In the Thirty-Six Western Continent Kingdoms, some great clans have lineages stretching back ten thousand years. Their foundations run deep, and some have even produced multiple Nascent Soul Cultivators. When their descendants join a Sect, it is easy for them to leverage their family's influence to secure high-ranking positions.
Subtly, this even created the risk of a Divine Artifact changing hands.
Within the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, to prevent disciples from using their family's power to build factions, they are not allowed to bring Guests or Attendants into the Sect. The Miscellaneous Task disciples within the Sect only take orders from the Household Affairs Hall. This is all to clip the wings of disciples from great clans and weaken their influence.
But when a rule has been enforced for over ten thousand years, people are bound to find loopholes.
