The Bright Pearl Water Pavilion and Falling Blossom Mountain sects are actually not too far off from the Thirty-three Sword Sects' level. If we only consider the talents of the same generation, they might even surpass a registered sword sect like Kongtong.
Nevertheless, the Thirty-three Swords are, after all, the Thirty-three Swords. Even if Kongtong is weakened, it still boasts Ji Zhuowu, the head of the Seventeen Peaks, who stands proudly on the Fu List. In ten years, Bright Pearl and Falling Blossom might still not have someone ranked among the top twenty on the Fu List.
Thus, after these kinds of sword sects, disciples from the Thirty-three Sword Sects started entering the arena.
