Among the Four Great Sects of East Continent, aside from the Daoist Sect, each of the other three sects has no fewer than three Ninth Realm experts.
And this is just the combat power that is visible on the surface.
Take the Sword Sect as an example; although the most powerful person in the Sword Sect visible now is the Sword Venerable, in reality, the previous generation Sword Venerable is merely retired, not deceased.
In fact, if the promotion to the Ninth Realm didn't require Origin Fragments, there would have been even more Ninth Realm experts in these three sects!
As for why the Daoist Sect is in such a state today, it's purely because during the last occurrence of the Fifth Floor of the Origin Spirit Realm, some unexpected incident seemed to happen, resulting in only the mad Zhong Ming emerging from that generation of genius Junzi Temple disciples.
No one knows what actually transpired that day.
