Huoyan Valley, the former ruler of Hengshan Dao.
Eight thousand years ago, the founder of Huoyan Valley, then a third-rate sect, was betrayed by a friend and fell into an endless sea of fire. Yet he survived the calamity and was instead recognized by a Jie Realm Divine Weapon.
From then on, the founder of Huoyan Valley advanced by leaps and bounds. In a mere few hundred years, he reached the Jie Realm and led Huoyan Valley to become the foremost sect in Hengshan Dao.
Back then, Huoyan Valley was just like the Kunlun Divine Palace of today—the sky above Hengshan Dao, its might unrivaled.
Originally, Huoyan Valley had been flourishing, and it would likely have had no trouble ruling over Hengshan Dao for tens of thousands of years.
But, several thousand years later, the Black Tide came.
Endless monsters were born and rampaged across the land. As the ruler of Hengshan Dao, Huoyan Valley naturally had a duty to defend its territory and protect its borders.
But that Black Tide disaster had been too horrifying. It destroyed the previous dynasty and brought the once-mighty Huoyan Valley to ruin, breaking its backbone.
From then on, Huoyan Valley had declined step by step to where it was today. It could no longer even control a single prefecture, and could only struggle to cooperate with and oppose the Wuliang Sword Sect as it maintained control over Moyun Prefecture.
In fact, by now, Huoyan Valley was gradually growing powerless in its struggle against the Wuliang Sword Sect. If it weren't for the few powerful weapons handed down by its ancestors, the sect would probably have been wiped out long ago.
Coldwater Pool, the current heartland of Huoyan Valley.
Bai Cha boarded a small boat and sailed to an island in the middle