The disciples of these Upper Sect factions usually have soul lamps and life plates within the Sect, which can constantly indicate their status.
If the soul lamp or life plate dims, it suggests their owner has been seriously injured or encountered some mishap.
But if the soul lamp extinguishes or the life plate shatters, it indicates that the person has died.
The elders of the Upper Sect factions can use this to ascertain the approximate location where their disciples met misfortune, then go there to investigate and avenge their disciples.
This is also a tactic used by many Upper Sect factions to intimidate those loose cultivators with ill intentions.
After all, with soul lamps and life plates, plus some tracing secret techniques, once the elder powerhouses find the place where their disciples were harmed, they can easily determine the perpetrator's location.
Then the only thing waiting for them is the endless pursuit and bounty from the Upper Sect factions.
