The group consisting of other superpowers of the same realm were doing alright. The clans and sects that had gathered together all had good relations with one another so it was easy for them to co-operate with each other. But the loose alliance of cultivators from various weaker sects were having a lot of trouble as the unity between them was non-existent.
But still there were a few people in the group of weaker powers who were vastly superior to the other participants. These genius disciples grouped up together and called themselves the elite of this group and decided to lead the other.
Obviously quite a few disciples were not happy with this arbitrary decision and they were also unwilling to be led by piers they did not know about. But those elite disciples took a ruthless course of action and decisively killed all the disciples who tried to go against them. This scared the other disciples and they did not try to resist this anymore.