Meeting the questioning gaze of the Liuhe Sect Master, Song Rentou offered an explanation:
"Previously, the world was unsettled and the Daoist Alliance was formed in haste, so these are the new regulations established by the Alliance Leader."
"All sects in the world are divided into nine ranks. A sect with no fewer than ten practitioners at peak Qi Refining can become a Ninth-Rank Sect."
Chapter 238