Time trickled by.
Gu Qingshan sat atop the cliff for eight whole days.
For all eight days, he did nothing but focus on building up the Spiritual Power within him.
On the ninth day,
he finally opened his eyes.
Deep-blue radiance swirled around him, rapidly spreading across the entire mountaintop and unleashing flashes of dazzling lightning.
Lightning Radiance lit up the entire Dark World.
Gu Qingshan slowly rose to his feet, carefully sensing the Spiritual Power within him.
He had used up one day less than he'd expected. His Spiritual Power had already reached the required level, enough to support this breakthrough.
An extremely faint sensation settled upon him from the heavens and earth.
It was impossible to describe, as though the heavens and earth were examining Gu Qingshan himself.
For a moment, all was silent. Gu Qingshan stood alone atop the mountain, enveloped in countless flashes of lightning, silently waiting to see what would happen.
"Why does this feel a little like an identity check... God of War Interface, do you have any suggestions?"
Gu Qingshan asked silently in his heart.
The God of War Interface flashed and replied, "Attempting to interpret. Please wait."
A few breaths later,
a line of tiny, firefly-like text appeared:
"Your legacy is a fist art formed by fusing 'Buzhou' with the Six Realms God Mountain Sword, but the combat style you've mastered best is swordsmanship. The laws of heaven and earth are confused by this, so your advancement has stalled."
Gu Qingshan was at a loss for words.
"The laws of heaven and earth can't even tell the difference?" he couldn't help asking.
"This world is merely an ordinary Cultivation Side world. The laws of the World Origin are exceedingly weak, so they will affect your advancement to some extent," the God of