Secret Sects and Ancient Martial Families

On Earth the powers who were secretly hidden behind the scenes were the Secret Sects.

They were people who were using martial arts before the Apocalypse and with the emergence of the sixth factor, the path of ancient martial arts had flourished once again. The people who trained hard and surpassed ordinary humans had become even more powerful after the emergence of the sixth factor.

After coming to an agreement with the Da Alliance, the hidden world Sects generally didn't get involved in worldly affairs. Due to their cultivation of ancient arts, the martial grandmasters that emerged from these secret sects tended to be stronger than normal martial grandmasters. This was because they were taught secret techniques by their own sects.

Although most Sects had moved to the 37 major cities after the Apocalypse, there were also some Sects who had stayed behind in the wilderness. Those Sects had been unwilling to be restricted by the Da Alliance.

The known Secret Sects are: Other than the Sects there were other powerful forces hidden: the Ancient Martial Family.
 * Dragon Elephant Sect
 * Golden Clock School: their ultimate technique is Golden Clock Trap.
 * Great Snow Mountain: Sect unwilling to be restricted by the Da Alliance. Its founder is Great Snow Mountain Guardian Deity and it possess the Great Snow Mountain's 18 Guardian Custodians. The Rampaging Deity Body was a Great Snow Mountain Secret Art.

The known Ancient Martial Family: Whenever the Da Alliance had anything to discuss with the Secret Sects and Ancient Martial Families, they would go to the Zhi Ge Hall.
 * Gu Family
 * Cen Family
 * Sanyuanxu Family: ranked 9th among the Ancient Martial Families, was known for its overbearing manner. The family's bloodline possessed the power of earth source cores, so it wasn't a force to mess with.
 * Li Family: ranked 2nd among the Ancient Martial Families, they are all able to directly absorb sixth factor and turn it into source power.
 * Mo Family
 * Yan Family
 * Xu Family
 * Luo Family: Luo Yunyang was part of a brach of this family. Martial God Luo Kai was the head of the Luo Family.
 * Dong Family
 * Song Family

The God-Grade Entities of the Secret Sects and of the Ancient Martial Families are members of the Collective God Union.

The Secret Sects and of the Ancient Martial Families are the powerhouses of the East while the Bitter Cultivators were the one in the West.