Besides the Red Flame Sect's internal affairs, the higher-ups also reported to Shen Mo on the state of the other factions atop Five Dragons Mountain.
Control over the Earth-Origin Grand Formation lay entirely in the Red Flame Sect's hands. With the grand formation bearing down on them, even though Shen Mo had vanished for centuries, the other cultivation factions on the mountain lacked the ability to "rebel against their superiors."
However, as time passed and Shen Mo remained absent for so long, the other factions would occasionally pay lip service while acting otherwise, or simply disregard the Red Flame Sect's orders.
Especially before Fan Ying attained the Formless realm, the Red Flame Sect did not even have a single Formless True Lord. Strictly speaking, it could only be considered a Divine Bridge faction. Yet the Heavenly Phoenix Palace of the Candle Dragon line, the Eight Trigrams Sect, and the Dou Immortal Clan all had Formless True Lords overseeing them. It was only natural that they gradually developed some thoughts they ought not to have.
After all, the Red Flame Sect could not mobilize the Earth-Origin Grand Formation to annihilate an entire faction over a few minor transgressions.
Once Fan Ying attained the Formless realm, followed by Red Flame cultivators such as Zhao Lingyin and Yuan Heming advancing into that realm, the situation immediately improved enormously!
To nip trouble in the bud and better coordinate the various factions of Five Dragons Mountain, the Red Flame Sect took the lead in establishing a decision-making hub called the Five Dragons Hall, modeled after Longevity Hall. Its location was set at a place where spiritual veins converged not far outside the Red Flame Sect's mountain gate.
The difference was that great cultivators including Shi Nianyao of the Heavenly Phoenix Palace, Tian Suanzi of the