Hengshan Dao, Yangzhou City.
Yangzhou City was one of the nine prefectures of Hengshan, and it was likewise guarded by a major sect called:
Divine Weapon Valley.
As its name suggested, Divine Weapon Valley was renowned for forging divine weapons.
Eight hundred years ago, the greatest sect in Yangzhou City at the time, Flood Dragon Palace, had taken in a servant disciple, though it had paid him little attention. No one had expected that this disciple was a man of great fortune.
On the spiritual field assigned to him by Flood Dragon Palace, he had dug up a ring—and that ring had come from a major sect of the near-ancient era: Divine Weapon Valley.
From then on, the servant disciple had soared to the heavens. In a mere two hundred years, he had reached the Extreme Realm, his power unmatched.
The sect master of Flood Dragon Palace had stepped down in due course, and the servant disciple had taken control of the palace, becoming the lord of Yangzhou City.
Before long, Flood Dragon Palace had officially changed its name to Divine Weapon Valley.
In that era, Divine Weapon Valley had flourished. Many martial artists had traveled great distances just to obtain a true divine weapon.
But good times never lasted. The sect master of Divine Weapon Valley had rushed his attempt to break through to the Jie Realm, and had gone mad with cultivation before dying.
After that, Divine Weapon Valley's powerful cultivators had fallen into a state where the old guard was dying out and no successors were rising. The sect had gradually declined, and remained so to this day.
Both Divine Weapon Valley and Huoyan Valley were skilled at forging weapons, making them rivals in Hengshan Dao. They often clashed.
That day, deep within Divine Weapon Valley,