Those people all sided with the Human Alliance. Many of them had also submitted to the Heavenly Palace.
The war of orthodoxy was something that occurred between factions in a sect or clan. Extremists were often more despicable than infidels.
Dragon had been training in isolation the whole time to be able to keep up with the mainstream. In the face of such an unprecedented turn of events, however, he had to emerge out of isolation and seek out Lu Xuan.
"Mr. Lu, I'm sure you already know what is happening right now. I wonder how would you propose to take care of the situation," Dragon said.
The cultivation organizations in the Human Alliance, official or otherwise, all deferred to the Special Task Force.
The Special Task Force, on the other hand, deferred to the Heavenly Palace. Lu Xuan was the supreme leader.