The Northern Borderlands was the largest of the five land regions on the Brocade Continent. The Daoist Lineages there were also quite complex, with the various factions interlocking like the teeth of a dog. No single Daoist Lineage dominated, and everyone's strength was more or less equal, maintaining a balance of power.
Among the Daoist Sects, the Yan Sect and Zhao Sect were fairly large. They lagged behind the Southeast Daoist Sect, but not by much.
Among the Buddhist Sects were the Dragon Pool Buddhist Kingdom, the Celadon Buddhist Kingdom, and the Pure Land Buddhist Kingdom. They were all powerful Daoist Lineages, answering the Buddhist Kingdoms of the Northeastern Region from afar. Together, they formed a system no one dared offend lightly.
The Demonic Sect was led here by the Ruthless Dao of Lian State. There were also several smaller demonic kingdoms, all of which followed the Ruthless Dao's lead. In terms of strength alone, it could be considered one of the Northern Borderlands' top-tier Demonic Sects. It had the standing to field nine True Disciples and was on par with Shanmen Quanzhen.
There were also some Side Sect nations, mainly several mid-sized Body Cultivation Daoist Lineages. None of them was particularly powerful on its own, but they looked out for one another and stuck together, managing to get by.
Of course, the Grassland factions counted among them, too. They were also the most scattered, spread across more than a dozen countries and fragmented into pieces.
They could not be considered a country, since they had no Infant Transformation True Person to keep watch over them. They could only be called the Nomadic People, moving with the water and grass. Because ordinary Mortals could not tolerate their living conditions, they remained apart from the various Daoist Lineages. Over the past