The three people who emerged were naturally Li Xuan and Gu Tianxuan. Besides them, there was also the ancestor of the Li family, Li Baiyi.
"Descendant Li Tieyi pays his respects to the ancestor!" Li Tieyi bowed slightly, a hint of excitement in his voice, towards Li Baiyi.
Li Baiyi glanced at Li Tieyi and then nodded slightly, saying, "We'll catch up later. Let's accompany the Young Master to awaken those old fellows first."
As soon as Li Baiyi finished speaking, he looked at Li Xuan. Seeing this, Li Xuan let out a wry smile and walked towards another formation gate.
Everyone: "..."
At this point, everyone had confirmed it. Their six great families and four hidden sects had gained a Young Master.
Half an hour later, Li Xuan and ten figures appeared on the sixth level of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.
"Young Master, what are your plans now?" Li Baiyi asked Li Xuan with a respectful bow.
Li Xuan pondered for a moment before speaking, "I want to cultivate in the Chaos Tomb. You all just handle your own affairs."
Li Xuan now possessed three Chaos Spirit Marks, and further cultivation in the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion was no longer necessary. Within the ten formation gates, Li Xuan had already gained too much.
"The Chaos Tomb... Young Master, the spiritual energy storms within are extremely fierce. I fear they would pose a great threat to you," Gu Tianxuan immediately said upon hearing this.
"It's alright," Li Xuan replied with a smile and then looked at Li Tieyi, "There should still be Chaos Spirit Marks, right?"
"There are," Li Tieyi immediately nodded. With a thought, he passed a spatial ring to Li Xuan.
Judging by the attitude of the ten ancestors towards Li Xuan, Li Tieyi was now certain that their six great families and four hidden sects would henceforth recognize Li Xuan as their leader. If Li Xuan needed something, how could they refuse?
Li Xuan did not refuse and took the spatial ring. Upon probing it with his divine sense, Li Xuan was slightly surprised to find that there were a full twenty Chaos Spirit Marks within.
"Thank you," Li Xuan smiled at Li Tieyi and then said to Li Baiyi and the others, "With these, my cultivation in the Chaos Tomb should be worry-free."
"Since the Young Master insists and has the protection of the Chaos Spirit Marks, we shall not obstruct you," Li Baiyi said.
Outside the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, Li Xuan's figure flickered and disappeared.
"Ancestor, this Young Master Li Xuan..." Gu Zhengqi, seeing this, immediately turned to Gu Tianxuan and spoke.
"Call him Young Master!" Before Gu Zhengqi could finish, Gu Tianxuan frowned and reprimanded him.
Gu Zhengqi immediately fell silent. The next moment, Gu Tianxuan's words made Gu Zhengqi, as well as Li Tieyi and the others, greatly shocked.
"From this moment on, the Gu family will follow the Young Master's lead! Even if the Young Master wants the Gu family to die, the Gu family must not disobey in the slightest!"
"It seems we have been in slumber for too long, and the younger generation has become a little arrogant. Everyone, let us first return to our respective clans and resolve this matter. If it displeases the Young Master, the consequences are, I believe, self-evident."
Li Baiyi glanced at the expressions of Nangong Shang and Li Tieyi and instantly understood the crux of the issue. He then said to Gu Tianxuan and the others,
"This matter must be handled with an iron fist. Otherwise, our six great families and four hidden sects will eventually decline." Gu Tianxuan nodded in agreement.
The next moment, figures disappeared from the sixth level of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.
Unbeknownst to Li Xuan, when he returned, the attitude of the six great families and four hidden sects towards him would be like that of servants.
...
The Chaos Tomb, a place of chaos in the Hun Tian Continent.
Within it, spiritual energy storms raged, and even peak cultivators of the Mortal Vanquishing realm dared not enter rashly.
However, it was precisely because of these spiritual energy storms that the spiritual energy at the bottom of the Chaos Tomb was extremely dense and abundant. If one could cultivate within it, it would be twice as effective with half the effort.
Countless spirit masters, confident in their strength, had attempted to enter, but none had survived, all perishing within. This further enhanced the fearsome reputation of the Chaos Tomb.
The Chaos Tomb was not vast, but it occupied an area of ten mu. From a distance, it resembled an inverted bottle, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Currents of spiritual energy storms blew out from its opening, stirring the surrounding residual clouds.
On this day, a figure slowly appeared and stood at the upper opening of the Chaos Tomb.
The person was Li Xuan.
"Young Master, this thing is a bit monstrous," the voice of the Heavenly Dao Brush sounded in Li Xuan's mind.
"If you want to break through, and it were easy, then what would success mean?" Li Xuan smiled, then his figure moved, and he leaped down.
Whoosh!
The violent spiritual energy storms, with Li Xuan's leap, instantly boiled like a drop of water falling into a pot of oil.
Bone-scraping wind currents lashed at Li Xuan's body, causing his clothes to be instantly torn to shreds by the spiritual energy storms.
Fortunately, Li Xuan's physique was powerful. Even such a strong spiritual energy storm would find it difficult to cause significant damage to his body in a short period.
As he continued to descend, Li Xuan felt the oppressive force on his body growing stronger. If his physique had not broken through to the Transcendent realm, Li Xuan would not have had the confidence to withstand the impact of these spiritual energy storms.
However, even with a Transcendent realm physique, Li Xuan felt his body becoming increasingly taut.
Li Xuan knew very well that he had only descended less than a thousand meters into the Chaos Tomb. According to previous estimations, the Chaos Tomb was over five thousand meters deep.
If he continued like this, his body would likely be torn apart by the spiritual energy storms very soon. In such a situation, once the body was torn apart, the consequences would be extremely dire.
It would be like a breached riverbank, spiraling out of control.
"Forget it, it's better to be cautious." Li Xuan pondered for a moment, then with a thought, he took out a ball of light from the Zhenyu.
As spiritual energy was injected, a light film as thin as a cicada's wing instantly enveloped Li Xuan.
With the appearance of this light film, Li Xuan immediately felt the pressure on his body lighten, and the whistling sound of the spiritual energy storms also diminished significantly.
"This Chaos Spirit Mark is indeed useful!" Feeling the change in his body, Li Xuan's face showed joy.
This ball of light was precisely the Chaos Spirit Mark obtained in the Celestial Extreme Divine Ranking competition.
According to Li Mingkai, the Chaos Spirit Mark could not only help improve cultivation speed but also provide some assistance within the Chaos Tomb, protecting the entrant from the ravages of the spiritual energy storms.
Feeling his body recover, Li Xuan also increased his descent speed. A quarter of an hour passed, and Li Xuan had already descended over four thousand meters, just one step away from the bottom of the Chaos Tomb.
However, the Chaos Spirit Marks around Li Xuan's body, as they were consumed, became increasingly faint. Seeing this, Li Xuan once again channeled spiritual energy to accelerate his descent.
Hmm?
Just as Li Xuan reached over four thousand five hundred meters, he felt the spiritual energy storm weaken. With a surge of excitement, he immediately withdrew his spiritual energy.
The already heavily depleted Chaos Spirit Marks dissipated as Li Xuan withdrew his spiritual energy.
Li Xuan's expression became solemn. The descent had consumed a total of five Chaos Spirit Marks.
"Little Master, you should absorb the spiritual energy at the bottom first. It's so dense, it's about to gain sentience!" the Heavenly Dao Brush exclaimed.
Li Xuan nodded slightly. With a thought, he sat down cross-legged. As Li Xuan closed his eyes, a suction force instantly emanated from within him.
The next moment, spiritual energy, like flowing water, surged towards him.