Sharing a great secret could quickly bring two people closer.
Lin Bai had shared Words Become Law with Jiang Yuru. Even though he had politely declined the proposed marriage to Jiang Qingqin, she now regarded him as one of her own, and naturally held nothing back when answering his questions.
From Jiang Yuru, Lin Bai learned for the first time how the Cultivation World's factions were divided.
The Seven Orthodox Sects were led by the Heavenly Dao Sect, followed by the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Artifact Refining Sect, the Spirit Pill Sect, the Beast Taming Sect, the Buddha Spirit Sect, and the Moon Spirit Sect.
Most sects in the world were products of the Seven Orthodox Sects' efforts to establish their influence.
They spread across the five lakes and four seas, holding the entire Cultivation World in their grasp.
These sects also bore the responsibility of supplying talented disciples to the Seven Orthodox Sects.
The Returning Dragon Temple belonged to the Heavenly Dao Sect, the Chaoyuan Sword Sect belonged to the Heavenly Sword Sect, and behind the Hundred Flowers Valley stood the Moon Spirit Sect...
Of course.
Aside from regularly sending talent up the ladder, most sects descended from the Seven Righteous Sects governed themselves. Unless a large-scale war erupted between the righteous and demonic paths, they had little contact with the lofty sects above them...
Precisely because of this, the subordinate sects inevitably developed ideas of their own as time passed.
It was common for them to hold back talented disciples, secretly build their strength, and attempt to escape the Seven Righteous Sects' control. The Medicine King Valley, for instance, maintained three thousand Golden Core cultivators to guard its mountain and claimed to rank first among the Spirit Pill Sect's subordinate sects. It might well harbor ambitions of