In the middle of the Dajing Dynasty, the court was corrupt and the eunuchs were in power. The "Tianyan Sect" rose in the world and attempted to subvert the court and control the world. The famous sects (such as Wudang, Shaolin, Emei, and Kunlun) either fought openly or secretly, or were forced to join forces, forming a complex pattern of "antagonism between good and evil, and a melee between sects."