Fang Qingming left the Iron Dragon Sect. This trip to the Iron Dragon Sect had not only failed to accomplish the task entrusted to him by His Highness the Crown Prince, but had also planted a cloud of confusion in Fang Qingming's heart.
What Fang Qingming did not know was that he had actually come well prepared this time and had considered Zhang Tie's interests quite thoroughly. The conditions offered by His Highness the Crown Prince, along with the scenes within that memory crystal, had shaken Zhang Tie's resolve for an instant. But unfortunately, when Zhang Tie closed his eyes and carefully weighed everything, he still held firm to his decision.
The Imperial Way Alliance had its schemes and methods, but Zhang Tie likewise had his determination and trump cards.
To the Imperial Way Alliance, this matter of the Sect Black Post was an opportunity to deal with and suppress Zhang Tie. But to Zhang Tie, it was also an opportunity to eliminate the threat posed by the Imperial Way Alliance.
Ever since Zhang Taixuan's accident, Zhang Tie had understood clearly that he and the Imperial Way Alliance had already met in close combat, with no path of retreat. The conflict between them had become impossible to reconcile. The Imperial Way Alliance's plotting against Zhang Tie had not begun because of His Highness the Crown Prince—it had begun when Zhang Tie first came to know the Crown Prince.
What Zhang Tie found most unbearable, what made his fury blaze to the heavens, was that the Imperial Way Alliance had not only plotted against him, but had also dragged his family into it. They had planted a pawn beside his elder brother, secretly targeted his parents, and harbored sinister, hostile intentions. They had violated Zhang Tie's greatest taboo and crossed his