The Extreme Martial Dao Center, formerly the Crane Martial Arts Center, was now bustling. People streamed through its doors every day, all hoping to enroll and learn the Extreme Martial Dao. 

Only three days had passed since Lu Changsheng had challenged the Bear-Hugging Martial Arts Center, yet both he and the Extreme Martial Dao had already gone viral. He had not expected the internet to have such influence. He had never imagined that one livestream and a few clips could spread so far in such a short time. 

What pushed the story even further was the controversy surrounding the Extreme Martial Dao itself. Plenty of people still refused to believe in it. In the online space, supporters of traditional martial arts soon found themselves locked in fierce arguments with those who believed Lu Changsheng had proven the Extreme Martial Dao was the real thing. The more they argued, the more attention the subject attracted, until the debate had spread across the internet. 

That attention quickly carried over into the real world. Martial arts enthusiasts were now travelling to Pan City specifically to enroll at the Extreme Martial Dao Center, and...