"Ji Ziqi was the Ten Directions World's greatest genius."
"Before Jing Hong and Shi Tingyan appeared, the True Martial Continent's greatest geniuses were Sikong Xuan and Pang Xuan. Now, Pang Xuan ranked only somewhere in the twenties, while Sikong Xuan had barely made it into the Top Ten."
Ancestor Yanshi was stunned. "Qin Hao had made a name for himself before this, but he was nowhere near famous across the True Martial Continent. And how long had he even been cultivating?"
"He actually defeated Dongfang Lin and Ji Ziqi, one after the other!"
As a Half-Step Creation Great Expert, Ancestor Yanshi knew exactly how exceptional Dongfang Lin and Ji Ziqi were.
In any world, each would be the foremost genius of their generation, renowned far and wide!
The True Martial Continent was no exception.
Qin Hao actually defeated Dongfang Lin and Ji Ziqi?
Ancestor Yanshi had never imagined it possible.
For no reason he could explain, the more exceptional Qin Hao proved to be, the angrier Ancestor Yanshi became. Rage seemed ready to burst into the heavens, and even his eyes reddened.
Ancestor Yanshi could not tell whether he felt jealousy or regret. Perhaps there was also some frustration at seeing iron fail to become steel. Why jealousy? He did not examine it too closely, but he knew it likely came from Qin Hao's brilliance... and the fact that such a brilliant genius was not a Shi Family descendant.
Regret... Though faint, that feeling was real. Perhaps if he had not forced Qin Hao, even threatened him, and had instead tried to win him over...
The outcome would certainly have been different!
He would not have fallen to this state, either.
As for his frustration at seeing iron fail to become steel, that was directed at the Shi Family descendants.