In southwestern Kuaiji, within Quzhou, there stood a mountain. Two hundred li north lay Qingzhou, two hundred li west lay Yu Zhang, and two hundred li south lay Eight Min. It occupied a key thoroughfare, with convenient access in every direction.
The mountain was not far from the Qu River, with two great lakes beside it, its mountains and waters complementing one another in beautiful scenery.
But the Divine Land was embroidered with magnificent mountains and rivers, and who knew how many mountains like this there were? In the past, no one had paid this place much attention, nor had anyone claimed the mountain to establish a sect.
Until one day, Juqü Mountain, Three Pure Ones Mountain, Luofu Mountain, and Siming Mountain jointly announced the establishment of the Haoran Alliance, primarily to actively guard against infiltration by the Northern Faction's demonic forces from the northwest, and to take the offensive against the Southern Faction and overseas demonic forces along the southeastern coast. The righteous powers of Jinling, Yu Zhang, Eight Min, Yuyang, Kuaiji, and other regions rose in response.
Finally, after several rounds of surveying and deliberation, the Haoran Alliance's headquarters was established on this mountain within Quzhou, which was named Purple Tenuity Mountain. The choice had nothing to do with the spiritual energy of its earth veins; it was simply convenient for issuing commands.
When the location was first chosen, Kuaiji's local powers, the Three Heavens of Divine Beauty-namely Tianmu, Tianmu, and Tiantai-were displeased. None of the Three Heavens of Divine Beauty had joined the Haoran Alliance, because Dragon-Tiger Mountain had not joined either.
But displeased or not, they did not have the final say in Kuaiji. Even Dragon-Tiger Mountain could not stop what several ancestral seats had joined forces to do, much less the Three Heavens of Divine