Dao Alliance

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Dao Alliance
Original Name	道盟
Type	Neutral cultivation organization
Occupation/Role	Continent-spanning alliance coordinating resistance against the Netherworld, regulating sects, administering immortal cities, and investigating the End of Dharma Era
Status	Active
First Appearance	13

Background and Founding

Five thousand years before the current era, the last nine Great Vehicle cultivators agreed to stop attempting Ascension Tribulation Lightning. With the Immortal Realm's gates gone and most ascension attempts ending in death, they united the cultivation world's sects as the Dao Alliance. Its founding objectives were to resist Netherworld invasions, investigate the End of Dharma Era, and establish a sustainable path for cultivation. 14

The nine surviving Great Vehicle cultivators became known as the Dao Alliance Nine Luminaries. Four are attached to the Alliance headquarters, while each of the five major affiliated powers is represented by one Luminary; this created a political structure described as “one superpower and five strong powers.” Zongzhi Mountain is among those five major powers, and its Sect Master Qian Junzi is one of the Nine Luminaries. 14

The Alliance's authority expanded as the End of Dharma Era worsened. Its efforts include direct sect oversight, centralized Wraith-hunting operations, talent recruitment, trade-city construction, Spirit Machine development, and the proposed integration of the Five Great Powers. 13 16 151 217

Organization

Institution	Function
Xing Tian Pavilion	The Alliance's highest administrative, adjudicative, and detention institution. It commands Law Enforcers, adjudicators, and the Imperial Road Army. 217
Extermination Wraith Hall	The Alliance's Wraith-combat branch, specializing in operations against Wraiths and Netherworld threats. Its distinguished members may receive the title of hunter. 106 217
Dao Alliance Academy	A training institution used to cultivate and recruit exceptional talents. Ling Zhouyue and Li Wuxie both studied there, while the Alliance has repeatedly attempted to recruit gifted cultivators into its system. 57 59
Imperial Road Army	The headquarters' official army. Its soldiers are generally Qi Refining cultivators but are battle-hardened and notably stronger in combat than ordinary sect cultivators of the same realm. 110
Discipline Elders	Supervisors and adjudicators of unlawful sect activity. The Alliance can assign Discipline Elders to sects, though major independent sects such as Zongzhi Mountain retain the right to appoint their own and report regularly. 13

Nine Luminaries

The Nine Luminaries are the last known Great Vehicle cultivators on the True Spirit Continent. Their continued survival is central to the Alliance's authority, but their number also reflects the decline of the cultivation world after the End of Dharma Era. 14

• Qian Junzi — Zongzhi Mountain's Sect Master and one of the Nine Luminaries; severely injured from the last Demon Extermination War. 14
• Liancheng Great Emperor — A Nine Luminary and member of the Divine Martial Kingdom's Council of Elders, chiefly interested in Spirit Machines and stargazing. 199

Four Great Families

The Dao Alliance's Four Great Families descend from the royal families of the four states that initially united sects within their territories to establish the Alliance. Their seniority predates the Nine Luminaries, and four Luminaries are each responsible for one family's safety. 153

Their political privilege has become a source of internal tension, particularly during the Heaven's Chosen Assembly, when the Alliance was suspected of using conflict involving the Nanmen Family to weaken the families' remaining influence. 165 169

Administration and Regional Presence

The Dao Alliance governs the True Spirit Continent through several hundred immortal cities. These cities serve as administrative centers, military stations, trade hubs, and transport nodes. 59 110

East Floating City

East Floating City is the Alliance's station for the region surrounding Zongzhi Mountain. Its limited size reflects the Alliance's restrained control near one of the Five Great Powers. 59 110

Feature	Details
Regional role	Administrative center for the East Floating District near Zongzhi Mountain. 110
Central structure	Xing Tian Pavilion, a five-cornered tower housing regional Alliance offices. 59
Teleportation	A five-sword blue-light formation atop the pavilion connects directly to Dao Alliance Headquarters; it is expensive to activate and normally reserved for emergencies. 59 110
Chief	Li Wuxie served as East Floating City Chief. 59 65
Security	Protected by an Azure Inscription Grand Array that verifies entrants' identities. 110

Policies and Methods

Sect Oversight

The Dao Alliance increasingly intervenes in the internal affairs of independent sects. It requires Sword Holding Elders to either accept and train at least ten Personal Disciples within ten years—with five slots arranged by the Alliance—or complete at least ten Rank A Alliance missions annually, half of them involving high-level Netherworld targets. 16

This policy is designed both to spread Sword Technique and to bind powerful sect figures into Alliance service. Zongzhi Mountain's elders viewed the requirements as a major escalation of Alliance influence. 16

Talent Recruitment

The Alliance considers talent more valuable than Spirit Stones, Spirit Beasts, or spiritual plants in the End of Dharma Era. It recruits promising disciples through Academy training, official positions, mission rewards, and the Heaven's Chosen title. 57 64

The Heaven's Chosen are selected roughly once every five hundred years and convened at the Heaven's Chosen Assembly. The title is both an honor and a recruitment mechanism: the Alliance can assign hunter teams, distribute resources, and draw talented cultivators closer to its authority through joint missions. 108 151

Trade and Infrastructure

The Alliance promotes free-trade immortal cities to increase exchange among sects and mortal settlements, improve the circulation of resources, and make survival more efficient under worsening spiritual conditions. East Floating City was established as the closest such hub to Zongzhi Mountain. 16

Spirit Machine Development

Recognizing that dwindling Spiritual Energy limits traditional cultivation, the Alliance has hired young talents from the Divine Martial Kingdom to develop specialized Spirit Artifacts and Spirit Machine technology. 172 194

Its development includes high-level Thin Gold Armor for defense, positioning, and spatial lockdown. The Alliance views technology based on Spirit Inscriptions and Wraith materials as increasingly vital to humanity's survival. 172 173

Recognition and Rewards

Award / Resource	Details
Wraithhunter Medal	Annual award from the Extermination Wraith Hall for a Wraith-extermination deed judged to significantly benefit humanity's future. Alliance civil servants are theoretically required to perform a formal Merit Bow before a recipient. 217
Merit Bow	A formal salute, more solemn than an ordinary Dao Bow, granted in recognition of major contributions. 217
Dao Alliance Points	A currency and permission system that can obtain items and access unavailable through Spirit Stones alone. 106
Heaven's Chosen Silver Ring	A specially made dark-silver ring bearing sword light and the aura of the Nine Luminaries, issued with a Heaven's Chosen Assembly invitation. 140

After the Flamefree City incident, the Alliance rewarded Zongzhi Mountain with one million Dao Alliance points, reduced its annual Rank A mission quota by half, and doubled the Wraith Hunter Hall's Spirit Sword imports from the sect for ten years. 106

Relations

• Zongzhi Mountain — One of the Five Great Powers and formally affiliated with the Alliance, but protective of its autonomy. The Alliance's recruitment of Ling Zhouyue and pressure on the sect's Sword Holding Elders have caused persistent distrust. 14 16 57
• Five Great Powers — The Alliance seeks to draw their resources, talent, and military strength into a more unified structure. Its longer-term plan to merge the Five Great Powers has become a major political concern. 127 151 217
• Divine Martial Kingdom — A technologically advanced major power whose Yan Armor and Spirit Machine expertise the Alliance seeks to emulate. The Alliance has recruited Divine Martial talent, creating resentment within the kingdom. 172 179 194
• Apostles — Once a major pre-Alliance organization associated with the Everlasting Spring Art. The Alliance gradually forced it from the Central Plains toward the northwest, then designated it a heretical cult after the Flamefree City incident exposed its activities. 217
• Black Ring Group — An independent faction investigating the End of Dharma Era and competing for information surrounding stone-tablet inscriptions. Its members question whether the Alliance can be trusted with such secrets. 97 199 222

Major Operations

Flamefree City Incident

The Alliance responded to the appearance of a Grade A Wraith Domain in Flamefree City with investigators, Wraith Hunters, local officials, and sect representatives. The incident marked the first time a Wraith Domain appeared within the sphere of influence of the Five Great Powers. 79 97

Following the city's rescue, the Alliance took control of the investigation and formally recognized Zongzhi Mountain's contributions: Xiao Ran's stabilization of the Imperial Guards, the defeat of Apostle True Person Baoguo's conspiracy, the rescue of two Alliance Wraith Hunters, and the recovery of important artifacts. 100 106

Heaven's Chosen Assembly

The Alliance convened the delayed Heaven's Chosen Assembly in Chaos City to gather seven outstanding young cultivators. The event combined recognition, competition, political observation, and joint missions. 108 140

After Heaven's Chosen Yan Mo was killed and his Giant Yan Armor disappeared, the Alliance tasked the participants with locating the armor within a three-thousand-mile radius of Chaos City. 171

Apostle Extermination Mission

After defining the Apostles as a heretical cult, the Alliance issued a mandatory one-year mission to exterminate them. Xing Tian Pavilion, the Extermination Wraith Hall, and invited representatives of the Five Great Powers were assigned to cooperate. 192 217

The operation targeted the Apostles' suspected base in the Northwest Illusion Sea Region, an area the Alliance had monitored for thousands of years. Rather than deploy overwhelming numbers, it assembled a limited group of experienced cultivators supported by advanced Spirit Machine technology. 216 217