
• Zhang Tianshi offered to lend the Chaos Sage 80 Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins in exchange for a share of the resources earned from the treasure, and the Chaos Sage agreed.
• The Chaos Sage used Zhang Tianshi’s loan to raise the Chaos Saint Sect’s available funds to 230 Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins and confidently challenged the Eternal Night Sect with one additional intermediate vein.
• Xue Tianfei dismissed the Chaos Saint Sect’s bid and raised the total value of the Eternal Night Sect’s offer to 250 low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins.
• Xue Tianfei declared that she would add another intermediate vein to the bid whenever anyone challenged it and insisted the treasure would belong only to the Eternal Night Sect.

Xue Tianfei refused to retract her enormous bid for the treasure, prompting the Nine Directions Pavilion master to verify the Eternal Night Sect's funds. After inspecting them, he confirmed that the sect could pay and allowed the auction to continue.

• Xue Tianfei declared that the Eternal Night Sect would match any further bids and add a mid-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein.
• The Chaos Sage and other attendees pressured the Nine Directions Pavilion master to verify the sect's funds.
• Xue Tianfei insisted that she had not misspoken and invited the pavilion to check the Eternal Night Sect's resources.
• The Nine Directions Pavilion master inspected the treasure Lu Qing'an handed him and was stunned by the sect's wealth.
• The Nine Directions Pavilion master announced that the Eternal Night Sect's bid was valid and that the auction would continue.

At the Nine Directions Pavilion auction, the Chaos Sage rallied the other top powers to challenge Xue Tianfei’s bids for a treasure, but the Eternal Night Sect still outbid them. The Chaos Sage demanded an asset verification, and the pavilion master confirmed the Eternal Night Sect could afford its latest bid.

• The Chaos Sage decided the Chaos Saint Sect could not afford to lose the auction and persuaded Zhang Tianshi and the leaders of the other eight top powers to pool their Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins.
• The combined bid secured 500 low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, and the Chaos Sage announced that he would bid again before the pavilion master could declare the Eternal Night Sect the winner.
• Xue Tianfei told the Chaos Sage she would add one mid-grade vein to any bid he made.
• The Chaos Sage bid 400 veins and then 500 veins, while Xue Tianfei answered with bids of 410 and then 510 low-grade veins.
• The Chaos Sage demanded an asset verification, but the pavilion master said the Eternal Night Sect could produce the 510 veins.

After the Nine Directions Pavilion Master verified the Eternal Night Sect’s immense wealth, the sect won the auction’s final treasure and stunned the other powers. Lu Qing'an announced plans to recruit disciples and elders, leaving Zhang Tianshi resigned to losing his institution’s prized treasure.

• The Nine Directions Pavilion Master vouched for the Eternal Night Sect’s assets, including a top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, and confirmed its bid was valid.
• The Chaos Sage abandoned hopes of outbidding the Eternal Night Sect, while Zhang Tianshi concluded that his bet was lost.
• The Nine Directions Pavilion Master awarded the final treasure to the Eternal Night Sect after no one offered a higher bid, and the sect paid in Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins.
• Lu Qing'an announced that the Eternal Night Sect would soon recruit disciples and elders and promised to nurture those who sincerely served it.
• Zhang Tianshi saw the crowd’s enthusiasm for joining the Eternal Night Sect and sighed that he could no longer keep his institution’s prized treasure.

After the auction, Lu Qing'an welcomed offers of cooperation from leaders of lesser powers and assigned Xue Tianfei to manage the Eternal Night Chamber of Commerce's external dealings. He warned the crowd that the sect would recruit disciples and guest elders in three days, then left the auction house as Zhang Shundao chased after a fleeing figure.

• Lu Qing'an and his companions were surrounded by leaders of regional powers seeking ties and trade with the Eternal Night Sect.
• Lu Qing'an put Xue Tianfei in charge of the Eternal Night Chamber of Commerce's external business, and she exchanged voice-transmission marks with the leaders.
• The Chaos Sage warned Lu Qing'an that the Eternal Night Sect's rise might be short-lived before leaving with the allied leaders of top powers.
• Lu Qing'an announced that the Eternal Night Sect would recruit disciples and guest elders in three days and offer guidance toward the Eternal Realm.
• After the group left the auction house, Zhang Shundao departed on personal business and chased someone who shouted, "Senior Brother! Don't be in such a hurry to leave! Wait for me!"

Zhang Shundao chased Zhang Tianshi to the Celestial Master's Mansion Daoist Sanctuary and pressured him to honor their wager over its treasured heirloom. After Zhang Tianshi offered other compensation, Zhang Shundao revealed that he wanted the entire sanctuary to merge into the Eternal Night Sect.

• Zhang Tianshi fled to the Celestial Master's Mansion Daoist Sanctuary and sealed it behind its strongest protective formation.
• Zhang Shundao called out Zhang Tianshi for trying to welsh on their bet, drawing the attention of the sanctuary's disciples and nearby experts.
• Zhang Tianshi emerged and admitted the wager had been lost, but offered other treasures and resources rather than surrender the heirloom.
• Zhang Shundao invoked their master's teaching that fellow disciples should help one another, then argued that the Eternal Night Sect offered Zhang Tianshi a greater future.
• Zhang Shundao asked Zhang Tianshi to have the entire Celestial Master Manor Daoist Hall join and merge into the Eternal Night Sect.

Zhang Shundao tried to persuade Zhang Tianshi to merge the Celestial Master's Mansion Daoist Sanctuary into the Eternal Night Sect, arguing that the sect's rise and Lu Qing'an's power made joining worthwhile. Zhang Tianshi remained unconvinced, and Li Wensong arrived just as Zhang Shundao prepared to summon him.

• Zhang Shundao asked Zhang Tianshi to bring the entire Celestial Master's Mansion Daoist Sanctuary into the Eternal Night Sect, but Zhang Tianshi angrily refused.
• Zhang Shundao argued that joining the Eternal Night Sect would strengthen the sanctuary and benefit them both, prompting Zhang Tianshi to say he would consider it.
• Zhang Shundao told Zhang Tianshi that Lu Qing'an was a Peak Eternal Realm powerhouse who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Zhang Tianshi demanded evidence that Lu Qing'an had arranged for him to join the Eternal Night Sect, and Zhang Shundao decided to summon Li Wensong.
• Li Wensong arrived before Zhang Shundao could call him, leaving Zhang Shundao convinced the meeting had been arranged.

Li Wensong joined Zhang Shundao at the Celestial Master Manor and spoke with Zhang Tianshi about joining the Eternal Night Sect. Zhang Tianshi quickly agreed to bring the entire sanctuary into the sect, leaving Zhang Shundao stunned.

• Li Wensong arrived to help Zhang Shundao recruit his senior brother, explaining that the Eternal Night Sect needed powerful allies.
• Zhang Tianshi appeared at the grand formation and was struck by Li Wensong's bearing and Zhang Shundao's respect for him.
• Li Wensong persuaded Zhang Tianshi to invite him inside to discuss the Dao, while Zhang Shundao was told to wait outside.
• After less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, Zhang Tianshi escorted Li Wensong out warmly and promised to bring the whole Celestial Master Manor Daoist Sanctuary into the Eternal Night Sect.
• Zhang Shundao watched in disbelief as his once-stubborn senior brother praised Li Wensong and pledged loyalty to Sect Master Lu.

Li Wensong persuaded Zhang Tianshi to bring the Celestial Master Manor Daoist Hall into the Eternal Night Sect by revealing Lu Qing'an's knowledge of his deepest secrets and promising to erase his lifelong regret. After Li returned, he told Lu Qing'an that the manor's elite would soon formally submit.

• Li Wensong left Zhang Shundao after urging him to reconcile with Zhang Tianshi and prepare to join the Eternal Night Sect.
• Zhang Tianshi praised Zhang Shundao for changing and revealed that Li Wensong had shared secrets of his life that only Lu Qing'an could have known.
• Zhang Tianshi said Lu Qing'an had promised the Eternal Night Sect could erase his regret if he led the Daoist Hall to join and help the sect grow stronger.
• Zhang Tianshi asked Zhang Shundao to teach him about the Eternal Night Sect so he could build good relations with its members.
• Li Wensong returned to Lu Qing'an and reported that Zhang Tianshi was won over and would likely bring the Celestial Master Manor's elite to submit within days.

Lu Miaomiao and the others emerged from the Time Cultivation Tower, where Lu Zixuan, Lu Zhengran, and Lu Qing'an's disciple remained in deep cultivation. Lu Qing'an proposed marriage to Xue Tianfei and assigned Xiao Qingyi to arrange a grand wedding for the Nine Directions and Ten Domains to witness.

• Lu Miaomiao rushed into Lu Qing'an's arms and said she could not endure cultivating in the Time Cultivation Tower any longer.
• Xiao Qingyi complained about the prolonged cultivation and asked Lu Qing'an to let him serve the sect; Lu Qing'an agreed.
• Lu Qing'an told Xue Tianfei he had decided to fulfill his promise and marry her soon.
• Xue Tianfei accepted Lu Qing'an's proposal, and Lu Miaomiao excitedly celebrated their marriage.
• Lu Qing'an put Xiao Qingyi in charge of planning a lavish wedding for the Eternal Night Sect, and Xiao Qingyi hurried off to prepare.

As the Eternal Night Sect prepared for Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei's wedding, Lu Qing'an gathered immense wealth to add to her bride price. On the eve of the sect's recruitment ceremony, his system returned transformed into the Myriad Worlds Supreme Wedded Love System, promising rewards for their marriage and his care for Xue Tianfei.

• Lu Zixuan, Lu Zhengran, and Li Cangxuan left the Time Cultivation Tower to help Xiao Qingyi prepare for Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei's wedding.
• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei scheduled their wedding for the day after the Eternal Night Sect's recruitment ceremony.
• Lu Qing'an took Xue Tianfei across the Nine Directions and Ten Domains and collected vast quantities of Heavenly Mandate Soul Stones for her bride price.
• On the night before the recruitment ceremony, Lu Qing'an sensed that his sea of consciousness lacked enough Power of the Dao Source to use the Supreme Rule Holy Sphere.
• Lu Qing'an's system returned and revealed that it had evolved into the Myriad Worlds Supreme Wedded Love System, which offered cultivation returns for his wedding and rewards for treating Xue Tianfei well.

Lu Qing'an learned that completing his wedding would multiply his premarital cultivation a millionfold, while spoiling Xue Tianfei could earn treasures to help her grow stronger. As the Eternal Night Sect opened recruitment, Zhang Tianshi arrived with the entire Celestial Master Manor and announced that it was joining the sect.

• Lu Qing'an asked the system about the realm above the Eternal Realm and learned his own cultivation would increase a millionfold after his wedding, while rewards from raising Xue Tianfei's happiness could strengthen her.
• Cultivators and leaders from across the Nine Directions and Ten Domains gathered at the Eternal Night Sect, where Heavenly Daos welcomed guests and registered visitors.
• The Chaos Saint and the Nine Directions Pavilion's master arrived, and Lu Qing'an announced that the sect was recruiting disciples and retainers.
• Zhang Tianshi brought the Celestial Master Manor's Daoist Hall and its tens of thousands of members to the sect, prompting spectators to expect a battle.
• Zhang Tianshi bowed to Lu Qing'an and announced that the Celestial Master Manor was relinquishing its name and joining the Eternal Night Sect as the Celestial Master Hall.

Zhang Tianshi announced that the Celestial Master Manor would merge into the Eternal Night Sect, prompting other powers to rush to join as Lu Qing'an's influence surged. Lu Qing'an announced his wedding in two days, leaving the gathered leaders to offer congratulations and prepare for the Eternal Night Sect's celebration.

• Zhang Tianshi arrived and announced that the Celestial Master Manor would join the Eternal Night Sect, shocking the gathered powers and enraging the Chaos Sage.
• Zhang Tianshi praised Lu Qing'an and promised that the Celestial Master Manor would help the sect grow stronger.
• Lu Qing'an invited other powers to join, and leaders of small and medium sects hurried to submit.
• Lu Qing'an announced that he would marry Xue Tianfei in two days and invited everyone in the Nine Directions and Ten Domains to attend.
• The gathered leaders congratulated Lu Qing'an, while he left the wedding preparations to Li Wensong and the others.