Zhao Changhe was still deeply puzzled. He flipped through the Atlas of Mountains and Rivers left by the ancient Black Tortoise, looking for any records of this area. Unfortunately, the Black Tortoise obviously had not documented anything related to the Spirit Tribe’s tombs, leaving him with nothing to go on.0

He compared the records with those of other areas, but found no notable differences in how the Spirit Tribe was described. There was no indication of any link between the Spirit Tribe and the Night Emperor.0

What exactly does the phrase “Vermillion Bird and White Tiger converge in the southwestern wilderness” mean? Is it referring to some celestial phenomenon?1

If it truly did refer to some astronomical phenomenon, then it seemed that Zhao Changhe was out of luck—neither he nor anyone from the Spirit Tribe was particularly knowledgeable about astronomy. At best, he could roughly sketch the constellations of the four idols, and even that was thanks to what he got from Vermillion Bird. He had no idea how they moved or changed. As for the Spirit Tribe, their knowledge was limited to determining agricultural timing, which did not relate to such...0