Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu!
At the same time, throughout Chu, all the various lineages and sects within the Imperial Authority Eighteen Provinces received invitations from Tianshui Sect.
The Five Great Families and Seven Sects all sent elders and disciples to offer their congratulations.
Aside from the Five Great Families and Seven Sects, there were also other sects, such as the Cloud Heaven Sword Sect.
The Cloud Heaven Sword Sect was a powerful force second only to Chu's Five Great Families and Seven Sects.
In recent years, the Cloud Heaven Sword Sect had produced many remarkable talents. The one most often discussed was the female sword cultivator named Gao Yue.
Later, Gao Yue entered the Imperial Capital and vanished without a trace.
It was not until Lin Bai attended the banquet hosted by the Third Prince that he discovered this female sword cultivator from a renowned sect had already become a lapdog of the Third Prince's Sun Moon Pavilion, known as one of the Thirteen Sword Servants.
There were countless lineages and sects, great and small, throughout Chu, dazzling as a magnificent array of treasures.
Forces like the Cloud Heaven Sword Sect, which ranked just below the Five Great Families and Seven Sects, were also numerous within the Imperial Authority Eighteen Provinces—there were a full twenty-seven of them.
The Five Great Families and Seven Sects of Chu had resounding reputations and blazed with dazzling brilliance. These twenty-seven sects had come up with an elegant title for themselves as well: the "Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu."
In terms of numbers, the "Twenty-Seven Sects" sounded considerably greater than the "Five Families" and "Seven Sects," but their reputations were far inferior to those of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects.
The Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu had dreamed day and night of becoming one of