Chapter 126 Eight-sided Exquisiteness
Sharing a big secret can quickly improve the relationship between two parties. Lin Bai shared the Spoken Law Follows. Even though he declined Jiang Qingqin’s marriage proposal, in Jiang Yuru’s eyes, he was considered one of her own. Hence, she was very forthcoming in answering his questions.
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From Jiang Yuru, Lin Bai first learned about the power division of the Cultivation World.
The Righteous faction had seven major sects, led by the Heavenly Dao Sect, followed by the Heavenly Sword Sect, Tool Refining Sect, Pill and Spirit Sect, Beast Taming Sect, Buddha Spirit Sect, and Moon Spirit Sect. The vast majority of the sects in the world were products of the seven righteous sects’ influence. Spread all over the world, they governed the entire Cultivation World. Similarly, these sects also had the duty to supply talents to the seven righteous sects. Return to Dragon View was affiliated with the Heavenly Dao Sect, the Morning Yuan Sword Sect with the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the Hundred Flower Valley was backed by the Moon Spirit Sect.
Of course, apart from regularly supplying talents, most of the sects derived from the seven righteous sects were autonomous most of the time. Unless there was a large-scale war between the Righteous and Evil factions, they usually had little interaction with the high-ranking major sects.
This was why, over time, the lower sects developed their own ideas. They tended to withhold their talents, hoping to grow secretly and attempt to break free from the control of the seven righteous sects. For example, Medicine King Valley cultivated three thousand Golden Core Cultivators and was considered the top-ranked sect under the Pill and Spirit Sect, possibly hoping for independence.
However, the high-ranking seven righteous sects did not respond to this. According to Jiang Yuru’s speculation, after tens of thousands of years of development, the seven righteous sects had amassed an unknown amount of wealth. They likely didn’t pay much attention to the so-called three thousand Golden Core Cultivators.
Furthermore, the seven righteous sects also had internal conflicts of interest. After all, each sect had its strengths, and none yielded to the others. The Heavenly Sword Sect, for instance, had never recognized the Heavenly Dao Sect’s position as number one among the Righteous faction and was always looking for a chance to take its place.
With competition existing amongst the major sects, their subsidiary sects naturally wouldn’t live in peace either. They also vied for rank and status, merely maintaining an outward harmony.
The same was true on the side of the Magic Gate. The difference was, they only had five major sects: Holy Extreme Sect, Poison Sect, Blood Sect, Valley of Thousand Souls, and Sky Demon Mountain. Although they had two fewer major sects than the Righteous faction, the Magic Gate’s Cultivation Techniques were strong and domineering. In a short time, they could quickly produce an array of powerful figures whose strength matched that of the seven righteous sects.
A great war between the Righteous and Evil factions caused massive losses in the Cultivation World. Therefore, most sects preferred to maintain the balance and not easily disrupt it.
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