Ye Guan was engaged in an intense battle with the Martial Goddess. The pair moved so fast that it seemed as if there were a pair of afterimages flying across the skies.2

Ye Guan wasn’t using his sword; he was throwing out punches and kicks. Ye Guan wasn’t born a swordsman, so he was without any weapon when he started walking down the path of cultivation.2

The Martial Goddess was suppressing Ye Guan, leaving him without any chances to retaliate. The Martial Goddess was superior to him in all aspects—speed, reaction speed, and combat sense. However, Ye Guan still didn’t pull out his sword.0

He had decided to get beaten up on purpose to improve his reaction speed. 0

It was a good thing that he had consumed nothing but dragon meat and dragon blood for sustenance all this while, which meant his stamina was much better than ordinary people. Otherwise, he couldn’t have lasted for so long. 1

Ye Guan wasn’t worried about taking any steps toward comprehending the Great Dao of Simplicity. He was convinced that he had to prioritize his cultivation first because it was the prerequisite of comprehending the Great Dao of Simplicity. 0

One had to pursue the complexities of the cultivation path first before one could pursue simplicity. Otherwise, one wouldn’t be pursuing simplicity at all but was simply simple. 0

Simplicity and simpleness were two sides of the same coin, after all. 2

And that was exactly why Ye Guan...0