One must understand, our teacher has countless disciples, but not every disciple can receive the Formation that allows the divine soul to enter the Chaos Realm.

Therefore, those who can sit on a mat and listen to the teachings are at least valued by our teacher.

Yet, a cultivator who is not even a disciple of the Shangqing Dao has the right to enter the Chaos Realm, which shows the teacher’s high regard for him.

Facing the puzzled gazes of several direct disciples, the Upper Clarity Sect Master did not hide anything and said, "This child has an affinity with our Shangqing Dao, and it seems there might be even more, larger karmic connections involved behind him."

"Even the teacher knows nothing of this?" A figure, always with a smiling face and innocent air, asked in surprise.

The others also showed expressions of shock and amazement. In their minds, their teacher was an omnipotent being, yet now they found him unable to see through a mystic immortal cultivator born in a remote world.

"Yes, which is why I intend to bring him into the sect, so as to better observe him in the future."

The Upper Clarity Sect Master continued, "This matter should not be widely publicized, so refrain from discussing it outside."

"Disciple will remember," everyone answered in unison.

Then they each returned, leaving only the Upper Clarity Sect Master in the Chaos Realm, deep in thought.

...

As two flowers bloom, each represents a branch.

Tao Spirit Realm.

Li Zhirui controlled the relics to appear in a relatively remote place, with hardly any people around.

"Sect Leader, shouldn’t you now be finding ways to recruit more followers and expand the reputation of the Tongtian Sect? Why come to such a remote area?" The remnant soul couldn’t quite understand this move.

In its view, Li Zhirui, with his Profound Immortal Realm cultivation and the great array of the relics, need not fear even a Golden Immortal.

Therefore, there was no need to be overly cautious in his actions, a bit of arrogance and wantonness was fine.

"I haven’t even sorted out what is within the relics yet, hastily recruiting disciples and complicating matters is not a good idea." Li Zhirui had his plan.

Moreover, he had just learned from the remnant soul about the origins of the Tongtian Sect, making him more certain that this lineage concealed a great secret, perhaps involving the topmost existences in the universe.

Thus, he continued to maintain his cautious style.

"By the way, how should I address you?" Li Zhirui asked, feeling it wasn’t quite right to keep calling it "remnant soul."

To his surprise, upon hearing this question, the entity was stunned for quite some time before saying, with a melancholic tone, "The Sect Leader can call me Wansheng."

Derived from the combined remnants of countless cultivators’ thoughts.

"Alright."

Li Zhirui raised an eyebrow, knowing there must be a story behind this, but he did not press further and instead said, "Let’s go, take me to see the treasure house first."

Wansheng could not refuse the request of the new Sect Leader and had to lead the way.

Before long, they arrived at the entrance of the treasure house, having passed through a series of buildings.

"Sect Leader, you’ll need to take action next to unlock the restrictions."

Before the emergence of an heir, Wansheng still had certain permissions over the relics, but with the birth of the new sect leader, all such permissions had been completely revoked.

Now, it could only freely enter and leave areas without restriction seals, unable to go elsewhere.

However, far from being dissatisfied, it was actually very happy because this meant nearly all of its shackles and restraints were gone!

Next, it only needed to assist the new sect leader in rebuilding and strengthening the Tongtian Sect to a certain extent, to regain full freedom, reincarnate, and no longer live as a remnant soul.

Compared to being reborn and embarking once more on the path of cultivation, the permissions of the relics were insignificant.

"Hmm."

Li Zhirui responded, and with a thought, the Jade Platform, which had transformed into the Sect Leader’s Jade Seal, appeared softly and pressed against the treasure house door. With a ’creak,’ the door opened.

The moment the two entered the treasure house, their eyes were dazzled by the brilliant, dazzling spirit light, and it took a moment for him to adjust.

"I didn’t expect that after so many years, these spiritual objects in the treasure house could still remain as they were, no different from when they first appeared," he remarked in some surprise.

Wansheng explained, "There is a Formation in the treasure house that locks the spirit light of spiritual objects, but it consumes a tremendous amount of spiritual energy. Previously, the relics were located within the earth veins, converting absorbed Earth Qi into spiritual energy. But now, having left the earth veins, the Locking Spirit Array won’t last much longer."

"The time should be sufficient."

After all, the relics had previously been in a sealed state, with only one remnant soul inside, powerless to consume spiritual objects.

But now, with the Tongtian Sect about to be rebuilt and disciples recruited, these spiritual objects will no longer go unused. Instead, they will be rapidly consumed, unlikely to remain when the spirit light of the spiritual objects dissipates.

Li Zhirui wandered through the treasure house, examining the uses and effects of these spiritual objects, both to understand them and to see if there were any he could use.

He spent more than half a day walking through the treasure house, eventually recording all the spiritual objects, totaling 35,782 items.

Among them, the most numerous are the spiritual objects of the Human Immortal and Earth Immortal ranks, followed by those of the Individual Immortal and Heavenly Immortal ranks. Next are the Profound Immortal rank, with the fewest being the Golden Immortal rank spiritual objects, numbering only in the dozens.

Of course, these spiritual objects are already a huge treasure trove for them.

If the news were to leak, one couldn’t imagine the storm it would raise, with even Golden Immortals potentially hunting them down.