In a sense, Gu Yuanqing had high hopes for this Rule Divine Artifact.
Empowered by the North Spring Realm, he wielded the might of an entire world. His power was vast and boundless, and precisely because of that, he could fight across realms of cultivation.
Yet against those above the level of a True God, though he could remain undefeated, truly damaging their foundations was exceedingly difficult.
Take Wei Zhao, for example. Gu Yuanqing could clash with him, but against his divine body, Gu Yuanqing could only retreat.
This was a limitation imposed by his cultivation realm itself. His power was not of a high enough order, like a surging flood that could sweep across a thousand miles yet fail to topple a tower forged from refined iron.
However great or abundant one's power, if it remained diffuse rather than concentrated, it could not pierce a truly solid barrier.
The strength of Spell Arts and Divine Abilities was tied to one's own cultivation realm. Under Dao Yan, his had already risen almost to the utmost limit Gu Yuanqing could currently achieve.
Until he advanced another step, any substantial improvement would be difficult.
A Rule Divine Artifact, however, was itself an existence of a higher order. If he could refine it, Gu Yuanqing would undoubtedly gain another formidable weapon.
Even a lower-rank rule divine artifact held an extremely high rank; it simply needed to draw upon the power of Heaven and Earth and its wielder.
With the North Spring Realm at his back, Gu Yuanqing was perfectly suited to meet that requirement!
Still, truly refining it would require slow, painstaking effort even for Gu Yuanqing. The disparity in the order of their power made every step of refinement exceedingly difficult.
After an entire day, he had merely imprinted his divine soul