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The heads of the nine major sects, along with their core elders and disciples, would discuss and decide on various policies and strategies of Xuanmen, organizing the disciples to face calamities, conduct the examinations and assessments in the five arts, allocate resources of the various blessed lands and caves, coordinate the suppression and subjugation of demonic creatures, and respond to competition from Immortal Palace and Divine Teachings, among other things.
The nine major sects of today are Mount Emei, Mountain Heng, Mount Song, Maoshan, Huotong Mountain, Wangwu Mountain, Danxia Mountain, Magu Mountain, and Penglai Mountain.