Power organizations, regardless of size, all must follow certain basic principles.
For instance, there's the organization hierarchy, the middle ranks that connect the upper and lower tiers, and the lower ranks that continuously create value.
The healthier the middle and lower ranks, the more stable the power at the top; otherwise, there'd be unrest.
The reason why the Dragon West Alliance is teetering on the brink of collapse is precisely because of the disquiet within its middle and lower ranks.
Like an isolated island, with enemies everywhere, even within its own ranks, it's filled with grievances and dissatisfaction.
Logically speaking, such a power should have crumbled like loose sand at the first touch, but, oddly enough, the higher-level martial artists in the Dragon West Alliance maintain a considerable degree of unity, even if it's unity bought with vast amounts of materials, which is puzzling.
"Why are they still clinging on and refusing to die?"
