Long before the Qin and Han dynasties, during the Warring States period, the teachings of the various schools and sects, along with their religions and traditions, had sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain. In those days, every school had its own principles, doctrines, and teachings. It was an era when right and wrong had yet to be clearly distinguished, and a hundred schools contended.
That changed when Emperor Wu of Han dismissed the Hundred Schools and elevated Confucianism, while retaining Buddhism and Daoism. Some of the sects that had been marginalized and persecuted, unable to gain the understanding or support of the government and ordinary people, had no choice but to take a crooked path. Over time, they formed what came to be known as the Demon Sect.
However, lacking a powerful and respected leader, members of the Demon Sect usually acted independently, with no one to command them. Before long, the sect gradually split into the "Two Sects and Six Paths" widely known in the jianghu today.
They were the Yin Kui Sect, the Flower School, the Mending the Heavens Path, the Evil Extreme Path, the Path of Extinguishing Emotions, the Heavenly Lotus Path, the Demon Appearance Path, and the True Inheritance Path. At some point, the True Inheritance Path had split in two, forming the "Dao Ancestor's True Inheritance" and Laojun Temple.
Originally, the Demon Sect had been very united. After all, it had no recognition from the common people or the imperial court; without unity, it would have been wiped out long ago.
Unfortunately, after Xiang Yutian, the Demon Sect's supreme leader, died from qi deviation while practicing the "Dao Heart Seed Demon" technique from the Demon Sect's supreme manual, the Heavenly Demon Strategy, the Demon Sect became a loose collection of factions. Even now, it