The Huaxia forces that stepped in to help intercept the Western groups were few and far apart, countable on one's fingers. Aside from Kunlun and Yanhuang Pavilion, there were the major sects like Tianzong, the Demon Sect, Shaolin, Wudang, and Longhu Mountain, along with the hidden clans on good terms with the Jun or Ye families: the Night family, the Shui family, the Chu Imperial Family, the Tuoba Imperial Family, the Bai family, and the Huangfu family.
The major sects could clearly distinguish between the minor and the major, the urgent and the secondary. The presence or absence of the Xuarian Sword made little difference to their standing, nor was their position in the Huaxia cultivation world entirely unshakeable—everything depended on which side they chose to align with. Facing the state's violent apparatus, neither Kunlun nor Shaolin and Wudang had any room for resistance.
Whom did Yanhuang Pavilion represent? The official authorities of Huaxia. If you didn't follow suit when even Kunlun had complied, what exactly were you trying to do? Were you waiting to be liquidated?
Chapter 674