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Poluo, Fenglin, and East Shakya each had a stationed Great Sage and a first-rank Spirit Guard personally overseeing affairs. In a sense, the territorial reach of the Daoist Order exceeded that of the Imperial Court. For example, the jurisdiction of the Western Region Daoist Mansion was even greater than that of Xizhou. In name, these regions were vassal states of the Imperial Court, offering tribute and pledging fealty, but the Great Xuan Court did not directly interfere in the region’s internal affairs.
However, Fenglin was an exception, having its own emperor. That was because Fenglin was a single, united country with considerable strength and separated by the sea from the Central Plains. It was unlike the fragmented Poluo, which had multiple small nations that stood no chance against the Great Xuan Empire.
The Daoist Order held a prestigious position in Fenglin, but it was far from stable. That was because there were two major religions in Fenglin—the native Tenmon and the foreign Buddhism.
The Buddhist Sect’s reach was, in fact, far greater than...
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