Chapter Summaries

Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe wagered Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins on repairing the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror, while Lu Qing'an let them believe he possessed the Rule of Cause and Effect. After both failed to repair the mirror, the story left their promised veins ready to change hands.

• Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe escalated their repair deadlines until Chu Xuantie agreed to try repairing the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror in ten days for two Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins.
• Chu Xuantie questioned Lu Qing'an about his rules, and Lu Qing'an demonstrated perfected Unification and Vitality rules, convincing Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe that the claims about him were true.
• Chu Xuantie spent ten days inside the Time Cultivation Tower studying the mirror but made no progress, then challenged Leng Xinghe to do better.
• Leng Xinghe changed his deadline to a month, spent three months inside the tower, and emerged with the unrepaired mirror.
• Lu Qing'an and the others watched as Chu Xuantie and Leng Xinghe each failed, leaving another two Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins at stake.

Lu Qing'an arranged for Leng Xinghe and Chu Xuantie to study the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror with He Hong and Wang Duanshan. Meanwhile, Xue Tianfei and Li Muchen's group arrived at the Qilin Chamber of Commerce to negotiate, unaware that its leaders planned to overcharge them.

• Lu Qing'an persuaded Leng Xinghe and Chu Xuantie to stop arguing and work together on repairing the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror.
• Lu Qing'an invited He Hong and Wang Duanshan to join the artifact refiners in researching the treasure inside the Time Cultivation Tower.
• Li Wensong and the others received Xue Tianfei's message and went to help the Eternal Night Chamber of Commerce negotiate with the Qilin Chamber of Commerce.
• Xue Tianfei told the group that the Qilin Chamber of Commerce had overpriced businesses it wanted to sell, and Zhang Shundao and the others vowed to force the price down.
• Qilin Saint and the Qilin Chamber of Commerce's leaders planned to raise their asking price and mock the Eternal Night Chamber of Commerce for being easy to fleece.
• Xue Tianfei entered the Qilin Chamber of Commerce's reception hall with Li Muchen and the others, projecting the commanding presence of a queen.

Xue Tianfei returned to the Qilin Chamber of Commerce to negotiate for its assets, accompanied by five Peak Eternal Realm experts whose behavior stunned Qilin Saint and the chamber's senior members. After they obeyed her order to sit, she asked Qilin Saint to discuss cooperation again, leaving him under intense pressure.

• Xue Tianfei entered the Qilin Chamber of Commerce reception hall and sat down, determined to take a firmer approach than she had during her previous visit.
• Qilin Saint greeted Li Muchen and the other experts, but Li Wensong led them to stand behind Xue Tianfei without acknowledging him.
• Qilin Saint invited Li Muchen and the others to sit, but they ignored him until Xue Tianfei told them to find seats.
• Qilin Saint sensed Xue Tianfei's domineering presence as she asked him to discuss cooperation again, while Li Muchen and the others looked fierce.

Xue Tianfei returned to negotiate the purchase of businesses from the Qilin Chamber of Commerce, accompanied by powerful Eternal Night Sect members whose hostility forced Qilin Saint to back down. The talks ended with Xue Tianfei demanding a lower price and Li Muchen and the others threatening to slash people instead of prices.

• Xue Tianfei confronted Qilin Saint with Li Muchen and the others, whose killing intent frightened the Qilin Chamber of Commerce.
• Xue Tianfei told her companions to restrain themselves, then resumed negotiations over the businesses.
• Qilin Saint agreed to the price previously discussed, but Xue Tianfei reminded him that he had asked for two low-grade heavenly mandate soul stone veins.
• Qilin Saint claimed he had meant one vein, and he quickly admitted his mistake when Li Muchen and the others stood up.
• Xue Tianfei said the businesses were not worth one vein and invited Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao to slash the price, prompting them to joke about slashing people instead.

Xue Tianfei and her powerful allies forced Qilin Saint to accept a deal in which the Qilin Chamber of Commerce would pay them a third of a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein to take its businesses. Xue Tianfei then reminded Qilin Saint that she had come to make him experience the same superior-might bullying he had inflicted on her before.

• Qilin Saint lowered his offer to a third of a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, and Xue Tianfei accepted.
• Xue Tianfei clarified that the Qilin Chamber of Commerce would pay her group the vein to take its abandoned businesses.
• Li Muchen, Zhang Shundao, Dao Lord Xuexiao, and the other experts threatened the chamber, while Qilin Saint restrained his furious associates to avoid a fight they could not win.
• Qilin Saint accused Xue Tianfei of bullying them with superior might, and she recalled that he had used the same words against her during their previous negotiation.
• Xue Tianfei explained that she had returned to make Qilin Saint feel the humiliation and threats he had once directed at her.

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.