Jie Mountain Palace was one of the Three Great Peak Powers among the cultivators of the Origin Continent.
Jie Mountain Palace had been founded through the alliance of sects and factions of all sizes. There had once been more than ten God King level sects alone, while Chaos Master level sects were too numerous to count.
Jie Mountain Palace differed from Great Yue Kingdom and Wujian Tower. In Great Yue Kingdom, King Goujian's word was absolute, and no one dared defy him. Wujian Tower had been founded by the Wujian Tower Master, whose prestige was likewise unmatched. Both were pivotal figures within their respective powers, capable of deciding everything.
Jie Mountain Palace... was jointly governed by its allied sects.
Jie Mountain Palace was divided into Palace Masters and Branch Masters. Palace Masters were God Kings, while Branch Masters were Chaos Masters.
There were even Peak Masters, but there were simply too many of them for them to matter. They were merely the lowest-level factions affiliated with Jie Mountain Palace, and their strength generally ranged from Eternal True Gods to Void True Gods.
These people would then elect a nominal leader every so often. That person would be the Great Palace Master, ruling the entire alliance.
The Palace Masters of Jie Mountain Palace naturally held great authority, but the Branch Masters' opinions were also important, making the situation much more complicated.
The Great Palace Master of this generation was Palace Master Tantai, who was also one of the oldest and strongest among the many Palace Masters.
By rights, Palace Master Tantai should have found it easy to retain the position of Jie Mountain Palace's leader indefinitely.
However, when Jie Mountain Palace was established, it had set down a rule: every Great Palace Master could serve no more than three consecutive terms