Lady Chyou ascended the tower as she had many times before. She was feeling her age more the last few years but she was still the leader of the Heavenly Maiden Sect despite clear signs some factions were choosing new representatives to compete for her replacement.
She felt like her branch was falling apart despite how it might seem outside of it. Despite the unifying incidents with the Fiends, the chaos that followed showed the self interests bubbling underneath the surface.
The Hellfire Sect had similar issues but they actively encouraged it. The Wilds had always chosen their leaders by battle.
The last 3 centuries had seen an upheaval in all 3 supreme sects overall.
Lady Chyou remained as before but now Hellfire had changed sect masters twice very quickly. A demon had risen for a mere 50 years before he was openly challenged due to evidence of using Fiend artifacts.
