The Innate Sect was divided into upper and lower courts, with the Eight Peaks as the boundary.
Dao Material at the Qi Cultivation Twelfth Layer with the potential for Foundation Establishment could enter the Eight Peaks if they distinguished themselves at the Dragon Gate Assembly, held once every eight years. There, they would be granted an Opportunity to ascend to the next level.
But entering the upper court was no guarantee of an easy life. Disciples of the Eight Peaks were ranked, just as the grotto-heavens themselves had different tiers.
Apart from the True Disciples, who held a transcendent status, the rest were assigned to various halls.
If their Cultivation was lacking and their progress slow, they would be expelled from the sect and transferred to a branch.
For those who wished to remain in the main sect and wield true power, competing for the position of a True Disciple was the first step.
