At that moment, had anyone else been inside the cave abode, they would surely have noticed.
Gu Changqing's eyes, though seemingly hazy with drink and blurred with intoxication, were as languid and carefree as ever.
Yet beneath that veil of drunkenness, an indescribably piercing light flickered in their depths.
That light seized the soul.
Its might was beyond compare.
Like a peerless divine weapon hidden in a rusted sheath, even before it was drawn, its edge was enough to make Heaven and Earth tremble.
But that piercing gleam vanished in a flash, so swiftly that even a Sage standing beside him might not have caught it.
A moment later, Gu Changqing wore that drunken look once more.
Yet the waves stirring within his heart were far from the breezy calm of his outward appearance.
Without a doubt, after that spontaneous activation and evolution, the power of the Great Artifact-Command Art had left Gu Changqing thoroughly satisfied.
No.
It was more than satisfaction.
He could even say it had somewhat exceeded his expectations.
He had originally thought that, with his current understanding of the Great Dao of Artifacts, even if the Great Artifact-Command Art could take preliminary shape, he would still have a long road ahead before bringing it to full mastery.
But the sight of that surge spreading throughout Heaven and Earth, making all artifacts bow in submission, had clearly told him otherwise.
The might of this unprecedented, supreme divine ability, and the depth of its mysteries, already far surpassed his earlier estimates.
Gu Changqing took another swig of wine, narrowing his drunken eyes as he silently weighed his plans.
The emergence of the Great Artifact-Command Art held extraordinary significance for him.
It was not merely another improvement in his cultivation.
It also meant that reclaiming the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe