SO WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE A HEAVENLY MERIDIAN

With his legs crossed, Ricky sat down immediately and began to adjust his state of mind. He closed his

eyes and began to concentrate heavily. Merging the Heavenly Meridian with their own spiritual meridian

was considered to be a sacred event for any creature.

Standing beside Ricky was Tina, who remained quiet, looking at him intently from time to time.

After a while, Ricky flipped his hand and three Heavenly Meridians started to appear.

These three Heavenly Meridians that he held were from Roe, Killer No. 2, and Killer No. 1 respectively.

Needless to say, he had obtained several other Heavenly Meridians from other warriors. Aside from

what he had, he had given away the rest of his Heavenly Meridians to his other companions, including

Sheila and Lori.

"Come on, Ricky. Don't think too much. Please try again!" Tina persuaded as soon as she saw the

hesitation on Ricky's face.

His uncertainty was quite valid. He was hesitant because he didn't want all of his efforts to be in vain.

He had been doing all that he could to become a spiritual emperor. It was all or nothing for him. He

didn't know if he could bear the pain of failing the task, even if he was mentally prepared and

determined to succeed in his goal.

However, he clearly knew that there was nothing else he could do but face whatever result might

appear in front of him.

At first, he didn't believe that he was unable to break through and enter the spiritual emperor realm

even after he had obtained the incredible regained spiritual meridian.

"Merge!" Ricky, out of the blue, shouted as he made one of the Heavenly Meridians enter his Soul Sea

directly and merge with his regained spiritual meridian. Afterwards, he condensed all his power on the

Heavenly Meridian, allowing the Heavenly Meridian to fight against his regained spiritual meridian.

On the downside, Ricky could probably be thinking about it too much.

As soon as he incorporated the regained spiritual meridian into his Soul Sea, the regained spiritual

meridian immediately released its power directly. Before Ricky's power was released, the regained

spiritual meridian burst out such strong power, destroying the Heavenly Meridian instantly.

Everything happened so fast that Ricky was not able to react accordingly.

Luckily, the power of the regained spiritual meridian hardly had any harmful effect on his body at all.

As everything happened so fast, Ricky was left in awe.

At that moment, he felt something out of the ordinary. As he sat there, aghast, he sensed that the

regained spiritual meridian was trying to send him an obvious message—he did not need a Heavily

Meridian. Determined to send him a message, the regained spiritual meridian did everything that it

could to catch Ricky's attention and to make him realize what it was trying to say.

As far as being firm with its cause, it was also angry not only with Ricky but also with the Heavenly

Meridian. However, it was angry with Ricky because he wanted to merge it with the Heavenly Meridian.

But its anger against the Heavenly Meridian was too much that the regained spiritual meridian felt the

killing intent towards the Heavenly Meridian.

"Are you...angry?" Ricky asked cautiously in disbelief after he recovered from shock.

Being integrated with the regained spiritual meridian, he could clearly tell that it was so angry and

disappointed with him.

Feeling the anger of the regained spiritual meridian, Ricky felt that he no longer cared so much if he

were to fail with the merging of the Heavenly Meridian and his regained spiritual meridian. At that point,

he came to realize that everything would not be in vain.

He didn't want to blow this out of proportion, so he didn't push through with his plan to merge another

Heavenly Meridian with his regained spiritual meridian.

Seeing how the regained spiritual meridian was acting, Ricky thought that he should have a good talk

with it to smooth things out.

He once considered himself to be a waste in the martial arts world in the first place. Apart from this, it

was such a humiliating experience for him that his spiritual meridian had been taken out. With that

being the case, it should have been nearly impossible for him to enter the middle stage of Skin

Refinement realm. But without the regained spiritual meridian's help, he would not have been brought

back into the martial arts world again.

Clearly, the regained spiritual meridian meant a lot to him.

However, the regained spiritual meridian was very unwilling to integrate with the Heavenly Meridian.

The question remained unsolved: why did he insist on merging the two meridians? Was it true that he

ignored the regained spiritual meridian's wishes only because he wanted to become a spiritual

emperor?

As a result, the regained spiritual meridian got fuming mad at him, which was the last thing he wanted

to happen in any way.

"Regained spiritual meridian, since you don't want to merge with the Heavenly Meridian, I shall take

notice of your wishes and I won't force you to do so," Ricky said in a serious tone. "Forget about the

Heavenly Meridian. It doesn't matter. It's merely a meridian. I might have lost my original spiritual

meridian, but I still have managed to make so many achievements by myself with your help."

'So what if I can't have a Heavenly Meridian? It doesn't matter at all if it would cause you anger!' Ricky

screamed in his heart so that the regained spiritual meridian would absorb and hear what he thought.

'I will still be able to make through and become a spiritual emperor even without a Heavenly Meridian.

Moreover, even if I'm not capable enough, I believe that by your existence, I cannot be stopped by the

heavenly law.

With that, I know deep in my heart that I would be the first spiritual emperor without a Heavenly

Meridian.'

Boom! At this moment, Ricky's momentum and perseverance seemed to have turned into great power.

His eyes gave out shining light, as if he had a premonition on how he would fulfill the dream of

becoming a spiritual emperor.

Buzz! Meanwhile, the regained spiritual meridian understood the desires of Ricky's heart. Since his

desires were in favor of what the regained spiritual meridian had wanted, it began to hum excitedly

inside Ricky's Soul Sea. This behavior was a clear sign that it now had a deeper recognition and

understanding of Ricky.

At the same time, the regained spiritual meridian was trying to tell Ricky that becoming a spiritual

emperor without a Heavenly Meridian was indeed, possible.

Boom! All of a sudden, Ricky felt like his blood was boiling. With this, he could notice little by little that

his blood power had already started to improve. To be more precise, it was more likely that the

regained spiritual meridian had just woken up to a certain extent. This would be possible all due to the

increased level of trust it had on Ricky.

"Am I really going to take the path less taken? Could I really be the first spiritual emperor without a

Heavenly Meridian?" Ricky asked himself seriously.

"Hey, what's going on with you, Ricky?" Tina asked Ricky upon seeing him close his eyes and reek of

confidence, confused. Knowing that Ricky had failed to merge the Heavenly Meridian, she could not

understand why he was still acting as if it was not a big deal that he was not able to carry on with his

original plan.

He snapped back to reality upon hearing Tina's words. Opening his eyes, he looked at Tina with a big

grin.

"You're back. Are you okay?" Tina asked with concern.

'If he failed to merge the Heavenly Meridian once again, then he shouldn't be happy about it. Why is he

acting like everything is okay?' Tina thought.

"Tina, don't worry. It doesn't matter whether or not I can merge the Heavenly Meridian. From now on, I

will not be bothered by the thought of it," Ricky uttered with a contented smile on his face. "That's

simply because I'm going to become a spiritual emperor, or even a holy being, without any Heavenly

Meridian.

In short, the Heavenly Meridian is nothing but just an obstacle to me."

"How could you do that? Are you really going to become a spiritual emperor and a holy being without a

Heavenly Meridian?" Tina could not grasp what Ricky was saying, so she simply repeated Ricky's

words. Dumbstruck by his words, she didn't dare comprehend further Ricky's idea, for it was against

the heavenly law.

What he had in mind could be considered as a taboo idea. If anyone dared say it out loud, Tina might

have rejected the speaker or even slapped his face and curse him as an idiot. To Tina, nobody in their

right minds would even dare think of such a concept.

On the other hand, when the same words came out of Ricky's mouth, she believed them without

hesitation. She overcame her shock and believed him without thinking twice.

It was not because of her affection for Ricky that she believed these words, but because of her

intuition.

"Is it really possible to become a spiritual emperor and a holy being without a Heavenly Meridian?" Tina

asked again.

"I don't know for sure either, but at this point, I have to believe that the answer is yes!" Ricky was

hopeful. At least, he needed to believe that it could be possible for the time being.

Every creature, especially those who cultivated martial arts, must have a belief in their minds

regardless of what it was. In turn, those warriors should convert this belief into an invisible driving force

for them to succeed.

"Now that you said that it is possible, then I will stand my ground and believe in the same thing," Tina

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"These two Heavenly Meridians are useless to me now. I might as well leave them to someone who

might need them," Ricky said in a soft tone. Soon, he no longer thought of the Heavenly Meridians.

Instead, he channeled his energy and began to prepare for the removal of the evil spirit from Tina's

body.

After the preparation, both Ricky and Tina started to drive the evil spirit that possessed her body.

This time, Ricky used the divine power, the chaotic power, and the justice power. With the help of these

three kinds of power, it was quite easier to remove the evil spirit from her body. In a span of three days,

they were able to eliminate ten percent of the evil spirit that was once inside Tina's body.

Such being the case, Tina was more able to break through and become an upper spiritual king.

From that moment on, the evil spirit inside of her would no longer pose any threat to her well-being. All

she needed to do was to simply wait for Ricky's improvement. The more Ricky grew stronger, the faster

it would be for them to cleanse Tina's body of the evil spirit.