As a super-sect of the Spirit World, all the trivial matters of the Tianyi Sect were handled entirely by the Seven Great Disciples.
The Deity Transformation Realm Sect Master was more of a figurehead, a symbol of deterrence.
They handled disputes among cultivators of the same realm, major Alliance affairs, the rotational guard duty at the Demon-Intercepting Stage, and, of course, their own cultivation.
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