Shi Feiyang convened a Mystic Sect Assembly at the Primordial Yang Palace in the Capital City to discuss how to sweep the evil cults out of the Central Land.
In truth, he could have destroyed these cults himself. He only needed to kill their leaders, then have government troops raze their mountain strongholds and smash their temples, wiping them out completely.
But that would treat the symptoms rather than the root. Evil cults were like mushrooms on wood: a little rain, and they would sprout again.
He also wanted to establish his position as "leader of the Mystic Sect," so he summoned Mystic Sect Sword Immortals from across the land to deliberate together and pool their wisdom and strength.
Naturally, only those of the Orthodox Mystic Sect were invited this time. They formed the foundation of his position as "leader of the Mystic Sect."
The principal invitees were the seven great Mystic Sect schools: the Green City Sect, Snow Mountain Sect, Emei Sect, Wudang Sect, Kunlun Sect, Yellow Mountain Sect, and Wutai.
Wutai had suffered devastating casualties in the Third Sword Duel and had recovered little of its strength even now.
Since then, Jiang Sangu had been Wutai's most senior member and its most accomplished practitioner of Daoist arts. Knowing the dangers involved, however, she had not dared become sect leader. Following Shi Feiyang's suggestion, she had brought her son Situ Ping back from Mount Wu and made him the head of Wutai.
Shi Feiyang had compiled Wutai's Dharma Treasury years earlier. It contained both orthodox Mystic Sect teachings and practices of the unorthodox and deviant paths.
At present, Situ Ping's family of three, along with Fang Ying and Yuan Hao, focused mainly on the orthodox Mystic Sect arts within it.
Intending to support them, Shi Feiyang invited them as