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Shangguan Ya did not immediately answer Qi Xuansu’s question directly. Instead, she said, “The Eight Tribes also originated from the Daoist Order. In the middle to late period of the Holy Xuan’s Era, there was a change of the Three Preceptors, which indirectly led to the Eight Tribes’ separation from the Order.”
As someone from the Wanxiang Daoist Palace, Qi Xuansu knew this part of history well.
Among the six Grand Masters of the Daoist Order, only two had ever replaced all three Deputy Grand Masters during their tenure—the first-generation and the fifth-generation Grand Masters.
After Holy Xuan rebuilt the Daoist Order, he appointed three Deputy Grand Masters to lead each of the Three Major Sects. Zhang Luanshan became the first Great Sage of the Zhengyi Sect, Shangguan Wan was the first Great Sage of the Quanzhen Sect, and Qin Su was the first Great Sage of the Taiping Sect.
In the middle to late years of Holy Xuan’s rule, he wanted to reform the organizational structure by abolishing the Three Sects and consolidating their powers into the Nine Halls. Thus, this reform began from the heads of the Three Sects. The second-generation Deputy Grand Masters were Yan Feiqing of the Zhengyi...
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