Maybe it was inevitable.0

Zhang Dajing was obviously well versed in who or what was an 'expert' of martial arts.0

People would focus on the 'strength' aspect of a strong person. But martial artists didn't simply view experts as physically strong people. When normal people talked about the strong, they meant physically strong. In the eyes of martial artists, though, experts were strong because they were strong human beings, to begin with.0

Martial arts became standardized in the modern era. Of course, some cultivation techniques were stronger than average while some others were naturally a bit worse. Even so, people still gradually came to believe that enough effort could overcome such differences.0

This was a natural course of action, though. When mixed martial arts competition was first conceived, its primary goal was to find which form of hand-to-hand fighting technique was the strongest. As in, was boxing stronger than kickboxing? Between jujitsu and karate, which one was superior?0

However, once enough time had passed, people stopped caring about such things. If a boxer fought and won against a kickboxer, did that victory serve as a convincing proof of boxing being superior to kickboxing? Of course not.0

All schools of martial arts had their individual strengths and weaknesses. And everyone already understood that getting stronger through whatever martial arts they had chosen was wholly dependent on each individual's talent level and dedication.0

The same principle also applied in the world of cultivation. In the past, top-tier cultivation...0