Green Cloud Sect

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Green Cloud Sect (青云门)
Affiliation	Righteous path; one of the three great pillars alongside Heavenly Sound Temple and Incense Burning Valley 28
Occupation/Role	Leading righteous sect, charged with protecting the common people and the Divine Land 91 182
Status	Re-established at Green Cloud Mountain after the original sect’s destruction; its new headquarters stands in the valleys around Small Bamboo Peak 260 290
First Appearance	Chapter 2 2

Organization

Seven Branches

The sect’s seven lineages trace back to the seven disciples of Ancestor Qingye. Its two-thousand-year inheritance is associated with Qingye’s revival of the sect. 58 91

• Heaven-Reaching Peak
• Dragon Head Peak
• Big Bamboo Peak
• Small Bamboo Peak
• Wind Return Peak
• Morning Sun Peak
• Sunset Glow Peak 194

Leadership

Period	Leader	Record
Eighteenth generation	Daoist Daoxuan	Led the sect through the Demon Sect invasion and later abdicated after falling under Demonic Obsession; he crippled half his cultivation as atonement. 69 202
Interim administration	Lu Xueqi	Volunteered to act as Sect Leader while Li Xiaoyu remained unconscious. 202
Nineteenth generation	Li Xiaoyu	Officially inaugurated after awakening from a three-month coma; began major reforms across the seven branches. 204

History

Ancient foundation

Green Cloud Sect’s core inheritance is the Taiji Profound Clarity Path, a cultivation method that emphasizes gradual progress and a stable foundation rather than rapid, reckless breakthroughs. 2

Its tradition holds that cultivators should maintain a firm Daoist heart, protect the common people, and slay demonic threats. Daoist Daoxuan identified this conviction and the continued emergence of talented disciples as the foundations that had sustained the sect for two thousand years. 91

Liubo Mountain and the Zhang Xiaofan judgment

During the conflict at Liubo Mountain, the sect accepted Li Xiaoyu’s proposal to act as a surprise force against the Demon Sect’s logistics and command center. The plan exploited divisions among the Demon Sect’s factions and was launched alongside Heavenly Sound Temple and Incense Burning Valley’s operations. 49

After Zhang Xiaofan was accused of possessing Heavenly Sound Temple’s Great Brahma Prajna, Green Cloud Sect convened a judgment at Jade Purity Hall. Li Xiaoyu and Zeng Shuchang invoked the historical case of Ancestor Zheng Tong and the overseas cultivator Zhen Yu, who had exchanged cultivation knowledge, to challenge the claim that learning another sect’s techniques was automatically treason. 57 62

The Green Cloud Calamity

Daoist Cangsong of Dragon Head Peak betrayed the sect and summoned the Ghost King Sect, Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Longevity Hall, and Joyous Union Sect to attack Green Cloud Mountain. The invaders breached the first mountain gate, while the injured Daoist Daoxuan was initially unable to command the defense. 65

Li Xiaoyu took temporary command, assigning the peaks to defend key routes, protect Jade Purity Hall, treat casualties, and form the first line of resistance. The disciples subsequently held defensive sword formations against repeated assaults by the Demon Sect. 65 66

Li Xiaoyu’s Immortal-Slaying Gourd halted the attackers’ numerical advantage, while Daoist Daoxuan forcibly activated the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation to secure the sect’s survival. The victory came at immense cost, but the crisis also exposed internal rot and fostered greater unity among the peaks. 67 69 70

In recognition of Li Xiaoyu’s conduct, Daoist Daoxuan granted him rare pills, divine-weapon materials, past masters’ cultivation insights, and unrestricted access to the sect’s scripture libraries. 71

Expansion of elite forces

Following the calamity, Daoist Daoxuan chose Li Xiaoyu to organize a covert team of the sect’s most capable and trustworthy young disciples. The resulting Dawn Squad was led by Li Xiaoyu and included Lu Xueqi, Zeng Shushu, Chu Yuhong, and other Morning Sun Peak disciples. 91 96

The sect later dispatched Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, Lin Jingyu, and Zeng Shushu to investigate the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor in the Death Swamp. Li Xiaoyu was selected because of his cultivation, composure, and prestige among the disciples. 114

Southern Border and Wilderness campaigns

When the Beast God’s resurrection devastated the Southern Border, Green Cloud Sect treated the crisis as a responsibility of the righteous path and dispatched elite reinforcements under Li Xiaoyu. 138 140

The sect later exhausted its strength to march on the Wilderness against the Ghost King Sect and the Pseudo Four Spirits Blood Array. After the war against Asura and the Demon Sect, Green Cloud Sect’s prestige reached an unprecedented height among cultivators of the Divine Land. 167 182

Leadership crisis and succession

Despite Li Xiaoyu’s wartime achievements, Daoist Daoxuan grew wary of the uncontrollable power within the Immortal-Slaying Gourd. That fear culminated in Daoxuan activating the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation against Li Xiaoyu while consumed by Demonic Obsession. 182 194

Wan Jianyi and Li Xiaoyu helped restore Daoxuan’s reason. Daoxuan then resigned as the eighteenth-generation Sect Leader and nominated the unconscious Li Xiaoyu as his successor, while Lu Xueqi assumed interim leadership. 196 202

Li Xiaoyu later awakened and was installed as the nineteenth-generation Sect Leader in a ceremony presided over by Wan Jianyi. 204

Reform and the Outer Realm crisis

Under Li Xiaoyu, Green Cloud Sect dismantled longstanding barriers between the seven branches, centralized resource distribution, and allowed disciples to move freely between peaks. The Merit Hall enabled disciples to exchange earned merit for cultivation techniques and resources; certain improved Ghost Path and witchcraft arts also became available through merit. 204 205

When Li Xiaoyu revealed the threat of the Outer Realm Demons to the sect’s core members, Green Cloud Sect committed itself to gathering the world’s wisdom and strength. It later invited Heavenly Sound Temple and Jin Ping’er’s Holy Mother Sect into a tripartite alliance, prioritizing the survival of all living beings over the sect’s reputation. 223 226

At a later point, Li Xiaoyu returned to find the original Green Cloud Sect destroyed and its surviving disciples fighting as resistance soldiers against the Demon Remains. Three hundred years afterward, a new Green Cloud Sect accepted disciples from a smaller headquarters built around the still-intact Small Bamboo Peak; the other six original peaks had collapsed. 260 290

Heritage and Defenses

Taiji Profound Clarity Path

Green Cloud Sect’s foundational Daoist cultivation method emphasizes steady advancement and solid spiritual foundations. Sudden increases in cultivation are regarded with suspicion because they may indicate dangerous Demon Sect methods. 2

Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation

The Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation is the sect’s greatest defensive foundation and has protected it for two thousand years. Daoist Daoxuan activated it during the Demon Sect invasion despite severe injuries, unleashing sword rain powerful enough to decide the battle. 69

• Draws upon the seven peaks of Green Cloud Mountain, which release seven differently colored pillars of light that converge into a single formation. 194
• Is tied to the Ancient Immortal-Slaying Sword, a weapon tainted by destructive Outer Realm Demon energy. 194 248
• Can endanger its wielder and the sect when used under Demonic Obsession. 194 198

Green Cloud Mountain’s dragon vein

A fragment of the Heavenly Emperor Seal lies within an independent space at the core of Green Cloud Mountain’s dragon vein. Ancestor Qingye fused it with the mountain’s earth veins to nourish the fragment and suppress the malevolent aura within the Immortal-Slaying Sword. 248 249

The fragment is also the source of Green Cloud Mountain’s abundant spiritual energy and the Ancient Immortal-Slaying Sword’s power. 249

Formations and treasures

• Sword Arrays — Green Cloud disciples can form large-scale or simplified defensive sword arrays during battle. 54 65
• Two-Emanations Dust-Mote Formation — Used by Morning Sun Peak disciples during the defense of Heaven-Reaching Peak. 66
• Four Symbols Sword Formation — Used by Li Xiaoyu’s Death Swamp team to cut through Demon Sect attacks and reach the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor. 123
• Six Harmonies Mirror — A legendary sect treasure passed down by Ancestor Wufang. 25

Relationships

• Heavenly Sound Temple — Fellow pillar of the righteous path; cooperated with Green Cloud Sect at Liubo Mountain and later joined its tripartite alliance against the Demon Remains. 28 49 226 227
• Incense Burning Valley — Fellow righteous-path pillar and frequent ally in major campaigns, including the Liubo conflict and the Wilderness expedition. 28 54 167
• Holy Mother Sect — Former Demon Sect power led by Jin Ping’er; Green Cloud Sect initially remained neutral during its consolidation, then formally sought its alliance against the Outer Realm Demons. 184 226 227
• Ghost King Sect — Major enemy responsible for the invasion of Green Cloud Mountain, the theft of the Heaven and Earth Samsara Disk, and the Pseudo Four Spirits Blood Array crisis. 65 166 167
• Daoist Cangsong — Dragon Head Peak master who betrayed the sect and enabled the Demon Sect’s assault on Green Cloud Mountain. 60 65
• Daoist Daoxuan — Eighteenth-generation Sect Leader; led the sect through its calamity, later fell into Demonic Obsession, and ultimately abdicated in favor of Li Xiaoyu. 69 202 204
• Li Xiaoyu — Morning Sun Peak disciple, wartime commander, reformer, and nineteenth-generation Sect Leader. 65 204
• Lu Xueqi — Interim Sect Leader during Li Xiaoyu’s coma and his partner in governing the reformed sect. 202 204
• Wan Jianyi — Legendary former prodigy of the sect who helped restore Daoxuan’s reason and presided over Li Xiaoyu’s inauguration. 198 204
• Zhang Xiaofan — Former disciple whose possession of outside techniques prompted a major internal judgment; Green Cloud Sect later entrusted him with the Ancient Immortal-Slaying Sword because only he could unite the five volumes of the Heavenly Tome. 57 233