Duan Ling Tian discovered that Yang He's attitude toward him had changed completely after he had defeated Ceng Zhi. He had become more humble.
Although it was not to the point where he was groveling, he was not as casual as before.
In that regard, Duan Ling Tian merely shook his head. He was not surprised.
In the Dao Martial Saint Land, the strong ones were revered. He had shown sufficient strength to crush Ceng Zhi. It was enough to unsettle the outer court of Moon Illumination Sect and make the outer court disciples wary of him.
That was, originally, his objective.
Otherwise, he would not have risked exhausting his Spiritual Energy to activate the Strange Pupil twice.
He did that as a show of power!
Put aside the fact that he was new and looked down upon by the others, he had to do that considering the animosity between his teacher, Fang Hui the City Governor of Mound Hill City, and the inner court elder, Liu Huan.