Side Story: Heavenly Flame Clone-Blazing Flame Valley (18)

"Tang Zhen, what do you mean by this?"

High above the Blood Forest Domain, the experts of Sound Valley and Blazing Flame Valley faced off against one another. The two leaders were none other than the renowned masters of Central Plains' two valleys.

Sound Venerate stared fixedly at Tang Zhen across from him, unable to conceal the wariness in his eyes. Though Sound Valley had always been spoken of in the same breath as Blazing Flame Valley, he knew very well that Blazing Flame Valley's true strength far surpassed that of Sound Valley.

To be honest, Sound Valley was already one of the foremost forces in the Central Plains. On the surface, it was governed by him, a five-star Dou Venerate, while in secret, an ancestor of the Saint Realm watched over it. Yet compared with Blazing Flame Valley, they were still weaker.

Among the eleven most famous forces in the Central Plains, aside from the one hall and one tower that truly stood at the peak of the pyramid, there were actually two further tiers: the two sects and three valleys, followed by the Four Directions Pavilion.

The Four Directions Pavilion needed no further explanation. In truth, it was merely a first-rate force in the Central Plains, possessing only Dou Venerates. It might have some slight connection to peak Dou Venerates or Saint Realm experts, but its overall strength was quite ordinary.

The two sects and three valleys, however, were truly powerful forces with Saint Realm experts stationed within them. Of course, the Saint Realm mentioned here did not necessarily refer to genuine Dou Saints; most were merely Half-Saints. Heavenly Underworld Old Demon of the Heavenly Underworld Sect and the Qinghua Twin Immortals of the Flower Sect were both only Half-Saints.

Yet among these forces, one was an exception: