The Blazing Fire Sect's mountain-guarding formation had originally been built to protect the sect. But with help from an inside agent, its people had turned it into an inverted prison formation, trapping everyone inside.
It wasn't as effective as a formation designed specifically to imprison people, but it was good enough. After all, it had the original formation as its foundation.
The Blazing Fire Sect had actually been making these modifications for a long time, keeping them as a trump card.
To ensure that the spy who had risen to become an Extreme Ice Sect Elder wouldn't turn traitor, the Blazing Fire Sect had spent a hefty sum on him every year.
Of course, the results had been outstanding. At this critical moment, the trap had finally dealt a fatal blow, giving them the chance to eradicate their archenemy, the Extreme Ice Sect, once and for all, right here on their own turf.
In truth, the Blazing Fire Sect had been driven into a corner.
Although they had gradually gained the upper hand in their struggle against the Extreme Ice Sect, that didn't help them at all.
The Fourth Prince they had chosen to support was dead.
He had died at the hands of the Fifth Princess, whom the Extreme Ice Sect had chosen to support.
That meant they had already lost the greater struggle.
If they wanted to turn things around now, they had only one option: swallow up the Extreme Ice Sect, combine the strength of the two sects, and become a super sect of colossal power. Then the other factions would see the Blazing Fire Sect's value and choose to use and recruit them rather than destroy them.
Otherwise, branded as supporters of the Fourth Prince, the Blazing Fire Sect would face nothing but a purge in