With so many Wuists and savage beasts, it was impossible that all of them had a Zaohua-stage cultivation. It seemed that at the most critical moment, Wu Luo and the high-ranking figures of the Ancient Wuist Sect had no longer cared about preserving the mystery of the ascension sanctuary but had instead opened the gates of Lingshan Paradise, allowing large numbers of Wuists who did not meet the requirements to enter in order to resist the Heavenly Sect’s invasion.0

The current system of the Daoist Order originated from the Heavenly Sect. Today’s Daoist Order had nine ranks and twelve levels. Even adding the Grand Master, Virtuous Great Sage, Daoist attendants, and Daoist believers, it amounted to merely 16 levels. By contrast, the Heavenly Sect of the past was divided into as many as 36 levels, with ghost soldiers, ghost commanders, and the like. The Grand Heavenly Preceptor stood at the very top of the hierarchy. With the Heavenly Preceptor Governance, the Heavenly Sect resembled an independent nation.0

After the collapse of the Heavenly Sect, the Zhengyi Sect suffered a tremendous decline, no longer possessing its former power until the Holy Xuan rebuilt the Daoist Order.0

In the thousand-plus years in between, the Zhengyi...0