The moment the reset happened, Xiang Yu's soul was busy trying to complete the last step of building the bridge between his soul and body.
He thought he might not make it, but just as the reset came, he finished the final step, completing the entire process. Now all that remained was the integration process. He reminded himself not to worry about this since it would happen naturally before he broke through to the tribulation realm.
Just like how his bloodlines would prevent/delay a breakthrough, it was probably the same for this.
In the real world, Xiang Yu had instantly entered the state of enlightenment after the cooldown was reset. Inside this enlightened state, he sat perfectly still in meditation. This time, he wasn't going to cheat his way through but would try his best to capture as much understanding as he could from the system.
He felt massive amounts of experience begin flowing into his body, causing him to tense up. He then began rapidly analyzing the concept.
