The Jie Sect had an inner sect and an outer sect.
The inner sect consisted of personal disciples of the Grandmaster of Heaven, including the Daoist of Many Treasures, the Golden Spirit Saintess, the Saintess of Wudang, the Saintess of Turtle Spirit, Zhao Gongming, and Mistress Three Clouds, along with the seven immortals who served them.
Aside from them, there were also third generation disciples such as Wen Zhong, Yu Yuan, and the Fire Spirit Saintess, along with fourth generation disciples such as Yu Hua and Hu Lei.
As such, it was only natural that there were countless outer sect disciples of the Jie Sect.
The four Holy Men of Nine Dragon Island, the ten Sky Lords, Mistress Rock… the doctrine of the Jie Sect for the Grandmaster of Heaven was primarily for all beings to gain life. The principle was that all were welcome to the Sect—in fact, when he preached everywhere years ago, all who listened to his teachings were considered his disciples.