The Spirit Turtle Sect.
In the pool on the Back Mountain of Sect Master Peak, a thousand-foot old turtle rested with his eyes closed, his entire body steeped in the aura of approaching death.
Suddenly, his tightly shut eyes flew open, undisguised delight shining in his pupils.
He was here!
He sensed that his elder twin brother, from whom he had been separated for thousands of years, had just entered Spirit Turtle Island, accompanied by four Nascent Soul cultivators and one Golden Core cultivator.
Yet his brother's life aura was astonishingly vigorous, without the slightest trace of age. In truth, they were nearly the same age, and his brother was even a few years older!
Whoosh!
An enormous shadow a thousand feet across swept over Spirit Turtle Island, drawing countless cultivators' gazes skyward, their faces filled with wonder.
Another peak fifth-tier spirit beast!
Although they were not disciples of Spirit Turtle Island, they knew that the Spirit Turtle Sect's guardian patriarch had lived for nearly ten thousand years. He had reached the fifth tier thousands of years ago, making him comparable to a human Spirit Transformation powerhouse.
Despite having this patriarch watching over them, the Spirit Turtle Sect had always treated others kindly. They enjoyed a fine reputation among the Righteous Sects and never went looking for trouble.
This was precisely because the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was now too thin to support transcending tribulation and ascending. Even advancing from Nascent Soul Great Cultivator to Spirit Transformation was extraordinarily difficult.
Since the end of the Primordial Era, the Spirit Turtle Sect had not produced another Spirit Transformation cultivator. If they relied on the Spirit Turtle Patriarch's power to bully others, once he reached the end of his lifespan and passed away, the sect would lose its backing. The consequences