To simplify his martial arts, Lu Yang had spent all the Spirit Stones he had on hand before leaving the Qianfeng Merchant Association, buying a vast assortment of techniques.
The reason he hadn't used the more than 400 million Experience Points at his disposal to restore his cultivation in a second was that he had wanted to save them for Martial Arts Fusion.
He had far too many martial arts, and they were far too eclectic.
Before, they hadn't formed a coherent system. Now, after slaying battle souls in the Void Soul Battlefield and acquiring techniques from many different systems, his collection had only grown more haphazard.
Besides, these techniques came from Hundred Flowers Fairy, Li Da Niu, and the Eight Absolutes Elder, all King Level Peak powerhouses. Nearly every one of their martial arts was a distillation of countless refinements. Even Lu Yang couldn't simply bring himself to abandon them.
If he merely followed in the footsteps of those who came before, then one day Lu Yang would become a new Hundred Flowers Fairy, a new Li Da Niu, or a new Eight Absolutes Elder—not Lu Yang himself.
If he became one of them, he could certainly attain Kinghood one day, and might even become an unmatched foe among King-level martial artists.
But what wasn't his could never truly be his.
Relying on other people's martial arts made it difficult to reach the peak of the Martial Dao!
Lu Yang's goal was to surpass the Great Jun Heavenly Emperor, Ji Tianjun. He wouldn't settle for becoming a top-tier king.
Forging his own path in the Martial Dao was the only way to become a true powerhouse!
But a meal had to be eaten one bite at a time, and a road had to be traveled one step at a