Deep in the night.

Atop a barren mountain peak that didn’t grow a blade of grass, Nie Tian and Dong Li stuck out their heads from behind a huge rock and gazed off into the distance.

There were a few caves halfway up this mountain peak, which they had already examined on their way up to the mountaintop.

Some of the caves stretched deep into the belly of the mountain. Apparently, powerful equipment forgers had once used them to forge spiritual tools.

This was an ...