Hearing Zhan Xian's introduction and Wild Ox's additions, Zhang Yu asked, "The Kunlun Dao Orthodoxy... isn't controlled by the Myriad Laws Sect alone, is it?"
"Of course not," Zhan Xian said. "A Dao Orthodoxy may have one Dao Lord, or it may have several."
"The Dao Lords can jointly operate the Dao Orthodoxy, expand its coverage, and make it bigger. Or they can compete, devour one another, and seize control, until a single ultimate controller of the Dao Orthodoxy emerges."
"The Kunlun Dao Orthodoxy, for instance, is distributed among the Ten Great Sects, each with different Dao Lords."
Zhan Xian said with feeling, "It is said that... back when Kunxu construction work was heavy and the civil engineering industry was flourishing, the Dao Lords of the Kunlun Dao Orthodoxy fought one another. Who knew how many loans turned into bad debts, how many wages went unpaid, how many construction sites suffered Thunderbursts and were left unfinished. The successive battles were unimaginably brutal."
"As the Great Construction Era came to an end, the Kunlun Dao Orthodoxy was suppressed as well. The Dao Lords also, without prior agreement, stopped fighting. Each shrank their investment in Constructing Worlds and turned their gaze toward other fields, seeking new growth points for cultivation."
Wild Ox added, "Success comes from the Dao Orthodoxy, and failure comes from the Dao Orthodoxy. A strong Dao Orthodoxy makes its Dao Lords ever more powerful, greatly accelerating the expansion of their cultivation and assets. But a weak Dao Orthodoxy drags its Dao Lords down, slowing the growth of their cultivation and assets, even causing them to regress."
"So the choice of Dao Orthodoxy is crucial. It does not merely determine your allies and enemies; it also determines your relationship with Kunxu and with different eras..."
Zhang Yu checked his email