The Black Dragon Society is a long-standing and formidable underground organization in Hua Country, its power on par with the Xiao Sect. The Black Dragon Society is even older, with a longer history of operations and a more deeply entrenched network of complex relationships that involve a vast array of people and forces. This is precisely why, after years of conflict, the Xiao Sect and the Black Dragon Society have never been able to determine a clear winner. In some respects, the Xiao Sect does not truly wish to settle the score; they prefer to maintain a state of stalemate. This is the very reason Xiao Daodao did not want Shen Ye to intervene.
To be precise, it is not so much that the Xiao Sect lacks the desire to win, but rather that there are others who do not want to see a victor emerge between the two. Someone wants the two factions to remain in a state of mutual containment to put certain people at ease. Should a true winner emerge and one side become dominant, it would leave those people deeply unsettled. The waters here run very deep, far beyond what any outsider could hope to discern.
Previously, Xiao Daodao had always exercised restraint, keeping certain warnings in mind and refusing to overstep. But this time, after Xiao Qiang was nearly killed by voodoo poison, she flew into a rage and led a group straight toward the Black Dragon Society. She intended to tear the heavens asunder and was determined to settle the score once and for all. However, halfway there, he…
Chapter 270