After returning from the Western Continent, Alex focused all of his free time on learning the Metal Dao.
He also cultivated on the side, improved his physical body, and took a lot of pills when he could. He had already recruited a lot of people to handle the continent, and Scarlet was around herself, so he wasn't required as much.
After nearly 3 months of struggling to learn a Dao, Alex finally managed to learn the Dao of Alloy.
Dao of Alloy came to him as he was already used to making metal alloys while creating artifacts. Since he had an understanding of that, after focusing on just that aspect of the Dao for a while, he was able to learn it.
He spent the next 2 more months trying to learn another Metal Dao, but he was simply unable to. However, it wasn't as though there wasn't any progress.
At the very least, Alex understood why it was that he wasn't learning these new Dao.
