[Simplified System, High-Martial World, Good-for-Nothing’s Rise, Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger, Uncovering the Truth of Martial Arts]
Lu Chen is Qingyun City’s most notorious good-for-nothing. He has made no progress in the early Body Tempering stage for two years, and his cousin shoves him off a cliff with a single palm strike.
On the brink of death, a mysterious voice rings out in his mind: “A cultivation technique has been detected. Simplify it with one click?”
The Shattering Stone Fist is reduced to three moves, one of which leaves a fist mark in a wall. Forty percent of the redundant paths in the Qingyun Art are removed, doubling its efficiency. He can see the essence and flaws of divine techniques that others spend ten years struggling to understand.
But gradually, he uncovers a shocking secret: every cultivation technique in this world has been deliberately made more complicated! The extra flourishes, meridians, and incantations aren’t mistakes. They’re by design. The three great sects use their tampered techniques to siphon the martial will of countless warriors, refine it into golden cores, and nourish the powerful elite. The entire martial world is, in fact, one vast harvesting ground!
The words “Simplification School” are a forbidden secret erased from history.
The System’s origins are a mystery, as are the past of Lin Xiaodie, a young woman who sees through his secret at a glance. An elder of the Tianwu Sect calls on him in person, and the truth from three hundred years ago lies locked away deep inside the Divine Sword Pavilion’s iron prison...
From Qingyun City to the pinnacle of martial arts, a deadly game of pursuit and counterattack begins.
The day the System’s countdown reaches zero, Lu Chen finally understands: through simplifying one technique after another, he has already seen the true nature of martial arts.
True power has never come from a cheat. It comes from the sword he forged himself!
... I was just knocked off the cliff... I climbed up half dead... I turned around and took part in the family trial... ... You don't call this simplification... You can only restore the skills to an unmodified state... The protagonist has such low qualifications... Can he master the initial skills in one go???? … ... The restoration technique consumes energy and spirit...