Confusion filled Dong Li’s face as she turned to fix her eyes on Nie Tian.

Nie Tian, who was wielding the Spirit Scepter, looked almost identical to his true form other than the fact that he was in pure soul form.

Meeting her eyes, he remained as calm as ever.

Dong Li came to a sudden realization. “You know about that strange ward? What’s up with it? Though amplified by the Dark Aureole, my soul power still can’t penetrate it, not in the slightest.”

Nie Tian nodded. “It’s a ward made of a wide array of weird energies. It appears to be protecting something. The sudden changes in the Realm of Middle Continent appear to be stimulated by something in the depths of the earth. Hence, I suspect that the heart of the Realm of Middle Continent is going through significant changes.”

“Can you penetrate that ward with your soul awareness?” Dong Li asked.

“I haven’t succeeded yet,”...