Summoning the Gods: Start by creating the Eternal Night.

Xuanzhou, Xuanming City at the foot of Xuanming Sect Mountain.

Outside the South City Inn, two figures appeared; it was Sister and the surrendered official.

"Waiter, a room please!"

The older sister rushed in first, her voice clear and bright.

The surrendered official followed closely behind and also looked at the waiter.

"Waiter, please prepare a room with a wooden bed."

"A room with a soft bed!" The older sister glared at her.

"A wooden bed room!" The surrendered minister refused to budge an inch.

"A room with a soft bed!"

"A room with a wooden bed!"

The two of them went back and forth, remaining deadlocked for a full half hour, making the waiter dizzy and nauseous, and he kept covering his forehead.

"Esteemed guests! It's been half an hour. Which room would you prefer?"

The waiter looked miserable, almost driven crazy by these two.

"A room with a soft bed!" the older sister insisted.

"A wooden bed room!" the surrendered official retorted without backing down.

"Ah? Oh dear!" The waiter stamped his feet in frustration.

"Why does it have to be a room with a soft bed?" Jiang Chen turned to his elder sister, staring at her with annoyance.

"Because it's soft!" the older sister said matter-of-factly.

"Soft ones are expensive!" Jiang Chen took out a few spirit stones from his elder sister's storage bag and waved them in front of her.

"You only got this few spirit stones from Gangzi, and you've almost spent them all on snacks!"

"If they keep this up, they'll be homeless!"

Having said that, the surrendered minister slammed the spirit stone onto the counter:

"Waiter, one room with a wooden bed!"

Just as the waiter was about to take it, the older sister suddenly threw dozens of spirit stones onto the counter with a "smack."

He then turned around, striding arrogantly toward the stairs with an air of indifference.

"A room with a soft bed! Plus a table of fine food and drinks!"

The surrendered official watched her retreating figure, sighing helplessly. That spendthrift woman, she'd squander all the spirit stones sooner or later.

The waiter happily put away the spirit stones and led his sister upstairs.

Pushing open the door to the room with the soft bed, the older sister's eyes lit up:

"Ah! The big, soft bed, here I come!"

He then pounced on her, rolling around on the bed with great joy.

A moment later, the surrendered minister entered the room and interrupted his elder sister, who was rolling around on the bed: "Stop fooling around, it's time to go."

The older sister poked her head out of the bed: "Go? Where to?"

"Gangzi's men just found me and said that the monarch has summoned us back, giving us only seven days." The surrendered official looked helpless.

"What?!" The older sister's face fell instantly, her expression full of reluctance: "Ah... my soft-bed room! My money!"

She wailed twice, then asked, "Should we still smash the Xuanming Sect?"

A sly glint flashed in the surrendered official's eyes: "Smash them! Smash their headquarters in the city first!"

"Alright!" The older sister immediately jumped out of bed and followed the surrendered minister outside with great interest.

Half an hour later, the Xuanming Sect's branch in the city.

Inside the hall, several outer sect elders were chatting idly with smug satisfaction.

"Elder Zhang went to Qianzhou to help Shangguan Hui seize the position of family head, and he should be back soon."

An elder picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip,

"We've prepared fifty beauties for him this time; I guarantee he'll be satisfied!"

"At that time, our offspring might be able to enter the inner sect."

Before the words were finished, the elder sister and the surrendered minister quietly appeared in the sky above the hall.

"They're all small fry here, you do it. I'm not good at fighting." The older sister shrank her neck.

The surrendered official's lips curled slightly upward: "To deal with them, we don't need to fight."

He raised his hand into a claw, black energy swirling around him, and let out a low shout:

"Xuanyin Ghost Claw!"

In an instant, a gigantic ghostly claw, blotting out the sky, materialized and, carrying a sinister chill, viciously clawed towards the entrance of the hall.

"boom--!"

With a deafening crash, the entire hall, along with the people inside, was instantly crushed into ruins, with dust billowing everywhere.

The older sister looked at the ruins with a regretful expression.

"That's so violent... Such a nice house, it would be so good to open a shop there."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go." The surrendered minister pulled her along.

"Where to?"

"The Xuanming Sect is having a disciple recruitment ceremony tomorrow. Let's go and join in the fun, and while we're at it, let's find a chance to smash up their sect."

The older sister hesitated for a moment: "Are you sure? Gangzi's intelligence said that there are terrestrial immortals in the Xuanming Sect!"

"You coward! Scared?"

The surrendered official raised an eyebrow. "If you're scared, then let Ying Gou come out!"

"You're the coward! Your whole family are cowards!"

Provoked, the elder sister raised her head and looked at the surrendered official with feigned toughness, "Fine, I'll go! Whoever chickens out is a coward!"

The two figures flashed and flew towards the Xuanming Sect's mountain gate.

A quarter of an hour later, several figures appeared in the sky above the ruins of the hall, led by Leng Wuyai of the Xuanming Sect.

"Who is it? Who dares to destroy the entrance to my Xuanming Church!"

Leng Wuyai roared, his divine sense sweeping across the entire city in an instant, but he did not detect the aura of any unfamiliar expert.

He ordered the men behind him, "Investigate thoroughly!"

"I'd like to see who has the audacity to run wild on my Xuanming Sect's territory!"

"Yes, sir!" The men accepted the order and dispersed.

Leng Wuyai took out a communication talisman and pointed it at the other end:

"Master, that loud noise just now was from the destruction of a branch of the sect in Xuanming City."

The voice of Ming Shang, the leader of the Xuanming Sect, came from the other end of the communication talisman:

"Isn't Elder Zhang, who recently reached the Celestial Realm, supposed to be in charge of the hall? Where is he?"

"Elder Zhang went to Qianzhou to help Shangguan Hui compete for the position of family head and has not yet returned."

"No wonder." Ming Shang's voice deepened. "Have you found out who did it?"

"My subordinates have sent people to investigate thoroughly, but there is still no news."

"Alright, you should go back to your sect now. We'll need you to preside over tomorrow's apprenticeship ceremony."

"Yes, ma'am."

Leng Wuyai put away the communication talisman and turned to fly towards the Xuanming Sect.

Inside the Xuanming Sect's main hall, Ming Shang held a communication talisman, his face grim.

"Who on earth dares to make a move on my Xuanming Sect's territory... Could it be those scoundrels from the Qingyun Sect?"

A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes: "Whoever dares to challenge the majesty of my Xuanming Sect, they will pay the price!"

"Now that our ancestor has awakened, how can our Xuanming Sect tolerate such insolence!"

……

Eternal Night Space, Monarch's Palace.

Yuan Tiangang clasped his hands in a fist salute and bowed to Ye Junlin.

"My lord, news has come from the Bad People of Xuanzhou that my sister and the surrendered minister destroyed the Xuanming Sect's branch in the city."

"Now that they've gone to the Xuanming Sect's mountain gate, they're probably in danger."

Ye Junlin rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

"Those two guys are a real headache."

He shouted into the void, "Indra!"

A figure appeared silently in the hall, clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "Your subordinate is here."

Ye Junlin turned his gaze to Di Shitian:

"You must go to Xuanzhou immediately; your elder sister and the surrendered officials may be in danger."

"Make sure they are brought back safely. Remember, try to avoid revealing your identity if possible."

"Yes, sir!" Emperor Shitian accepted the order and disappeared from the hall in a flash.

Ye Junlin looked at Yuan Tiangang: "Gangzi, when will you undergo the tribulation of a terrestrial immortal?"

Yuan Tiangang cupped his hands in greeting: "I have come here for two reasons. First, to report on my elder sister and the surrendered officials."

"Secondly, I would like to ask the Lord of the Five Emperors Palace to protect me—I am preparing to undergo my tribulation in three days."

"Alright." Ye Junlin nodded. "Three days from now, I will have Dugu Qiubai protect you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yuan Tiangang bowed in gratitude.

....

Outside the headquarters of the Xuanming Sect in Xuanzhou.

The elder sister and the surrendered official hid in the mountains and forests, looking up at the magnificent mountain gate.

"This Xuanming Sect is much more impressive than the one we had in our previous life," the older sister clicked her tongue.

The surrendered official rolled his eyes: "Stop talking nonsense. There will be a lot of people at the disciple recruitment ceremony tomorrow, so it'll be a good opportunity to sneak in."

"Why sneak in? Why not just unleash a powerful attack from outside and smash down the mountain gate?" the older sister asked, puzzled.

"Fool," Jiang Chen tapped her on the head.

"What's the point of smashing down the mountain gate? Let's sneak in and scout things out first, then find a chance to steal some treasure from the vault!"

The older sister covered her head and muttered, "I know, you idiot..."

The surrendered official: "What did you say?"

"It's nothing!" the older sister quickly changed the subject.

"Where will we stay tonight? We can't just sleep on the streets, can we?"

The surrendered official pointed to a small grove of trees not far away: "Let's make do there for the night."

"Ah no... I miss my soft bed."

The older sister looked at the grove of trees in the distance, then thought about the soft bed at the South City Inn.

Her heart ached – that was a soft bed that cost her dozens of spirit stones!

"Alright, once we get to the Xuanming Sect and make a fortune from their treasure vault, I'll have a super soft, super soft bed made for you!"

Are you serious?

"real!"

"Alright, old woman, you'd better keep your word!"

"What did you call me?"

"N-nothing! You're hallucinating!"

...

The two bickered as they walked toward the grove.