Nie Tian looked down at the pitch-black turtle that exuded dark power, and asked with a puzzled face, “What do you know about this black tortoise?”

The smile gradually faded from Dong Li’s face as she said, “Actually, I don’t know much about it either. I only learned its name after a soul connection formed between us. I’ve spent quite a long time studying in the Beast-controlling Sect, reading records of all kinds of spirit beasts, but I’ve never read about this black tortoise.”

Nie Tian was taken aback.

After a moment of pondering, he cast his gaze towards the open stone gate and asked, “What happened to that stone gate?”

“It opened by itself not long ago,” Dong Li answered.

“It opened by itself...?” Nie Tian went blank briefly, suspecting Yan Zhan had opened it earlier when he had come to investigate him. “Have you seen anyone while you were here?”

Dong Li shook her head. “No.”

Before he could ask another question, Dong Li asked, “Did you make it to the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace’s headquarters?”

Nie Tian grinned. “I did. I’ve already won their acknowledgment and become the...