A Cause and Effect

With the dungeon cleared and the next one unlocked, the Panel needed two months to gather its strength. Zhao Cheng, however, did not idle away the time, studying swordsmanship day and night.

Following the Ten Pillars of Life, he sorted through his own swordsmanship system, trimming away complexity and preserving simplicity.

As for his five daily simulations, Zhao Cheng always descended into the Ziwei Shines Upon the World dungeon, testing all manner of ideas on himself.

It was worth mentioning that, since the Hyper-Dimensional Body and his true body were two separate systems, the Acupoint System was classified as qi.

Zhao Cheng's energy had now reached the Gold level, yet his Energy Spirit remained nonexistent.

It seemed that a power such as qi was still too low in energy level—insufficient to bear, much less nurture, a spirit.

Even so, Zhao Cheng had established the framework of the Four Calamities Heaven-Reaching Sword. In the future, it would have ten major chapters, each corresponding to one pillar.

At the same time, none of those chapters existed independently. They were closely interconnected; Zhao Cheng had divided them this way only to sort out the threads clearly.

Though life possessed ten great pillars, it was still an indivisible whole. Swordsmanship naturally had to be the same.

There was no such thing as a sword art that trained only one part of the body. When one part was trained, the rest would inevitably be tempered as well—it was simply less efficient.

Before Zhao Cheng's swordsmanship level, now as high as level 268, this was no difficult matter.

With Zhao Cheng's current talent, he learned anything quickly. The true difficulty lay only in blazing new trails.

There was no road ahead anymore. He had to hack his own way through brambles and thorns. Even with a