Thirty years ago, at a Dragon Spring Gathering, Green Feather Mountain directly invited a Sixth-Rank Sect to intervene. The result was naturally a crushing defeat for Tai Luo Sect and the Qin Clan.
Green Feather Mountain had allies; Tai Luo Sect and the Qin Clan did too.
With Green Feather Mountain having broken the rules first, Tai Luo Sect and the Qin Clan refused to be outdone. In the several Dragon Spring Gatherings that followed, allies from every side took turns entering the fray, and no one knew how many cultivators' bones had been buried throughout Hundred Peaks Mountain.
After fighting like this three or five times, the three sides realized that such struggles benefited no one. Not only did the losing side suffer grievous losses, but even the victor had to give away a great share of its Dragon Spring quota. Less than twenty percent remained in its own hands.
Moreover, clashes on such a scale could easily spark chaos and lead to the deaths of large numbers of cultivators. In those Dragon Spring Gatherings, the three sides had suffered losses far greater than before.
If this continued, the inheritances of all three factions might be severed.
In the end, Tai Luo Sect took the lead. The senior cultivators of the three factions discussed the matter and, under the witness of Heavenly Mechanism, signed a Contract.
From then on, none of them would seek allies to aid them in battle. However, considering that Green Feather Mountain had to fight one against two, Green Feather Mountain was permitted to recruit helpers nearby. At the same time, the cultivation levels of those participating in the Dragon Spring Gathering were restricted, and Green Feather Mountain was granted certain preferential treatment in other respects.
It was not that Tai Luo Sect and the